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.
Former director of Rio’s Museu de Arte Moderna ordered to pay breach-of-contract fine
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/museu-arte-moderna-rio-fabio-szwarcwald-fine-breach-contract
Dépendance, Maverick Brussels Gallery, Calls It Quits
https://news.artnet.com/market/dependance-brussels-gallery-closes-2780171
The Trade in Looted Antiquities Endures for One Reason: Demand
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matt-campbell-cambodia-looted-antiquities-2779870
International organisations and Lebanese culture ministry issue warnings amid Israeli capture of Beaufort Castle and strikes on Tyre
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/international-organisations-and-lebanese-ministry-of-culture-issue-warnings-amidst-israeli-capture-of-beaufort-castle
Gaudí goes viral: TikTok partners with Sagrada Familia to livestream inauguration of finished tower
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/gaudi-goes-viral-tiktok-partners-with-sagrada-familia-to-livestream-content-of-finished-tower
Largest-Ever Arthur Jafa Survey Coming to New Museum
https://hyperallergic.com/largest-ever-arthur-jafa-survey-coming-to-new-museum/
Who Asked for an AI Art Museum?
https://hyperallergic.com/who-asked-for-an-ai-art-museum/
Guggenheim Museum to Livestream Select World Cup Matches, Screen Art Film on Legendary Football Star Zinédine Zidane
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-world-cup-matches-livestream-zidane-screening-1234788706/
Pace Plans to Give Up 8,600-Square-Foot London Gallery as It Continues to Cut Costs
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-london-gallery-hanover-square-rent-1234788699/
Valentine Willie, Visionary Advocate of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art, Dies at 71
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/valentine-willie-visionary-advocate-southeast-asian-contemporary-art-dead-71-1234788721/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Museum Rietberg’s A Kind of Paradise: Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art is Balm for the Scars of European Conquest
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/museum-rietberg-paradise-colonial-photography-contemporary-1234785044/
Artists create Fifa World Cup posters denouncing presence of US immigration agents
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/09/artists-world-cup-protest-posters-anti-ice
Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/three-men-convicted-museum-heist-ancient-romanian-gold-1234788616/
My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum
https://hyperallergic.com/my-queasy-forest-scented-stroll-through-las-new-ai-art-museum/
Here is the Artist List for the 16th Gwangju Biennial
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/16th-gwangju-biennial-artist-list-matthew-barney-tehching-hsieh-nina-canell-1234788663/
SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference
https://hyperallergic.com/saic-puts-professor-on-leave-after-palestine-reference/
How the Pace Layoffs Went Down—And What Comes Next
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/how-the-pace-layoffs-went-down-1234788685/
MoMA to Present the First Survey of Piet Mondrian’s New York Paintings
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/first-survey-of-piet-mondrian-s-new-york-paintings-moma-1234788642/
Templon Gallery Closes New York Outpost, Tone Hansen to Lead Moderna Museet: Morning Links for June 9, 2026
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/templon-gallery-closes-new-york-outpost-tone-hansen-to-lead-moderna-museet-morning-links-for-june-9-2026-1234788592/
Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves
https://hyperallergic.com/nayland-blake-doesnt-believe-in-fixed-selves/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Mexico City museum with world's richest collection of Kahlo and Rivera works reopens after years of controversy
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/08/museo-dolores-olmedo-reopens-mexico-city-diego-rivera-frida-kahlo
New digital archive reconstructs Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts for the first time in four centuries
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/08/new-digital-archive-reconstructs-leonardo-da-vinci-manuscripts
Crystal Bridges Museum Tacks on a Big Expansion, Just 15 Years After Opening, and Packs it With American Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/crystal-bridges-museum-moshe-safdie-expansion-american-art-1234788435/
Nearly Half of Mid-Career Women Are Thinking of Leaving the Art World: Report
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hardwiring-change-report-2026-2779250
Alma Allen Doubles Down on Accusations Against Publicist David Resnicow of Working Against His Venice Biennale Pavilion
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alma-allen-david-resnicow-venice-biennale-us-pavilion-1234788547/
A First Look at the Art in the New Obama Presidential Center
https://hyperallergic.com/a-first-look-at-the-art-in-the-new-obama-presidential-center/
Winning Penn Station Redesign Features Trump’s Name
https://hyperallergic.com/winning-penn-station-redesign-features-trumps-name/
Italian Arts Workers Announce Nationwide Strike
https://hyperallergic.com/italian-arts-workers-announce-nationwide-strike/
Anti-Trump Street Art Collective VJayBombs Goes Viral as LA Becomes a Canvas of Protest
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anti-trump-street-art-collective-vjaybombs-goes-viral-as-la-becomes-a-canvas-of-protest-1234788515/
Chairman of US Commission of Fine Arts Attends ‘Russian Davos,’ Joins Roundtable With Russian Envoy Responsible for Venice Biennale Participation
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chairman-us-commission-fine-arts-st-petersburg-conference-1234788498/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Leonardo’s ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Is Complete for the First Time in 400 Years
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022
Is the Mega-Gallery Model Collapsing?
