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  1. 1d ago

    Biennial Blowups and Gallery Model Meltdowns

    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/

    9 min

  2. 2d ago

    Museum Shakeups, Biennale Backlash, and a Louvre Trail

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Pace Gallery Downsizes, Cutting Artists and Staff https://news.artnet.com/market/pace-gallery-downsizes-cutting-artists-and-staff-2778584 Crystal Bridges’s New Expansion Makes Room for More of Its Story https://news.artnet.com/art-world/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-expansion-2777902 MoMA Names Makeda Best as Photography Curator https://news.artnet.com/art-world/makeda-best-photo-moma-2778344 JR's wrapped Pont Neuf installation in Paris damaged in storm https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/jrs-wrapped-parisian-bridge-installation-damaged-in-storm Call my agent: why artist management companies are making a comeback https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/call-my-agent-why-artist-management-companies-are-making-a-comeback Venice verdicts: art world figures give their thoughts on the 2026 Biennale https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/venice-verdicts-art-world-figures-give-their-thoughts-on-the-2026-biennale Louvre Heist Investigation Reaches Belgium https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-heist-investigation-belgium-suspects-2778384 Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-threaten-sue-venice-biennale-organizers-awards-1234788244/ New Trump Rule Could Cut Enrollment at Nearly Half of Arts MA Programs https://hyperallergic.com/new-trump-rule-could-cut-enrollment-at-nearly-half-of-arts-ma-programs/ How Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn—a Painter, Collector, and Collaborator of Carl Jung—Mined the Archive and Her Subconscious https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/olga-frobe-kapteyn-aby-warburg-carl-jung-1234787853/

    10 min

  3. 3d ago

    Protests, Lawsuits, and the Art Market’s Secrets

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, American artist and satirist, has died at age 40 in São Paulo, local media reports https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/02/artist-and-satirist-hilde-lynn-helphenstein-has-died-at-age-40-in-sao-paulo-local-media-reports P***y Riot Turns Its Venice Biennale Protest Into a Music Video https://news.artnet.com/art-world/p***y-riot-debut-album-cyka-2778042 Comment | Furor over ‘colourised’ Ansel Adams photo reflects problems with the art market, not AI https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/02/colourised-ansel-adams-photo-artificial-intelligence-press-any-key-to-continue Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-reveals-galleries-artists-selected-exclusive-1234788177/ Higher-Ed Groups Decry Proposed Federal ‘Earnings Test’ That Could Decimate Arts Education https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/higher-ed-decry-proposed-federal-earnings-test-arts-education-1234788169/ French Court Rules That Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein & Co. Gallery Can Proceed https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/claude-monet-heirs-wildenstein-gallery-lawsuit-1234788135/ Muralist Robert Wyland Files $25 M. Lawsuit Over Dallas Whale Mural Destroyed For World Cup https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/muralist-wyland-vara-lawsuit-dallas-whale-mural-fifa-1234788123/ Lucian Freud Painting He Spent Decades Denying Will Go on Public View for the First Time https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucian-freud-painting-denied-authenticated-public-display-1234788120/ Artist Julio Le Parc, Maestro of Light, Movement, and Defiance, Dies at 97 https://hyperallergic.com/artist-julio-le-parc-maestro-of-light-movement-and-defiance-dies-at-97/ Israeli Airstrikes Reportedly Hit 900-Year-Old Crusader Castle in Lebanon https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israeli-airstrikes-hit-900-year-old-crusader-castle-in-lebanon-1234788131/

    10 min

  4. 4d ago

    Market Highs, Museum Blowback, and Techno-Dystopias

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Blue-chip gets a boost, but edgier art remains in the doldrums https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/blue-chip-gets-a-boost-but-edgier-art-remains-in-the-doldrums British Museum director responds to pushback after Jewish Culture Month event postponed https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/british-museum-director-responds-to-pushback-after-jewish-culture-month-event-postponed Mondrian Estate Teams With One-Time NFT Sensation Doodles https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondrian-estate-doodles-nft-2777701 Inside the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's major expansion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/crystal-bridges-opens-expansion-art-bridges-wellness-programme A Dystopian ‘Black Mirror’ Experience Lands at the Shed https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-mirror-immersive-experience-shed-2777850 Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Jerry Gogosian Satirist, Found Dead in São Paulo https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jerry-gogosian-hilde-lynn-helphenstein-dead-2777922 Pioneering Kinetic Artist Julio Le Parc Dies at 97—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-june-1-2777689 Chichén Itzá reopens after dispute with vendors that led to 13-day closure https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/chichen-itza-reopens-vendor-dispute What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say https://hyperallergic.com/what-a-181-million-pollock-doesnt-say/ Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin, Known for Work at Liangzhu Site, Pleads Guilty to Corruption and Misappropriation Charges https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chinese-archaeologist-liu-bin-pleads-guilty-corruption-1234788076/

