Museum Shakeups and Culture Wars Ignite

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Tracey Emin: 'Racist behaviour is dividing our country' https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/26/tracey-emin-racist-behaviour-is-dividing-our-country Sophie Calle explores the stories we tell ourselves https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/26/sophie-calle-orange-county-museum-of-art Paris to host first museum devoted to Alberto Giacometti with more than 10,000 artworks and objects https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/26/paris-museum-devoted-to-giacometti Back to Assam: British Museum agrees to loan fragile tapestry showing Krishna’s life https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/26/back-to-assam-british-museum Monumental commissions and pioneering women artists take centre stage at Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/26/monumental-commissions-and-pioneering-women-artists-take-centre-stage-at-diriyah-contemporary-art-biennale-2026 Ulysses Jenkins, Video Art Trailblazer with an Eye on Mass Media, Has Died at 79 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ulysses-jenkins-dead-video-artists-1234774799/ High Museum COO Resigns After $600K Disappeared https://hyperallergic.com/high-museum-coo-resigns-after-600k-disappeared/ Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close After 40 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chicago-depaul-art-museum-closing-1234774646/ Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural https://hyperallergic.com/judy-baca-denies-misusing-5m-grant-for-iconic-la-mural/ Controversial Right-Wing French Culture Minister Stepping Down to Run for Mayor of Paris https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rachida-dati-minister-of-culture-france-mayor-paris-1234774640/