A.I. Copyright Denied, Biennials on Edge

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. First Looks at the 2026 Whitney Biennial: Politics, Memory, and Unexpected Emotion https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2026-first-takes-2750160 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Grant Copyright to A.I.-Generated Artwork https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-art-copyright-supreme-court-ruling-2750081 ‘It doesn’t put walls around everything’: behind the plans for Manila’s new contemporary art centre https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/behind-plans-for-manila-new-contemporary-art-centre Spain’s galleries are protesting against high taxes—can Arco Madrid help voice their concerns? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/arco-madrid-45th-edition-benefits-from-influx-of-latin-americans-to-the-new-miami Tehran’s Unesco-listed Golestan Palace reportedly damaged by US-Israeli strikes https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/us-israeli-strikes-damage-unesco-listed-golestan-palace-tehran Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash https://hyperallergic.com/plan-to-close-depaul-art-museum-faces-community-backlash/ The 2026 Whitney Biennial Includes a Video Game Designed by Leo Castañeda You Can Play At Home https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/video-game-leo-castaneda-2026-whitney-biennial-1234775440/ Tehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of Iran https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/golestan-palace-tehran-damaged-us-israel-bombing-1234775457/ Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Is Set to Reopen This Year, But Officials Say It Isn’t a ‘Return’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/russian-pavilion-2026-venice-biennale-return-1234775410/ Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/midseaon-auctions-2026-analysis-jeff-koons-1234775448/