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  1. 21h ago

    Hidden Hoards, Public Fury, and Forgery Wars

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Major Swiss museum acquisition proves far larger after extra works revealed in donor’s unopened portfolios https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/14/major-swiss-museum-acquisition-proves-far-larger-after-extra-works-revealed-in-donors-unopened-portfolios Pro-Palestine Activists Protest at British Museum During Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition’s Opening Weekend https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pro-palestine-activists-british-museum-bayeux-tapestry-1234798202/ Lawsuit Alleges Warhol Forgery Scheme Spanning Florida, Peru, and Philadelphia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/andy-warhol-foregery-lawsuit-richard-perlman-1234798170/ Sotheby’s to Offer $90 M. in Art from Richard Hedreen’s Collection, Ahead of Major University Gift https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-richard-hedreen-collection-sale-seattle-university-1234798142/ Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire https://hyperallergic.com/another-abstract-public-artwork-faces-trumps-senseless-ire/ James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes https://hyperallergic.com/james-mcneill-whistlers-music-for-the-eyes/ Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre https://hyperallergic.com/europes-art-theft-problem-is-much-bigger-than-the-louvre/ Using AI, Scientists Recreate the Sights and Sounds of 2,500-Year-Old Tombs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/scientists-recreate-sights-sounds-2500-year-old-tombs-1234798184/ Kennedy Center’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Report Warns of Imminent Closure https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kennedy-center-possible-imminent-closure-bankruptcy-1234798112/ Keith Haring Mural May Decide the Fate of Public Art in Philly https://hyperallergic.com/keith-haring-mural-may-decide-the-fate-of-public-art-in-philly/

  2. 1d ago

    Modernist Targets and Muslim Labels

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Trump Demands ‘Strange Modernist’ Sculpture Be Replaced by George Washington Statue https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-demands-sculpture-replaced-george-washington-1234798088/ Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist https://hyperallergic.com/good-muslim-artist-bad-muslim-artist/

  3. 2d ago

    Delight, Disturb, and the Books Behind It

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Janine Antoni Simultaneously Disturbs and Delights https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/janine-antoni-bahamian-american-icons-sculptor-lick-lather-1234797619/ 5 Books on Dena Yago’s Shelf https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/dena-yago-books-that-figures-essays-mckenzie-wark-1234797878/

  4. 3d ago

    Museum Price Tags, Stolen Legacies, DNA Secrets

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Review | ‘£1 a minute’: is the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth it? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/review-1-gbp-a-minute-is-the-british-museums-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition-worth-it ‘Rembrandt’s DNA would be the Holy Grail’: new research samples bacteria on the surface of The Night Watch https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/rembrandts-dna-would-be-the-holy-grail-new-research-samples-bacteria-on-the-surface-of-the-night-watch Before Thieves Stole A Now-Missing Renoir Painting, Family Says Nazis Had Already Done So—And It Belongs to Them. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/before-thieves-stole-renoir-painting-a-family-says-nazis-had-already-done-so-1234797938/ Gerhard Richter's mosaic-like Doha pavilion will open in November https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/gerhard-richters-mosaic-like-doha-pavilion-will-open-in-november French Artist Claude Lévêque Ordered to Stand Trial for Rape and Sexual Assault of Minors https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claude-leveque-ordered-trial-sexual-assault-minors-1234798042/ Tschabalala Self’s Fourth Plinth Sculpture in London Receives Mixed Reviews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tschabalala-self-fourth-plinth-mixed-reviews-1234798048/ 15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar https://hyperallergic.com/15-fall-art-ennials-from-st-louis-to-dakar/ Standing in the Shadow of No Towers https://hyperallergic.com/standing-in-the-shadow-of-no-towers/ School of Visual Arts Ends Photography MFA Program https://hyperallergic.com/school-of-visual-arts-ends-photography-mfa-program/ UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to Come Home to Scotland https://hyperallergic.com/uk-aids-memorial-quilt-to-come-home-to-scotland/

  5. 4d ago

    Monuments at Risk, Museums Under Fire

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/portrait-of-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition-sponsor-goes-on-view-at-british-museum-amid-scrutiny-over-ties-to-idf Epstein files reading room and bookmobile begin US tour in Dallas https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/10/epstein-files-reading-room-bookmobile-tour-dallas ‘A tribute to everyday women’: Tschabalala Self's Fourth Plinth commission unveiled in London https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/10/a-tribute-to-everyday-women-tschabalala-selfs-fourth-plinth-commission-unveiled-in-london UAE Minister Says Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Will Tell a New Story About the Middle East, Despite the Ongoing War https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uae-minister-guggenheim-abu-dhabi-new-story-middle-east-1234797875/ ‘The American Public Has No Love for a CEO’: Stanya Kahn On Her Riveting Video of Social Posts About Luigi Mangione https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/stanya-kahn-new-video-social-posts-luigi-mangione-1234797904/ See Inside Maurizio Cattelan’s Highly Anticipated Berlin Show, Featuring a Sculpture Made with Human Remains https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/maurizio-cattelan-neue-nationalgalerie-exhibition-photos-1234797833/ Reimagining Willem De Kooning’s Legacy Through Dance And Immersive Digital Art https://artbusinessnews.com/2026/09/reimagining-willem-de-koonings-legacy-through-dance-and-immersive-digital-art/ Qatar Is Building a Permanent Pavilion for Gerhard Richter to Open in November https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gerhard-richter-pavilion-quatar-1234797918/ “Urgent Action” Needed to Protect a World Heritage-Listed Temple in Cambodia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/urgent-action-needed-to-protect-the-temple-of-preah-vihear-cambodia-1234797747/ OCAD University Presents Canada's Pavilion at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale https://hyperallergic.com/ocad-university-presents-exhibition-at-2026-gwangju-biennale/

