Scandals, Censorship, and Museums on the Brink

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompidou-secret-camera-bathroom-2745084 Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/centre-pompidou-jersey-city-project-dead London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/london-national-gallery-to-cut-staff-as-it-faces-82-million-pound-deficit ‘Good people are being compelled to censor themselves’: exhibition of Black artists reinterpreting the US flag opens without key Dread Scott work https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/flag-art-exhibition-driskell-center-dread-scott This year's Carnegie International will feature 61 artists, including Jasleen Kaur and Li Yi-Fan https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/carnegie-international-artist-list What the Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Means for the Arts https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-kennedy-center-closure-2743352 Radical Performance Artist Florentina Holzinger Joins Thaddaeus Ropac https://news.artnet.com/market/florentina-holzinger-thaddaeus-ropac-2744666 A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/belgian-museum-colonial-records-congo-minerals-company-1234773243/ Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-another-artforum-editor-in-chief-is-out/ Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-basel-hong-kong-2026-fair-highlights-1234773283/