Daily Art Download

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Earthquake damages 16th-century church in Peru https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/27/peru-earthquake-damages-16th-century-church-iglesia-apostol-santiago

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Buffalo AKG Charts a New Course With Co-Director Model—and More Industry Intel https://news.artnet.com/market/industry-intel-jul-24-2789417 Thieves Snatch 2,500-Year-Old Celtic Gold Torque from French Museum in Broad Daylight https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thieves-snatch-2500-year-old-celtic-gold-torque-france-1234793494/ Archie Rand’s Landmark Letter Paintings Acquired by Italy’s Modena FC Collection https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archie-rand-letter-paintings-modena-fc-acquisition-1234793377/ Christopher Nolan, David Hockney, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara https://hyperallergic.com/christopher-nolan-david-hockney-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Roy Lichtenstein’s Market Is on Fire. Here Comes a Whitney Show With Mega Loans https://news.artnet.com/market/roy-lichtensteins-whitney-museum-loans-2788895 Unesco adds ancient Greek city Tauric Chersonese in Crimea to World Heritage in Danger list https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/24/unesco-adds-ancient-greek-city-tauric-chersonese-in-crimea-to-world-heritage-in-danger-list President Trump Orders Signs Installed Outside Smithsonian Warning Public of ‘Inaccurate Information’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-signs-inaccurate-information-1234793483/ Nvidia CEO Pours $75M Into San Francisco Art Campus https://hyperallergic.com/nvidia-ceo-pours-75m-into-san-francisco-art-campus/ Venice Biennale President Calls EU Withdrawal of Funding Over Russia ‘Entirely Political, Certainly Not Legal’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pietrangelo-buttafuoco-eu-grant-withdrawal-venice-biennale-1234793350/ Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Reveals Inaugural Film Program, Including Busby Berkeley Fantasias and Avant-Garde Shorts https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucas-museum-film-program-1234793351/ Artist Joyce Kozloff Reveals Herself to be Guerrilla Girl Lydia Popova https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/p-and-d-artist-joyce-kosloff-is-girl-lydia-popova-1234793456/ Sable Elyse Smith Reveals the Shapes of State Violence https://hyperallergic.com/sable-elyse-smith-reveals-the-shapes-of-state-violence/ Emory Douglas’s Lifetime of Revolutionary Art https://hyperallergic.com/emory-douglass-lifetime-of-revolutionary-art/ Controversial Gelman Collection to Inaugurate Spain’s New Faro Santander in September https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/faro-santander-september-2026-opening-gelman-collection-1234793355/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A lifetime of war: meet the 94-year-old Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Dubovyk https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/a-lifetime-of-war-meet-the-94-year-old-ukrainian-artist-oleksandr-dubovyk Appeals court sides with Jeff Koons in copyright-infringement dispute over ‘Made in Heaven’ series https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-copyright-infringement-appeals-court-michael-hayden Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy Glasgow School of Art says £265m needed to restore destroyed Mackintosh building is ‘unaffordable’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/glasgow-school-of-art-says-£265m-needed-to-restore-destroyed-mackintosh-building-is-unaffordable South Korean Museum Returns Two Qing Dynasty Lion Sculptures to China https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/south-korean-museum-returns-two-qing-dynasty-lion-sculptures-china-1234793289/ David Hockney’s Endless Scroll https://hyperallergic.com/david-hockneys-endless-scroll/ Former V&A Academic Programs Head Accuses Museum of “Racist” Behavior https://hyperallergic.com/former-v-a-academic-programs-head-accuses-museum-of-racist-behavior/ FBI Returns Looted Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/u-s-repatriates-looted-indonesian-cultural-artifacts-1234793281/ Made in L.A. 2027 to Be Curated by Hammer Chief Curator Michael Wellen and MOCA’s José Luis Blondet https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/made-in-la-2027-curators-michael-wellen-jose-luis-blondet-1234793256/ Connecticut Antiques Dealer Pleads Guilty in $2.1 M. Theft Scheme https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/connecticut-antiques-dealer-david-l-johnson-guilty-plea-1234793241/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director French Museum Launches ‘Wanted’ Campaign to Track Down 424 Artworks Looted by Nazis https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wanted-looted-paintings-from-french-museum-wwii-era-1234793192/ Jeff Koons Beats Copyright Infringement Claims in ‘Made in Heaven’ Lawsuit https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-copyright-dispute-2789631 Lisbon's Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/lisbons-museu-calouste-gulbenkian-returns-to-its-mid-century-modern-roots-following-major-renovation European Union officially pulls €2m Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/european-union-officially-pull-2m-venice-biennale-funding-over-russian-participation If Dealers Want to Sell an Artwork to a Museum, They May Have to Find the Buyer Themselves https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/dealers-sell-museum-find-buyer-themselves-1234789322/ After $75 M. Gift, Shuttered California College of the Arts to Become School Named for Silicon Valley Billionaire https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/california-college-of-the-arts-renaming-jensen-huang-1234793172/ Juliana Huxtable and Mark Bradford in Major Gift to the Zimmerli Art Museum https://hyperallergic.com/juliana-huxtable-and-mark-bradford-in-major-gift-to-the-zimmerli-art-museum/ You Can Love David Hockney and Still Hate His iPad Paintings https://hyperallergic.com/you-can-love-david-hockney-and-still-hate-his-ipad-paintings/ Check Out Refik Anadol’s AI-Powered Light and Sound Projection on the Smithsonian’s Iconic ‘Castle’ Building https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/check-out-refik-anadol-ai-powered-light-sound-projection-smithsonian-castle-building-1234792822/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Yoko Ono’s most famous performance art piece cuts both ways in Los Angeles https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/yoko-ono-cut-piece-mpa-redcat-broad-los-angeles Comment | How much can one artist take from another before it is copyright infringement? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/when-is-appropriation-pastiche-or-copyright-infringement E.U. Withdraws Venice Biennale Funding Over Russia’s Return https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eu-cancels-venice-biennale-funding-2789489 At the Art + Tech Summit, Christie’s Pins Its Future on AI Billionaires Who Aren’t Buying Art… Yet https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-art-tech-summit-2026-ai-wealth-art-market-1234793113/ ‘Do You Love America?’: Smithsonian Museum Leader Grilled Over Gender, Diversity, Patriotism at Congressional Hearing https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-museum-leader-us-congressional-hearing-1234793035/ The Art Institute of Chicago to Cut Its Entire Custodial Staff https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-institute-of-chicago-to-cut-its-entire-custodial-staff/ Long-Lost Artworks by Chilean Muralist Julio Escámez Are Slowly Being Uncovered and Restored https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/long-lost-art-by-chilean-muralist-julio-escamez-restoration-1234793027/ Trump-Backed Federal Council Aims to Reduce Protections of Historic Sites https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-backed-federal-council-aims-to-reduce-protections-of-historic-sites-1234792998/ Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Is Free https://hyperallergic.com/luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-is-free/ Is Italy’s Famed Ancient ‘Warrior of Capestrano’ a Mussolini-Backed Fake? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/warrior-of-capestrano-icon-ancient-italian-heritage-mussolini-backed-fake-1234792883/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/museo-nacional-arqueologia-bolivia-renovation-repatriated-saphi-mummy-illa-statue Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals Union threatens strike action over working conditions in Venice museums due to extreme temperatures https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/union-threatens-strike-action-over-working-conditions-in-venice-museums-due-to-extreme-temperatures Monumental Mural Erased by Pinochet Reemerges in Chile After 50 Years https://news.artnet.com/art-world/julio-escamez-mural-pinochet-restoration-2789137 New Museum's Shiny New Building Leaks During Flash Floods https://hyperallergic.com/new-museums-shiny-new-building-leaks-during-flash-floods/ New York Gallery The Hole Sued by Artists for Nearly $50,000 in Outstanding Payments https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-gallery-the-hole-sued-by-artists-outstanding-payments-1234792800/ Christine Borland, Artist Who Researched Histories of Science and Medicine, Dies at 60 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christine-borland-research-artist-dead-1234792817/ Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Exiled to the US https://hyperallergic.com/cuban-artist-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-exiled-to-the-us/ Activists Sue to Stop Frida Kahlo Works From Leaving Mexico https://hyperallergic.com/activists-sue-to-stop-frida-kahlo-works-from-leaving-mexico/ Trump Whitewashes George Washington’s Slavery History in New Display https://hyperallergic.com/trump-whitewashes-george-washingtons-slavery-history-in-new-display/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art https://hyperallergic.com/edward-church-peter-hujar-looted-art/ Leaks Spotted in New Museum Gallery with WangShui Work as NYC Braces for Floods https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-museum-leaks-closure-flash-floods-wangshui-work-1234792787/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A de Kooning Homecoming! Rijksmuseum Preps Blockbuster https://news.artnet.com/art-world/de-kooning-rijksmuseum-2788860 A New Culture Crackdown in Hong Kong—and Other Art Matters https://news.artnet.com/artnet-bulletin/hong-kong-bookseller-arrests-other-art-matters-2788711 Ana Mendieta’s True Legacy Takes Flight at Tate Modern https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ana-mendieta-tate-modern-2788289 Whereabouts of Cuban artist-activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remain unknown following end of prison sentence https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/17/whereabouts-of-cuban-artist-activist-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-remain-unknown-following-end-of-prison-sentence Italy returns 27 historical objects to Mexico after investigations by art hit squad https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/17/italy-returns-27-historical-objects-to-mexico-after-investigations-by-art-hit-squad Shanghai Auction Executives Sentenced in Major Fraud Case as Industry Scrutiny Intensifies https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/shanghai-auction-executives-sentenced-in-major-fraud-case-1234792736/ Congressional Representatives Introduce New Bill to Protect Public Artworks in Government Buildings https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-bill-protect-public-artworks-government-buildings-1234792754/ A Mural at Ancient City of Calakmul May Be the Oldest Known Image of Maya Hero Juun Ajaw https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/painting-at-calakmul-may-be-of-maya-mythical-hero-juun-ajaw-1234792541/ How the Surrealists Psyopped the Gestapo and Otherwise Fought Fascism https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/surrealism-antifascism-in-the-very-bowels-of-change-modern-warsaw-dali-picasso-1234792418/ Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem https://hyperallergic.com/zendayas-earrings-are-part-of-a-much-bigger-problem/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Detroit Institute of Arts director finds missing Velázquez painting https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/detroit-institute-of-arts-director-finds-missing-velazquez-painting Bavaria Revamps Procedures for Evaluating Restitution Claims for Nazi-Looted Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bavaria-revamp-procedures-restitution-nazi-looted-art-1234792420/ Welcome to the Society of the Psyop https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/trevor-paglen-society-of-the-psyop-2784007 US congress introduces bill to protect public art in federal buildings targeted by Trump administration https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/us-congress-introduces-bill-to-protect-public-art-in-federal-buildings-targeted-by-trump-administration Manhattan District Attorney Repatriates Three Antiquities to Mexico https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-repatriation-mexico-1234792453/ UK Politicians Call For Investigation of British Museum’s Removal of ‘Palestine’ from Display https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-politicians-call-for-investigation-of-british-museums-removal-of-palestine-from-display-1234792435/ New Lawsuit Alleges Stolen Pierre Soulages Painting Sold at Christie’s as Part of Weis Collection https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pierre-soulages-allegedly-stolen-weis-collection-christies-1234792426/ Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments by 90% https://hyperallergic.com/trump-shrinks-utah-national-monuments-by-90/ Steidl, the Art World’s Go-To Photobook Publisher, Faces Insolvency Proceedings in Germany https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/steidl-the-art-worlds-go-to-photobook-publisher-faces-insolvency-proceedings-in-germany-1234792400/ A New Perspective on Munch’s Famous Frieze, How NYC’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit Transformed the Art Market: Morning Links for July 16, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-new-perspective-on-munchs-famous-frieze-how-nycs-antiquities-trafficking-unit-transformed-the-art-market-morning-links-for-july-16-2026-1234792361/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. V&A reveals 2027 exhibitions, ranging from South Asian contemporary art and textiles to punk music and fashion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/15/va-reveals-2027-exhibition-programming-ranging-from-south-asian-contemporary-art-and-textiles-to-punk-music-and-fashion Christie’s and Sotheby’s 2026 half year results: trophy lots and luxury goods fuel rebound https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/15/trophy-lots-and-luxury-goods-fuel-rebound-for-christies-and-sothebys-2026-half-year-results Bavaria approves creation of Nazi loot panel and independent entity for provenance research https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/15/bavaria-approves-creation-of-nazi-loot-panel-and-independent-entity-provenance-research A Rousing Tate Modern Retrospective Refuses to Reduce Ana Mendieta to a Tragic Figure https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/tate-modern-retrospective-ana-mendieta-1234792240/ Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures? https://hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-many-museums-hold-a-convicted-antiquity-dealers-treasures/ Bacteria Linked to Legionnaires’ Disease Detected at Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bacteria-legionnaires-disease-metropolitan-museum-of-art-1234792234/ Cape Town Gallery Accused of Withholding Pay and Artworks https://hyperallergic.com/cape-town-gallery-accused-of-withholding-pay-and-artworks/ At Management Gallery, Grotesque Art Evolves for the Doomscroll Era https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/at-management-gallery-grotesque-art-evolves-for-the-doomscroll-era-1234792218/ Jacolby Satterwhite Receives Inaugural Artists Living With Cancer Grant From Rema Hort Mann Fund and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/jacolby-satterwhite-artists-living-with-cancer-grant-rema-hort-mann-fund-1234792252/ Fresh Insights into China’s Famed Sanxingdui Illuminate Ancient Trade Networks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chinese-bronze-assembled-from-pieces-1234792249/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sotheby’s Posts $4.4 Billion in First-Half Sales, a New Record https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-h1-sales-2787726 Sotheby’s $50.1 M. T. Rex Sale Sets New Record as Scientists Scowl https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-gus-t-rex-record-50-million-dinosaur-auction-1234792060/ Robert Rauschenberg foundation donates three sculptures to shared Tate and National Galleries of Scotland collection https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/14/robert-rauschenberg-foundation-donates-three-sculptures-to-joint-tate-and-national-galleries-of-scotland-collection Roberta Smith Made Kenny Schachter Cry. Twice. And He Still Sings Her Praises https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roberta-smith-house-of-criticism-review-2787686 For Michael Asher, the Museum Was the Medium https://hyperallergic.com/for-michael-asher-the-museum-was-the-medium/ Why The Met Returned a Roman Bust https://hyperallergic.com/why-the-met-returned-a-roman-bust/ Man Charged in Theft of More Than 600 Artifacts from UK’s Bristol Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bristol-museum-heist-man-charged-1234792076/ Superblue Teams Up With Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre to Bring Immersive Art to Mumbai https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/superblue-nita-mukesh-ambani-cultural-centre-second-nature-1234792119/ Meet the Doyennes of Ecosexuality https://hyperallergic.com/meet-the-doyennes-of-ecosexuality/ Dealer Dominique Lévy Says She Received Death Threats After Denouncing Post–October 7 Letter in