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. 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/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A $15M De Kooning Leads Lévy Gorvy Dayan’s New Auction-Style Sales Experiment https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-may-4-2769900 Artist Mel Kendrick Is Mining New Possibilities From Wood and Color https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mel-kendrick-david-nolan-2769320 A $35 M. Warhol, a $45 M. Basquiat, and More: Who’s Selling The Top Works in the May Sales? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/may-2026-auction-sales-christies-sothebys-basquiat-warhol-1234783663/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Overlooked Artist Louisa Chase Returns to the Spotlight https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louisa-chase-berry-campbell-2769283 Lévy Gorvy Dayan Bets on Urgency With New LGD Hammer Sales Platform https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/levy-gorvy-dayan-new-lgd-hammer-sales-platform-1234783638/ May You Live in Less Interesting Times https://hyperallergic.com/may-you-live-in-less-interesting-times/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá's director departs amid accusations she harassed staff https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/01/museo-arte-moderno-bogota-dismisses-martha-ortiz Cosmic, concrete, earthy: Nancy Holt’s Land Art on show in UK https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/01/nancy-holts-land-art-lands-in-the-uk The Defining Themes of Today’s Biennial Art https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-defining-themes-of-todays-biennial-art-2767932 Art trade adjusting after US Supreme Court struck down Trump's extreme tariffs https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/01/trump-tariffs-struck-down-supreme-court-art-trade-adjusts US National Gallery of Art receives $116m gift to continue nationwide lending programme https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/01/national-gallery-art-us-116m-gift-mitchell-rales-touring-collection The Venice Biennale’s Polite Fiction of Being ‘Above the Market’ Is Wearing Thin https://news.artnet.com/market/venice-biennale-market-2769526 Venice Biennale Jury Resigns https://hyperallergic.com/the-venice-biennale-jury-resigns/ London Dealer Stephen Friedman Owes $10.6 M. to Dozens of Creditors, Including Artists Deborah Roberts and Kehinde Wiley https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/london-dealer-stephen-friedman-owes-artists-kehinde-wiley-1234783596/ Venice Biennale Scraps “Golden Lion” Awards as Turmoil Continues https://hyperallergic.com/venice-biennale-scraps-golden-lion-awards-as-turmoil-continues/ Trump Border Wall Crews Damage 1,000-Year-Old Native Etching in Arizona https://hyperallergic.com/trump-border-wall-crews-damage-1-000-year-old-native-etching-in-arizona/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The curator awakens: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art reveals inaugural exhibition lineup https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/30/lucas-museum-narrative-art-inaugural-exhibitions Georg Baselitz, German artist who turned figurative painting on its head, has died, aged 88 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/30/georg-baselitz-german-artist-figurative-painter-obituary Venice Biennale Jury Resigns in the Wake of Controversial Prize Ban https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-jury-resigns-prize-ban-2769269 U.S. Returns Hundreds of Looted Antiquities to Italy https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-returns-looted-antiquities-italy-2769117 UK’s Brighton & Hove Museums to return 45 artefacts to Botswana https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/30/uk-brighton-hove-museums-return-45-artefacts-botswana Texas Man Who Orchestrated $20 M. Crypto Scam Based on Fictitious Van Gogh and Picasso Masterpieces Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/crypto-scam-van-gogh-picasso-masterpieces-sentenced-1234783074/ New Banksy statue appears in central London https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/30/has-a-new-banksy-statue-just-appeared-in-central-london Full extent of Stephen Friedman Gallery's £7.8m debt revealed in filings https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/30/stephen-friedman-gallery-owes-£800000-to-artists-filings-reveal Picasso Painting That Cost S. I. Newhouse a MoMA Board Position Heads to Christie’s for $55 M. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/s-i-newhouse-moma-picasso-auction-christies-1234783250/ Tania Bruguera on Why Today’s Art Must Be Political https://hyperallergic.com/tania-bruguera-on-why-todays-art-must-be-political/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. EU imposes sanctions on Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of Russia's State Hermitage Museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/29/eu-imposes-sanctions-on-mikhail-piotrovsky-director-of-russias-state-hermitage-museum Ittai Gradel, gems expert who uncovered British Museum thefts, dies aged 61 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/29/ittai-gradel-gems-expert-uncovered-british-museum-thefts-died-aged-61 Why London’s Whitechapel Gallery Hired an Economist https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitechapel-gallery-economist-2768633 Comment | The slopification of political art https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/29/slopification-political-art-press-any-key-to-continue East Africa meets Western Europe as Michael Armitage takes on Venice's Palazzo Grassi https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/29/east-africa-meets-western-europe-as-michael-armitage-takes-on-venices-palazzo-grassi Venice Bound? Here’s All the News You Need to Know About This Year’s Biennale https://news.artnet.com/art-world/news-explainer-venice-biennale-2758682 Duo Who Sold Fake Warhol, Banksy Plead Guilty in $2M Fraud https://news.artnet.com/art-world/father-daughter-forgery-scheme-2768661 Reclaiming the Self-Taught Artist’s Creative Identity https://hyperallergic.com/self-made-american-folk-art-museum/ How Will the Venice Biennale Impact Alma Allen’s Market? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/alma-allen-venice-biennale-us-pavilion-market-1234783155/ George Herms, Titan of West Coast Assemblage, Dies at 90 https://hyperallergic.com/george-herms-titan-of-west-coast-assemblage-dies-at-90/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Art Basel Curbs Pre-Fair Sales—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-apr-27-2768017 The Art Trade Is Taking Calculated Risks With A.I. https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-apr-27-2768000 Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/27/towering-homage-to-bamiyan-buddhas-rises-over-manhattans-high-line Digital Art Pioneer Nancy Burson Collapses the Border Between Mysticism and Quantum Physics https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/digital-art-pioneer-nancy-burson-mysticism-quantum-physics-1234782713/ Sharjah Biennial Lines Up 109 Artists for 2027 Edition, Titled ‘What Remains, Sits Restive’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sharjah-biennial-2027-artist-list-1234782699/ Art Show in London Canceled Over Allegations of Antisemitism from Pro-Israel Group https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/matthew-collings-show-london-cancelled-antisemitism-israel-1234782753/ Newsmakers: Nalini Malani Lets the Walls Speak with a New Installation in Venice https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/nalini-malani-of-woman-born-venice-1234782739/ Italian Culture Minister Will Not Attend Venice Biennale Opening in Protest of Russia’s Participation https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-culture-minister-protest-venice-biennale-russia-1234782691/ Russia's Venice Pavilion to Close to the Public in Compliance With Sanctions https://hyperallergic.com/russias-venice-pavilion-to-close-to-the-public-in-compliance-with-sanctions/ The Death of the Art School https://hyperallergic.com/the-death-of-the-art-school/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A Smaller Art Brussels Represents a Shift in the Fair Ecosystem Toward a ‘Quality-First’ Approach https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-brussels-2026-report-parloir-fair-1234782661/ An Art Historian’s Riotous Novel Melds Medieval Art with Monica Lewinsky https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/a-new-novel-sees-monica-lewinsky-through-medieval-art-1234782607/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Art Firms Are—or Should Be—Using A.I. Right Now https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-adoption-on-the-rise-2767684 How an Artist and