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.
Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World
https://news.artnet.com/market/labubu-movie-asia-pivot-state-of-play-2759234
The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory, Illuminating the Relationship Between Prints and Drawings
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/ifpda-print-fair-returns-park-avenue-armory-1234779127/
The MAGA Theory of Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/maga-theory-of-art-evangelical-film-nazi-weimar-1234779167/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Jean-Marc Bottazzi on why good collecting is not about 'ticking boxes'
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/29/jean-marc-botazzi-collecting
Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a Legal Threat Looming
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claire-tabouret-notre-dame-windows-controversy-1234779222/
Whitney Biennial, Can You Hear Us?
https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-biennial-can-you-hear-us/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mumok-2748214
Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-underground-railroad-merchants-museum-2759441
Israeli Artist’s Show in Mexico City Closes After Antisemitic Harassment
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gallery-vandalized-in-cdmx-2759135
German artist Anne Imhof to be subject of ‘ambitious’ Hong Kong solo exhibition
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/27/german-artist-anne-imhof-to-be-subject-of-ambitious-hong-kong-solo-exhibition-in-2027
Members of European Parliament call on EU to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/27/european-parliament-letter-russian-pavilion-venice-biennale-funding
UK Museums Hold Over 260,000 Human Remains, Report Finds
https://hyperallergic.com/uk-museums-hold-over-260-000-human-remains-report-finds/
Precious Okoyomon’s Whitney Biennial Installation Is on View After a Delay, and It’s a True Shocker
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/precious-okoyomon-whitney-biennial-new-museum-sculptures-1234779145/
How to Survive AI
https://hyperallergic.com/how-to-survive-ai/
European Parliament Members Call on EU to Strip Funding from Venice Biennale Amid Russian Pavilion Controversy
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-russian-pavilion-european-meps-open-letter-1234779176/
I Saw a Great Show in China That Would Be Censored in the United States
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/great-camouflage-rockbund-art-museum-pope-l-wang-tyo-kandis-williams-1234779117/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/hirshhorn-museum-sculpture-garden-outdoor-acquisitions
Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its Libeskind-designed building in San Francisco up for sale
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/contemporary-jewish-museum
Who owns the seas? Shahzia Sikander's new animation on world trade beamed onto M+ museum facade
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/who-owns-the-seas-shahzia-sikanders-new-animation-beamed-onto-m+-museum-facade
Pat Steir, Whose ‘Waterfall’ Paintings Redefined Abstraction, Has Died
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pat-steir-obiturary-2758741
Christopher Columbus statue installed on White House grounds
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/white-house-christopher-columbus-statue
‘I have not walked this path alone’: South African artist Gabrielle Goliath on showing her cancelled Venice Biennale project outside the main event
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/26/south-african-artist-gabrielle-goliath-showing-cancelled-venice-biennale-project-outside-main-event
Paul Klee Painting Once Owned by Walter Benjamin Thwarted from US Debut Because of Mideast War
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paul-klee-thwarted-us-debut-mideast-war-1234779076/
Ex-Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith Banks on NFTs, Agrees to Buy Collectibles Platform Candy Digital
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ex-sothebys-ceo-tad-smith-banks-on-nfts-agrees-to-buy-collectibles-platform-candy-digital-1234779125/
Ukrainian Official Calls For Russia to be Banned from Venice Biennale After Drone Strike Damages UNESCO-Listed Monastery
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-russia-venice-biennale-drone-unesco-monastery-1234779036/
Following Shutdown of AI Video Platform Sora, Disney Pulls Out of $1 B. Deal with OpenAI
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-video-platform-sora-shutdown-disney-deal-openai-1234779010/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Gabrielle Goliath Is Bringing Her Canceled South Africa Pavilion Show to Venice Anyway
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabrielle-goliath-venice-biennale-2758181
Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/toppled-monuments-reappear-2758139
OpenAI Scraps Sora, Its Controversial A.I. Video App
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/openai-shutters-sora-2758298
Unesco-protected monastery in Lviv damaged by Russian drone strike
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/unesco-protected-monastery-lviv-damaged-russian-drone-strike
Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 M. Home for African Art Collection, One of America’s First
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-african-art-collection-galleries-1234778872/
Pat Steir, Famed for Her Abstract ‘Waterfall’ Paintings, Dies at 87
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pat-steir-dead-1234778946/
Tracey Emin’s Cult of the Self
https://hyperallergic.com/tracey-emin-cult-of-the-self/
Yto Barrada Says France Had ‘Full Awareness’ of Her Views on Israel When It Chose Her for Venice Biennale
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yto-barrada-venice-biennale-france-israel-jewish-group-1234778864/
Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police
https://hyperallergic.com/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-allegedly-assaulted-by-state-police/
Social Malpractice in the Age of Cultural Compliance
https://hyperallergic.com/social-malpractice-in-the-age-of-cultural-compliance/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yayoi-kusama-museum-ludwig-cologne-show-2758026
Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooklyn-museum-african-art-renovation-2757816
Trevor Paglen wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/trevor-paglen-wins-lg-guggenheim-award
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama considering legal action after alleged police assault
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-considering-legal-action-after-alleged-police-assault
Zurich Transfers Ownership of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zurich-transfers-ownership-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria-1234778646/
The Biggest Week of the Spring?
