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.
Texas university's sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/university-north-texas-closes-victor-quinonez-exhibition
A Powerful Medieval Queen Returns—As an A.I. Avatar You Can Chat With
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eleanor-of-castile-ai-leeds-castle-2752385
Missile strike hits boundary of archaeological site in Tyre, Lebanon as minister calls for Unesco intervention
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/lebanon-ancient-city-tyre-hit-by-strikes-minister-calls-for-unesco-intervention
Unesco sites in Iranian city of Isfahan damaged by US-Israel strikes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/unesco-sites-in-iranian-city-of-isfahan-and-others-across-countrydamaged-by-us-israel-strikes
Artists Behind Removed Trump-Epstein Statue Have Placed A New One in Washington, D.C.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-trump-epstein-statue-washington-d-c-titanic-1234776937/
Michael Joo Looks Back On His Career, With Another Venice Biennale Appearance on the Horizon
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michael-joo-space-zero-one-venice-biennale-1234775845/
EU Says It Could Pull Funding to Venice Biennale Over Russian Pavilion
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-russian-pavilion-eu-threatens-funding-1234776850/
The US Art Market Is Stabilizing—but It’s a Different Market Now, Per New Bank of America Report
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/b-of-a-arttactic-art-market-report-2026-trends-1234776748/
US and Israel Strikes Damage 17th-Century Palace in Isfahan
https://hyperallergic.com/us-and-israel-strikes-damage-17th-century-palace-in-isfahan/
Designer Dries Van Noten to Launch Foundation in Venice Ahead of the Biennale
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dries-van-noten-launch-foundation-venice-1234776799/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
War Casts Shadow on Art Dubai
https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-mar-9-2751976
UK council criticised over sale of collection including works by pioneering photographer Tony Ray-Jones
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/uk-council-criticised-sale-collection-including-works-photographer-tony-ray-jones
Show me the money: UK gallery and auction house accounts reveal reality of a tough market
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/show-me-the-money-gallery-and-auctioneer-accounts-reveal-reality-of-a-tough-market
Met Museum Appears to Be Planning the First US Cy Twombly Retrospective in More Than 30 Years
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-cy-twombly-retrospective-1234776412/
60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sudan-national-museum-60-percent-looted-1234776464/
Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/09/tomas-saraceno-indigenous-land-art-project-argentine-salt-flats
Lebanon Gallerist Navigates Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes
https://hyperallergic.com/lebanon-gallerist-navigates-ongoing-israeli-airstrikes/
Legal Conflict Between Art-Dealing Brothers Escalates Into Competing Assault Accusations
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/legal-conflict-aicon-brothers-escalated-assault-accusations-1234776413/
Decades in the Making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release Next Month
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/institut-restellinis-amedeo-modigliani-catalogue-raisonne-1234776379/
Lucy Raven’s Latest Film Captures a Dramatic Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/lucy-raven-dam-removal-murderers-bar-1234776380/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/meet-the-forgotten-women-of-the-flemish-golden-age-2751227
Untitled Space’s Founder on Art, Activism, and Amplifying Marginalized Voices
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/indira-cesarine-the-untitled-space-2751120

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Ludovic Nkoth on Why He Paints the ‘Emotional Texture of Everyday Scenarios’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ludovic-nkoth-flag-art-foundation-2750895
What War in the Middle East Could Mean for the Art Trade
https://news.artnet.com/market/war-in-middle-east-art-trade-2751485
Art by Infamous Prisoner Charles Bronson Will Head to Auction
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/charles-bronson-art-auction-1234776112/
Biennial Hangover
https://hyperallergic.com/biennial-hangover/
Thaddeus Mosley, Sculptor Who Wielded Heavy Wood with a Light Touch, Dies at 99
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thaddeus-mosley-sculptor-dead-1234775273/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Christie’s Triple-Header 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales Nets $265 M., as London Proves It’s Still a Draw to Collectors
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-triple-header-20th-and-21st-century-evening-sales-nets-265-m-as-london-proves-its-still-a-draw-to-collectors-1234776027/
$450 Million Newhouse Trove Heads to Christie’s, Led by $100 Million Pollock, Brancusi
https://news.artnet.com/market/450-million-newhouse-trove-heads-to-christies-led-by-100-million-pollock-2750035
How Should We Live With A.I.? A New Group Show Probes Our Ties With Technology
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/technologies-of-relation-mass-moca-2750592
‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/06/national-capital-planning-commission-hearing-trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing
Pussy Riot slams Russia’s return to Venice Biennale
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/06/pussy-riot-slams-plans-russian-pavilion-venice-biennale
Israel-US Strikes Damage Tehran’s Historic Golestan Palace
https://hyperallergic.com/israel-us-strikes-damage-tehrans-historic-golestan-palace/
Forget About Getting Your AI Art Copyrighted
https://hyperallergic.com/forget-about-getting-your-ai-art-copyrighted/
Bauhaus Buildings at UNESCO World Heritage Site Damaged in Tel Aviv by Iranian Missile Strike
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bauhaus-buildings-white-city-tel-aviv-damaged-1234776001/
Zanele Muholi, South African ‘Visual Activist,’ Wins the World’s Top Photography Prize
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zanele-muholi-wins-2026-hasselblad-award-1234775981/
Pedro Friedeberg, Surrealist Artist Who Designed the Iconic Hand-Chair, Dies at 90
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pedro-friedeberg-surrealist-artist-dead-hand-chair-1234775992/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Sprüth Magers Removes AI-Assisted David Salle Painting Amid Copyright Controversy
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-david-salle-painting-removed-spruth-magers-1234775836/
Unesco World Heritage buildings in Tel Aviv damaged by Iranian missile strike
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/05/unesco-world-heritage-buildings-in-tel-aviv-damaged-by-iranian-missile-strike
Guggenheim Union Rallies at Carol Bove Reception
https://hyperallergic.com/guggenheim-union-rallies-at-carol-bove-reception/
Olafur Eliasson: A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake
https://hyperallergic.com/olafur-eliasson-a-symphony-of-disappearing-sounds-for-the-great-salt-lake/
Art Institute of Chicago’s Beloved Stock Exchange Room May Be Impacted by Expansion Plans
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-institute-of-chicago-stock-exchange-expansion-plan-1234775823/
Trump’s White House Ballroom Proposal Faces Preservation Concerns Ahead of Federal Vote
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trumps-white-house-ballroom-proposal-too-big-1234775859/
Venice Biennale 2026: all the national pavilions, artists and curators so far
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/05/venice-biennale-2026-all-the-national-pavilions-artists-and-curators-so-far
Sotheby’s Kicks Off London Marquee Auctions With $175 Million White-Glove Sale
https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-sothebys-london-march-2026-2751039
Carol Bove’s Gripping Guggenheim Retrospective Transcends Time and Space
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/carol-bove-guggenheim-museum-retrospective-review-1234775914/
‘No one was really interested in finding those works’: major Brazilian art theft still unsolved as statute of limitations expires
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/05/museum-heist-2006-museu-chacara-ceu-rio-statute-limitations

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Liliana Angulo Cortés, director of Bogotá’s Museo Nacional de Colombia, has died, aged 51
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/04/liliana-angulo-cortes-museo-nacional-colombia-director-obituary
Obscured Gauguin nude sculpture may be revealed in its entirety following museum donation
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/04/gauguin-nude-sculpture-set-to-be-restoried-entirety-following-museum-donation
Exiled Belarus Free Theatre Brings Exhibition on Authoritarianism to the Venice Biennale
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/exiled-belarus-free-theatre-brings-exhibition-on-authoritarianism-to-the-venice-biennale-2749991
Trump Launches Traveling ‘Freedom Truck’ Exhibition
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-freedom-truck-exhibition-2749780
Explore The Met’s Collection in 3D From Your Couch
https://hyperallergic.com/explore-the-mets-collection-in-3d-from-your-couch/
Russia Returns to the Venice Biennale After a Hiatus
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-national-pavilions-2604196
Long-Lost Rembrandt Goes on Display at the Rijksmuseum
https://hyperallergic.com/long-lost-rembrandt-goes-on-display-at-the-rijksmuseum/
New Book Reveals British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Artworks
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-staffer-stole-artworks-1234775632/
Guggenheim Union Rallies Outside Carol Bove Reception for New Contract
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-union-rally-carol-bove-new-contract-1234775718/
New Allegations Disrupt Sentencing in Massive Norval Morrisseau Forgery Case
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norval-morrisseau-forgery-case-sentencing-interrupted-1234775644/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
First Looks at the 2026 Whitney Biennial: Politics, Memory, and Unexpected Emotion
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2026-first-takes-2750160
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Grant Copyright to A.I.-Generated Artwork
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-art-copyright-supreme-court-ruling-2750081
‘It doesn’t put walls around everything’: behind the plans for Manila’s new contemporary art centre
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/behind-plans-for-manila-new-contemporary-art-centre
Spain’s galleries are protesting against high taxes—can Arco Madrid help voice their concerns?