Museum Conspired to Give a Delivery Worker What the Apps Won’t: PTO https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/pto-fields-harrington-gustavo-ajche-bike-ps1-greater-ny-1234782540/ LA’s The Box Gallery to Close After 19 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-box-los-angeles-gallery-closure-1234782658/ Venice, Here We Come https://hyperallergic.com/venice-here-we-come/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Multibillion-Dollar Maneuvers Behind the Met’s Raphael Show https://news.artnet.com/market/metropolitan-museum-raphael-exhibition-2767828 Venice Biennale’s Prize Ban on Israel and Russia Falls Short for Critics https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-awards-ban-2767588 Sonic investigations non-profit to be artist-in-residence at London's Gasworks https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/24/sonic-investigations-non-profit-to-be-artist-in-residence-at-londons-gasworks Refik Anadol’s AI Art Museum DATALAND Will Open in Los Angeles in June https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/refik-anadol-ai-art-museum-dataland-open-los-angeles-june-1234782560/ A Refreshing Turn to Craft at AIPAD's Photography Show https://hyperallergic.com/a-refreshing-turn-to-craft-at-aipads-photography-show/ Collector Julia Stoschek Closes Down Berlin Exhibition Venue After 10 Years In Favor of International Projects https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/collector-julia-stoschek-closes-foundation-venue-berlin-1234782594/ Nude Performance at MFA Boston Confronts One of Art’s Oldest Tropes https://hyperallergic.com/nude-performance-at-mfa-boston-confronts-one-of-arts-oldest-tropes/ A Buddha Is Reborn on the High Line https://hyperallergic.com/a-buddha-is-reborn-on-the-high-line/ Amid Epstein Blowback, Bard President Leon Botstein Talks About Succession Plan But With No Timeline: Report https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bard-leon-botstein-succession-1234782548/ Inside Gagosian’s Quiet Power Move to Street Level on Madison Avenue https://news.artnet.com/market/new-gagosian-gallery-madison-avenue-new-york-2767601

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Refik Anadol’s Dataland Museum Sets an Opening Date https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dataland-refik-anadol-opening-date-2767486 The Big Review | Lacma's David Geffen Galleries ★★★★ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/23/big-review-lacma-david-geffen-galleries Harmony Korine Makes Sense of His Shape-Shifting Art: ‘It’s Really One Whole Work’ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/harmony-korine-ica-miami-2767009 Nominees for the Turner Prize 2026 announced by Tate https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/23/nominees-for-the-turner-prize-2026-announced-by-tate Alma Allen Speaks Out on Backlash Over U.S. Pavilion Commission: ‘A Little Stressful’ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alma-allen-speaks-out-venice-biennale-backlash-2767092 Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: 'a Bloomberg for art?' https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/23/comment-|-how-viable-is-the-artnet-and-artsys-merger Taiwan Revokes National Art Prize from Sakuliu Pavavaljung After Sexual Assault Conviction https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sakuliu-pavavaljung-taiwan-national-art-prize-revoked-1234782497/ Berlin Modern Museum Delayed Again as Moisture Damage Pushes Opening to 2030 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/berlin-modern-museum-delayed-2030-moisture-damage-1234782399/ Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Own Detention in 24-Hour Performance in Manchester https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-24-hour-performance-factory-international-1234782448/ Venice Biennale Awards Jury Won’t Consider Russia and Israel https://hyperallergic.com/venice-biennale-awards-jury-wont-consider-russia-and-israel/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Yves Saint Laurent’s Lalanne Mirrors Sell for Record-Shattering $33.5 Million https://news.artnet.com/market/yves-saint-laurent-lalanne-mirrors-de-gunzberg-sale-2762297 Antony Gormley sculpture quietly removed and sold off by UK council https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/22/antony-gormley-sculpture-quietly-removed-and-sold-off-by-uk-council The Photography Show fair’s 45th edition explores medium’s full history from its origins to AI https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/22/the-photography-show-aipad-fair-45th-edition-preview Caravaggio and Rubens works destroyed by fire in Second World War are brought back to (digital) life https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/22/caravaggio-and-rubens-works-destroyed-by-fire-in-second-world-war-are-brought-back-to-digital-life Top 200 Collector Mitchell Rales Gifts $116 M. to National Gallery of Art for Lending Program https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/billionaire-mitchell-rales-national-gallery-art-lending-program-1234782323/ Dutch Commission Recommends New Guardianship for ‘Orphaned’ Nazi-Looted Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/panel-recommendation-orphaned-nazi-looted-art-netherlands-1234782335/ Can the V&A’s New Museum Fulfill Its Democratic Promise? https://hyperallergic.com/can-the-v-as-new-museum-fulfill-its-democratic-promise/ Architectural Competition for Louvre ‘New Renaissance’ Project Reportedly Set to Relaunch in May https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jury-architect-for-louvre-project-set-to-meet-in-may-1234782362/ Trump White House Ballroom Contract Allowed Anonymous Donors, Limited Oversight https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/white-house-ballroom-contract-anonymous-donors-oversight-1234782350/ Venice Biennale’s 2026 Golden Lion Jury to Be Led by Videobrasil Founder https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-2026-golden-lion-jury-1234782325/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Pussy Riot Is Challenging Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pussy-riot-venice-biennale-bid-2766832 Has A.I. Solved the Mystery of This El Greco Painting? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artificial-intelligence-el-greco-science-advances-2766875 Lack of accountability after crush of crowds at Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière kills 25 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/21/haiti-citadelle-laferriere-crowd-crush-stampede-25-dead Mass shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacan archaeological site leaves one dead, 13 injured https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/21/teotihuacan-site-mass-shooting Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/collector-dimitris-daskalopouloss-neon-to-conclude-after-having-fulfilled-its-mission-1234782219/ Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates 150,000 Objects to Major Mexico City Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/diego-rivera-grandson-donation-museo-anahuacalli-mexico-city-1234782182/ The Iran War Is Already Tanking Luxury Sales in the Gulf—Could Art Be Next? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/iran-war-gulf-art-market-luxury-sales-down-1234782132/ What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York” https://hyperallergic.com/what-we-loved-and-didnt-in-greater-new-york/ Barbara Chase-Riboud Speaks Out on Declining US Biennale Pavilion https://hyperallergic.com/barbara-chase-riboud-speaks-out-on-declining-us-biennale-pavilion/ Barbara Chase-Riboud Says She Declined US Pavilion Offer Because It Was ‘Not the Moment’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/barbara-chase-riboud-declined-us-pavilion-venice-biennale-1234782052/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/drum-and-trumpet-with-human-skulls-attached-complicate-plan-for-restitution-from-los-angeles-to-ghana V&A East Launches With a Fresh Lens on a 2.8 Million-Object Collection https://news.artnet.com/art-world/va-east-opening-2766616 Diego Rivera’s grandson donates more than 150,000 objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/diego-rivera-museo-anahuacalli-donation-grandson-150000-objects US-Israel war on Iran disrupts art transport routes as prices surge https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/us-israel-war-on-iran-disrupts-art-transport-routes-as-prices-surge Agnes Gryczkowska Discusses Curating Marina Abramović’s New Berlin Mega Show https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marina-abramovic-berlin-exhibition-curator-agnes-gryczkowska-1234781412/ Genesis P-Orridge’s Subversive Mail Art Goes on View https://hyperallergic.com/genesis-p-orridges-subversive-mail-art-goes-on-view/ James Hayward, West Coast Painter with a Cult Following, Dies