Venice on the Edge, Museums Get Schooled

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. In Minor Keys: how Venice's international exhibition was brought to life after the death of artistic director Koyo Kouoh https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/05/in-minor-keys-how-venices-international-exhibition-was-brought-to-life-after-the-death-of-artistic-director-koyo-kouoh ‘It’s really important that the public is not just a silent witness’: Marina Abramović on her Venice Biennale exhibition https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/05/its-really-important-that-the-public-is-not-just-a-silent-witness-marina-abramovic-on-her-venice-biennale-exhibition ‘We are complicit’: Austrian artist Florentina Holzinger’s immersive Venice Biennale pavilion brings apocalypse to the city https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/05/florentina-holzinger-immersive-show-brings-apocalypse-to-venice Iran will not participate at the 2026 Venice Biennale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/05/iran-will-not-participate-2026-venice-biennale The Venice Biennale has long been a sales platform—now no one is pretending otherwise https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/04/the-venice-biennale-has-long-been-a-sales-platformnow-no-one-is-pretending-otherwise The Carnegie International Looks Back at Itself https://hyperallergic.com/the-carnegie-international-looks-back-at-itself/ The Met’s Costume Institute Needs an Art History Lesson https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/met-costume-art-review-1234783830/ First US Survey of Mexican Artist Teresa Margolles Coming This Fall https://hyperallergic.com/first-us-survey-of-mexican-artist-teresa-margolles-coming-this-fall/ Unrealized Artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude Will Take Over Gagosian in London https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christo-jeanne-claude-gagosian-london-1234783785/ Chanel and Guggenheim Launch Transatlantic Curatorial Fellowship https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chanel-guggenheim-curatorial-fellowship-new-york-venice-1234783780/