Billion-Dollar Museums, Billion-Dollar Bids

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Louvre Reveals Architects for $1 Billion Expansion https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-architects-2774247 59th Carnegie International tests the limits of connection and inclusion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/59th-carnegie-international-explores-connection-and-division Guatemala stakes claim to stone lintel by 'the Michelangelo of the pre-Columbian era' that was repatriated to Mexico https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/guatemala-maya-stone-lintel-mayuy-mexico-repatriation Christie’s S. I. Newhouse Sale Totals $630.8 M., Bringing Cumulative Total to $1 B. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-s-i-newhouse-sale-pollock-brancusi-results-1234786039/ S.I. Newhouse’s Brâncuși Sells at Christie’s for Record-Breaking $107.6 M. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/s-i-newhouse-constantin-brancusi-sells-christies-breaks-record-1234785976/ The art world remembers Valie Export, Austrian pioneer of feminist performance art https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/the-art-world-remembers-valie-export-austrian-pioneer-of-feminist-performance-art Who’s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum? https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/ Seattle Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize https://hyperallergic.com/seattle-art-museum-workers-move-to-unionize/ Thousands Decry Right-Wing “Smear Campaign” Against Misan Harriman https://hyperallergic.com/thousands-decry-right-wing-smear-campaign-against-misan-harriman/ Gabrielle Goliath Sounds a Call to Action in Venice https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-sounds-a-call-to-action-in-venice/