at 82 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/james-hayward-painter-dead-1234781960/ Mexico to Divert Train Route After Cave Art Discovery https://hyperallergic.com/mexico-to-divert-train-route-after-cave-art-discovery/ Alma Allen’s US Pavilion Heads to Venice Amid Questions Over Selection Process https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alma-allens-u-s-pavilion-heads-to-venice-1234781956/ Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Co-Headline ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daft-punk-thomas-bangalter-art-basel-1234781941/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Ruins of a ‘Unique‘ Temple Complex Discovered in Northern Sinai https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unique-2nd-century-bc-temple-discovered-northern-sinai-1234781825/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. What Not to Miss at the San Francisco Art Fair, According to Curator Mara Gladstone https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curator-mara-gladstone-san-francisco-art-fair-2766248 Sotheby’s Debt, Delays, and the Drahi Playbook https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-debt-delays-2766303 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Art Speaks in a Language Left for Us to Translate https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/theresa-hak-kyung-cha-retrospective-bampfa-1234781753/ Art Talk With Rama Duwaji https://hyperallergic.com/art-talk-with-rama-duwaji/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin—podcast https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/museum-openings-va-east-los-angeles-county-museum-art-plus-william-blake-dublin-podcast Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/zurichs-controversial-buhrle-collection-rehung-including-five-paintings-van-gogh-one-forgery Turkey Notches Another Successful Restitution After Denver Art Museum Returns 1500-Year-Old Marble Head https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/turkey-notches-another-successful-restitution-after-denver-art-museum-returns-1500-year-old-marble-head-1234781710/ Lebanon appeals to Unesco to intervene amid fears protected citadel has been destroyed https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/lebanon-appeals-to-unesco-to-intervene-amid-fears-protected-citadel-has-been-destroyed The Big Review: Rothko in Florence ★★★★★ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/the-big-review-rothko-in-florence Catalan Museum Has Yet to Follow Through on Court Order to Return Contested Murals to Aragon Monastery https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/catalan-museum-hasnt-returned-contested-murals-aragon-monastery-1234781729/ Edmonia Lewis Was the Earliest Known Black Artist to Depict Emancipation. This Is Her First Retrospective. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/edmonia-lewis-peabody-essex-georgia-museum-of-art-north-carolina-museum-of-art-1234781689/ Finland Pulls Back Venice Biennale Presence Over Return of Russian Pavilion https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/finland-venice-biennale-russia-pavilion-boycott-1234781822/ Tania El Khoury’s Soothing “Revenge Art” https://hyperallergic.com/tania-el-khourys-soothing-revenge-art/ The Triumphant New LACMA Has the Potential to Rewrite Art History https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/lacma-david-geffen-galleries-review-1234781676/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sea change: inside LACMA’s new curatorial strategy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/sea-change-inside-lacmas-new-curatorial-strategy Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/barcelona-museum-refuses-to-return-sijena-murals-to-monastery ‘The extremely happy part of the crowd’: Hungarian arts figures hope for change after 16 years of Orbán rule https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/hungarian-arts-figures-hope-change-after-orban-rule Walker Art Center Severs Ties with Restaurant for Laying Off Workers in Favor of QR Codes https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/walker-art-center-restaurant-closes-qr-code-controvery-1234781576/ Foundation, a Prominent NFT Platform of the 2021 Boom, Shuts Down After Failed Sale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/foundation-nft-platform-shutdown-blackdove-sale-failed-1234781419/ Prominent German Art Foundation Accuses Top Culture Official of ‘Attempted Intimidation’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kunstfonds-foundation-germany-controversy-1234781494/ Our Critics Disagree on MoMA PS1’s Greater New York, a Wide-Ranging Survey Defined by a Fascination with Fragility https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/greater-new-york-2026-critics-conversation-review-1234781406/ MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting https://hyperallergic.com/moma-ps1s-greater-new-york-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting/ Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon's Civil War https://hyperallergic.com/rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanons-civil-war/ Artnet Makes Significant Layoffs Following Consolidation with Artsy https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnet-layoffs-artsy-consolidation-beowolff-capital-1234781422/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Is Chinese Censorship Reaching Inside Britain’s Museums? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/va-catalogue-chinese-censorship-2765447 Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries reframe 6,000 years of history https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/15/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-new-david-geffen-galleries-reframe-6000-years-history Art Dubai Downsizes Dramatically as War Reshapes Plans https://news.artnet.com/market/art-dubai-revised-format-2765451 More than 200 cultural figures sign statement criticising international response to destruction of Iran’s heritage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/15/more-than-200-cultural-figures-sign-statement-criticising-international-response-to-destruction-of-iran-heritage Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Launches Digital Catalogue Raisonné https://hyperallergic.com/georgia-okeeffe-museum-launches-digital-catalogue-raisonne/ Beowolff Combines Artsy and Artnet in Digital Art Market Push https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artsy-artnet-merger-beowolff-art-market-1234781320/ Met Museum to Stage Giacometti Show in Temple of Dendur This Summer https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-temple-of-dendur-giacometti-show-1234781310/ Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential List Includes Artist Cao Fei and Photojournalist Lynsey Addario https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/time-magazine-influential-artist-cao-fei-lynsey-addario-1234781306/ The Met is Finally Treating Lee Krasner as Pollock’s Equal—Will the Market Follow? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/lee-krasner-jackson-pollock-met-art-market-1234781332/ “Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” Posters Emerge Across NYC https://hyperallergic.com/boycott-the-bezos-met-gala-posters-emerge-across-nyc/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. France’s new restitution law passes final vote https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/frances-new-restitution-law-passes-final-vote FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican's sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/fka-twigs-and-brian-eno-among-artists-included-in-the-vaticans-sound-based-2026-venice-biennale-pavilion Former High Museum COO Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Theft Charges https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/high-museum-coo-pleads-not-guilty-federal-theft-charges-1234781188/ Beloved CUNY Social Practice Art Program to Shut Down https://hyperallergic.com/beloved-cuny-social-practice-art-program-to-shut-down/ Mexican Artist Alleges Plagiarism of Femicide Project https://hyperallergic.com/mexican-artist-alleges-plagiarism-of-femicide-project/ 40 Years Later, Houston's FotoFest Keeps Its Edge https://hyperallergic.com/40-years-later-houstons-fotofest-keeps-its-edge/ These Are the Winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship https://hyperallergic.com/these-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-guggenheim-fellowship/ Hampshire College, Whose Alumni List Includes Many Well-Known Artists, to Close After 51 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hampshire-college-closes-artist-alumni-1234781190/ Artists Criticize Somalia’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion: ‘This Pavilion Does Not Speak for