Auction Fever, A.I. Angst, and Art Under Fire

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Christie’s Triple-Header 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales Nets $265 M., as London Proves It’s Still a Draw to Collectors https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-triple-header-20th-and-21st-century-evening-sales-nets-265-m-as-london-proves-its-still-a-draw-to-collectors-1234776027/ $450 Million Newhouse Trove Heads to Christie’s, Led by $100 Million Pollock, Brancusi https://news.artnet.com/market/450-million-newhouse-trove-heads-to-christies-led-by-100-million-pollock-2750035 How Should We Live With A.I.? A New Group Show Probes Our Ties With Technology https://news.artnet.com/art-world/technologies-of-relation-mass-moca-2750592 ‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/06/national-capital-planning-commission-hearing-trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing Pussy Riot slams Russia’s return to Venice Biennale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/06/pussy-riot-slams-plans-russian-pavilion-venice-biennale Israel-US Strikes Damage Tehran’s Historic Golestan Palace https://hyperallergic.com/israel-us-strikes-damage-tehrans-historic-golestan-palace/ Forget About Getting Your AI Art Copyrighted https://hyperallergic.com/forget-about-getting-your-ai-art-copyrighted/ Bauhaus Buildings at UNESCO World Heritage Site Damaged in Tel Aviv by Iranian Missile Strike https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bauhaus-buildings-white-city-tel-aviv-damaged-1234776001/ Zanele Muholi, South African ‘Visual Activist,’ Wins the World’s Top Photography Prize https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zanele-muholi-wins-2026-hasselblad-award-1234775981/ Pedro Friedeberg, Surrealist Artist Who Designed the Iconic Hand-Chair, Dies at 90 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pedro-friedeberg-surrealist-artist-dead-hand-chair-1234775992/