https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-jun-8-2779180
Jurassic Art—5 Artworks That Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dinosaurs-gallery-network-2761041
As the Country Turns 250, Why Won’t Its Museums Meet the Moment?
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/america-250-donald-trump-smithsonian-mfa-boston-museums-1234788176/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
What Makes a Gallery Weekend Good?
https://news.artnet.com/market/london-gallery-weekend-2026-2779093
Celia Paul, Edward Hopper, Saif Azzuz
https://hyperallergic.com/celia-paul-edward-hopper-saif-azzuz/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artists Threaten Lawsuit as Venice Biennale Award Crisis Deepens
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-threaten-lawsuit-venice-biennale-awards-2778696
More than 100 artists threaten legal action against Venice Biennale
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/04/more-than-100-artists-threaten-legal-action-against-venice-biennale
Mega Gallery Pace is Dropping Some 50 Artists, 50 Staff in ‘Model Correction’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-gallery-layoffs-artist-roster-cuts-1234788318/
Pace Cuts 50 Workers and 50 Artists, Citing a “Broken” Gallery Model
https://hyperallergic.com/pace-cuts-50-workers-and-50-artists-citing-a-broken-gallery-model/
Serial Museum Leader Philippe Vergne Named Artistic Director of the Bass in Miami Beach
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/philippe-vergne-curator-bass-museum-miami-2778742
Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kulapat-yantrasast-artistic-director-2027-bukhara-biennial-1234788298/
Art Movements: Meet MoMA's New Photo Chief
https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-meet-momas-new-photo-chief/
Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-director-dies-at-56-1234788359/
A New French Study Says It Is Safe to Ship the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-study-says-safe-ship-bayeux-tapestry-british-museum-1234788355/
The Best Part of “Moss & Freud” Is When It’s Over
https://hyperallergic.com/the-best-part-of-moss-and-freud-is-when-its-over/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Pace Gallery Downsizes, Cutting Artists and Staff
https://news.artnet.com/market/pace-gallery-downsizes-cutting-artists-and-staff-2778584
Crystal Bridges’s New Expansion Makes Room for More of Its Story
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-expansion-2777902
MoMA Names Makeda Best as Photography Curator
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/makeda-best-photo-moma-2778344
JR's wrapped Pont Neuf installation in Paris damaged in storm
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/jrs-wrapped-parisian-bridge-installation-damaged-in-storm
Call my agent: why artist management companies are making a comeback
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/call-my-agent-why-artist-management-companies-are-making-a-comeback
Venice verdicts: art world figures give their thoughts on the 2026 Biennale
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/03/venice-verdicts-art-world-figures-give-their-thoughts-on-the-2026-biennale
Louvre Heist Investigation Reaches Belgium
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-heist-investigation-belgium-suspects-2778384
Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-threaten-sue-venice-biennale-organizers-awards-1234788244/
New Trump Rule Could Cut Enrollment at Nearly Half of Arts MA Programs
https://hyperallergic.com/new-trump-rule-could-cut-enrollment-at-nearly-half-of-arts-ma-programs/
How Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn—a Painter, Collector, and Collaborator of Carl Jung—Mined the Archive and Her Subconscious
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/olga-frobe-kapteyn-aby-warburg-carl-jung-1234787853/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, American artist and satirist, has died at age 40 in São Paulo, local media reports
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/02/artist-and-satirist-hilde-lynn-helphenstein-has-died-at-age-40-in-sao-paulo-local-media-reports