    10 min

  5. 5d ago

    Biennial Fault Lines and Museum Security Scares

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The 2026 Whitney Biennial in five key themes https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/2026-whitney-biennial-exhibition-review-five-themes British Museum Evacuated After Suspicious Device Found in Restroom https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-evacuated-suspicious-device-security-alert-1234787980/ As Full-Time Art Critics All But Disappear, What Can We Learn From the Retiring Generation? https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/christopher-knight-roberta-smith-peter-schjeldahl-critis-retire-1234787590/

    3 min

  6. 6d ago

    Kinetic Legends Fall, Museums Rewrite the Rules

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. John M Armleder Reframes Centuries of Art History at MAH Geneva https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-m-armleder-mah-geneva-2776555 Julio Le Parc, Pioneer of Kinetic Art and Venice Biennale Prize Winner, Dies at 97 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julio-le-parc-dead-97-kinetic-art-venice-biennale-tate-modern-1234787972/ In Minor Keys, Khaled Sabsabi, Louvre Heist Film https://hyperallergic.com/in-minor-keys-khaled-sabsabi-louvre-heist-film/

    4 min

  7. May 30

    Storage Seizures and Restitution Reckonings

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Why artists' works held in storage can be seized when a gallery goes bust https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/29/why-artists-works-held-in-storage-can-be-seized-when-a-gallery-goes-bust Zohra Opoku, a ‘Woven Storyteller,’ Is Shapeshifting Her Way into Africa’s Biggest Museums https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/zohra-opoku-zeitz-mocaa-survey-interview-1234787781/ Arts Council England abolishes beleaguered flagship strategy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/29/arts-council-england-abolishes-beleaguered-flagship-strategy The Art Market Post-Pollock https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-market-post-pollock/ Looted Colonial Artifacts in the Dutch Royal Family Collection, Exit Interview With Lonnie Bunch III, and More: Morning Links for May 29, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/looted-colonial-artifacts-in-the-dutch-royal-family-links-1234787844/ Time and Material Feel Alive in the Hammer’s “Several Eternities in a Day” Exhibition https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/several-eternities-in-a-day-exhibition-review-hammer-museum-1234787834/ Patagonia Sues Drag Queen "Pattie Gonia" for Trademark Infringement https://hyperallergic.com/patagonia-sues-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-for-trademark-infringement/ Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia https://hyperallergic.com/7th-vh-award-for-media-artists-engaged-with-the-context-of-asia/ Art Writer Anthony Haden-Guest Says Socialite and Collector Libbie Mugrabi Won’t Return His Cartoons https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anthony-haden-guest-libbie-mugrabi-cartoons-lawsuit-1234787913/ The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter https://hyperallergic.com/the-true-crime-story-of-a-notorious-looter/

    12 min

  8. May 29

    Boycotts, Closures, and the Museum Loot Legacy

    Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Arthur Jafa’s Radical Theory of Readymade Art https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/arthur-jafa-interview-2774390 Tiwani Contemporary, Major African Art Gallery, Is Closing Its Doors https://news.artnet.com/market/tiwani-contemporary-closing-2777012 French project uses AI to visualise how climate change will affect heritage sites https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/28/french-project-uses-ai-to-visualise-how-climate-change-will-affect-heritage-sites French Artists Call for Boycott of Pompidou’s Seoul Outpost over Partner Foundation’s Ties to Israel https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidou-hanhwa-israel-boycott-french-artists-1234787742/ The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum https://hyperallergic.com/the-looter-who-built-your-favorite-museum/ No-Bid Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Contract Swelled to $13.1 M. With “Inflated” Profit Margin, as Leak Problems Persist https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-repair-cost-overruns-leaks-1234787754/ Fracas Over Appointment of Spanish Art Center Director, A Film About the Louvre Heist, and More: Morning Links for May 28, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/galicia-spain-art-center-director-scandal-morning-links-1234787739/ After Viral Venice Pavilion, Florentina Holzinger Brings a 9-Hour Body-Art Spectacle to Vienna https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/florentina-holzinger-venice-austria-pavilion-vienna-follow-up-1234787823/ SXSW London’s Art Program Spotlights Spain’s ‘Underrated’ Contemporary Art Scene https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/sxsw-london-art-program-spain-digital-art-1234787788/ French Filmmaker Romain Gavras Is Turning the $102 M. Louvre Heist Into a Movie https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/romain-gavras-102-m-louvre-heist-movie-adaptation-1234787753/

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