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/arco-madrid-45th-edition-benefits-from-influx-of-latin-americans-to-the-new-miami
Tehran’s Unesco-listed Golestan Palace reportedly damaged by US-Israeli strikes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/03/us-israeli-strikes-damage-unesco-listed-golestan-palace-tehran
Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash
https://hyperallergic.com/plan-to-close-depaul-art-museum-faces-community-backlash/
The 2026 Whitney Biennial Includes a Video Game Designed by Leo Castañeda You Can Play At Home
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/video-game-leo-castaneda-2026-whitney-biennial-1234775440/
Tehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of Iran
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/golestan-palace-tehran-damaged-us-israel-bombing-1234775457/
Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Is Set to Reopen This Year, But Officials Say It Isn’t a ‘Return’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/russian-pavilion-2026-venice-biennale-return-1234775410/
Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/midseaon-auctions-2026-analysis-jeff-koons-1234775448/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Claire Tabouret Says Her Controversial Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame ‘Come From Place of Love’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/claire-tabouret-notre-dame-2738599
The Lume, the Controversial Immersive Digital Art Gallery at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Closed at the End of February
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-lume-controversial-immersive-digital-art-gallery-indianapolis-museum-of-art-closed-1234775359/
UAE galleries close amid Iran missile strikes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/02/dubai-and-abu-dhabi-galleries-close-in-wake-of-iran-missile-strikes
Danger and inspiration: Bangladeshi artists divided about country’s future after historic election
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/02/bangladeshi-artists-divided-about-future-after-historic-election
Middle East Museums Brace For War, Whitney Biennial Nears Opening, and More: Morning Links for March 2, 2026
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/middle-east-museums-war-morning-links-march-2-2026-1234775307/
Painting That Went Unseen for Decades Is a True Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum Says
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rembrandt-discovered-rijksmuseum-zacharias-in-the-temple-1234775302/
Supreme Court Declines to Reconsider Copyright Case on AI Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/supreme-court-declines-reconsider-copyright-case-ai-art-1234775358/
Iconic ‘Fly’s Eye Dome’ Sculpture in Long Island Collapsed During Blizzard
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/buckminster-fuller-dome-sculpture-damaged-blizzard-1234775319/
School of Visual Arts Shutters Its Curatorial Practice MA Program
https://hyperallergic.com/school-of-visual-arts-shutters-its-curatorial-practice-ma-program/
Winston Churchill Statue Vandalized in London with Graffiti Reading ‘Free Palestine’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/winston-churchill-statue-vandalized-1234775323/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The Whitney Biennial Swaps Identity Politics for Infrastructural Interventions. The Verdict: All Systems Go.
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/whitney-biennial-2026-systems-infrastructure-andrea-fraser-carmen-de-monteflores-emilie-gossiaux-david-johnson-1234775255/