Museums Under Siege, Markets Shift, Scandals Bloom

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Cash-Strapped Hong Kong Arts Hub Saved—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World https://news.artnet.com/market/the-asia-pivot-state-of-play-20260313-2754018 Van Gogh Museum Adds Rare Work by a Woman Artist to Its Collection https://news.artnet.com/market/virginie-demont-breton-van-gogh-2753841 Comment | Cow in MSCHF project survives, but should the project have happened at all? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/13/mschf-our-cow-angus-saved-conceptual-art-project-animal-rights-meat-industry Pedro Friedeberg, key figure in Mexican art renowned for hand-shaped chair, has died at age 90 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/13/pedro-friedeberg-obituary-mexican-artist-hand-chair 60% of Sudan’s National Museum Looted, Report Says https://hyperallergic.com/60-of-sudans-national-museum-looted-report-says/ Dealer Yves Bouvier to stand trial in Paris over missing Picassos https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/13/yves-bouvier-to-stand-trial-in-paris Lawsuit Alleges DOGE Cancelled $349,000 HVAC Grant to Museum after ChatGPT Flagged It As DEI https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chatgpt-dei-high-point-museum-hvac-grant-lawsuit-doge-1234777297/ South Carolina’s International African American Museum Officially Acquires Earliest Known Daguerreotypes of Enslaved Americans https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/international-african-american-museum-1850-daguerreotypes-1234777444/ Contemporary Art Market Declines For Fourth Straight Year, as Old Masters and Impressionist Works Rebound: Art Basel UBS Report https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/contemporary-art-market-cooling-old-masters-report-1234777454/ Beverly Buchanan’s Architecture of Care https://hyperallergic.com/beverly-buchanans-architecture-of-care/