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. Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum in London after secret English Channel crossing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-at-the-british-museum-after-secret-english-channel-crossing Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailan...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New York Investigators Return 59 Looted Antiquities to Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-returns-59-antiquities-to-italy-iraq-indonesia-1234791699/ Midjourney strikes back: sued AI giant demands Hollywood’s secrets https://www.theartnewspaper.co...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New Museum names Massimiliano Gioni as new director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/new-museum-names-massimiliano-gioni-as-new-director White, patriarchal and Christian: White House’s vision for the National Museum of American History https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Massimiliano Gioni Will Lead the New Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/massimiliano-gioni-new-museum-director-2786527 This Giant Spider at Frieze London Will Transport You to a Digital World https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frieze-artist-award-theo-triantafyllidis-2786271 Mass...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Yemen Identifies 28 Looted Artifacts at British Museum, London Auction Houses https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yemen-looted-artifacts-british-museum-auctions-1234791176/ New White House Report Alleges ‘Anti-White’ Bias at Smithsonian https://news.artnet.com/art-world/white-house-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Alexandria Gallery Went From Cleveland Pop-Up to Global Force https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alexandria-gallery-woodmere-2785495 Why We Can’t Get Enough Juicy Art Heist Stories https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/art-heist-perfect-day-the-mastermind-how-to-steal-a-m...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Le Corbusier Vandalized This House. An Artist Is Reclaiming Its Memory https://news.artnet.com/art-world/e-1027-house-eileen-gray-lorna-bauer-2785325 Akira Ikezoe’s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us https://hyperallergic.com/akira-ikezoes-frogs-and-bears-have-something-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Etruscan frescoes worth €15m go on display in Rome as part of Italian acquisition strategy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/03/etruscan-frescoes-worth-£15m-go-on-display-in-rome-as-part-of-italian-acquisition-strategy Smithsonian museum will loan more than 200 works to institut...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Human rights museum’s Palestine exhibition sets off feud between Canadian politicians https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/02/canadian-museum-human-rights-palestine-uprooted-nakba-exhibition-politics How Doug Aitken Thinks in Music https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/doug-aitken-the...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Value of Looted Objects at Met Museum Tops $95M After New Seizures https://hyperallergic.com/value-of-looted-objects-at-met-museum-tops-95m-after-new-seizures/ León Ferrari exhibition cancelled in Chile amid cuts to culture budget https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/01/leon-ferrar...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Workers at the Guggenheim in New York vote to authorise a strike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/30/guggenheim-museum-workers-new-york-vote-authorise-strike Hew Locke, Oscar Murillo Tapped for Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/skulptur-projekte-m...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Swiss Institute Buys Space by New Museum, Plans Bowery Move https://news.artnet.com/art-world/swiss-institute-bowery-move-new-york-2784593 UK government leaving museums vulnerable with ‘hands-off approach’, parliamentary report says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/29/what-does...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. 5 Queer Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network to Celebrate This Pride Month https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artnet-gallery-network-june-pride-2779732 What Is the Raphael Loggia, the Vatican Masterpiece Being Restored After 500 Years? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/raphael-loggi...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/art-basel-zero-ten-swiss-edition-expansive-view-digital-art Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for cli...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sotheby's auction of Joe Lewis collection breaks record for most expensive sold in UK https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/in-a-boost-for-london-sothebys-evening-sale-of-joe-lewis-collection-becomes-most-expensive-sold-in-uk How to Make a Sculpture With Sound https://news.artnet...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $392.6 M. Lewis Collection Sale Smashes Records at Sotheby’s, Led by $63.9 M. Modigliani https://news.artnet.com/market/392-6-m-lewis-collection-sale-smashes-records-led-by-63-9-m-modigliani-2783495 Crystal Bridges, fresh off major expansion, hires Courtenay Finn as next chief curator...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Smithsonian women’s museum launches augmented reality experience after congressional setback https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum-augmented-reality-project Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $627 Million London Museum Gets Opening Date—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/627-million-london-museum-gets-opening-date-and-more-art-industry-news-2782733 What Sold at Art Basel https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712 ‘Artists need...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. A multi-millionaire on a mission: David Walsh expands his Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-multi-millionaire-on-a-mission-david-walsh-expands-his-museum-of-old-and-new-art What Sold at Art Basel https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Henry, Artist Nancy Shaver’s Collectibles Shop in Hudson, New York, Is Closing After 30 Years https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/artist-nancy-shavers-shop-henry-to-close-1234789640/ Julie Mehretu, Claire Valdez, Arthur Jafa https://hyperallergic.com/julie-mehretu-claire-valdez...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Exclusive: an unknown archive of treasures from Van Gogh’s doctor, Paul Gachet https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/exclusive-an-unknown-archive-of-treasures-from-van-goghs-doctor-paul-gachet Art Basel Is Facing an Unexpected Challenge: Itself https://news.artnet.com/market/art-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/obama-presidential-center-chicago-art-filled-campus-museum New textile museum in Mexico City celebrates Indigenous artistry https://www.theartnewspaper.com/20...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. First Swiss edition of Zero 10, Art Basel’s digital art initiative, explores medium’s ‘historical arc’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/first-swiss-edition-of-zero-10-art-basels-digital-art-initiative-opens Cao Fei: ‘The scenarios in many of my works have come true later’ ht...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. At Art Basel, Everyone Is Playing It Safe, Eying Market Recovery https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-2026-sales-2781637 Exhibition examines new vocabulary that gave same-sex desire a place in art https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/exhibition-examines-new-vocabulary-that-g...