Us’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-somali-pavilion-controversy-1234781181/ Ai Weiwei on Censorship https://hyperallergic.com/ai-weiwei-on-censorship/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Go Time! Gagosian Christens New Madison Avenue Space With Duchamp Readymades https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gagosian-duchamp-madison-ave-2764178 New Bienal de Yucatán to spotlight Mexican region’s growing art scene https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/13/bienal-yucatan-merida-mexico-launching-november A Data Analysis of the 2026 Venice Biennale Signals a Shift to the Present https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-data-analysis-2754880 IMLS Spared in Legal Battle—But Threat of Budget Cuts Looms https://news.artnet.com/art-world/imls-lawsuit-settlement-budget-cuts-2764588 Lost-Lost Film by French Cinema Pioneer Turns Up in Michigan https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lost-georges-melies-film-discovered-michigan-2764682 Sharjah’s Barjeel Art Foundation Is Building its First Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/barjeel-art-foundation-sharjah-museum-1234781097/ Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Artist Who Confronted Injustice, Dies at 46 https://hyperallergic.com/celeste-dupuy-spencer-artist-who-confronted-injustice-dies-at-46/ Ai Weiwei and the Art of Keeping Your Mouth Shut https://hyperallergic.com/ai-weiwei-and-the-art-of-keeping-your-mouth-shut/ European Commission Tells Venice Biennale to ‘Clear Its Name’ Regarding Russian Pavilion or Risk Losing $2.3 M. Grant for 2028 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/european-commission-letter-venice-biennale-russian-pavilion-1234781084/ Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father https://hyperallergic.com/chicana-painter-criselda-vasquez-says-ice-detained-her-father/

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. What Germany’s Art Market Reveals About the Limits of Localism https://news.artnet.com/market/germany-art-market-local-2764206 Trump's Clash of Civilizations https://hyperallergic.com/trumps-clash-of-civilizations/ The Best Booths at Expo Chicago, From a 16th-Century Belgian Manuscript to a Painting of a Mariachi Band https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/five-standouts-expo-chicago-1234780988/ Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter Who Used Her Art to Fight for Justice, Dies at 46 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/celeste-dupuy-spencer-painter-dead-1234781046/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Shoptalk: New Guggenheim Director Melissa Chiu on How She Got the Job https://news.artnet.com/market/melissa-chiu-interview-2761902 Getty Center will close for a year to undergo major renovations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/getty-center-to-undergo-major-renovations-close-for-a-year-beginning-march-2027 Spanish culture ministry denies loan of Picasso's Guernica to Bilbao https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/spanish-culture-ministry-denies-loan-picassos-guernica-bilbao Institute of Museum and Library Services Saved from Defunding After Legal Challenge https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-saved-from-defunding-after-legal-challenge-1234780943/ The Long Legal Saga Between Artist Ryder Ripps and the Bored Ape Yacht Club Is Finally Over https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artist-ryder-ripps-bored-ape-yacht-club-legal-battle-over-1234780915/ Obama Presidential Center Announces Final Cohort of Commissions Ahead of June Opening, Including María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jeffrey Gibson, Lorna Simpson https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/obama-presidential-center-final-artist-commissions-1234780957/ Trump Unveils Latest Plans for Proposed 250-Foot Tall Triumphal Arch https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-unveils-latest-plans-for-proposed-250-foot-tall-triumphal-arch-1234780939/ Ukraine Sanctions Russian Culture Figures Linked to Country’s Participation in Venice Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukraine-sanctions-russian-culture-figures-venice-biennale-1234780925/ A Dutch museum has just put its fake Van Gogh on show https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/dutch-museum-fake-van-gogh-on-show Greece Creates New Art Crime Unit to Combat Forgery and Trafficking https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greece-art-crime-2763957

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/melissa-chiu-leaves-hirshhorn-to-take-over-new-yorks-guggenheim-museum London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/londons-va-launches-webpage-exploring-provenance-of-its-objects Readymades, replicas, reiterations: MoMA show explores Marcel Duchamp the inventor https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/readymades-replicas-reiterations-marcel-duchamp-the-inventor The Philosopher Who Predicted Our Post-Literate Art Moment https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/vilem-flusser-martha-schwendener-book-2760209 Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center has art at its core https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/obama-presidential-center-artist-commissions-expo-chicago Greece introduces new law to tackle art forgery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/greece-introduces-new-law-to-tackle-art-forgery-and-damage Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/restitution-law-france-advances-1234780729/ LA’s Getty Center to Close for Renovations Beginning in 2027 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-center-year-long-closure-1234780777/ Works from Marian Goodman’s Collection to Anchor Christie’s May Sales https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/marian-goodman-collection-christies-may-sale-richter-1234780701/ Jasper Johns Marks Time https://hyperallergic.com/jasper-johns-marks-time/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The art of technology jostles for position in venues both new and historic https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/08/digital-art-conservation-preservation-canyon-julia-stoschek-george-eastman-museum Are We Too Reverent of Marcel Duchamp? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marcel-duchamp-moma-review-2762880 A new Istanbul gallery is offering an outlet for Iran’s artists https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/08/new-istanbul-gallery-outlet-iran-artists Dartmouth Students Renew Calls to Remove Leon Black’s Name From Arts Center https://news.artnet.com/art-world/students-demand-dartmouth-rename-black-family-visual-arts-center-2762762 ‘It’s essential for understanding what is going on in Ukraine’: new exhibition explores wartime limb loss https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/08/new-exhibition-explores-ukraine-wartime-limb-loss Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York https://hyperallergic.com/rare-wifredo-lam-portrait-lands-in-new-york/ Proposed Loan of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks Clash Between Spanish Authorities https://news.artnet.com/art-world/picasso-guernica-loan-outrage-2762929 New UCCA CEO Kong Lingyi on the Beijing Institution’s Future https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-ucca-ceo-kong-lingyi-interview-2762189 Josh Kline Misses the Mark https://hyperallergic.com/josh-kline-misses-the-mark/ Saad Khan Archives the Detritus of Censored Culture https://hyperallergic.com/saad-khan-archives-the-detritus-of-censored-culture/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $25 Million Modigliani Goes to Jewish Heir in Landmark Restitution Case https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judge-orders-david-nahmad-modigliani-restitution-2762342 Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/did-the-us-holocaust-memorial-museum-self-censor-to-preempt-trumps-wrath London’s National Gallery announces architects for new £350m wing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/london-national-gallery-announces-architects-new-wing Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto sends message of 'preventive peace' on digital billboards around the world https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/artist-michelangelo-pistoletto-sends-message-of-preventive-peace-on-digital-billboards-around-the-world A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/marcel-duchamp-who-was-why-so-important-1234780107/ Inside the Fight to Keep a Trove of Frida Kahlo Works from Leaving Mexico https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-gelman-collection-2762519 Sale of Robert Rauschenberg’s Captiva Compound to Developers Ignites Backlash https://news.artnet.com/art-world/robert-rauschenbergs-foundation-captiva-sale-2762430 