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Buyers sue London's Alison Jacques gallery over cancelled sale of Monica Sjöö paintings

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/14/buyers-sue-alison-jacques-gallery-sale-sjoo-paintings

Chinese museums ordered to strengthen emergency protocols following blackouts and incidents of overcrowding

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/14/chinese-museums-ordered-to-strengthen-emergency-protocols-following-blackouts-and-incidents-of-overcrowding

Stolen Cezanne, Matisse and Renoir paintings recovered in Italy

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/14/stolen-cezanne-matisse-renoir-paintings-recovered-in-italy

Artist Trevor Paglen’s new book offers timely take on technology’s hijacking of visual culture

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/14/artist-trevor-paglens-new-book-offers-timely-take-on-technologys-hijacking-of-visual-culture

Colombia’s Museo de Arte de Pereira Closes due to Extensive Earthquake Damage

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museo-de-arte-de-pereira-colombia-earthquake-damage-closed-1234795012/

Kit Fitzgerald, Pioneering Video Artist With a Painter’s Sensibility, Has Died at 73

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kitz-fitzgerald-pioneering-video-artist-has-died-at-73-1234794643/

Top Executive and Senior Sales Director Leave Pace Following Gallery’s ‘Restructuring’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pace-gallery-amelia-redgrift-dani-forest-resign-1234794959/

New French Law Sparks Hope for Long-Awaited Return of Looted ‘Ségou Treasure’ to Senegal

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-french-law-gives-hope-for-return-looted-segou-treasure-to-senegal-1234794935/

A Picasso Stolen 65 Years Ago Has Resurfaced. The Guggenheim Wants It Back

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/guggenheim-picasso-stolen-1961-lawsuit-1234795001/

New Digital Archive Honors Gaza Journalists Killed by Israel

https://hyperallergic.com/new-digital-archive-honors-gaza-journalists-killed-by-israel/

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At the Venice Biennale, collateral exhibitions embrace the possibilities of digital art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/13/digital-art-exhibition-venice-biennale-collateral

Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed artistic director of Cape Town's Zeitz MoCAA

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/13/elvira-dyangani-ose-appointed-artistic-director-of-cape-towns-zeitz-mocaa

Hamptons art centre sued over large shipping container sculpture

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/13/the-ranch-sculpture-east-hampton-lawsuit

A New Video Game is Subverting the Secrecy of Michael Heizer’s ’City’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lily-belmiras-new-video-game-virtually-visit-michael-heizers-exclusive-land-artwork-1234794895/

Unions Call V&A Director’s Absence from Contract Negotiation Talks ‘Shocking’ and ‘Disrespectful’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unions-call-va-director-absence-talks-shocking-disrespectful-1234794860/

A Picasso Vanished in 1961. The Guggenheim Now Wants It Back

https://hyperallergic.com/a-picasso-vanished-in-1961-the-guggenheim-now-wants-it-back/

Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project Adds AI to Provenance Search Tool

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artificial-intelligence-expands-functionality-jewish-digital-cultural-recovery-projects-provenance-search-tool-1234794876/

Alison Nguyen to Screen New Film Exploring the Hidden History of Westbeth on the High Line Next Month

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alison-nguyen-prior-occupants-high-line-chanel-culture-fund-1234794871/

Six Films on Art and Resistance at BlackStar Film Festival

https://hyperallergic.com/six-films-on-art-and-resistance-at-blackstar-film-festival/

Defying Federal Judge, Kennedy Center Board Votes to Close, Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kennedy-center-board-vote-closure-trump-name-facade-1234794884/

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San Diego Museum of Art lays off 11 employees

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/12/san-diego-museum-art-layoffs

Mamdani administration expected to drop plans to replace popular New York sculpture garden with affordable housing

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/12/elizabeth-street-garden-mamdani-administration-drops-affordable-housing-project

Sotheby’s Lands Another Blockbuster Collection as Blaquier Family Parts With $450 M. of Impressionist Treasures

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-blaquier-450-million-art-collection-1234794798/

‘The Last Museum’ Search Engine Serves Up Millions of Artwork Images from More Than 3,000 Institutions

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/last-museum-search-engine-images-1234794774/

Sale of a “Stunning” UK Fossil Collection to the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi Sparks Controversy

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/important-uk-fossil-collection-sold-overseas-loss-to-nation-1234794806/

Sharjah is Set for the Region’s First Contemporary Craft Museum

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sharjah-is-set-for-regions-first-contemporary-craft-museum-1234794760/

