Museum Power Plays and a Shaky Art Market

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Is Chinese Censorship Reaching Inside Britain’s Museums? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/va-catalogue-chinese-censorship-2765447 Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries reframe 6,000 years of history https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/15/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-new-david-geffen-galleries-reframe-6000-years-history Art Dubai Downsizes Dramatically as War Reshapes Plans https://news.artnet.com/market/art-dubai-revised-format-2765451 More than 200 cultural figures sign statement criticising international response to destruction of Iran’s heritage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/15/more-than-200-cultural-figures-sign-statement-criticising-international-response-to-destruction-of-iran-heritage Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Launches Digital Catalogue Raisonné https://hyperallergic.com/georgia-okeeffe-museum-launches-digital-catalogue-raisonne/ Beowolff Combines Artsy and Artnet in Digital Art Market Push https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artsy-artnet-merger-beowolff-art-market-1234781320/ Met Museum to Stage Giacometti Show in Temple of Dendur This Summer https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-temple-of-dendur-giacometti-show-1234781310/ Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential List Includes Artist Cao Fei and Photojournalist Lynsey Addario https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/time-magazine-influential-artist-cao-fei-lynsey-addario-1234781306/ The Met is Finally Treating Lee Krasner as Pollock’s Equal—Will the Market Follow? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/lee-krasner-jackson-pollock-met-art-market-1234781332/ “Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” Posters Emerge Across NYC https://hyperallergic.com/boycott-the-bezos-met-gala-posters-emerge-across-nyc/