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.
Paul Slocum, One of Digital Art’s First Champions, on Building a Sustainable Digital Ecosystem
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paul-slocum-digital-art-gallery-sustainable-interview-1234773539/
UK artist resale right at 20: how successful has the pioneering scheme been?
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/17/uk-artist-resale-rights-at-20-how-successful-has-pioneering-scheme-been
Ireland announces long-term income support for artists—but some from pilot scheme say they have been left in limbo
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/17/ireland-announces-long-term-income-support-for-artists-after-successful-pilotbut-many-say-they-are-now-left-in-limbo
Eugenio Viola Says Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá Ended His Contract Over Labor Issues
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eugenio-viola-museo-de-arte-moderno-de-bogota-1234773563/
French diplomat to replace Jack Lang as head of Paris’s Arab World Institute
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/17/french-diplomat-replace-jack-lang-head-of-paris-arab-world-institute
Barbican arts head Devyani Saltzman leaves role after 18 months
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/17/barbican-arts-head-devyani-saltzman-leaves-role-after-18-months
Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?
https://hyperallergic.com/did-the-british-museum-remove-palestine-from-its-displays/
University of North Texas Faculty Calls on School to Disclose Reason for Cancelation of Victor Quiñonez Exhibition
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unt-faculty-open-letter-victor-quinonez-exhibition-cancelation-1234773559/
Artist Tai Shani Pulls Phaidon Book Deal Over Leon Black Allegations
https://hyperallergic.com/artist-tai-shani-pulls-phaidon-book-deal-over-leon-black-allegations/
Citing George Orwell, Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Slavery Display at George Washington’s Presidential House
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-orders-return-slavery-display-george-washington-1234773583/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The $12.7 Million Painting That Exposed a Museum Scandal
https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-feb-16-2745962
Arrests made over alleged €10m Louvre ticket scam
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/16/arrests-made-alleged-10-million-euro-louvre-ticket-scam
Backlash Erupts After British Museum Removes ‘Palestine’ From Ancient Middle East Displays
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-palestine-backlash-2746017
White House presses Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery for new portrait, larger exhibit on Trump
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/16/donald-trump-national-portrait-gallery-display-new-painting
David Hockney to create ten metre-long window installation for Turner Contemporary
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/16/david-hockney-to-create-ten-metre-long-window-installation-for-turner-contemporary
Henrike Naumann, Set to Represent Germany at the Venice Biennale, Has Died at 41
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/henrike-naumann-obituary-2745997
Alexander Wang Is Transforming a Chinatown Landmark Into a Hub for Asian Creativity
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wang-contemporary-ying-alexander-wang-2744300
The Sticky Politics of Wall Texts
https://hyperallergic.com/the-sticky-politics-of-wall-texts/
Museo Reina Sofía Calls for Investigation into Incident Involving Visitors with Israeli Flags
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museo-reina-sofia-israeli-flags-tourists-incident-1234773529/
Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at $21.3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wassily-kandinsky-painting-worth-15-5-m-to-headline-christies-20-21-spring-evening-sale-in-london-alongside-henry-moore-work-1234773512/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Major Contemporary Art Center Planned in Manila—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World
https://news.artnet.com/market/the-asia-pivot-state-of-play-2026-02-12-2744976
British Museum Removed the Word ‘Palestinian’ from Some Displays Amid Pressure from Pro-Israel Group
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-removed-palestinian-uk-lawyers-for-israel-1234773499/
Henrike Naumann, Sculptor Who Exhumed East Germany’s Troubled Past, Dies at 41
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/henrike-naumann-sculptor-dead-germany-venice-biennale-1234773488/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Africa’s Art Market Is Shifting as Competition in the Middle East Heats Up
https://news.artnet.com/market/africa-art-market-shift-2745718
Tuwaiq Sculpture Returns to Riyadh With Monumental New Works
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tuwaiq-sculpture-returns-to-riyadh-with-monumental-new-works-2745160
The Surprisingly Sexual Side of Medieval Christian Art
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-art-christ-side-wound-vulva-2743308
When Art Finds Your Inner Child
https://hyperallergic.com/when-art-finds-your-inner-child/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá dismisses longtime artistic director
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/eugenio-viola-museo-arte-moderno-bogota-dismissed-artistic-director
London’s National Gallery to Slash Staff as $11.2 Million Deficit Forces ‘Strategic Reset’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/london-national-gallery-staff-cuts-2745442
Louvre Rocked by Arrests in $11.8 Million Ticket Fraud Investigation
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-ticket-fraud-2745436
Tracey Emin: ‘I’ve done more in my last five years than in the whole rest of my life’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/tracey-emin-artist-interview-i-have-done-more-in-my-last-five-years-than-in-the-whole-rest-of-my-life
Texas University Cancels Exhibition Critical of ICE
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cvad-unt-canceled-exhibition-criticizing-ice-2745556
The Big Review | Monuments, The Geffen Contemporary at Moca and The Brick, Los Angeles ★★★★★
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/the-big-review-monuments-moca-los-angeles-the-brick
New IMLS Guidelines Echo Trump’s Vision for American Culture
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/imls-trump-vision-grant-guidelines-2745461
See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/see-you-searle-guardian-chief-art-critic-bows-out-after-30-years
Queer Arab Artists on Their Own Terms
https://hyperallergic.com/queer-arab-artists-on-their-own-terms/
Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-wants-national-portrait-gallery-new-portrait-1234773409/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompidou-secret-camera-bathroom-2745084
Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/centre-pompidou-jersey-city-project-dead
London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/london-national-gallery-to-cut-staff-as-it-faces-82-million-pound-deficit
‘Good people are being compelled to censor themselves’: exhibition of Black artists reinterpreting the US flag opens without key Dread Scott work
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/flag-art-exhibition-driskell-center-dread-scott
This year's Carnegie International will feature 61 artists, including Jasleen Kaur and Li Yi-Fan
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/carnegie-international-artist-list
What the Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Means for the Arts
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-kennedy-center-closure-2743352
Radical Performance Artist Florentina Holzinger Joins Thaddaeus Ropac
https://news.artnet.com/market/florentina-holzinger-thaddaeus-ropac-2744666
A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/belgian-museum-colonial-records-congo-minerals-company-1234773243/
Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out
https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-another-artforum-editor-in-chief-is-out/
Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-basel-hong-kong-2026-fair-highlights-1234773283/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
A New Video Game Lets Players Reclaim Africa’s Stolen Treasures
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/relooted-video-game-2744657
When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability?