Former National Gallery Executive Accuses Institution of ‘Soft Censorship’ After DOGE Visit

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/steven-nelson-national-gallery-of-art-dc-soft-censorship-1234794697/

SF Camerawork, Photo Champion for Five Decades, Abruptly Announces Closure

https://hyperallergic.com/sf-camerawork-photo-champion-for-five-decades-abruptly-announces-closure/

Elvira Dyangani Ose to Succeed Koyo Kouoh at Zeitz MOCAA

https://hyperallergic.com/elvira-dyangani-ose-to-succeed-koyo-kouoh-at-zeitz-mocaa/

The Living World Feels Dead at the Hammer

https://hyperallergic.com/the-living-world-feels-dead-at-the-hammer/

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‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/11/stopping-while-were-ahead-london-gallery-sid-motion-to-shut-after-a-decade

San Diego Museum of Art Lays Off 11 Workers

https://hyperallergic.com/san-diego-museum-of-art-lays-off-11-workers/

Russia Has Damaged or Destroyed Over 4,500 Cultural Sites in Ukraine

https://hyperallergic.com/russia-has-damaged-or-destroyed-over-4-500-cultural-sites-in-ukraine/

Both London’s Sid Motion and Beers Galleries Are Closing, Citing Economic Pressures

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/london-sid-motion-gallery-close-after-decade-1234794692/

Laser Technology Reveals Hidden Pre-Hispanic Roads at Machu Picchu

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lidar-reveals-hidden-pre-hispanic-roads-at-machu-picchu-1234794724/

Cultural Center of the Philippines Appoints New Chief Curator, Ahead of Reopening Next Year

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cultural-center-philippines-curator-1234794675/

New York’s School of Visual Arts Reports One-Third Drop in Enrollment Since 2019, Faces Largest Budget Deficit Ever

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/school-of-visual-arts-drop-enrollment-budget-deficit-1234794611/

V&A Changes Paid Break Policy as East Storehouse Strike Looms

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/victoria-albert-museum-east-storehouse-strike-paid-breaks-1234794682/

SF Camerawork To Close After Five Decades, Citing ‘Changing Philanthropic Landscape’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sf-camerawork-close-rising-costs-dwindling-public-funding-1234794668/

Maori Karmael Holmes Looks Back on 15 Years of BlackStar

https://hyperallergic.com/maori-karmael-holmes-looks-back-on-15-years-of-blackstar/

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Comment | What happened to George Lucas’s vision of a museum for ‘the people’?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/10/comment-george-lucas-vision-lucas-museum-narrative-art-fundraising

Inhotim Founder Bernardo Paz to Open a Namesake Museum, Right Next Door

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/inhotim-founder-bernardo-paz-namesake-museum-1234794596/

Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/10/uffizi-galleries-in-florence-announces-unprecedented-50m-revamp

UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/10/uk-ministry-of-justice-spent-more-than-£85000-removing-banksy-mural-from-the-royal-courts-of-justice

Ireland’s Museum Staffers Struggle with Precarious Contracts and Toxic Environments

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ireland-museum-workers-toxic-environment-1234794627/

Looted Ivorian “Talking Drum” Arrives at Its Home Village After More Than a Century

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ivorian-talking-drum-looted-by-french-arrives-home-1234794607/

Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s Fragments of Home

https://hyperallergic.com/nathaniel-mary-quinns-fragments-of-home/

National Gallery of Art Protects Works Ahead of Trump's IndyCar Race

https://hyperallergic.com/national-gallery-of-art-protects-works-ahead-of-trumps-indycar-race/

Jeffrey Epstein Dons Meta AI Glasses in Damning Guerrilla Ad

https://hyperallergic.com/jeffrey-epstein-dons-meta-ai-glasses-in-damning-guerrilla-ad/

Three Public Artworks by Banksy Have Cost UK Taxpayers Almost $200,000

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/banksy-art-taxpayer-cost-cleanup-security-bbc-1234794605/

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

Savneet Talwar, Anna Boghiguian, Iris van Herpen

https://hyperallergic.com/anna-boghiguian-savneet-talwar-iris-van-herpen/

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Van Gogh’s exuberant ‘Tarascon Stagecoach’ will go on show in New York

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/07/van-goghs-exuberant-tarascon-stagecoach-is-donated-to-los-angeles

National Gallery’s £250 K. Citizens’ Assembly Sparks Art World Criticism and Conservative Backslash

https://www.artnews.com/artnews/news/national-gallery-citizens-assembly-criticism-uk-1234794521/

