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.
Leading U.S. Museums and Galleries Join Nationwide Strike Protesting ICE
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-galleries-close-for-general-strike-2741073
Inside Brussels's €230m Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum—opening in November
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/29/inside-brusselss-230m-kanal-centre-pompidou-museumopening-in-november
Pakistan Names London-Based Artist for Venice Biennale
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-national-pavilions-2604196
US art spaces from New York to Los Angeles will close in protest of violent Ice actions
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/29/nationwide-shutdown-galleries-art-spaces-ice-protests
Hundreds of galleries across Spain will strike next week to protest 21% tax on art
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/29/hundreds-of-galleries-across-spain-will-strike-next-week-to-protest-21-tax-on-art
Art Institute of Chicago Director Frankly Addresses Airplane Incident: A ‘Very Low Moment’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-institute-of-chicago-director-airplane-incident-1234771300/
Plans for Trump hotel in Belgrade collapse after Serbia’s culture minister indicted
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/29/serbia-minister-culture-questioned-over-controversial-trump-hotel-development
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Lays Off 33 Workers
https://hyperallergic.com/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-lays-off-33-workers/
Brooklyn Museum Names Robert Wiesenberger Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-robert-wiesenberger-senior-curator-1234771242/
Will Trump Ruin the Art Market?
https://hyperallergic.com/will-trump-ruin-the-art-market/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artistic director of Malba steps down after one year in role
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/28/rodrigo-moura-steps-down-malba-artistic-director
Anish Kapoor to show some of his most ambitious projects—realised or not—in Venice
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/28/anish-kapoor-to-show-some-of-his-most-ambitious-projectsrealised-or-notin-venice
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Looted Sculptures to India
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-returns-three-looted-sculptures-to-india-1234771247/
Rapper Lexa Gates Accused of Mimicking Miles Greenberg Performance at Deitch Gallery
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rapper-lexa-gates-accused-of-mimicking-miles-greenberg-performance-at-deitch-gallery-2740950
Philadelphia sues US Department of the Interior and National Park Service over removal of slavery exhibit
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/28/philadelphia-sues-national-park-service-department-interior-slavery-exhibit
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to Lay Off Over 30 Staffers
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-layoffs-1234771283/
Another NFT Platform Bites the Dust
https://hyperallergic.com/g/
How Trump Is Jeopardizing the US Art Market
https://hyperallergic.com/how-trump-is-jeopardizing-the-us-art-market/
Shahzia Sikander’s Animated Film Selected for M+ Facade Commission in Hong Kong
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/shahzia-sikanders-animated-film-selected-for-m-facade-commission-in-hong-kong-1234771236/
Nan Goldin's Battle Against Censorship
https://hyperallergic.com/nan-goldin-speaks-out-against-cencorship/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Tarek Atoui—known for his innovative musical performances—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/lebanese-artist-tarek-atoui-known-for-his-innovative-musical-performances-will-take-over-tate-moderns-turbine-hall-this-autumn
Guggenheim Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Paintings by Salman Toor, Ambera Wellmann
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-2025-acquisitions-1234771115/
London’s Courtauld to open two new contemporary art galleries after £10m gift
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/london-courtauld-two-new-contemporary-art-galleries-10-million-pound-gift
Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition
https://hyperallergic.com/nan-goldin-speaks-out-on-censorship-at-art-gallery-of-ontario/
Studio Museum in Harlem to Close for More Than a Week After ‘Sprinkler Emergency’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/studio-museum-in-harlem-to-close-for-more-than-a-week-after-sprinkler-emergency-1234771150/
Sound Artist Tarek Atoui Selected for Next Turbine Hall Commission at Tate Modern
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tarek-atoui-turbine-hall-commission-tate-modern-1234771159/
Gabrielle Goliath Strikes a Tuning Fork of Dissent
https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-strikes-a-tuning-fork-of-dissent/
Ai Weiwei Returns to China for the First Time Since 2015
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-returns-china-first-time-decade-1234771147/
Renowned Composer Philip Glass Withdraws Symphony from the Kennedy Center
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/composer-philip-glass-withdraws-symphony-kennedy-center-1234771138/
London’s Courtauld Will Build New Contemporary Art Galleries with $13.8 M. Blavatnik Gift
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/london-courtauld-new-contemporary-art-galleries-blavatnik-1234771100/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Pioneering NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Shutters Amid Market Collapse
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nifty-gateway-closed-down-2740267
Ai Weiwei Returns to China After a Decade in Exile
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-returns-to-china-10-years-2740171
Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/26/renowned-gallerist-marian-goodman-has-died-aged-97
Louvre Closes Again as Union Negotiations Drag On
