War-Torn Artworld, Markets Under Siege

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. War Casts Shadow on Art Dubai https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-mar-9-2751976 UK council criticised over sale of collection including works by pioneering photographer Tony Ray-Jones https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/uk-council-criticised-sale-collection-including-works-photographer-tony-ray-jones Show me the money: UK gallery and auction house accounts reveal reality of a tough market https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/show-me-the-money-gallery-and-auctioneer-accounts-reveal-reality-of-a-tough-market Met Museum Appears to Be Planning the First US Cy Twombly Retrospective in More Than 30 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-cy-twombly-retrospective-1234776412/ 60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sudan-national-museum-60-percent-looted-1234776464/ Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/tomas-saraceno-indigenous-land-art-project-argentine-salt-flats Lebanon Gallerist Navigates Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes https://hyperallergic.com/lebanon-gallerist-navigates-ongoing-israeli-airstrikes/ Legal Conflict Between Art-Dealing Brothers Escalates Into Competing Assault Accusations https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/legal-conflict-aicon-brothers-escalated-assault-accusations-1234776413/ Decades in the Making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release Next Month https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/institut-restellinis-amedeo-modigliani-catalogue-raisonne-1234776379/ Lucy Raven’s Latest Film Captures a Dramatic Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/lucy-raven-dam-removal-murderers-bar-1234776380/