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.
Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/art-institute-chicago-restitute-jean-metzinger-painting-emanuel-lewenstein-heirs
Tyler Mitchell Wins $250,000 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tyler-mitchell-wins-don-tyson-prize-crystal-bridges-museum-1234799079/
Mauritshuis to restitute 17th-century Dutch painting after research reveals it belonged to renowned Jewish dealer
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/mauritshuis-to-restitute-17th-century-dutch-painting-after-research-reveals-it-belonged-to-renowned-jewish-dealer
BBC art dealing game show reveals 'crisis of commodification' facing galleries
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/bbc-art-dealing-game-show-reveals-crisis-of-commodification-facing-galleries
Santiago Sierra’s latest piece, a non-stop reading of names of Palestinians killed since 1948, opens in London
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/santiago-sierra-performance-piece-reciting-names-palestinians-killed-1948-london
Christie’s Heads to Abu Dhabi to Mark 20 Years in United Arab Emirates, as Country’s Market Grows
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-abu-dhabi-first-fine-art-auction-middle-east-1234799062/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Strikes a Deal with Nigeria for Long-Term Loan of Three Major Artworks
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-art-deal-nigeria-loan-major-artworks-1234799052/
Duo Calls to Oust Leon Black in Protest Outside MoMA
https://hyperallergic.com/duo-calls-to-oust-leon-black-in-protest-outside-moma/
Codex Azcatitlan Goes on View in Mexico City, as Culture Ministry Continues Centuries-Long Quest for Repatriation
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/codex-azcatitlan-on-view-mexico-city-repatriation-claim-1234799055/
Sarah Michelson’s Delicate Fetish Play
https://hyperallergic.com/sarah-michelsons-delicate-fetish-play/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The Big Review: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art ★★★½
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lucas-museum-narrative-art-los-angeles-big-review
Rising costs force museums across North America to rethink climate control guidelines
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/museums-across-north-america-rethink-climate-control-guidelines-amid-high-bills-and-large-carbon-footprints
Perfect posture? MoMA exhibition explores perspectives on body politics in public spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/perfect-posture-moma-exhibition-explores-perspectives-on-body-politics-in-public-spaces
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: ‘Political struggles all over the world create this debris of sounds’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lawrence-abu-hamdan-political-struggles-sound-interview
See 10 Paintings from the Met’s Landmark Chang Dai-Chien Acquisition
https://www.artnews.com/list/artnews/news/see-10-paintings-from-the-mets-landmark-chang-dai-chien-acquisition-1234798881/
Naomi Beckwith Says She's "Not Afraid" of Pro-Palestine Protest at Documenta 16
https://hyperallergic.com/naomi-beckwith-says-shes-not-afraid-of-pro-palestine-protest-at-documenta-16/
German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
https://hyperallergic.com/german-duo-arrested-after-hanging-paintings-next-to-mona-lisa/
Dallas Invitational to Expand to London for Frieze Week
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/london-invitational-james-cope-2026-launch-exhibitors-1234798909/
Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an "Aesthetics of the Ugly," Dies at 73
https://hyperallergic.com/photographer-nelson-garrido-who-embraced-an-aesthetics-of-the-ugly-dies-at-73/
In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
https://hyperallergic.com/in-chicago-mexican-american-altars-reimagine-home/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Comment | Why museums should tread carefully with audio and video in exhibition spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/comment-museums-audio-video-exhibition-spaces
Perfect posture? MoMA exhibition explores perspectives on body politics in public spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/perfect-posture-moma-exhibition-explores-perspectives-on-body-politics-in-public-spaces
UK government places export bar on ‘rare’ Renaissance sculpture worth £4.6m
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/uk-government-places-export-bar-on-rare-renaissance-sculpture-worth-£46m
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: ‘Political struggles all over the world create this debris of sounds’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lawrence-abu-hamdan-political-struggles-sound-interview
Why traditional Chinese artist Bada Shanren’s eye-rolling birds are attracting a wave of young visitors, 400 years on
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/why-traditional-chinese-artist-bada-shanrens-eye-rolling-birds-are-attracting-a-wave-of-young-visitors-400-years-on
Contemporary Istanbul expands international reach with 17 newcomers
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/contemporary-istanbul-expands-international-reach-with-17-newcomers
Liu Wei’s Cut-Up and Reassembled Sculptures Take Over the Met Museum’s Facade
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/liu-wei-met-museum-facade-commission-1234798801/
Hundreds gather at Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s attacks
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/trump-kennedy-center-protest-hands-off-the-arts
Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
https://hyperallergic.com/taryn-simons-evidence-as-spectacle/
Visitors Arrested at Louvre After Posting Their Artworks Near Mona Lisa
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/arrest-louvre-museum-mona-lisa-1234798940/