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-closes-again-union-negotiations-1234770949/
Art Gallery of Ontario Trustee Reportedly Led Push Against Acquiring Nan Goldin Work
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-gallery-of-ontario-trustee-nan-goldin-work-israel-gaza-1234770937/
AI-Generated Image Misattributed to Egon Schiele Provokes Outrage
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-generated-egon-schiele-twitter-1234770994/
Jaume Plensa Sculpture Collapses Outside University of Notre Dame Museum
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jaume-plensa-sculpture-university-of-notre-dame-museum-1234771036/
Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/26/how-low-attendance-and-funding-cuts-forcing-united-states-museums-adapt
Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-circulate-letter-urging-jewish-museum-save-murals-guston-shahn-fogel-demolition-1234770975/
Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot Meet as Equals
https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-manet-and-berthe-morisot-meet-as-equals/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Marian Goodman, Titanic Dealer of Contemporary Art, Dies at 97
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marian-goodman-titanic-dealer-of-contemporary-art-dies-at-97-2739431
Inside New York’s Grolier Club, Where the Rare Book World Is Open to All
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/grolier-club-2738695
Minneapolis Institute of Art Closes for Third Straight Day Amid Alex Pretti Killing, ICE Protests
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/minneapolis-institute-of-art-closes-alex-pretti-killing-ice-1234770894/
Gallerist Marian Goodman, Unwavering Champion of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 97
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marian-goodman-gallery-dealer-dead-1234770885/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Rediscovered Rubens and a woolly mammoth head star at Brafa fair in Brussels
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/24/brafa-fair-in-brussels-opens-expanded-edition-with-rediscovered-rubens-and-a-wooly-mammoth-head
Art for Dignity
https://hyperallergic.com/art-for-dignity/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Art Gallery of Ontario curator resigned after failed acquisition of Nan Goldin work
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/23/nan-goldin-acquisition-art-gallery-ontario-curator-resigns
Conceptual artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s gets expansive tribute in California show
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/23/conceptual-artist-theresa-hak-kyung-chas-many-voices-celebrated-in-berkeley-show
Walker Art Center and Other Museums Close to Protest ICE in Minneapolis
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/minneapolis-museums-close-ice-protest-2739776
US National Portrait Gallery reveals winner of its triennial portraiture award
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/23/national-portrait-gallery-outwin-award-kameron-neal
US National Park Service removes slavery memorial at Philadelphia historic site
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/23/national-park-service-removes-slavery-exhibit-philadelphia-trump-censorship
Artists Call on Jewish Museum’s Support to Save New Deal-Era Murals
https://hyperallergic.com/artists-call-on-jewish-museums-support-to-save-new-deal-era-murals/
Alaska College Student Arrested for Eating AI Artwork Speaks Out: ‘AI Chews up and Spits out Art’ Made By Other People.’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-college-student-arrested-for-eating-ai-artwork-interview-1234770750/
Gelman Collection of Mexican Art Surfaces at Santander, With Plans to Bring it to Spain
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gelman-collection-of-mexican-art-surfaces-at-santander-with-plans-to-bring-it-to-spain-1234770736/
Philadelphia Sues Trump Administration Over Removal of Slavery Exhibits
https://hyperallergic.com/philadelphia-sues-trump-administration-over-removal-of-slavery-exhibits/
Beloved California Art Park Lists Its Estate for $10.9 M. Amid Financial Strife
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/di-rosa-art-center-estate-sale-1234770699/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Art Gallery of Ontario Curator Resigns Over Failed Nan Goldin Acquisition
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-gallery-of-ontario-curator-resigns-nan-goldin-2739231
Venice Biennale Pavilion Dispute Heads to South African High Court
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/south-africa-venice-biennale-court-2739102
Artist Duo’s Dystopian Short Film Earns Oscar Nod
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/two-people-exchanging-saliva-singh-musteata-2026-oscars-2739484
San Diego Comic-Con Bans A.I. Art Following Backlash
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/san-diego-comic-con-bans-ai-art-2739389
Metropolitan Opera considers selling multi-storey Chagall murals, valued at $55m
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/metropolitan-opera-chagall-murals-sale
Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere
https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-new-leaders-everywhere/
Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/ethiopia-africa-hall-wins-modernist-conservation-award
UK government earmarks £1.5bn arts funding until 2030
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/uk-government-tops-up-arts-funding-to-£15bn-over-next-five-years
Walker Art Center Will Close Tomorrow in Support of Minneapolis ICE Protest
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/walker-art-center-closure-ice-protest-1234770547/
Researchers Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Rock Art in Indonesia, Dating Back 67,800 Years
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/worlds-oldest-known-rock-art-in-indonesia-67800-years-old-1234770497/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
 