Counterpublic Triennial Names 47 Artists and Collectives for Upcoming Third Edition, Including Glenn Ligon, Rebecca Belmore, Rirkrit Tiravanija https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/counterpublic-triennial-third-edition-artist-list-1234780319/ New York Gallery The Hole Sued Over Back Rent, Accused of Not Paying Artists and Workers https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gallery-the-hole-sued-back-rent-accused-not-paying-artists-1234780376/ Seoul’s Centre Pompidou, Three Years in the Making, Will Open in June https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidou-seoul-june-2026-opening-1234780389/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/judge-rules-dealer-david-nahmad-must-return-nazi-looted-modigliani Closure of DePaul Art Museum leaves collection in limbo https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/depaul-art-museum-closure-collection-limbo Overdue payments to artists, landlords and workers at a popular gallery reflect pressures squeezing the dealer sector https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/pressures-squeezing-gallery-sector-the-hole-new-york-los-angeles Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds https://hyperallergic.com/paul-klee-other-possible-worlds-jewish-museum/ Thomas Zipp, Visionary Installation Artist With a Punk Sensibility, Has Died https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thomas-zipp-artist-dead-1234780157/ Ex-Staffers Say the US Holocaust Museum Altered Website and Canceled Programming to Avoid Angering Trump https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-holocaust-museum-canceled-programming-angering-trump-1234780080/ The New Museum’s ‘New Humans’ Reckons With Human-Machine Relations in the Workplace https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/new-museum-new-humans-labor-humans-machines-1234780038/ Israel’s Venice Biennale Artist Responds to Calls for Exclusion: ‘I Do Not Support Cultural Boycotts’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israel-venice-biennale-artist-responds-cultural-boycott-1234780053/ How Josh Kline Wrote the Essay That the Art World Can’t Stop Talking About https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/josh-kline-new-york-art-world-viral-essay-interview-1234780103/ Famed Gelman Collection Will Return to Mexico by 2028 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gelman-collection-returns-mexico-2028-1234780114/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Irreconcilable differences: Canadian cultural tourism to the US experiences a steep decline https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/canadian-cultural-tourism-united-states-decline-political-tensions Monumental 37ft-long Indian scroll goes on public view for the first time at Yale Center for British Art https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/monumental-indian-scroll-goes-on-public-view-for-the-first-time-at-yale At 250, America Must Reframe Its Founding Icons https://news.artnet.com/art-world/op-ed-america-founding-icons-2759432 How the New Deal Treated Art as Essential to Democracy https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/new-deal-democracy-philip-guston-works-progress-administration-steward-davis-jacob-lawrence-1234780013/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Monumental Impact of Indian Miniature Painting https://news.artnet.com/art-world/aicon-indian-miniature-painting-2761587 11-Year Restitution Dispute Over Prized Modigliani Ends With Loss for Nahmad Family https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/modigliani-restitution-dispute-nahmad-family-loss-1234779947/ Why Filmmaker Ming Wong Is the Ultimate Shape-Shifter https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/ming-wong-profile-national-gallery-london-commission-1234779829/ Gisela Colón on Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the Power Beneath the Island https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gisela-colon-bruce-museum-puerto-rico-monoliths-1234778986/ Salvador Dalí’s Sublime Faith https://hyperallergic.com/salvador-dalis-sublime-faith/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Louvre’s new director is inheriting a troubled, traumatised museum—can he repair the damage? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/christophe-leribault-new-director-musee-louvre-inherits-traumatised-museum Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/raja-ravi-varma-17-9-million-auction-record-indian-art-1234779868/ Record-Breaking $110.5 M. Basquiat Painting, Now Owned by Ken Griffin, to Go on View in Miami This Summer https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/basquiat-exhibition-pamm-ken-griffin-loan-1234779935/ David Nott’s Textured Abstractions Go Digital With LG Gallery+ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-nott-lg-gallery-2761492 Artist Ali Cherri files war crimes complaint in France over Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed his parents https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/ali-cherri-war-crimes-complaint-israeli-strike-beirut-killed-parents Uffizi Museum in Florence Denies Severity of Security Breaches Resulting From February Cyber Attack https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uffizi-museum-florence-denies-severity-security-breach-february-cyber-attack-1234779859/ Canada returns 11 artefacts to Turkey in the first repatriation between the countries https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/canada-returns-artefacts-turkey-first-repatriation Bic Family Heirs File Lawsuit for Return of Fra Angelico Painting ‘Stolen’ by Chauffeur https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bic-heirs-lawsuit-stolen-fra-angelico-painting-1234779832/ Human Rights Foundation Petitions UN on Behalf of Jailed Chinese Dissident Artist Gao Zhen https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gao-zhen-human-rights-foundation-petition-1234779866/ German Provocateur Artist Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison in Russia After Mocking Putin https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/german-artist-sentenced-prison-russia-after-mocking-putin-1234779836/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Vaccine billionaire buys $17.9m Raja Ravi Varma, setting new record for Indian painting at auction https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/02/vaccine-billionaire-buys-179m-raja-ravi-varma-setting-new-record-for-indian-painting-at-auction Stolen Van Gogh Back on View at Dutch Museum After Dramatic Restoration https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-gogh-parsonage-garden-groninger-restoration-2761471 Cecily Brown Turns Pastoral Visions Into Painterly Chaos in Her London Museum Debut https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cecily-brown-picture-making-serpentine-2760846 Paul Pfeiffer will be inaugural artist-in-residence at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/02/paul-pfeiffer-artist-residence-barclays-center-arena-brooklyn Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 Lebanese heritage sites as war escalates https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/02/unesco-grants-enhanced-protection-to-39-lebanese-heritage-sites Frieze New York to Include Whitney Biennial Commission and New $50,000 Acquisition Fund https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/frieze-new-york-2026-highlights-whitney-biennial-commission-1234779686/ Lebanese Artist Ali Cherri Files War Crimes Complaint Against Israel After 2024 Beirut Bombing https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lebanese-artist-ali-cherri-files-war-crimes-complaint-against-israel-after-2024-beirut-bombing-1234779773/ Trump’s White House Ballroom Plan Stalls as Congress Balks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-white-house-ballroom-halted-congress-1234779783/ Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Arena Launches Art Program, with Paul Pfeiffer As First Artist-in-Residence https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/barclays-center-brooklyn-art-program-1234779742/ Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88 https://hyperallergic.com/melvin-edwards-who-sculpted-a-new-vocabulary-for-political-art-dies-at-88/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bavaria restitutes Lesser Ury painting to the heirs of a Jewish banker https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/bavaria-restitutes-lesser-ury-painting-heirs-of-jewish-banker New York’s Jewish Museum opens Paul Klee exhibition without its centrepiece https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/paul-klee-angelus-novus-missing-exhibition-jewish-museum-new-york-iran-war Experts Sound Alarm Over the Brazen Museum Heist in Italy