Museum Shakeups, Biennale Backlash, and a Louvre Trail

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Pace Gallery Downsizes, Cutting Artists and Staff https://news.artnet.com/market/pace-gallery-downsizes-cutting-artists-and-staff-2778584 Crystal Bridges’s New Expansion Makes Room for More of Its Story https://news.artnet.com/art-world/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-expansion-2777902 MoMA Names Makeda Best as Photography Curator https://news.artnet.com/art-world/makeda-best-photo-moma-2778344 JR's wrapped Pont Neuf installation in Paris damaged in storm https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/jrs-wrapped-parisian-bridge-installation-damaged-in-storm Call my agent: why artist management companies are making a comeback https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/call-my-agent-why-artist-management-companies-are-making-a-comeback Venice verdicts: art world figures give their thoughts on the 2026 Biennale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/venice-verdicts-art-world-figures-give-their-thoughts-on-the-2026-biennale Louvre Heist Investigation Reaches Belgium https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-heist-investigation-belgium-suspects-2778384 Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-threaten-sue-venice-biennale-organizers-awards-1234788244/ New Trump Rule Could Cut Enrollment at Nearly Half of Arts MA Programs https://hyperallergic.com/new-trump-rule-could-cut-enrollment-at-nearly-half-of-arts-ma-programs/ How Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn—a Painter, Collector, and Collaborator of Carl Jung—Mined the Archive and Her Subconscious https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/olga-frobe-kapteyn-aby-warburg-carl-jung-1234787853/