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Sally Tallant, director of New York’s Queens Museum, to lead London’s Hayward Gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/21/sally-tallant-director-of-new-yorks-queens-museum-to-lead-hayward-gallery
 
A gifted colourist and civic-minded storyteller: touring show celebrates US artist Noah Davis: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/a-gifted-colourist-and-civic-minded-storyteller-touring-show-celebrates-us-artist-noah-davis
 
World’s oldest known rock art discovered in Indonesia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/21/world-oldest-known-rock-art-discovered-indonesia ARTnews.com
 
UK Announces £1.5 B. Arts Funding Package to Expand Access Beyond London: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-announces-1-5-b-arts-funding-package-to-expand-access-beyond-london-1234770471/
 
Painter Amy Sherald Signs with Talent Agency CAA: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/painter-amy-sherald-signs-with-talent-agency-caa-1234770444/
 
Bonhams Posts $970 M. in 2025 Sales as It Tries to Turn the Page: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bonhams-2025-sales-results-market-reset-1234770452/
 
SFMOMA Adds 85 Modern and Contemporary Artworks to Its Holdings: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/sfmoma-adds-85-modern-contemporary-artworks-1234770357/
 
Artnet News - Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-buttons-2-2738989
 
Hyperallergic - Gabrielle Goliath to Seek Legal Action After Axed Venice Biennale Pavilion: https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-to-seek-legal-action-after-axed-venice-biennale-pavilion/
 
Falling in Love With Vintage Gay Films: https://hyperallergic.com/falling-in-love-with-vintage-gay-films/
 

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Comment | Reflecting on my father’s art and life on the occasion of his posthumous exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/comment-samuel-kahn-outsider-art-exhibition-old-dominion-university
- Canada's Art Gallery of Hamilton gets federal funding for expansion that will double its exhibition space: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/art-gallery-hamilton-federal-funding-canada-expansion-project
- Self-portraits, Surrealism and sanitary pads: what to expect from Tate Modern's Frida Kahlo show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/self-portraits-surrealism-and-sanitary-pads-what-to-expect-from-tate-moderns-frida-kahlo-show
- British Museum reports record-breaking year for finding treasure in the UK: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/british-museum-reports-record-breaking-year-for-finding-treasure-in-the-uk
- From monumental scroll paintings to metaphorical breasts: five works to see at Art SG: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/five-works-to-see-at-art-sg
- Five shows to see during Singapore Art Week: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/five-shows-to-see-during-singapore-art-week
- Singapore Art Week puts women artists from the region to the fore: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/singapore-art-week-puts-women-artists-from-the-region-to-the-fore
- Singapore cements its role as a hub for art—and artists—in Southeast Asia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/singapore-cements-its-role-as-a-hub-for-art-and-artists-in-southeast-asia
- From shopping malls to housing estates, Singapore Biennale integrates art into the city’s urban fabric: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/20/singapore-biennale-integrates-art-into-the-citys-urban-fabric
ARTnews.com
- Yasha Grobman Appointed Director of the Israel Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yasha-grobman-appointed-director-israel-museum-1234770302/
- Philadelphia Art Museum Executive Behind Controversial Rebrand Resigns: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-art-museum-executive-rebrand-resigns-1234770289/
- Archeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Basilica Designed by Vitruvius: ‘The Tutankhamun of the 21st Century’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archeologists-uncover-vitruvius-basilica-italy-1234770292/
- Governor Gavin Newsom Says He ‘Had No Clue’ California College of the Arts Would Close: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gavin-newsom-no-clue-california-college-of-the-arts-close-1234770279/
- 2024 Was a Record Year for Archeological Finds Made by the British Public: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/record-archeological-finds-metal-detecting-british-public-1234770277/
- Serpentine Pavilion Commission Goes to Mexican Architects LANZA atelier: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/serpentine-pavilion-commission-lanza-atelier-1234770283/
- Michael Jackson’s Rarely Seen Art to Go on View in Traveling Museum Debuting in Monaco: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michael-jackson-rarely-art-warhol-museum-monaco-1234770241/
- Iconic Fashion Designer and Art Collector Valentino Garavani Dies at 93: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/iconic-fashion-designer-art-collector-valentino-garavani-dead-93-1234770264/
- NEH Awards $75.1 M. In Grants to Projects Promoting Classical Arts, Conservative Values: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/neh-awards-grants-promote-classical-art-conservative-values-1234770194/
- Philip Leider, Artforum Founding Editor Who Shaped a Changing Art World, Dies at 96: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philip-leider-artforum-founding-editor-dead-1234770198/
Hyperallergic
- Shocking New Louvre Heist Footage Released to the Public: https://hyperallergic.com/shocking-new-louvre-heist-footage-released-to-the-public/
- Accessibility Should Be at the Center of Museum Education: https://hyperallergic.com/accessibility-should-be-at-the-center-of-museum-education/
- Philadelphia Art Museum Might Rebrand Its Botched Rebrand: https://hyperallergic.com/philadelphia-art-museum-might-rebrand-its-botched-rebrand/
- New Artwork on National Mall Lampoons Trump-Epstein Birthday Card: https://hyperallergic.com/new-artwork-on-national-mall-lampoons-trump-epstein-birthday-card/
- What Art Films to See at Sundance This Year: https://hyperallergic.com/what-art-films-to-see-at-sundance-this-year/
- John Wilson Bears Witness: https://hyperallergic.com/john-wilson-bears-witness/
- Yoko Ono’s Art Is an Exercise in Hope: https://hyperallergic.com/yoko-onos-art-is-an-exercise-in-hope/
- For Which It Stands…: https://hyperallergic.com/for-which-it-stands-fairfield-university-art-museum/
- Trump Targets New Deal-Era Art: https://hyperallergic.com/trump-targets-new-d/