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.
Documenta 16 Curator Naomi Beckwith Says Some Artists Declined to Participate Due to Germany’s Stance on Gaza
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/documenta-16-artists-declined-participate-naomi-beckwith-1234798915/
Head of Brussels Government Seeks to Oust Kanal-Centre Pompidou Director Ahead of November Opening
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/head-of-brussels-government-seeks-to-oust-kanal-centre-pompidou-director-1234798821/
Record Rainfall Causes Damage at the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti in Florence
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rain-uffizi-gallery-palazzo-pitti-caravaggio-1234798805/
No One Is Accountable in Taryn Simon’s Detective Story
https://hyperallergic.com/no-one-is-accountable-in-taryn-simons-detective-story/
Leon Black Plans to Turn Woolworth Mansion Into His Own Museum, Book Reveals
https://hyperallergic.com/leon-black-plans-to-turn-woolworth-mansion-into-his-own-museum-book-reveals/
Despite ‘Significant Impact’ of Middle East Wars, Art Basel Parent Group’s First Half 2026 Revenue Climbed 12 Percent
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-parent-group-mch-first-half-2026-revenue-climbed-1234798809/
Johnny Depp’s Far-Out Art Makes Its China Debut. Will the Show Aid the Controversial Actor’s Comeback?
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/johnny-depp-china-debut-aid-controversial-actor-comeback-1234798737/
Liu Wei’s Met Facade Comission Reflects Our Moment
https://hyperallergic.com/liu-weis-met-facade-comission-reflects-our-moment/
Stockholm’s Moderna Museet Appoints Cédric Fauq as Curator of Contemporary International Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/moderna-museet-curator-cedric-fauq-1234798847/
At the Guggenheim, Taryn Simon Mounts a Rare America 250th Anniversary Show Worth Celebrating
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/taryn-simon-guggenheim-museum-review-1234798834/

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Malba picks architect for expansion that will double its exhibition space
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion
Madrid’s Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza to open new venue for contemporary art
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/madrid-museo-nacional-thyssen-bornemisza-new-home-contemporary-art
Celebrated Italian church featuring art by Giotto and Cimabue preserved through new digital reconstruction project
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/celebrated-italian-church-featuring-art-by-giotto-and-cimabue-preserved-through-new-digital-reconstruction-project
Juanita McNeely Painted Abortion’s Messy Truth
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/juanita-mcneely-st-louis-cam-counterpublic-1234798684/
AI Companies Are Destroying Books by the Millions. What Will It Mean for Art?
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-companies-destroying-books-what-will-this-mean-for-art-1234798445/
Pace Prints Acquires Brand X Editions
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-prints-acquires-brand-x-editions-printmakers-1234798731/
The US Air Force Nearly Nuked the Moon. Amid a New Space Race, Artist Jitish Kallat Revisits the Secret Cold War Scheme
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/nuking-moon-jitish-kallat-drawing-menil-drawing-1234798750/
Plaintiffs in Ongoing Kennedy Center Lawsuit Call for Leadership to Step Aside or for Judge to Appoint Receivership
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kennedy-center-suit-plaintiffs-leadership-change-receivership-1234798753/
United States Repatriates 58 Cultural Artifacts to China
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/united-states-repatriates-58-cultural-artifacts-to-china-1234798679/
Trump Administration Moves Forward With Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-administration-content-warning-signs-smithsonian-1234798691/

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Russia’s revered ‘Trinity’ icon reportedly damaged after climate-control system breaks down
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/16/russias-revered-trinity-icon-being-assessed-after-climate-control-system-breaks-down
Bolstered by New Laws, Lawsuits in Los Angeles Renew Bids for Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bolstered-by-new-laws-two-lawsuits-los-angeles-renew-requests-nazi-looted-art-1234798591/
Lawsuit Alleges Multimillion-Dollar Andy Warhol Fraud Scheme
https://hyperallergic.com/lawsuit-alleges-multimillion-dollar-andy-warhol-fraud-scheme/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Breaks Ground on $670 M. Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-art-breaks-ground-tang-wing-modern-contemporary-art-1234798600/
A New Digital Platform, Documenting the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Its Masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue, Has Launched
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preserving-assisi-launch-basilica-saint-francis-assisi-1234798508/
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum to Expand to a Second Location in Madrid
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thyssen-bornemisza-museum-expand-second-location-madrid-1234798467/
Liang Shaoji, Chinese Artist Who ‘Collaborated’ with Silkworms, Has Died at 81
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/liang-shaoji-dead-chinese-artist-silkworms-1234798463/
Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His 71st Birthday with JR Installation at the Vatican Apostolic Library
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pope-leo-xiv-jr-installation-vatican-apostolic-library-1234798523/
Comment | Sunil Gupta’s intimate photographs show how art and activism can work together
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/comment-sunil-guptas-intimate-photographs-show-how-art-and-activism-can-work-together
Researchers rescuing war-damaged manuscripts in Gaza receive Unesco prize
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/researchers-rescuing-war-damaged-manuscripts-in-gaza-receive-unesco-prize

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Metropolitan Museum breaks ground on long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/15/metropolitan-museum-groundbreaking-550m-tang-wing-modern-contemporary-art
A biting satire of the art world’s transactional wokeness
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/15/nyla-innuksuk-toronto-international-film-festival-in-the-heart-of-the-south
Mildred Howard Enters History Through the Everyday
https://hyperallergic.com/mildred-howard-enters-history-through-the-everyday/
Brooklyn Museum, American Folk Art Museum, and Whitney Museum Unions Vote in Favor of Strikes
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-american-folk-art-whitney-union-vote-strike-1234798412/
Three Works of Sacred Art Stolen From Spanish Churches as Authorities Warn of Rise in Art Theft
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sacred-art-stolen-churches-valladolid-spain-1234798413/
Met Museum Breaks Ground on New Modern and Contemporary Wing
https://hyperallergic.com/met-museum-breaks-ground-on-new-modern-and-contemporary-wing/
Painter Lucy Bull Joins Hauser & Wirth as Her Market Continues Its Ascent
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucy-bull-hauser-and-wirth-representation-1234798169/
Barbara Hammer Gets Her Due
https://hyperallergic.com/barbara-hammer-gets-her-due/
Painter William T. Williams Has Stayed Curious on the Canvas for Six Decades
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/william-t-williams-painter-icons-profile-1234798420/
The Many Islands of “America”
https://hyperallergic.com/the-many-islands-of-america/

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/

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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/