The Rauschenberg Foundation Has Listed its New York HQ For Sale, Making Way for Possible ‘Luxury Rentals or Boutique Condos’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/robert-rauschenberg-foundation-new-york-headquarters-sale-1234794514/

All-Night Art Heist in Italy Suspected to Be ‘Some Sort of Revenge’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/was-unusual-all-night-italian-heist-a-work-of-revenge-1234794571/

Aspen’s Ambitious AIR Festival Turns the Rocky Mountains into a Stage

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/aspen-air-festival-2026-1234794519/

Could This New Legislation Protect Historic Sites From Trump's Wrath?

https://hyperallergic.com/could-this-new-legislation-protect-historic-sites-from-trumps-wrath/

The Lost Pearls of New York City

https://hyperallergic.com/the-lost-pearls-of-new-york-city/

Simone Forti in Her Own Words

https://hyperallergic.com/simone-forti-in-her-own-words/

Smithsonian to Show Historic Islamic Artworks From Louvre’s Collection

https://hyperallergic.com/smithsonian-to-show-historic-islamic-artworks-from-louvres-collection/

Forthcoming New Museum Show Is a Love Letter to the Bowery

https://hyperallergic.com/forthcoming-new-museum-show-is-a-love-letter-to-the-bowery/

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Too hot to handle: Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/06/smithsonian-museums-washington-dc-close-cooling-system-failure

As local museums in the UK face closure, government promises help

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/06/as-local-museums-in-the-uk-face-closure-government-promises-help

Uffizi Announces Plans for $57 M. Renovations Over Two Years

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uffizi-announces-plans-for-50m-euro-renovations-over-two-years-1234794465/

New York Historical Replaces Artworks With Reproductions Weeks After Opening $175 M. Expansion

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-historical-artworks-reproductions-sunlight-1234794416/

Simone Forti Talks Yoko Ono, Dance, and Aging in Never-Before-Published Interview

https://hyperallergic.com/simone-forti-talks-yoko-ono-dance-and-aging-in-never-before-published-interview/

Isaiah Davis Makes Metal—and Masculinity—Seem Soft

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/isaiah-davis-masculinity-metal-soft-1234794454/

David Zwirner Recruits Longtime Andrew Kreps Partner Liz Mulholland for LA Outpost

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/david-zwirner-recruits-andrew-kreps-partner-liz-mulholland-1234794448/

More Than 2,000 People Have Signed a Petition to Free Two Indian Artists After Protesting for Workers Rights

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/indian-artists-workers-rights-petition-1234794418/

16 Arrested for Showing Portraits of People Killed by ICE in DC Senate Building

https://hyperallergic.com/16-arrested-for-showing-portraits-of-people-killed-by-ice-in-dc-senate-building/

Anna Boghiguian on Weaving Armenia

https://hyperallergic.com/anna-boghiguian-on-weaving-armenia/

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Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/05/valerie-hillings-appointed-inaugural-director-of-guggenheim-abu-dhabi

Louvre to lend Islamic art treasures to the Smithsonian

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/05/louvre-loans-islamic-art-treasures-smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art

‘Criminalisation of dissent’: Indian artist remains behind bars after workers’ protest

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/05/criminalisation-of-dissent-indian-artist-remains-behind-bars-after-workers-protest

Russian drone destroys unique 300-year-old wooden Cossack church in Ukraine

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/05/russian-drone-destroys-unique-300-year-old-wooden-cossack-church-in-ukraine

Australian Museum Returns 18 Ancestral Remains to Rapa Nui

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/australian-museum-returns-rapa-nui-ancestral-remains-easter-island-1234794357/

Museums Team Up to Buy Artworks, a New AI Startup Tackles Art Forgery, and More: Morning Links for August 5, 2026

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-team-up-buy-artworks-new-ai-startup-tackles-art-forgery-more-morning-links-august-5-2026-1234794321/

Advocates Rally to Stop Sale of Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts

https://hyperallergic.com/advocates-rally-to-stop-sale-of-glasgows-centre-for-contemporary-arts/

Wyoming Association of Archaeologists Sues Federal Government Over NAGPRA Regulations

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wyoming-association-of-archaeologists-lawsuit-nagpra-1234794355/

Hundreds Demand Reinstatement of SAIC Professor Savneet Talwar

https://hyperallergic.com/hundreds-demand-reinstatement-of-saic-professor-savneet-talwar/

Drawings by Children in Texas ICE Facility Are a Cry for Help

https://hyperallergic.com/drawings-by-children-in-texas-ice-facility-are-a-cry-for-help/