Artforum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dominique-levy-october-7-death-threats-artforum-letter-1234792057/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New York Investigators Return $600,000 Worth of Looted Art—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-jul-13-2787586 Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art Plans Bangkok Branch https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-of-old-and-new-art-bangkok-outpost-2787630 Ana Mendieta’s ‘Neolithic art’ recreated for major Tate Modern survey https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/13/ana-mendietas-neolithic-art-recreated-for-major-tate-modern-survey Nazi-Looted Painting Found Decades Ago Among Amsterdam’s Street Trash Will Be Returned to Jewish Dealer’s Heirs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-jacques-goudstikker-returned-1234792013/ High Museum of Art’s Former COO Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $600,000 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/high-museum-art-former-coo-guilty-embezzling-1234791968/ A Convicted Antiquities Dealer’s Web https://hyperallergic.com/a-convicted-antiquities-dealers-web/ Where Is Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara? https://hyperallergic.com/where-is-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara/ Louvre Jewel Heist Suspects Claim ‘Mysterious Sponsor’ Recruited Them https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-jewel-heist-suspects-claim-sponsor-recruited-them-1234791929/ Should We See Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets? https://hyperallergic.com/should-we-see-peter-hujars-contact-sheets/ EU Commission Recommends Cancelation of Venice Biennale Grant over Russian Pavilion https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eu-commission-cancelation-venice-biennale-grant-russia-1234791923/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Meet 5 Midwestern Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network https://news.artnet.com/art-world/midwestern-artists-gallery-network-2785585

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Results at the Big Three Auction Houses Tell Two Different Stories https://news.artnet.com/market/mid-year-review-auctions-2787320 Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath https://hyperallergic.com/magritte-constable-trumps-smithsonian-wrath/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum in London after secret English Channel crossing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-at-the-british-museum-after-secret-english-channel-crossing Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailand outpost https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/tasmanias-museum-of-old-and-new-art-announces-plans-for-thailand-outpost Exhibition in Bogotá shows off more than 1,000 repatriated pre-Columbian artefacts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/exhibition-in-bogota-shows-off-more-than-1000-repatriated-pre-columbian-artefacts Gelman Collection controversy reaches Mexican courts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/could-mexicos-treasured-kahlo-works-leave-the-country-forever Unesco reviewing controversial ‘black cube’ project in Florence amid outrage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/unesco-reviewing-controversial-black-cube-project-in-florence-amid-outrage Artists and Former Staffers Accuse Cape Town Gallery SMAC of Nonpayment and Withholding Artworks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-staffers-accuse-cape-town-gallery-smac-nonpayment-1234791540/ Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures? https://hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-many-museums-hold-a-convicted-antiquity-dealers-treasures/ US Returns Two Looted Bronze Buddha Statues, Sold by Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Douglas Latchford, to Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-returns-indonesia-looted-bronze-buddha-statues-douglas-latchford-1234791873/ ICOM Adopts New Museum Code of Ethics Taking Aim at AI, Colonialism, and Climate Change https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/icom-new-museum-code-of-ethics-ai-colonialism-climate-change-1234791845/ Which Artworks Will Grace the High Line’s Plinth Next? https://hyperallergic.com/which-artworks-will-grace-the-high-lines-plinth-next/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New York Investigators Return 59 Looted Antiquities to Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-returns-59-antiquities-to-italy-iraq-indonesia-1234791699/ Midjourney strikes back: sued AI giant demands Hollywood’s secrets https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/midjourney-demands-hollywood-AI-secrets Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Slams White House Report As ‘Not a Fair Characterization’ of Museum’s Scholarship https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-secretary-lonnie-bunch-white-house-report-july-4-1234791701/ Edi Rama, Artist and Albanian Prime Minister, Defends Controversial Kanye West Concert Near Tirana https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/edi-rama-defends-kanye-west-concert-tirana-1234791728/ Venice Arts Workers to Protest During US Ambassador’s Visit https://hyperallergic.com/venice-arts-workers-to-protest-during-us-ambassadors-visit/ Hauser & Wirth Cleared by UK Judge of Breaching Russia Sanctions with Sale of a George Condo Artwork https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hauser-wirth-cleared-breaching-russia-sanctions-condo-1234791702/ Chicago Photographer Accuses Mickalene Thomas of Copyright Infringement https://hyperallergic.com/chicago-photographer-accuses-mickalene-thomas-of-copyright-infringement/ Los Angeles's Post-Fair will expand to Paris during Art Basel week https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/los-angeless-post-fair-will-expand-to-paris-during-art-basel-week Icom adopts new code of ethics for museums in bid to address a ‘rapidly changing world’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/icom-adopts-new-code-of-ethics-for-museums-in-bid-to-address-a-rapidly-changing-world Flamenco, fashion and freedom: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/riots-resistance-and-the-birth-of-a-new-country-three-photography-shows-to-see-at-les-rencontres-darles

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New Museum names Massimiliano Gioni as new director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/new-museum-names-massimiliano-gioni-as-new-director White, patriarchal and Christian: White House’s vision for the National Museum of American History https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/white-patriarchal-and-christian-white-house-vision-for-the-national-museum-of-american-history Italy Advances Legislation on Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italy-advances-legislation-nazi-looted-art-restitution-1234791606/ Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective’s sprawling Arles installation offers haunting world view https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/patti-smith-and-soundwalk-collectives-sprawling-arles-installation-offers-haunting-world-view Ukraine gives its troops a handbook on protecting cultural property https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/ukraine-gives-its-troops-a-handbook-on-protecting-cultural-property Whitney Museum Screens Taken Over With Gaza Protest Messages https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-museum-screens-taken-over-with-gaza-protest-messages/ Photographer Accuses Mickalene Thomas of Copyright Infringement in New Lawsuit https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mickalene-thomas-lawsuit-barbara-karant-infingement-1234791577/ High Line Art Wants the Public’s Opinion on 62 Artist Proposals for Its Plinth Commission https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/high-line-plinth-artist-proposals-2029-2030-commissions-1234791398/ The Hidden History of Stock Photography https://hyperallergic.com/the-hidden-history-of-stock-photography/ The Netherlands and Germany Agree to Return 2,000 Artifacts to Ghana https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-germany-return-2000-artifacts-ghana-1234789956/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Massimiliano Gioni Will Lead the New Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/massimiliano-gioni-new-museum-director-2786527 This Giant Spider at Frieze London Will Transport You to a Digital World https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frieze-artist-award-theo-triantafyllidis-2786271 Massimiliano Gioni Named Director of New York’s New Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/massimiliano-gioni-named-director-new-museum-new-york-1234791359/ Luísa Cunha, the Portuguese Artist Whose Sound Sculptures Explored the Power of Language, Dies at 77 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/luisa-cunha-portuguese-conceptual-artist-dies-77-1234791364/ Texas Covers Up Beloved "Black Artists Matter" Mural in Austin https://hyperallergic.com/texas-covers-up-beloved-black-artists-matter-mural-in-austin/ Pro-Palestinian Cultural Workers Call for Strike Over US Ambassador’s Visit to Venice