Venice Defiance, Monuments Return, A.I. Retreat

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Gabrielle Goliath Is Bringing Her Canceled South Africa Pavilion Show to Venice Anyway https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabrielle-goliath-venice-biennale-2758181 Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump https://news.artnet.com/art-world/toppled-monuments-reappear-2758139 OpenAI Scraps Sora, Its Controversial A.I. Video App https://news.artnet.com/art-world/openai-shutters-sora-2758298 Unesco-protected monastery in Lviv damaged by Russian drone strike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/unesco-protected-monastery-lviv-damaged-russian-drone-strike Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 M. Home for African Art Collection, One of America’s First https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-african-art-collection-galleries-1234778872/ Pat Steir, Famed for Her Abstract ‘Waterfall’ Paintings, Dies at 87 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pat-steir-dead-1234778946/ Tracey Emin’s Cult of the Self https://hyperallergic.com/tracey-emin-cult-of-the-self/ Yto Barrada Says France Had ‘Full Awareness’ of Her Views on Israel When It Chose Her for Venice Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yto-barrada-venice-biennale-france-israel-jewish-group-1234778864/ Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police https://hyperallergic.com/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-allegedly-assaulted-by-state-police/ Social Malpractice in the Age of Cultural Compliance https://hyperallergic.com/social-malpractice-in-the-age-of-cultural-compliance/