Restitution Returns, Censorship Backlash, and Epstein Shadows

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. YouTube’s First Video Acquired by London’s V&A https://news.artnet.com/art-world/youtubes-first-video-acquired-by-londons-va-2746518 Meet the Artist Who Spent 12 Years Remaking ‘Titanic,’ Shot for Shot https://news.artnet.com/art-world/claudia-bitran-titanic-new-york-2746549 Court Dismisses Artist’s Challenge to South Africa’s Canceled Venice Biennale Show https://news.artnet.com/art-world/south-africa-venice-pavilion-court-2745430 In a First, Portugal Returns Looted Antiquities to Mexico https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/portugal-returns-looted-mexican-antiquities-1234773823/ University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship https://hyperallergic.com/university-of-north-texas-students-withdraw-thesis-shows-citing-censorship/ Turner Prize–Winning Artist Tai Shani Ends Phaidon Book Deal Over Leon Black’s Relationship to Jeffrey Epstein https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tai-shani-phaidon-book-deal-leon-blacks-jeffrey-epstein-1234773807/ Brooklyn Navy Yard Evicts Drone Manufacturer After Months of Protests https://hyperallergic.com/brooklyn-navy-yard-evicts-drone-manufacturer-after-months-of-protests/ Six National Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Erasing History and Science at National Parks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nonprofits-sue-trump-administration-national-parks-1234773774/ French Police Search Institut du Monde Arabe As Part of Epstein Probe https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-police-search-institut-du-monde-arabe-as-part-of-epstein-probe-1234773717/ Nan Goldin’s Photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary at Gagosian https://www.artnews.com/feature/nan-goldin-the-ballad-of-sexual-dependency-why-to-important-1234773582/