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Dubai Plans a Massive New Museum for Digital Art

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-of-digital-art-dubai-2774566

Seoul’s new Centre Pompidou Hanwha museum opens next month—can it live up to expectations?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/19/seouls-new-centre-pompidou-hanwha-museum-opens-next-monthcan-it-live-up-to-expectations

M+ and Centre Pompidou announce multi-year partnership

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/19/m+-and-centre-pompidou-announce-multi-year-partnership

Canadian Museum of Human Rights Threatened With Legal Action Over Palestinian Nakba Show

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/canadian-museum-of-human-rights-facing-legal-threat-over-nakba-show-1234786157/

After Whistleblower Complaint, Palm Springs Art Museum Declines to Release Report on Allegations of Fraud and Theft, Claims They Are ‘Not Substantiated’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/whistleblower-palm-springs-art-museum-refutes-allegations-1234786097/

Hamburg Culture Prize Renamed After Namesake’s Nazi Ties Emerge

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hamburg-culture-prize-renamed-nazi-ties-emerge-1234786212/

In Performance Series, Artists Tackle the Nature of Images, and Reality, in the Face of AI

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/ai-art-immersive-world-artists-1234786121/

Art Lender Accuses Maddox Gallery of Inflating Value of Art Used as Collateral—’Bizarre and Irrational’ Claim, Says Gallery

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/maddox-gallery-lac-art-lender-lawsuit-1234786102/

The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Post-War Paris

https://hyperallergic.com/the-black-american-artists-who-dazzled-post-war-paris/

James McNeill Whistler was more than just a combative ‘coxcomb’

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/19/james-mcneill-whistler-was-more-than-just-a-combative-coxcomb

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Louvre Reveals Architects for $1 Billion Expansion

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-architects-2774247

59th Carnegie International tests the limits of connection and inclusion

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/59th-carnegie-international-explores-connection-and-division

Guatemala stakes claim to stone lintel by 'the Michelangelo of the pre-Columbian era' that was repatriated to Mexico

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/guatemala-maya-stone-lintel-mayuy-mexico-repatriation

Christie’s S. I. Newhouse Sale Totals $630.8 M., Bringing Cumulative Total to $1 B.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-s-i-newhouse-sale-pollock-brancusi-results-1234786039/

S.I. Newhouse’s Brâncuși Sells at Christie’s for Record-Breaking $107.6 M.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/s-i-newhouse-constantin-brancusi-sells-christies-breaks-record-1234785976/

The art world remembers Valie Export, Austrian pioneer of feminist performance art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/18/the-art-world-remembers-valie-export-austrian-pioneer-of-feminist-performance-art

Who’s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum?

https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/

Seattle Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize

https://hyperallergic.com/seattle-art-museum-workers-move-to-unionize/

Thousands Decry Right-Wing “Smear Campaign” Against Misan Harriman

https://hyperallergic.com/thousands-decry-right-wing-smear-campaign-against-misan-harriman/

Gabrielle Goliath Sounds a Call to Action in Venice

https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-sounds-a-call-to-action-in-venice/

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.

In a new home, Photo London gets down to business

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/16/in-a-new-home-photo-london-gets-down-to-business

A True-to-Life Biennale

https://hyperallergic.com/a-true-to-life-biennale/

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Robert Mnuchin's $85.7m Rothko leads Sotheby's $407.5m auction in New York

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/15/robert-mnuchins-857m-rothko-leads-sothebys-4075m-auction-in-new-york

Es Devlin Is Creating a Living Portrait of the Entire U.K.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/es-devlin-national-portrait-gallery-2773867

A Delayed Art Dubai Opens With Fewer Galleries—but Buyers Abound

https://news.artnet.com/market/art-dubai-report-2773646

Valie Export, Avant-Garde Icon and Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 85

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/valie-export-obituary-2773624

Borghese Gallery Faces Pushback Over New Building Plan

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/borghese-gallery-backlash-expansion-2773658

Catalonia Sues Aragón for €791,000 for Repayment Over Restitution of 56 Artworks

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/catalonia-sues-aragon-restitution-1234785790/

More Than 100 Seattle Art Museum Workers Plan to Unionize

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/more-than-100-seattle-art-museum-workers-plan-to-unionize-1234785795/

Independent Art Fair Trades Downtown for the World

https://hyperallergic.com/independent-art-fair-trades-downtown-for-the-world/

London’s Wellcome Collection to Transfer 2,000 Manuscripts to Jain Community, But They Will Stay in UK

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wellcome-collection-jain-manuscripts-transfer-1234785772/

Frieze New York Is an Assembly-Line Salad

https://hyperallergic.com/frieze-new-york-is-an-assembly-line-salad/

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Still in ‘war mode’: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art reopens with exhibitions about conflict

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/still-in-war-mode-tehran-museum-of-contemporary-art-reopens-with-exhibitions-about-conflict

Nazi-looted painting discovered in home of Dutch SS commander's heirs

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/nazi-looted-painting-discovered-in-home-of-dutch-ss-commanders-heirs

New York’s Neue Galerie will merge with the Metropolitan Museum

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/neue-galerie-metropolitan-museum-merger

Gulag Museum rebrand marks latest phase in Kremlin’s assault on free speech

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/gulag-museum-rebrand-marks-latest-phase-in-kremlins-assault-on-free-speech

Parliamentary report calls for major changes at French museums in the wake of Louvre heist

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/parliamentary-report-calls-for-major-changes-at-frances-museums-in-the-wake-of-louvre-heist