https://hyperallergic.com/the-biggest-week-of-the-spring/
DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post
https://hyperallergic.com/dhs-appropriates-japanese-artists-work-in-racist-x-post/
Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-restores-rubens-marie-de-medici-cycle-1234778797/
Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preservation-societies-lawsuit-kennedy-center-trump-1234778757/
Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting
https://hyperallergic.com/internet-goes-wild-for-the-mets-newly-acquired-mannerist-painting/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Museums in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are building bridges between Hong Kong and mainland China
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/new-museums-in-shenzhen-and-guangzhou-are-building-bridges-between-hong-kong-and-mainland-china
The Met’s blockbuster Raphael exhibition looks beyond the artist’s idealised Madonnas
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/the-mets-blockbuster-raphael-exhibition-looks-beyond-idealised-depictions-of-the-madonna-and-christ-child
British artist Simon Fujiwara’s new Luxembourg exhibition tackles Guernica, syphilis and the death of a Japanese pornstar
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/british-artist-simon-fujiwara-guernica-syphilis-and-the-death-of-a-japanese-pornstar-in-luxembourg-survey-exhibition
French government blocks sale of newly discovered drawing by German Renaissance master Hans Baldung
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/23/french-government-blocks-sale-of-newly-discovered-drawing-by-german-renaissance-master-hans-balfdung
Art Basel’s Parent Company Plans New ‘Ideas Festival’—and More Art Industry News
https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-mar-23-2756667
The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem
https://hyperallergic.com/the-angel-of-history-is-stuck-in-jerusalem/
See Inside the Venice Biennale’s Newly Renovated Central Pavilion Ahead of the 2026 Edition
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/venice-biennale-central-pavilion-renovation-1234778535/
Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?
https://hyperallergic.com/is-there-an-ethical-path-for-ai-art/
Whitney Biennial Shies From the Moment
https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-biennial-shies-from-the-moment/
Venice’s Mayor Warns That Russia’s Pavilion Will Be Closed If It Peddles Propaganda at Biennale
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-mayor-warns-russias-pavilion-closed-propaganda-biennale-1234778484/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors
https://news.artnet.com/market/next-gen-collectors-book-2756771
Agosto Machado, Artist and Activist Whose Shrine Sculptures Kept Queer History Alive, Has Died
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/agosto-machado-artist-activist-dead-whitney-biennial-1234778425/
Artist Qualeasha Wood Says Viral ‘BedRot’ Performance Copied Her Work
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bedrot-aphex-redditor-qualeasha-wood-viral-performance-1234778467/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artist LR Vandy on Sculpting the ‘Knotted Histories’ of Power
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lr-vandy-october-gallery-2755967
This Sam Doyle Painting May Mark a New Price Peak for the Self-Taught Artist
https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-sam-doyle-2756813
Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart
https://hyperallergic.com/iranian-artist-speaks-her-heart/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Zurich's Museum Rietberg transfers 11 Benin Bronzes to Nigerian government
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/zurichs-museum-rietberg-transfers-11-benin-bronzes-to-nigerian-government
What’s So New About the New Museum Building?
https://hyperallergic.com/whats-so-new-about-the-new-museum-building/
Police investigating DJ’s comments at Sydney Biennale opening following antisemitism allegations
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/police-investigating-dj-comments-at-sydney-biennale-opening-following-antisemitism-allegations
Russia’s pavilion at Venice Biennale will be closed if it features propaganda, city’s mayor says
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/20/russia-pavilion-venice-biennale-will-be-closed-if-features-propaganda-city-mayor
Czech Culture Minister Dismisses Director of Prague’s National Gallery, Generating Scrutiny
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/czech-culture-minister-director-prague-national-gallery-1234778270/
The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted
https://hyperallergic.com/the-whitney-biennial-is-for-the-faint-hearted/
Israel Reportedly Considers Banning Artist and NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji
https://hyperallergic.com/israel-reportedly-considers-banning-artist-and-nyc-first-lady-rama-duwaji/
Cesar Chavez Mural Painted Over in San Francisco Amid Growing Fallout from Abuse Allegations
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cesar-chavez-mural-painted-over-san-francisco-allegations-1234778331/
Calvin Tomkins, Who Chronicled Generations of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 100
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/calvin-tomkins-dead-marcel-duchamp-new-yorker-1234778225/
In a Show at Stanford, Miljohn Ruperto Trolls the Death Drive of AI Guys
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/stanford-miljohn-ruperto-ai-cantor-minnesota-street-project-1234778214/