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/restitution-how-can-museums-solve-inalienability
Amy Sherald’s Show Sets Visitor Record at Baltimore Museum of Art
https://hyperallergic.com/amy-sheralds-show-sets-visitor-record-at-baltimore-museum-of-art/
‘A sad day’: UK cultural organisations criticise contractor’s decision to remove artworks from court cells
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/uk-cultural-organisations-criticise-contractors-decision-to-remove-artworks-from-court-cells
London's Brutalist Southbank Centre awarded protected heritage status
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/londons-brustalist-southbank-centre-awarded-protected-heritage-status
No, The Gardner Museum’s Stolen Rembrandt Is Not in the Epstein Files, Despite Claims in a Viral Video
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gardner-museum-rembrandt-not-epstein-files-viral-video-1234773155/
Iconic Baseball Painting by Norman Rockwell Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norman-rockwell-baseball-painting-art-institute-of-chicago-1234773097/
Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey Museum Is Officially ‘Dead,’ Says Jersey City Mayor
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidous-new-jersey-museum-is-officially-dead-says-jersey-city-mayor-1234773145/
Tina Rivers Ryan Departs Artforum—Rachel Wetzler and Daniel Wenger to Lead Magazine as Co-Editors
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artforum-tina-rivers-ryan-rachel-wetzler-daniel-wenger-1234773160/
A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory
https://hyperallergic.com/a-surprisingly-enjoyable-show-about-critical-theory/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will return three bronze sculptures to India after provenance review
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art-repatriation-india-bronzes
Ecuador Announces First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-national-pavilions-2604196
Ai Weiwei faced vote about his Royal Academy of Arts, London membership after Gaza tweet
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/ai-weiwei-faced-vote-about-royal-academy-of-arts-london-membership-after-gaza-tweet
David A. Ross resigns from New York's School of Visual Arts over friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/david-ross-resigns-school-visual-arts-jeffrey-epstein-files
Bill aimed at giving Israel control over all West Bank heritage sites sparks concern
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/bill-israel-west-bank-heritage-sites-sparks-concern
Investigators Find Decades-Long Mismanagement, Corruption at China’s Nanjing Museum
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nanjing-museum-artifacts-sale-corruption-investigation-report-1234772930/
Ali Eyal Wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ali-eyal-mohn-award-2025-made-in-la-biennial-hammer-museum-1234772942/
Philadelphia Museum of Art Chief of Staff Departs as Tumult Continues
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-museum-of-art-chief-of-staff-departs-1234772949/
Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Monument at Trump’s Directive
https://hyperallergic.com/pride-flag-removed-from-stonewall-monument-at-trumps-directive/
Bard College President Leon Botstein Scrutinized for Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bard-president-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein-1234772937/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/indigenous-brazilian-leader-slams-science-museum-for-oil-sponsorship-ahead-of-climate-show
Trump Is Pushing for His Own Dedicated Smithsonian Display
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-wants-his-own-smithsonian-npg-display-2744110
Venice Biennale 2026: all the national pavilions, artists and curators so far
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/venice-biennale-2026-all-the-national-pavilions-artists-and-curators-so-far
Van Eyck Attribution Dispute Pits Art Historians Against A.I. Firm
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-eyck-ai-authenticity-2744090
Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—will be focus of Ukraine's pavilion at Venice Biennale
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/dangling-sculptureevacuated-from-russian-frontlinewill-be-focus-of-ukraines-pavilion-at-venice-biennale
Cambridge University to return 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/cambridge-university-return-100-benin-bronzes-nigeria
France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arabe amid Epstein revelations
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/frances-ex-culture-minister-jack-lang-resigns-institut-du-monde-arab-epstein-revelations
Michaels Sues Artist Who Claimed the Craft Store Giant Used His Work Without Permission
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michaels-lawsuit-pose-jordan-nickel-1234772883/
Dreaming of Creating a Giant Public Artwork With Google? Artist Judy Chicago Doesn’t Recommend It.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/google-judy-chicago-artwork-canceled-1234772774/
How Liminalism Became the Defining Aesthetic of Our Time
https://hyperallergic.com/how-liminalism-became-the-defining-aesthetic-of-our-time/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Jack Lang Steps Down from Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe After Appearing in Epstein Files
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jack-lang-resigns-institut-de-monde-arabe-jeffrey-epstein-1234772725/