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/