The Met and Neue Galerie Embark on Historic Merger

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-museum-neue-galerie-merger-2773237

London's Wellcome Collection returns 2,000 manuscripts to the Jain community

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/wellcome-collection-returns-2000-manuscripts-to-the-jain-community

Valie Export, Groundbreaking Feminist Artist Who Questioned the Nature of Art, Dies at 85

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/valie-export-artist-dead-1234785653/

Frick Inks Three-Year Partnership with Louis Vuitton, with Support for Exhibitions and Free Fridays

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frick-collection-louis-vuitton-sponsorship-exhibitions-1234785574/

Required Reading

https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-784/

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

Trump’s Plan to Paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Blue Sparks Lawsuit

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-trump-lawsuit-2773039

Authorship Dispute Erupts Over ‘Hair Dress’ at the Met’s Costume Institute

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-costume-institute-samms-hadari-dress-credit-2772663

Performa Is Bringing a Star-Studded Variety Show to Broadway

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/performa-variety-show-broadway-new-york-2772781

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Announces 312 New Acquisitions During 50th Anniversary Year

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hirshhorn-314-new-acquisitions-during-50th-anniversary-year-1234785215/

Tiny Cranach Painting That Vanished During WWII Returns to Dresden

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cranach-friedrich-portrait-dresden-return-2772879

Getty’s Black Visual Arts Archives receives additional $1.8m in funding

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/13/gettys-black-visual-arts-archives-receives-additional-19m-in-funding

Iran has not withdrawn from 2026 Venice Biennale, pavilion commissioner says

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/13/iran-has-not-withdrawn-from-2026-venice-biennale-pavilion-commissioner-says

Israel Advances Bill Granting Sweeping Civilian Authority over West Bank Archaeological Sites

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israel-advances-bill-granting-control-west-bank-archaeology-1234785293/

French Parliament Accuses Louvre of Prioritizing ‘Prestige And Influence’ Over Security Prior to Jewel Heist

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-parliament-releases-report-accusing-louvre-deprioritizing-security-jewel-heist-1234785295/

What Does a Booth Cost at a New York Art Fair?

https://hyperallergic.com/what-does-a-booth-cost-at-a-new-york-art-fair/

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For Fashion Iconoclast Iris van Herpen, ‘Nature Is the Best Artist’

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iris-van-herpen-sculpting-the-senses-brooklyn-museum-2772234

New Museum unveils Sarah Lucas's bawdy Bowery commission

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/new-museum-unveils-sarah-lucas-bowery-commission-public-art

Cai Guo-Qiang joins White Cube

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/cai-guo-qiang-joins-white-cube

Art Collectors Bet on Known Quantities Amid Market Reset

https://news.artnet.com/market/most-lucrative-category-auction-2025-2772357

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair focuses on Afro-Brazilian art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-focuses-on-afro-brazilian-art

Gozo Yoshimasu wins first Serpentine x Flag Art Foundation Prize

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/gozo-yoshimasu-wins-first-serpentine-x-flag-art-foundation-prize

Leading French Gallery Air de Paris Is Declaring Bankruptcy and Closing After 36 Years

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-gallery-air-de-paris-declaring-bankruptcy-closing-1234785172/

Across Venice, Artists Defy Censorship to Mourn and Memorialize Gaza

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-artists-censorship-palestine-israel-1234784973/

Trump Administration Sued Over Wildly Over-Budget Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Changes

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-administration-sued-reflecting-pool-changes-1234785175/

Venice Biennale’s Russian Pavilion and Pussy Riot Spar Over Usage of Protest Footage

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/russian-pavilion-pussy-riot-protest-footage-censorship-claim-1234785093/

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A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/penn-m2a-survey-museum-collecting-practices-2772058

More than 70 Venice Biennale artists withdraw from awards

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/11/more-than-70-venice-biennale-artists-withdraw-from-awards

Bruno Bischofberger, Swiss Art Dealer and Early Backer of Basquiat, Dies at 86

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bruno-bischofberger-warhol-basquiat-dealer-died-2771876

Radiohead Brings Its Strange Visual Universe to Life in an Immersive Spectacle

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/radiohead-motion-picture-house-installation-brooklyn-2771574

The Founders of Open Restitution Africa (ORA) on Their New Open Data Platform

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/founders-of-open-restitution-africa-new-database-interview-1234781430/

Somali Artists Take Issue With Nation's First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion

https://hyperallergic.com/somali-artists-take-issue-with-nations-first-ever-venice-biennale-pavilion/

Art Installation Featuring Trump Iran War Video Game Appears on National Mall

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-iran-war-video-game-national-mall-artwork-1234784963/

Did Zurbarán Believe What He Painted?

https://hyperallergic.com/did-zurbaran-believe-what-he-painted/

Putin ‘Won’ the Venice Biennale, Quips Italian Culture Minister

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-italy-culture-minister-putin-russia-1234784956/

Venice Biennale Strike Makes History

https://hyperallergic.com/venice-biennale-strike-makes-history/

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France Passes Landmark Restitution Law for Looted Art

https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-may-11-2771475

This month’s blockbuster auctions in New York could bring upwards of $2.5bn

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/11/new-york-spring-auctions-preview-bonhams-christies-phillips-sothebys

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit reopens, with the local community front and centre

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/11/museum-contemporary-art-detroit-reopens-renovations

Canadian Masterworks Lead Heffel’s Spring Sales

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/heffel-spring-auction-2771184

Lost Copy of Earliest-Known English Poem Found in Roman Library

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caedmon-hymn-copy-rome-library-trinity-college-2771600