https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pro-palestine-strike-over-us-ambassador-visit-to-venice-1234791414/ UK Artists Accuse Shuttering Artist Pension Trust of ‘Epic Betrayal,’ Former Barnes Foundation President Richard Glanton Has Died, and More: Morning Links for July 7, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-artist-pension-trust-shutters-morning-links-july-7-2026-1234791307/ An English National Is the First to Be Convicted of Violating Sanctions Against Russia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/english-national-first-convicted-violating-russia-sanctions-1234791248/ Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on the Smithsonian https://hyperallergic.com/trumps-unhinged-attacks-on-the-smithsonian/ Denmark’s Louisiana Museum Announces Remedios Varo Exhibition in Fall 2026 https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/louisiana-museum-denmark-annouces-remedios-varo-exhibition-fall-1234791322/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Yemen Identifies 28 Looted Artifacts at British Museum, London Auction Houses https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yemen-looted-artifacts-british-museum-auctions-1234791176/ New White House Report Alleges ‘Anti-White’ Bias at Smithsonian https://news.artnet.com/art-world/white-house-july-4-report-smithsonian-2786226 When two become one: the complex dance of museum mergers https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/06/museum-mergers-neue-galerie-met-museum In Chloe Wise’s ‘Extrasensory’ Basel Show, UFOs Meet Scripture https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chloe-wise-basel-interview-2786414 Businessman Fined in U.K.’s First Russia Art Sanctions Conviction https://news.artnet.com/art-world/russia-sanctions-conviction-2786232 Experts blame extensive earthquake damage in Venezuela on decades of government neglect https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/06/experts-blame-earthquake-damage-in-venezuela-on-government-neglect Thieves Steal Over $4.5M in Jewelry From French Museum https://hyperallergic.com/thieves-steal-over-4-5m-in-jewelry-from-french-museum/ In Two Chicago Exhibitions, Liberation Takes the Floor https://hyperallergic.com/in-two-chicago-exhibitions-liberation-takes-the-floor/ Amid Its Own Copyright Controversy, Midjourney Asks Court to Reveal How Disney Uses AI https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/copyright-midjourney-court-to-reveal-how-disney-uses-ai-1234791213/ Yervant Gianikian, Artist Who Helped Win Armenia the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion, Dies at 84 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yervant-gianikian-artist-filmmaker-dead-1234791166/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Alexandria Gallery Went From Cleveland Pop-Up to Global Force https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alexandria-gallery-woodmere-2785495 Why We Can’t Get Enough Juicy Art Heist Stories https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/art-heist-perfect-day-the-mastermind-how-to-steal-a-million-lemle-1234791022/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Le Corbusier Vandalized This House. An Artist Is Reclaiming Its Memory https://news.artnet.com/art-world/e-1027-house-eileen-gray-lorna-bauer-2785325 Akira Ikezoe’s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us https://hyperallergic.com/akira-ikezoes-frogs-and-bears-have-something-urgent-to-tell-us/ Charles Seliger Painted Nature’s Invisible Architecture https://hyperallergic.com/charles-seliger-painted-natures-invisible-architecture/ Revisiting 35 Years of an Iconic Newark Artist-Led Space https://hyperallergic.com/revisiting-35-years-of-an-iconic-newark-artist-led-space/ A View From the Easel With Arghavan Khosravi https://hyperallergic.com/a-view-from-the-easel-344/ Art and Resistance on the Nation’s 250th https://hyperallergic.com/weekly-7-4-26/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Etruscan frescoes worth €15m go on display in Rome as part of Italian acquisition strategy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/03/etruscan-frescoes-worth-£15m-go-on-display-in-rome-as-part-of-italian-acquisition-strategy Smithsonian museum will loan more than 200 works to institutions in all 50 states and Puerto Rico https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/03/hirshhorn-museum-art-bridges-loans-every-us-state-puerto-rico There’s New Money in Old Masters https://news.artnet.com/market/new-money-old-masters-2786051 ‘Even sewing a button can be subversive’: Ai Weiwei opens vast new show in Manchester https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/03/even-sewing-a-button-can-be-subversive-ai-weiwei-weaves-stories-of-colonialism-and-exile-into-vast-new-manchester-show Epstein files reveal Leon Black as a key Van Gogh buyer https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/03/epstein-papers-reveal-leon-black-as-key-collector-of-van-gogh-works The Radical Reinvention of Art in the 1970s https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-seventies-helene-bailly-marcilhac-2785263 Tens of Thousands Try for Tickets to See Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thousands-try-for-tickets-to-bayeux-tapestry-british-museum-1234791120/ Artists Reclaim Lady Liberty https://hyperallergic.com/artists-reclaim-lady-liberty/ A Standout 250th Show Confronts Centuries of American Contradictions https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/america-250-standout-new-york-historical-democracy-matters-thomas-cole-1234791012/ British Museum Recasts America’s Founding Through Indigenous Eyes https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-america-250-show-2784208

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Human rights museum’s Palestine exhibition sets off feud between Canadian politicians https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/02/canadian-museum-human-rights-palestine-uprooted-nakba-exhibition-politics How Doug Aitken Thinks in Music https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/doug-aitken-the-shed-2779635 Artist Erna Rosenstein, whose work about memory and loss resonates today, celebrated with major Vienna exhibition https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/02/artist-erna-rosenstein-whose-work-about-memory-and-loss-resonates-today-subject-of-major-vienna-exhibition President and general manager of leading Marseille art institution Mucem suspended amid workplace allegations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/02/president-and-general-manager-of-leading-marseille-art-institution-mucem-suspended-amid-workplace-allegations Museum of Fine Arts Boston Reimagines America on Its 250th Birthday https://hyperallergic.com/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-reimagines-america-on-its-250th-birthday/ Artist Calls on Manifesta 16 to Remove Installation, Alleging Plagarism https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manifesta-plagiarism-allegation-nasan-tur-dorothee-bielfeld-1234791108/ Photograph by Boris Mikhailov Stolen from Lithuanian Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/boris-mikhailov-photograph-stolen-lithuanian-national-museum-1234791089/ New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Announces a Record $323.8 M. in Culture Funding https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-mayor-mamdani-announces-record-culture-funding-1234791047/ Phillips Has Sold Nearly $2 M. Worth of Art from Disgraced Art Adviser Lisa Schiff’s Collection https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phillips-lisa-schiff-collection-sales-1234791064/ 19th century bronze Laocoön leads London Old Master auctions, selling for £13.6m at Sotheby's https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/02/19th-century-bronze-laocoon-leads-london-old-master-auctions-selling-for-£136m-at-sothebys

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Value of Looted Objects at Met Museum Tops $95M After New Seizures https://hyperallergic.com/value-of-looted-objects-at-met-museum-tops-95m-after-new-seizures/ León Ferrari exhibition cancelled in Chile amid cuts to culture budget https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/01/leon-ferrari-exhibition-cancelled-chile-museo-nacional-bellas-artes At New York’s Swiss Institute, SoiL Thornton ponders the role an art institution can play in the face of a housing crisis https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/01/at-new-yorks-swiss-institute-soil-thornton-ponders-the-role-an-art-institution-can-play-in-the-face-of-a-housing-crisis Facing Protests and Political Pressure, Canadian Humans Rights Opens Palestine Exhibition https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/facing-protests-and-political-pressure-canadian-humans-rights-opens-palestine-exhibition-1234790963/ NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture https://hyperallergic.com/nyc-mayor-mamdani-approves-record-323m-funding-for-culture/ Getty Images and Shutterstock Pull the Plug on $3.7 Billion Merger https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-images-shutterstock-cancel-merger-1234790924/ Manhattan DA’s Office Seized Dozens of Antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum in June, Bringing Total to $95 M. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-d-a-seized-dozens-of-antiquities-from-met-in-june-1234790907/ Norval Morrisseau Case Deepens as Art Expert Says the Artist’s Children Were in on Forgery Scheme https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norval-morrisseau-children-forgery-scheme-expert-testimony-1234790939/ Mexican Government Faces Legal Action over Its Handling of Art Collection Rich in Kahlos https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gelman-collection-kahlo-mexico-santander-legal-action-1234790914/ On Truth Social, Trump Plasters an AI-Generated Golden Bald Eagle on the White House https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/truth-social-trump-ai-golden-bald-eagle-white-house-1234790937/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Workers at the Guggenheim in New York vote to authorise a strike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/30/guggenheim-museum-workers-new-york-vote-authorise-strike Hew Locke, Oscar Murillo Tapped for Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/skulptur-projekte-munster-artists-2027-2784959 Switzerland Returns 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria https://news.artnet.com/art-world/switzerland-returned-benin-bronzes-restitution-2785078 Artistic Director for 2028 Gwangju Biennale Will Be Selected Via Open-Call in Break from Tradition https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gwangju-biennale-artistic-director-open-call-1234790814/ Russia’s Hermitage Museum Suspends Archaeological Expeditions in Crimea, Citing Fuel Shortage https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hermitage-museum-suspends-archaeological-expeditions-crimea-1234790797/ Rune Mields, Self-Taught German Conceptual Artist, Dies at 91 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rune-mields-conceptual-artist-dead-1234790852/ Philip Guston’s Lines of Poetry https://hyperallergic.com/philip-gustons-lines-of-poetry/ Christie’s Old Masters Sale in London Totals $48.7 M. as Collectors Chase Standout Pictures https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-old-masters-evening-sale-june-2026-results-1234790894/ Researchers Utilize AI to Translate 2,000-Year-Old Carbonized Scrolls from Herculaneum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/researchers-ai-translate-2000-year-old-carbonized-scrolls-herculaneum-1234790862/ IM Youngzoo’s ‘The Late’ Blends a 1,254-Page Research Book and a 7-Channel Video Into a Meditation on Belief and Technology https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/im-youngzoo-the-late-review-space-zeroone-brooklyn-1234790848/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Swiss Institute Buys Space by New Museum, Plans Bowery Move https://news.artnet.com/art-world/swiss-institute-bowery-move-new-york-2784593 UK government leaving museums vulnerable with ‘hands-off approach’, parliamentary report says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/29/what-does-the-latest-parliamentary-report-on-financial-resilience-in-uk-government-sponsored-museums-reveal Entire Herculaneum Scroll Deciphered by A.I. for the First Time https://news.artnet.com/art-world/herculaneum-scroll-translated-unraveled-vesuvius-challenge-2784765 Three Swiss Museums Return Trove of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/swiss-museums-return-benin-bronzes-nigeria-1234790609/ Refik Anadol to Stage Monumental AI Installation on Smithsonian Castle in DC https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/refik-anadol-ai-smithsonian-castle-washington-dc-1234790733/ Texas Tattoo Artist Gets 30-Year Sentence Over “Anti-Trump” Zines https://hyperallergic.com/texas-tattoo-artist-gets-30-year-sentence-over-anti-trump-zines/ Heir of German Jewish Collector Seeks Return of Van Gogh Painting from Musée d’Orsay https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heir-german-jewish-collector-van-gogh-painting-musee-dorsay-1234790703/ Man Pleads Guilty in Fraud That Swindled Bruce Springsteen Manager https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thomas-doyle-pleads-guilty-courbet-art-fraud-jon-landau-1234790603/ The Met and the Art Smuggler https://hyperallergic.com/the-met-and-the-art-smuggler/ The Artists Countermapping the World https://hyperallergic.com/the-artists-countermapping-the-world/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. 5 Queer Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network to Celebrate This Pride Month https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artnet-gallery-network-june-pride-2779732 What Is the Raphael Loggia, the Vatican Masterpiece Being Restored After 500 Years? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/raphael-loggia-vatican-palace-restoration-2784105 Pace, William Kentridge, “AlgaeBTQ+” https://hyperallergic.com/pace-william-kentridge-algaebtq/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/art-basel-zero-ten-swiss-edition-expansive-view-digital-art Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for climate extremes https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/too-hot-to-handle-european-heatwave-exposes-museums-lack-of-preparedness-for-climate-extremes Canadian Museum for Human Rights show on Palestinian displacement offers nuanced, empathetic perspective amid uproar https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/canadian-museum-human-rights-palestine-uprooted-exhibition-preview Nari Ward Tackles the Immigrant Experience at Deste Foundation’s Hydra Fete https://news.artnet.com/art-world/summer-dispatch-1-hydra-2784224 Vatican Museums Launch Major Restoration of Raphael’s Famous Frescoes https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vatican-museums-raphael-frescoes-restoration-1234790506/ Committee Urges Irish Government to Establish New Laws and Policies Related to Restitution https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/committee-urges-irish-government-establish-new-laws-policies-restitution-repatriation-cultural-objects-1234790490/ A Mystery Seller Will Offer $60 M. in Art and Design at Sotheby’s, Including Works by Canaletto, Degas, Guardi, Fragonard, and Picasso https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/sothebys-magnum-opus-auction-mystery-seller-degas-picasso-1234790321/ Misan Harriman to Step Down From Southbank Centre https://hyperallergic.com/misan-harriman-to-step-down-from-southbank-centre/ US State Department Seeks Designs ‘Exemplifying America’s Exceptionalism’ for Venice Architecture Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/americas-exceptionalism-at-the-2027-venice-architecture-biennale-1234790489/ William Kentridge and Lapis Blue https://hyperallergic.com/william-kentridge-and-lapis-blue/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sotheby's auction of Joe Lewis collection breaks record for most expensive sold in UK https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/in-a-boost-for-london-sothebys-evening-sale-of-joe-lewis-collection-becomes-most-expensive-sold-in-uk How to Make a Sculpture With Sound https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/tarek-atoui-2781914 Ireland urged to create national panel to evaluate claims for Nazi-era and colonial loot https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/ireland-urged-to-create-national-panel-to-evaluate-claims-for-nazi-era-and-colonial-loot Far-right candidate's election in Colombia clouds future of long-delayed museum devoted to victims of armed conflict https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/presidential-election-bogota-museo-de-memoria-colombia Manifesta 2026 asks what should happen to Germany’s unused churches https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/manifesta-16-ruhr-asks-what-should-happen-to-germanys-unused-churches Paris Museums and Tourist Sites Continue to Limit Hours Amid Record-Breaking Heatwave https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-tourist-sites-paris-limit-hours-record-breaking-heatwave-1234790289/ Misan Harriman to step down as chair of London's Southbank Centre https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/misan-harriman-to-step-down-as-chair-of-londons-southbank-centre British Artist Tess Jaray, Known for Her Hard-Edge Abstractions, Has Died at 88 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tess-jaray-british-hard-edge-abstract-painter-dies-at-88-1234790353/ Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Explain Tarp Covering Kennedy Center https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-trump-deadline-explain-tarp-covering-kennedy-center-1234790317/ Art Basel’s Parent Company, MCH Group, To Launch New Miami Festival in October https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-mch-group-jupiter-festival-miami-october-1234790318/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $392.6 M. Lewis Collection Sale Smashes Records at Sotheby’s, Led by $63.9 M. Modigliani https://news.artnet.com/market/392-6-m-lewis-collection-sale-smashes-records-led-by-63-9-m-modigliani-2783495 Crystal Bridges, fresh off major expansion, hires Courtenay Finn as next chief curator https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/crystal-bridges-hires-courtenay-finn-chief-curator Meta and