https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magnani-rocca-foundation-heist-experts-2761113 Two Monet Paintings, Unseen for a Century, Resurface at Auction https://news.artnet.com/market/monet-paintings-unseen-for-a-century-sothebys-2760767 Sinners, Maurizio Cattelan Is Taking Confession https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-avant-arte-confessional-2760955 In a month of war, Iran’s cultural heritage has suffered huge damage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/in-just-a-few-weeks-irans-cultural-heritage-has-suffered-huge-damage China Orders Nationwide Museum Audit After Missing Masterpieces Scandal https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/china-museum-audit-nanjing-art-scandal-1234779610/ Teresinha Soares, Brazilian Artist Behind Erotic-Inflected Works That Slyly Defied Taboos, Dies at 99 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/teresinha-soares-brazilian-artist-dead-1234779626/ Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation? https://hyperallergic.com/could-colorado-create-the-countrys-first-artist-corporation/ Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid https://hyperallergic.com/kamrooz-aram-breaks-down-the-grid/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Germany to create council to oversee restitution of colonial-era acquisitions https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/germany-to-create-council-to-oversee-restitution-of-colonial-era-acquisitions Pinakothek in Munich Returns Nazi-Looted Painting by Lesser Ury to Jewish Heirs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pinakothek-munich-nazi-looted-painting-restitution-1234779536/ Iran’s arts community and heritage suffer as US-Israeli attacks continue https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/irans-arts-community-and-heritage-suffer-as-us-israeli-attacks-continue Exclusive | The world's 100 most visited art museums in 2025: new venues a big hit with visitors https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/exclusive-the-worlds-100-most-visited-museums-in-2025-new-museums-a-big-hit-with-visitors Venice Biennale Artists Push to Ban U.S., Israel, and Russia From Exhibition https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-open-letter-protesting-israel-russia-usa-2760437 Plan to build border wall along the Rio Grande in Texas threatens prehistoric rock art, locals warn https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/lower-pecos-river-rock-art-threatened-mexico-us-border-wall-construction-texas Rare Rauschenberg Experimental Dance Revived at Brooklyn Roller Rink https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rauschenberg-roller-dance-pelican-brown-xanadu-2760646 Mexico’s art community calls for greater transparency in management of treasured collection https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/gelman-santander-collection-loans-mexico-spain-transparency-open-letters Gladstone Gallery Now Represents the Estate of Pope.L, Boundary-Crossing Performance Artist https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/gladstone-gallery-pope-l-estate-artist-representation-1234779433/ 1-54 New York Lines-Up More Than 20 Exhibitors, with a Special Focus on Brazil https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/1-54-new-york-2026-exhibitor-list-1234779513/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Thieves Snatch Renoir, Matisse, and Cézanne Works From Italian Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magnani-rocca-foundation-heist-renoir-matisse-cezanne-2759844 Comment | A generational moment for Nazi-looted art claims in the US https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/30/leaders-generational-moment-nazi-loot-claims-us-hear-act-2025 Copy of Rembrandt portrait on display in Chicago is by the master himself, scholar claims https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/30/rembrandt-old-man-gold-chain-copy-autograph-art-institute-chicago Guillaume Cerutti departs Christie's and other positions in Pinault’s companies https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/30/guillaume-cerutti-departs-christies-and-other-positions-in-pinaults-companies Hong Kong Marquee Art Sales Total $164.9 M., Up 18 Percent From Equivalent 2025 Auctions https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/hong-kong-marquee-art-sales-sales-total-2026-1234779415/ Juan Uslé’s Childhood Shipwrecks https://hyperallergic.com/juan-usles-childhood-shipwrecks/ Artist and Filmmaker Steve McQueen Wins $172,000 Erasmus Prize https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/steve-mcqueen-wins-172-thousand-dollar-erasmus-prize-1234779416/ Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Could Leave Madrid for the First Time in Over 30 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-guernica-madrid-loan-guggenheim-bilbao-1234779405/ Sky Hopinka Reframes the American Landscape at the Barnes Foundation https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/sky-hopinka-interview-barnes-foundation-exhibition-1234779396/ Secret Trial of Artist Gao Zhen Begins in China, Trump’s Design for White House Ballroom Critiqued, and More: Morning Links for March 30, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gao-zhen-trial-china-trump-ballroom-morning-links-1234779269/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World https://news.artnet.com/market/labubu-movie-asia-pivot-state-of-play-2759234 The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory, Illuminating the Relationship Between Prints and Drawings https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/ifpda-print-fair-returns-park-avenue-armory-1234779127/ The MAGA Theory of Art https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/maga-theory-of-art-evangelical-film-nazi-weimar-1234779167/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Jean-Marc Bottazzi on why good collecting is not about 'ticking boxes' https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/29/jean-marc-botazzi-collecting Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a Legal Threat Looming https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claire-tabouret-notre-dame-windows-controversy-1234779222/ Whitney Biennial, Can You Hear Us? https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-biennial-can-you-hear-us/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mumok-2748214 Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-underground-railroad-merchants-museum-2759441 Israeli Artist’s Show in Mexico City Closes After Antisemitic Harassment https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gallery-vandalized-in-cdmx-2759135 German artist Anne Imhof to be subject of ‘ambitious’ Hong Kong solo exhibition https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/27/german-artist-anne-imhof-to-be-subject-of-ambitious-hong-kong-solo-exhibition-in-2027 Members of European Parliament call on EU to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/27/european-parliament-letter-russian-pavilion-venice-biennale-funding UK Museums Hold Over 260,000 Human Remains, Report Finds https://hyperallergic.com/uk-museums-hold-over-260-000-human-remains-report-finds/ Precious Okoyomon’s Whitney Biennial Installation Is on View After a Delay, and It’s a True Shocker https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/precious-okoyomon-whitney-biennial-new-museum-sculptures-1234779145/ How to Survive AI https://hyperallergic.com/how-to-survive-ai/ European Parliament Members Call on EU to Strip Funding from Venice Biennale Amid Russian Pavilion Controversy https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-russian-pavilion-european-meps-open-letter-1234779176/ I Saw a Great Show in China That Would Be Censored in the United States https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/great-camouflage-rockbund-art-museum-pope-l-wang-tyo-kandis-williams-1234779117/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/hirshhorn-museum-sculpture-garden-outdoor-acquisitions Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its Libeskind-designed building in San Francisco up for sale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/contemporary-jewish-museum Who owns the seas? Shahzia Sikander's new animation on world trade beamed onto M+ museum facade https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/who-owns-the-seas-shahzia-sikanders-new-animation-beamed-onto-m+-museum-facade Pat Steir, Whose ‘Waterfall’ Paintings Redefined Abstraction, Has Died https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pat-steir-obiturary-2758741 Christopher Columbus statue installed on White House grounds https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/white-house-christopher-columbus-statue ‘I have not walked this path alone’: South African artist Gabrielle Goliath on showing