  6. 5d ago

    Prize Glory, Museum Turmoil, and Royalty Revolts

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Jenny Holzer and Andy Goldsworthy win art world’s ‘Nobel Prizes’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/artists-jenny-holzer-and-andy-goldsworthy-among-winners-of-2026-praemium-imperiale-awards After a Turbulent Decade and Multiple Delays, Brussels’s Kanal-Centre Pompidou Will Open in November. Not Everyone Is Happy About It. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/after-a-turbulent-decade-and-delays-brusselss-kanal-centre-pompidou-opens-in-november-not-everyone-is-happy-1234797678/ Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys launch resale royalty initiative with Bonhams https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/swizz-beatz-alicia-keys-bonhams-resale-royalties-artists How Trump’s signature bill could make arts education in the US even more expensive https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/how-trumps-signature-bill-could-make-arts-education-even-more-expensive Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Faces Lawsuit over Whether It Truly Is a Private Museum at All https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-lawsuit-private-public-1234797725/ Dimitris Daskalopoulos Collection Donates 51 Artworks to Four Museums in Greece and Scotland https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/dimitris-daskalopoulos-collection-donates-51-artworks-to-four-museums-in-greece-and-scotland-1234797487/ Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations https://hyperallergic.com/striking-workers-shutter-three-v-a-london-locations/ Getty Center Closes After Fire Breaks Out Along Los Angeles’s 405 Freeway https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-center-closes-fire-405-freeway-1234797792/ Women Painters Lead Brazil’s New Wave of Figuration https://hyperallergic.com/women-painters-lead-brazils-new-wave-of-figuration/ The Counterpublic Triennial’s New Kind of Public Space https://hyperallergic.com/the-counterpublic-triennials-new-kind-of-public-space/

  7. 6d ago

    Repatriation Reckonings and High-Stakes Art Heists

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. An exhibition imagines Emmett Till’s life if it hadn’t been brutally cut short https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/if-emmett-till-lived-exhibition-preview-museum-contemporary-photography-chicago Two Renoir paintings worth €9m stolen from Renoir Museum in France https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/two-renoir-paintings-worth-9m-stolen-from-renoir-museum-in-south-of-france Hungary’s new government scraps National Gallery plans https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/hungary-new-government-scraps-national-gallery-plans England’s Pitt Rivers Museum announces its largest repatriation of human remains https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/englands-pitt-rivers-museum-announces-its-largest-repatriation-of-human-remains Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch to retire https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/lonnie-bunch-smithsonian-institution-secretary-retiring Trump-Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Removed Shapiro Sculpture https://hyperallergic.com/trump-ousted-kennedy-center-chairman-buys-removed-shapiro-sculpture/ Philippe Parreno’s ‘Iceman’ Sculpture Will Melt Away at Independent 20th Century https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/philippe-parreno-iceman-sculpture-independent-20th-century-1234797557/ Lucien Smith, Onetime Market Darling Who Turned His Focus To Helping Emerging Artists, Has Died at 37 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucien-smith-market-darling-helping-emerging-artists-died-1234797497/ Five Standouts at Portland’s Converge 45 Triennial, From a Gourd Frieze to a Performance That Played with Fire https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/reviews/converge-45-triennial-standouts-1234797203/ Clive Davis’s Warhol, Hockney Paintings Head to Christie’s During Marquee New York Sales https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/clive-davis-warhol-hockney-paintings-christies-1234797524/

  8. Sep 8

    Donations, Restitution, and the Museum Power Play

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates 51 contemporary works to four museums in Greece and Scotland https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/collector-dimitris-daskalopoulos-donates-51-contemporary-works-to-four-museums-in-greece-and-scotland Bank opens museum in Spanish city of Santander to display its 1,000-strong art collection https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/bank-opens-museum-in-spanish-city-of-santander-to-display-its-1000-strong-art-collection Can triennials reduce their environmental impact? St Louis’s Counterpublic hopes to be a model https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/counterpublic-triennial-st-louis-coyote-time-environmental-initiatives Argentina court orders return of Nazi-looted Old Master portrait to Jewish dealer’s heir https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/nazi-looted-old-master-portrait-argentina-restitution-jacques-goudstikker-heirs Chanel Culture Fund Partners with Dib Bangkok on Inaugural Chanel Gateway Commission https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chanel-culture-fund-teams-with-dib-bangkok-1234797344/ Issy Wood Picked as National Portrait Gallery’s Inaugural Artist for Contemporary Program https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/issy-wood-national-portrait-gallery-inaugural-artist-1234797323/ Jenny Holzer and Andy Goldsworthy Win $95,000 Praemium Imperiale Award https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jenny-holzer-and-andy-goldsworthy-win-95000-praemium-imperiale-1234797291/ Activist Group Labels Video Documenting Falling Ceiling Debris at the Kennedy Center ‘Propaganda’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/activist-group-falling-ceiling-kennedy-center-propaganda-1234797370/ The Artist Residency That Never Was https://hyperallergic.com/the-artist-residency-that-never-was/ St Paul’s Cathedral Faces Backlash After Partnering with Fabric, Iconic London Nightclub https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/st-pauls-cathedral-backlash-partnership-fabric-nightclub-1234797320/

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