YouTube’s recent losses in youth social media addiction cases may put artists and activists at risk https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/meta-youtube-legal-losses-put-artists-activists-risk Helen Cammock removes film criticising Winston Churchill from London's National Portrait Gallery following complaint https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/helen-cammock-video-work-criticising-winston-churchill-removed-from-national-portrait-gallery Picasso painting recovered in French drug raid was stolen ‘opportunistically’, police source says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/picasso-painting-recovered-in-french-drug-raid-was-stolen-opportunistically-say-police-source Since the 1960s, Marilou Schultz Has Merged Diné Weaving and Digital Worlds https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/marilou-schultz-candice-hopkins-hessel-museum-dine-weaving-1234790145/ Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves “Beyond Digital” in New Exhibition https://hyperallergic.com/pratt-manhattan-gallery-moves-beyond-digital-in-new-exhibition/ In Open Letter, Hundreds of Artists Urge Mayor Mamdani for Two-Year Ban on AI in Classrooms https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/letter-artists-zohran-mamdani-two-year-ban-ai-classrooms-1234790115/ Australian Artist Accused of Copying Work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nicholas Harding https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jane-allan-copying-claims-jean-michel-basquiat-nicholas-harding-1234790157/ Inside the Mind of an Antiquities Looter https://hyperallergic.com/inside-the-mind-of-an-antiquities-looter/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Smithsonian women’s museum launches augmented reality experience after congressional setback https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum-augmented-reality-project Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/bellevue-homeless-shelter-manhattan-wpa-murals-preservation-uncertain The Netherlands and Germany agree to return more than 2,000 cultural artefacts to Ghana https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/the-netherlands-and-germany-to-return-more-than-2000-cultural-artefacts-to-ghana New Museum and Korea’s Ulsan Art Museum Inaugurate Partnership with Ho Tzu Nyen Commission https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-museum-ulsan-art-museum-partnership-ho-tzu-nyen-commission-1234790042/ R.M.S. Titanic’s Plan to Sell Salvaged Artifacts at Auction Faces Ongoing Opposition https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rms-titanic-sell-salvaged-artifacts-auction-ongoing-opposition-1234790045/ Artists Facing Censorship Can Turn to This New Guideline for Guidance https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-facing-censorshipturn-to-this-for-guidance-1234790040/ Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors https://hyperallergic.com/pace-gallerys-hall-of-mirrors/ Who Will Fight for Artists' Rights in Congress? https://hyperallergic.com/who-will-fight-for-artists-rights-in-congress/ Hundreds of Artists Ask NYC Mayor to Ban AI in Schools https://hyperallergic.com/hundreds-of-artists-ask-nyc-mayor-to-ban-ai-in-schools/ Paris Drug Bust Recovers Stolen $17 M. Picasso Canvas https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paris-drug-bust-recovers-stolen-picasso-1234790016/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $627 Million London Museum Gets Opening Date—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/627-million-london-museum-gets-opening-date-and-more-art-industry-news-2782733 What Sold at Art Basel https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712 ‘Artists need to be able to advocate for their own work’: new guide advises artists on navigating censorship https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/22/national-coalition-against-censorship-free-guide-for-artists Tate Modern’s Frida Kahlo Exhibition Has Already Sold a Record 41,000 Advance Tickets https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-modern-frida-kahlo-record-advance-tickets-1234789885/ Stolen Picasso Turns Up During Paris Drug Bust https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stolen-picasso-found-paris-drug-raid-2782725 Marc Spiegler Got It All Wrong https://hyperallergic.com/marc-spiegler-got-it-all-wrong/ vanessa german’s Shrine to Forgotten Black Girls https://hyperallergic.com/vanessa-germans-shrine-to-forgotten-black-girls/ Israeli Artist Yaacov Agam, Known for His Optical and Kinetic Artworks, Has Died at 98 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israeli-kinetic-optical-artist-yaacov-agam-dies-1234789922/ The Netherlands and Germany Agree to Return 2,000 Artifacts to Ghana https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-germany-return-2000-artifacts-ghana-1234789956/ In a New Documentary, Artists Get Candid About AI https://hyperallergic.com/in-a-new-documentary-artists-get-candid-about-ai/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A multi-millionaire on a mission: David Walsh expands his Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-multi-millionaire-on-a-mission-david-walsh-expands-his-museum-of-old-and-new-art What Sold at Art Basel https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712 A decade on: Brexit's impact on the UK art market https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-decade-on-brexits-impact-on-the-uk-art-market Daniel ‘Danny’ Simmons, Artist, Author, and Philanthropist, Has Died at 72 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daniel-danny-simmons-artist-author-philanthropist-dead-72-1234789875/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Henry, Artist Nancy Shaver’s Collectibles Shop in Hudson, New York, Is Closing After 30 Years https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/artist-nancy-shavers-shop-henry-to-close-1234789640/ Julie Mehretu, Claire Valdez, Arthur Jafa https://hyperallergic.com/julie-mehretu-claire-valdez-arthur-jafa/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Exclusive: an unknown archive of treasures from Van Gogh’s doctor, Paul Gachet https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/exclusive-an-unknown-archive-of-treasures-from-van-goghs-doctor-paul-gachet Art Basel Is Facing an Unexpected Challenge: Itself https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-acquired-taste-2782205 New documentary goes behind the scenes of Rashaad Newsome’s biggest project https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/rashaad-newsome-documentary-assembly Greece’s Parthenon Just Reclaimed a Missing Piece of Its Ancient Silhouette https://news.artnet.com/art-world/parthenon-restored-pediment-scaffolding-removed-2782546 The Icelandic Collective Turning Perfume Into a Multisensory Art Form https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fischersund-scent-art-music-collective-2782033 Why Is Everyone Obsessed with UFOs Right Now? https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/ufo-obsession-speilberg-disclosure-days-chloe-wise-karla-knight-eliza-douglas-thandi-loewenson-1234789581/ 10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood https://hyperallergic.com/10-contemporary-artists-reckoning-with-fatherhood/ Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer https://hyperallergic.com/georgia-okeeffe-the-wanderer/ Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself https://hyperallergic.com/rosalie-favell-and-the-search-for-herself/ Rare Monumental Laocoön Bronze Poised for $4 Million Sale https://news.artnet.com/market/laocoon-bronze-sothebys-2782104

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/obama-presidential-center-chicago-art-filled-campus-museum New textile museum in Mexico City celebrates Indigenous artistry https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/museo-arte-textil-mexico-city-opens Inside Refik Anadol's Dataland, the world’s first AI art museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/refik-anadol-dataland-opens-los-angeles Pierre Huyghe pushes the boundaries at the Beyeler https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/pierre-huyghe-pushes-the-boundaries-at-the-beyeler Art Basel Qatar to move to Herzog & de Meuron-designed venue https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/art-basel-qatar-to-have-herzog-de-meuron-designed-home Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches Augmented Reality Project On National Mall https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum-launches-augmented-reality-project-national-mall-1234789791/ A New York Judge Gives Dealer David Nahmad 30 Days To Return Nazi-Looted Modigliani Painting https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-david-nahmad-30-days-return-nazi-looted-modigliani-1234789748/ Helen Cammock Video Work Sparks Controversy Regarding Churchill’s Role in 1943 Bengal Famine https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/helen-cammock-video-national-portrait-gallery-churchill-1234789766/ Artist Gavin Snider Accuses Tik Tok-Famous Artist Devon Rodriguez of Stealing Knicks Artworks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tik-tok-star-artist-devon-rodriguez-steal-knicks-artworks-1234789700/ Heritage Groups Sue Trump Over “Garden of American Heroes" https://hyperallergic.com/heritage-groups-sue-trump-over-garden-of-american-heroes/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. First Swiss edition of Zero 10, Art Basel’s digital art initiative, explores medium’s ‘historical arc’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/first-swiss-edition-of-zero-10-art-basels-digital-art-initiative-opens Cao Fei: ‘The scenarios in many of my works have come true later’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/cao-fei-the-scenarios-in-many-of-my-works-have-come-true-later Dealer David Nahmad given 30 days to return Nazi-looted Modigliani painting https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/david-nahmad-given-30-days-return-nazi-looted-modigliani Mexican authorities urge Sotheby’s to stop sale of two pre-Columbian artefacts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/mexico-opposes-sothebys-auction-pre-columbian-artefacts ‘Everything indicates’ murder of Russian dissident artist in Poland was a political killing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/russian-dissident-artist-robert-kuzovkov-semyon-skrepetsky-murder-poland Right-wing politician’s complaint against Masp exhibition dismissed in Brazil https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/brasil-complaint-masp-exhibition-la-chola-poblete-censorship-dismissed Louvre President Tells French Senate Museum Is ‘at the End of Its Rope’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christophe-leribault-louvre-president-french-senate-warning-1234789495/ Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Detention in First Durational Performance https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-jail-performance-manchester-2781925 Menil Collection Launches New Commission Program, with Teresita Fernández as Inaugural Artist https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/menil-collection-teresita-fernandez-commission-1234789631/ US House Appropriations Committee Proposes Cutting Department of Education’s Only Arts Grant Program https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/house-committee-proposes-cutting-arts-grant-1234789505/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. At Art Basel, Everyone Is Playing It Safe, Eying Market Recovery https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-2026-sales-2781637 Exhibition examines new vocabulary that gave same-sex desire a place in art https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/exhibition-examines-new-vocabulary-that-gave-same-sex-desire-a-place-in-art Mauritshuis able to keep its Rembrandts following legal dispute https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/mauritshuis-able-to-keep-its-rembrandts-following-legal-dispute Refik Anadol’s Dataland Leaves Contemporary Art in the Dust https://news.artnet.com/art-world/refik-anadol-dataland-review-2-2781630 Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-names-new-director-of-independent-study-program/ New documentary captures two art critics at a turning point https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/jerry-saltz-roberta-smith-art-criticism-documentary-tribeca-film-festival In Our Current Climate Crisis, Angelica Mesiti Asks How Can We Re-Tune Ourselves https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/angelica-mesiti-museum-tinguely-basel-1234789339/ See Obama Center’s Newest Artistic Commissions, Including Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Portrait of the Former First Couple https://www.artnews.com/list/artnews/news/see-obama-centers-newest-artistic-commissions-including-njideka-akunyili-crosbys-portrait-of-the-former-first-couple-1234789425/ D.C. Preservationists Sue to Halt Trump’s Sculpture ‘Garden of American Heroes’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preservationists-sue-trumps-scultpure-garden-of-heroes-1234789350/ “Helter Skelter” Can’t Look America in the Eye https://hyperallergic.com/helter-skelter-cant-look-america-in-the-eye/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Tea company's collection of South Asian Modern art soars at Christie's London https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/tea-companys-south-asian-collection-soars-at-christies-london Anish Kapoor: ‘Just because a thing is big, it doesn’t mean it’s of any interest or even good’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/anish-kapoor-just-because-a-thing-is-big-it-doesnt-mean-its-of-any-interest-or-even-good Russian Strike Damages Ukrainian Monastery, Art Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kyiv-pechersk-lavra-fire-damage-attack-2781338 What’s Going on With the Met’s Odd New Giacometti Show? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/giacometti-in-the-temple-of-dendur-2781077 Ibrahim Mahama: ‘All these things are the stains; they are part of the story’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/ibrahim-mahama-all-these-things-are-the-stains-they-are-part-of-the-story Shuang Li shows how wild weather mirrors our fractured world https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/shuang-li-shows-how-wild-weather-mirrors-our-fractured-world The art world honours David Hockney, ‘who flew the flag higher than any other British artist’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/the-art-world-honours-david-hockney-who-flew-the-flag-higher-than-any-other-british-artist Russian drone attack on Ukraine damages several cultural sites https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/russian-drone-attack-on-ukraine-damages-several-cultural-sites The Obamas Unveil First-Ever Official Dual Portrait https://hyperallergic.com/the-obamas-unveil-first-ever-official-dual-portrait/ Leonardo Drew Joins Hauser & Wirth for Worldwide Representation https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonardo-drew-joins-hauser-and-wirth-1234788673/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Almine Rech Announces Collaboration with the Consejo Leonora Carrington and rossogranada https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/almine-rech-now-represents-leonora-carrington-1234789226/ Obama Center, Nayland Blake, Danielle Mckinney https://hyperallergic.com/obama-center-nayland-blake-danielle-mckinney/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. David Hockney, an artist of brio and versatility, with global recognition beyond the art world, has died, aged 88 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/12/david-hockney-an-artist-of-brio-and-versatility-with-global-recognition-beyond-the-art-world-has-died-aged-88 Duane Michals, Who Expanded Photography’s Boundaries With Élan, Dies at 94 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/photographer-duane-michals-died-obituary-2780563 What Comes After Grow-or-Go? How Goodman Gallery Changed Course https://news.artnet.com/market/goodman-gallery-business-model-art-market-downturn-2779450 Mauritshuis Museum Can Keep Contested Rembrandts, Fallout From Viral Artist Residency ‘Scandal,’ and More: Morning Links for June 12, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mauritshuis-museum-contested-rembrandts-morning-links-1234789023/ Francesca Casadio Named Director of Getty Conservation Institute, GRIMM Opens Amsterdam Space, and More: Industry Moves for June 12, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/francesca-casadio-director-of-getty-conservation-institute-1234789046/ Cleveland Museum of Art Plans $600 M. Fundraising Campaign to Sustain Museum’s Long-Term Health https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cleveland-museum-of-art-600-million-fundraising-campaign-1234789009/ Christie’s London Sale Confirms Growing Appetite for South Asian Art https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-record-sale-south-asian-market-2780652 AI Just Helped Identify a Long-Lost F.C.B. Cadell Painting Bought for Under $100 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-identifies-lost-cadell-painting-bought-for-100-dollars-1234789159/ Construction of Trump’s Washington, DC arch could put archaeological sites at risk https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/12/trump-washington-dc-arch-construction-archaeological-site-risks The War Against Imagination https://hyperallergic.com/the-war-against-imagination/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Comment | Georg Baselitz's final exhibition is a warning that history is repeating itself https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/11/comment-|-georg-baselitzs-final-exhibition-is-a-warning-that-history-is-repeating-itself Inside the Artist Residency ‘Scandal’ Dividing the Internet https://news.artnet.com/art-world/abstract-magazine-summer-residency-2780124 Crimean Museum Struck by Ukrainian Drone, Reportedly Damaging Collection https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sevastopol-art-museum-crimea-ukrainian-drone-strike-1234788875/ How A.I. Helped Identify a Lost Scottish Masterpiece https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-a-i-helped-identify-a-lost-scottish-masterpiece-2780288 Metropolitan Museum of Art Repatriates Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-repatriates-khmer-sculptures-cambodia-1234788927/ Citing Financial Trouble, Charleston’s International African American Museum to Furlough Staff https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/international-african-american-museum-charleston-furloughs-1234788931/ Painting “Intentionally” Defaced at Museum of African American Culture https://hyperallergic.com/painting-intentionally-defaced-at-museum-of-african-american-culture/ See Never-Before-Shown Martin Wong Works, Now On View in a Show Of His Chinatown Paintings https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/never-before-shown-martin-wong-paintings-wrightwood-1234788750/ Duane Michals, Maker of Enigmatic Sequences of Images That Defied Photography’s Conventions, Dies at 94 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/duane-michals-photographer-dead-1234788848/ Carmen Maria Machado on Power https://hyperallergic.com/carmen-maria-machado-on-power/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Former director of Rio’s Museu de Arte Moderna ordered to pay breach-of-contract fine https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/museu-arte-moderna-rio-fabio-szwarcwald-fine-breach-contract Dépendance, Maverick Brussels Gallery, Calls It Quits https://news.artnet.com/market/dependance-brussels-gallery-closes-2780171 The Trade in Looted Antiquities Endures for One Reason: Demand https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matt-campbell-cambodia-looted-antiquities-2779870 International organisations and Lebanese culture ministry issue warnings amid Israeli capture of Beaufort Castle and strikes on Tyre https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/international-organisations-and-lebanese-ministry-of-culture-issue-warnings-amidst-israeli-capture-of-beaufort-castle Gaudí goes viral: TikTok partners with Sagrada Familia to livestream inauguration of finished tower https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/gaudi-goes-viral-tiktok-partners-with-sagrada-familia-to-livestream-content-of-finished-tower Largest-Ever Arthur Jafa Survey Coming to New Museum https://hyperallergic.com/largest-ever-arthur-jafa-survey-coming-to-new-museum/ Who Asked for an AI Art Museum? https://hyperallergic.com/who-asked-for-an-ai-art-museum/ Guggenheim Museum to Livestream Select World Cup Matches, Screen Art Film on Legendary Football Star Zinédine Zidane https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-world-cup-matches-livestream-zidane-screening-1234788706/ Pace Plans to Give Up 8,600-Square-Foot London Gallery as It Continues to Cut Costs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-london-gallery-hanover-square-rent-1234788699/ Valentine Willie, Visionary Advocate of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art, Dies at 71 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/valentine-willie-visionary-advocate-southeast-asian-contemporary-art-dead-71-1234788721/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museum Rietberg’s A Kind of Paradise: Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art is Balm for the Scars of European Conquest https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/museum-rietberg-paradise-colonial-photography-contemporary-1234785044/ Artists create Fifa World Cup posters denouncing presence of US immigration agents https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/09/artists-world-cup-protest-posters-anti-ice Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/three-men-convicted-museum-heist-ancient-romanian-gold-1234788616/ My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum https://hyperallergic.com/my-queasy-forest-scented-stroll-through-las-new-ai-art-museum/ Here is the Artist List for the 16th Gwangju Biennial https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/16th-gwangju-biennial-artist-list-matthew-barney-tehching-hsieh-nina-canell-1234788663/ SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference https://hyperallergic.com/saic-puts-professor-on-leave-after-palestine-reference/ How the Pace Layoffs Went Down—And What Comes Next https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/how-the-pace-layoffs-went-down-1234788685/ MoMA to Present the First Survey of Piet Mondrian’s New York Paintings https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/first-survey-of-piet-mondrian-s-new-york-paintings-moma-1234788642/ Templon Gallery Closes New York Outpost, Tone Hansen to Lead Moderna Museet: Morning Links for June 9, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/templon-gallery-closes-new-york-outpost-tone-hansen-to-lead-moderna-museet-morning-links-for-june-9-2026-1234788592/ Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves https://hyperallergic.com/nayland-blake-doesnt-believe-in-fixed-selves/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Mexico City museum with world's richest collection of Kahlo and Rivera works reopens after years of controversy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/08/museo-dolores-olmedo-reopens-mexico-city-diego-rivera-frida-kahlo New digital archive reconstructs Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts for the first time in four centuries https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/08/new-digital-archive-reconstructs-leonardo-da-vinci-manuscripts Crystal Bridges Museum Tacks on a Big Expansion, Just 15 Years After Opening, and Packs it With American Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/crystal-bridges-museum-moshe-safdie-expansion-american-art-1234788435/ Nearly Half of Mid-Career Women Are Thinking of Leaving the Art World: Report https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hardwiring-change-report-2026-2779250 Alma Allen Doubles Down on Accusations Against Publicist David Resnicow of Working Against His Venice Biennale Pavilion https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alma-allen-david-resnicow-venice-biennale-us-pavilion-1234788547/ A First Look at the Art in the New Obama Presidential Center https://hyperallergic.com/a-first-look-at-the-art-in-the-new-obama-presidential-center/ Winning Penn Station Redesign Features Trump’s Name https://hyperallergic.com/winning-penn-station-redesign-features-trumps-name/ Italian Arts Workers Announce Nationwide Strike https://hyperallergic.com/italian-arts-workers-announce-nationwide-strike/ Anti-Trump Street Art Collective VJayBombs Goes Viral as LA Becomes a Canvas of Protest https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anti-trump-street-art-collective-vjaybombs-goes-viral-as-la-becomes-a-canvas-of-protest-1234788515/ Chairman of US Commission of Fine Arts Attends ‘Russian Davos,’ Joins Roundtable With Russian Envoy Responsible for Venice Biennale Participation https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chairman-us-commission-fine-arts-st-petersburg-conference-1234788498/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Leonardo’s ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Is Complete for the First Time in 400 Years https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022 Is the Mega-Gallery Model Collapsing? https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-jun-8-2779180 Jurassic Art—5 Artworks That Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dinosaurs-gallery-network-2761041 As the Country Turns 250, Why Won’t Its Museums Meet the Moment? https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/america-250-donald-trump-smithsonian-mfa-boston-museums-1234788176/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. What Makes a Gallery Weekend Good? https://news.artnet.com/market/london-gallery-weekend-2026-2779093 Celia Paul, Edward Hopper, Saif Azzuz https://hyperallergic.com/celia-paul-edward-hopper-saif-azzuz/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artists Threaten Lawsuit as Venice Biennale Award Crisis Deepens https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-threaten-lawsuit-venice-biennale-awards-2778696 More than 100 artists threaten legal action against Venice Biennale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/04/more-than-100-artists-threaten-legal-action-against-venice-biennale Mega Gallery Pace is Dropping Some 50 Artists, 50 Staff in ‘Model Correction’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-gallery-layoffs-artist-roster-cuts-1234788318/ Pace Cuts 50 Workers and 50 Artists, Citing a “Broken” Gallery Model https://hyperallergic.com/pace-cuts-50-workers-and-50-artists-citing-a-broken-gallery-model/ Serial Museum Leader Philippe Vergne Named Artistic Director of the Bass in Miami Beach https://news.artnet.com/art-world/philippe-vergne-curator-bass-museum-miami-2778742 Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kulapat-yantrasast-artistic-director-2027-bukhara-biennial-1234788298/ Art Movements: Meet MoMA's New Photo Chief https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-meet-momas-new-photo-chief/ Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-director-dies-at-56-1234788359/ A New French Study Says It Is Safe to Ship the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-study-says-safe-ship-bayeux-tapestry-british-museum-1234788355/ The Best Part of “Moss & Freud” Is When It’s Over https://hyperallergic.com/the-best-part-of-moss-and-freud-is-when-its-over/