her cancelled Venice Biennale project outside the main event https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/south-african-artist-gabrielle-goliath-showing-cancelled-venice-biennale-project-outside-main-event Paul Klee Painting Once Owned by Walter Benjamin Thwarted from US Debut Because of Mideast War https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paul-klee-thwarted-us-debut-mideast-war-1234779076/ Ex-Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith Banks on NFTs, Agrees to Buy Collectibles Platform Candy Digital https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ex-sothebys-ceo-tad-smith-banks-on-nfts-agrees-to-buy-collectibles-platform-candy-digital-1234779125/ Ukrainian Official Calls For Russia to be Banned from Venice Biennale After Drone Strike Damages UNESCO-Listed Monastery https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-russia-venice-biennale-drone-unesco-monastery-1234779036/ Following Shutdown of AI Video Platform Sora, Disney Pulls Out of $1 B. Deal with OpenAI https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-video-platform-sora-shutdown-disney-deal-openai-1234779010/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Gabrielle Goliath Is Bringing Her Canceled South Africa Pavilion Show to Venice Anyway https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabrielle-goliath-venice-biennale-2758181 Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump https://news.artnet.com/art-world/toppled-monuments-reappear-2758139 OpenAI Scraps Sora, Its Controversial A.I. Video App https://news.artnet.com/art-world/openai-shutters-sora-2758298 Unesco-protected monastery in Lviv damaged by Russian drone strike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/unesco-protected-monastery-lviv-damaged-russian-drone-strike Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 M. Home for African Art Collection, One of America’s First https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-african-art-collection-galleries-1234778872/ Pat Steir, Famed for Her Abstract ‘Waterfall’ Paintings, Dies at 87 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pat-steir-dead-1234778946/ Tracey Emin’s Cult of the Self https://hyperallergic.com/tracey-emin-cult-of-the-self/ Yto Barrada Says France Had ‘Full Awareness’ of Her Views on Israel When It Chose Her for Venice Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yto-barrada-venice-biennale-france-israel-jewish-group-1234778864/ Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police https://hyperallergic.com/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-allegedly-assaulted-by-state-police/ Social Malpractice in the Age of Cultural Compliance https://hyperallergic.com/social-malpractice-in-the-age-of-cultural-compliance/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yayoi-kusama-museum-ludwig-cologne-show-2758026 Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooklyn-museum-african-art-renovation-2757816 Trevor Paglen wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/trevor-paglen-wins-lg-guggenheim-award Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama considering legal action after alleged police assault https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-considering-legal-action-after-alleged-police-assault Zurich Transfers Ownership of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zurich-transfers-ownership-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria-1234778646/ The Biggest Week of the Spring? https://hyperallergic.com/the-biggest-week-of-the-spring/ DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post https://hyperallergic.com/dhs-appropriates-japanese-artists-work-in-racist-x-post/ Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-restores-rubens-marie-de-medici-cycle-1234778797/ Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preservation-societies-lawsuit-kennedy-center-trump-1234778757/ Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting https://hyperallergic.com/internet-goes-wild-for-the-mets-newly-acquired-mannerist-painting/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museums in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are building bridges between Hong Kong and mainland China https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/new-museums-in-shenzhen-and-guangzhou-are-building-bridges-between-hong-kong-and-mainland-china The Met’s blockbuster Raphael exhibition looks beyond the artist’s idealised Madonnas https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/the-mets-blockbuster-raphael-exhibition-looks-beyond-idealised-depictions-of-the-madonna-and-christ-child British artist Simon Fujiwara’s new Luxembourg exhibition tackles Guernica, syphilis and the death of a Japanese pornstar https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/british-artist-simon-fujiwara-guernica-syphilis-and-the-death-of-a-japanese-pornstar-in-luxembourg-survey-exhibition French government blocks sale of newly discovered drawing by German Renaissance master Hans Baldung https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/french-government-blocks-sale-of-newly-discovered-drawing-by-german-renaissance-master-hans-balfdung Art Basel’s Parent Company Plans New ‘Ideas Festival’—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-mar-23-2756667 The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem https://hyperallergic.com/the-angel-of-history-is-stuck-in-jerusalem/ See Inside the Venice Biennale’s Newly Renovated Central Pavilion Ahead of the 2026 Edition https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/venice-biennale-central-pavilion-renovation-1234778535/ Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art? https://hyperallergic.com/is-there-an-ethical-path-for-ai-art/ Whitney Biennial Shies From the Moment https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-biennial-shies-from-the-moment/ Venice’s Mayor Warns That Russia’s Pavilion Will Be Closed If It Peddles Propaganda at Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-mayor-warns-russias-pavilion-closed-propaganda-biennale-1234778484/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors https://news.artnet.com/market/next-gen-collectors-book-2756771 Agosto Machado, Artist and Activist Whose Shrine Sculptures Kept Queer History Alive, Has Died https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/agosto-machado-artist-activist-dead-whitney-biennial-1234778425/ Artist Qualeasha Wood Says Viral ‘BedRot’ Performance Copied Her Work https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bedrot-aphex-redditor-qualeasha-wood-viral-performance-1234778467/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artist LR Vandy on Sculpting the ‘Knotted Histories’ of Power https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lr-vandy-october-gallery-2755967 This Sam Doyle Painting May Mark a New Price Peak for the Self-Taught Artist https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-sam-doyle-2756813 Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart https://hyperallergic.com/iranian-artist-speaks-her-heart/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Zurich's Museum Rietberg transfers 11 Benin Bronzes to Nigerian government https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/zurichs-museum-rietberg-transfers-11-benin-bronzes-to-nigerian-government What’s So New About the New Museum Building? https://hyperallergic.com/whats-so-new-about-the-new-museum-building/ Police investigating DJ’s comments at Sydney Biennale opening following antisemitism allegations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/police-investigating-dj-comments-at-sydney-biennale-opening-following-antisemitism-allegations Russia’s pavilion at Venice Biennale will be closed if it features propaganda, city’s mayor says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/russia-pavilion-venice-biennale-will-be-closed-if-features-propaganda-city-mayor Czech Culture Minister Dismisses Director of Prague’s National Gallery, Generating Scrutiny https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/czech-culture-minister-director-prague-national-gallery-1234778270/ The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted https://hyperallergic.com/the-whitney-biennial-is-for-the-faint-hearted/ Israel Reportedly Considers Banning Artist and NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji https://hyperallergic.com/israel-reportedly-considers-banning-artist-and-nyc-first-lady-rama-duwaji/ Cesar Chavez Mural Painted Over in San Francisco Amid Growing Fallout from Abuse Allegations https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cesar-chavez-mural-painted-over-san-francisco-allegations-1234778331/ Calvin Tomkins, Who Chronicled Generations of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 100 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/calvin-tomkins-dead-marcel-duchamp-new-yorker-1234778225/ In a Show at Stanford, Miljohn Ruperto Trolls the Death Drive of AI Guys https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/stanford-miljohn-ruperto-ai-cantor-minnesota-street-project-1234778214/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. ‘New Humans’ and the Strange End of Contemporary Art as We Know It https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-humans-new-museum-2755615 The Cultural Heritage Sites Damaged by the U.S.