Pussy Riot Turns Its Venice Biennale Protest Into a Music Video
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pussy-riot-debut-album-cyka-2778042
Comment | Furor over ‘colourised’ Ansel Adams photo reflects problems with the art market, not AI
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/02/colourised-ansel-adams-photo-artificial-intelligence-press-any-key-to-continue
Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-reveals-galleries-artists-selected-exclusive-1234788177/
Higher-Ed Groups Decry Proposed Federal ‘Earnings Test’ That Could Decimate Arts Education
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/higher-ed-decry-proposed-federal-earnings-test-arts-education-1234788169/
French Court Rules That Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein & Co. Gallery Can Proceed
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/claude-monet-heirs-wildenstein-gallery-lawsuit-1234788135/
Muralist Robert Wyland Files $25 M. Lawsuit Over Dallas Whale Mural Destroyed For World Cup
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/muralist-wyland-vara-lawsuit-dallas-whale-mural-fifa-1234788123/
Lucian Freud Painting He Spent Decades Denying Will Go on Public View for the First Time
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucian-freud-painting-denied-authenticated-public-display-1234788120/
Artist Julio Le Parc, Maestro of Light, Movement, and Defiance, Dies at 97
https://hyperallergic.com/artist-julio-le-parc-maestro-of-light-movement-and-defiance-dies-at-97/
Israeli Airstrikes Reportedly Hit 900-Year-Old Crusader Castle in Lebanon
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israeli-airstrikes-hit-900-year-old-crusader-castle-in-lebanon-1234788131/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Blue-chip gets a boost, but edgier art remains in the doldrums
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/blue-chip-gets-a-boost-but-edgier-art-remains-in-the-doldrums
British Museum director responds to pushback after Jewish Culture Month event postponed
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/british-museum-director-responds-to-pushback-after-jewish-culture-month-event-postponed
Mondrian Estate Teams With One-Time NFT Sensation Doodles
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondrian-estate-doodles-nft-2777701
Inside the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's major expansion
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/crystal-bridges-opens-expansion-art-bridges-wellness-programme
A Dystopian ‘Black Mirror’ Experience Lands at the Shed
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-mirror-immersive-experience-shed-2777850
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Jerry Gogosian Satirist, Found Dead in São Paulo
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jerry-gogosian-hilde-lynn-helphenstein-dead-2777922
Pioneering Kinetic Artist Julio Le Parc Dies at 97—and More Art Industry News
https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-june-1-2777689
Chichén Itzá reopens after dispute with vendors that led to 13-day closure
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/chichen-itza-reopens-vendor-dispute
What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say
https://hyperallergic.com/what-a-181-million-pollock-doesnt-say/
Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin, Known for Work at Liangzhu Site, Pleads Guilty to Corruption and Misappropriation Charges
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chinese-archaeologist-liu-bin-pleads-guilty-corruption-1234788076/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The 2026 Whitney Biennial in five key themes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/2026-whitney-biennial-exhibition-review-five-themes
British Museum Evacuated After Suspicious Device Found in Restroom
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-evacuated-suspicious-device-security-alert-1234787980/
As Full-Time Art Critics All But Disappear, What Can We Learn From the Retiring Generation?
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/christopher-knight-roberta-smith-peter-schjeldahl-critis-retire-1234787590/