-Israel War on Iran https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iran-cultural-heritage-sites-damaged-us-israel-war-2755784 Art Dubai Postpones 20th Edition as Iran War Rages On https://news.artnet.com/market/art-dubai-postpones-20th-edition-as-iran-war-rages-on-2755811 Mexico’s culture ministry urges eBay to halt sales of pre-Hispanic artefacts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/19/mexico-calls-ebay-stop-sales-pre-hispanic-artefacts Met Museum to Acquire Rediscovered Renaissance Painting Admired by Vasari https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-acquires-rediscovered-rosso-fiorentino-painting-1234778208/ San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum Plans to Sell Building https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/contemporary-jewish-museum-san-francisco-building-sale-1234778138/ Our Critics Say the New Museum Finally Has a Building to Match Its Ambitions https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/new-museum-reopening-expansion-new-humans-review-1234778022/ Fort Lauderdale Still Fighting Removal of Rainbow Crosswalks: ‘We Are the Last Man Standing’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fort-lauderdale-still-fighting-removal-of-rainbow-crosswalks-we-are-the-last-man-standing-1234778180/ Lauren Halsey’s Long-Awaited LA Sculpture Park in South Central Is Finally Here—See Inside https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/lauren-halsey-la-sculpture-park-south-central-1234778115/ Art Movements: And the $100K Rauschenberg Award Goes to... https://hyperallergic.com/gemini-said-art-movements-and-the-100k-rauschenberg-award-goes-to/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. British Museum did not remove Palestine from labels due to pressure campaign, museum sources say—as backlash continues https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/19/british-museum-did-not-remove-palestine-from-labels-due-to-pressure-campaign-museum-sources-say-as-backlash-continues The new New Museum: now with twice the space https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/18/the-new-new-museum-now-with-twice-the-space Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg Appointed to Lead Royal Academy of Arts https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-liverpool-director-helen-legg-royal-academy-of-arts-1234777854/ Congress Moves to Expand Holocaust Art Restitution Claims https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hear-act-expansion-nazi-looted-art-claims-congress-1234777756/ What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum? https://hyperallergic.com/what-do-we-really-think-of-the-new-new-museum/ Dizzy, Nauseous Columbus Art Museum Workers Issue Complaints About Chemical Fumes https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/columbus-art-museum-workerscomplaints-chemical-fumes-1234777850/ Man Causes ‘Catastrophic Damage’ to Chihuly Glass Museum in Seattle https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chihuly-glass-museum-vandalism-damage-1234777828/ Major Corporate Sponsor Withdraws from Sydney Biennale, Citing Alleged Hate Speech https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/major-corporate-sponsor-withdraws-from-sydney-biennale-citing-alleged-hate-speech-1234777832/ Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue, Founded Over Five Decades Ago https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paris-dealer-kamel-mennour-buys-galerie-malingue-1234777869/ Remembering Axel Burrough, Kazumasa Nagai, and Éliane Radigue https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-axel-burrough-kazumasa-nagai-and-eliane-radigue/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Tensions Seething Beneath the Surface of the 2026 Whitney Biennial https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2026-trends-2754215 178 Venice Biennale Participants Demand Israel Be Barred From Exhibition https://news.artnet.com/art-world/open-letter-israel-venice-biennale-2754460 MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn to Depart After 18 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mca-chicago-director-madeleine-grynsztejn-departs-1234777519/ US congress passes revamped Holocaust recovery bill that sidesteps many legal defences https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/17/us-congress-passes-hear-act-2026-holocaust-era-art-recovery-nazi-loot DePaul Art Museum Advisory Board Calls on University to Save the Institution, Expressing ‘Anger, Frustration, and Deep Sadness’ Over Abrupt Closure https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/depaul-art-museum-advisory-board-letter-save-institution-1234777628/ The Canonization of Frida Kahlo https://hyperallergic.com/the-canonization-of-frida-kahlo/ When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity https://hyperallergic.com/when-a-palestinian-artist-asserts-her-own-humanity/ Court Decision Ends Dispute Over Who Actually Bought Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days for $69.3 M. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/beeple-everydays-nft-lawsuit-decision-1234777672/ Egidio Marzona, Collector Who Built a Monument to the Avant-Garde, Dies at 81 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egidio-marzona-dead-avant-garde-collector-archive-1234777644/ Trevor Paglen Wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award for Art and Technology https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trevor-paglen-wins-lg-guggenheim-award-1234777569/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Tate Modern to Mount Its First Monet Show Ever https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tate-modern-monet-show-painting-time-2754600 Tate announces major David Hockney, Edvard Munch and Sonia Boyce exhibitions for 2027 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/16/tate-announces-major-david-hockney-edvard-munch-and-sonia-boyce-exhibitions-for-2027 New York Academy of Art Donates $66,000 Linked to Jeffrey Epstein https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-academy-of-art-donates-epstein-funds-2754580 Oscar Win for Artist Duo’s Dystopian Short Film https://news.artnet.com/art-world/two-people-exchanging-saliva-singh-musteata-2026-oscars-2739484 Art Dealer Yves Bouvier to Stand Trial Over Missing Picassos—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-mar-16-2753972 Endemic leaking problems at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater finally come to an end https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/16/fallingwater-endemic-leaking-problems-finally-come-to-an-end-frank-lloyd-wright London’s Timothy Taylor to Close New York Outpost After a Decade https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/timothy-taylor-closes-new-york-outpost-1234777524/ Blue Shields Placed at 34 Archaeological Sites Across Lebanon, Signaling Enhanced Protections https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/blue-shields-placed-at-34-archaeological-sites-across-lebanon-signaling-enhanced-protections-1234777575/ Monet, Munch, and Hockney Headline Tate’s 2027 Exhibition Calendar https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/monet-munch-hockney-tate-2027-exhibition-calendar-1234777566/ Artists and Art Professionals Denounce Mexico’s Handling of Resurfaced Art Collection: ‘An Institutional Blunder’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gelman-collection-santander-mexico-controversy-frida-kahlo-1234777507/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Strange Coin Used on U.K. Bus Turns Out to Be 2,000-Year-Old Relic https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leeds-bus-fare-coin-carthaginian-museum-2754140 Masterpieces From London’s National Gallery, Now on Display at Home With LG Gallery+ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lg-gallery-londons-national-gallery-2749112 Italy’s Culture Minister Calls For Resignation Over Russian Pavilion’s Return to Venice Biennale https://www.artnews.com/artnews/news/italy-culture-minister-venice-biennale-russia-pavilion-resignation-1234777479/ The Wild Ways Artists Have Made Their Livings, from the Renaissance to Today https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/book-mason-currey-artists-living-romare-bearden-franz-kafka-1234776793/