Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/art-institute-chicago-restitute-jean-metzinger-painting-emanuel-lewenstein-heirs
Tyler Mitchell Wins $250,000 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tyler-mitchell-wins-don-tyson-prize-crystal-bridges-museum-1234799079/
Mauritshuis to restitute 17th-century Dutch painting after research reveals it belonged to renowned Jewish dealer
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/mauritshuis-to-restitute-17th-century-dutch-painting-after-research-reveals-it-belonged-to-renowned-jewish-dealer
BBC art dealing game show reveals 'crisis of commodification' facing galleries
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/bbc-art-dealing-game-show-reveals-crisis-of-commodification-facing-galleries
Santiago Sierra’s latest piece, a non-stop reading of names of Palestinians killed since 1948, opens in London
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/22/santiago-sierra-performance-piece-reciting-names-palestinians-killed-1948-london
Christie’s Heads to Abu Dhabi to Mark 20 Years in United Arab Emirates, as Country’s Market Grows
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-abu-dhabi-first-fine-art-auction-middle-east-1234799062/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Strikes a Deal with Nigeria for Long-Term Loan of Three Major Artworks
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-art-deal-nigeria-loan-major-artworks-1234799052/
Duo Calls to Oust Leon Black in Protest Outside MoMA
https://hyperallergic.com/duo-calls-to-oust-leon-black-in-protest-outside-moma/
Codex Azcatitlan Goes on View in Mexico City, as Culture Ministry Continues Centuries-Long Quest for Repatriation
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/codex-azcatitlan-on-view-mexico-city-repatriation-claim-1234799055/
Sarah Michelson’s Delicate Fetish Play
https://hyperallergic.com/sarah-michelsons-delicate-fetish-play/
22 Sept 2026
Museum Upheavals, Protest Flashpoints, and Guerrilla Hangings
Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The Big Review: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art ★★★½
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lucas-museum-narrative-art-los-angeles-big-review
Rising costs force museums across North America to rethink climate control guidelines
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/museums-across-north-america-rethink-climate-control-guidelines-amid-high-bills-and-large-carbon-footprints
Perfect posture? MoMA exhibition explores perspectives on body politics in public spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/perfect-posture-moma-exhibition-explores-perspectives-on-body-politics-in-public-spaces
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: ‘Political struggles all over the world create this debris of sounds’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lawrence-abu-hamdan-political-struggles-sound-interview
See 10 Paintings from the Met’s Landmark Chang Dai-Chien Acquisition
https://www.artnews.com/list/artnews/news/see-10-paintings-from-the-mets-landmark-chang-dai-chien-acquisition-1234798881/
Naomi Beckwith Says She's "Not Afraid" of Pro-Palestine Protest at Documenta 16
https://hyperallergic.com/naomi-beckwith-says-shes-not-afraid-of-pro-palestine-protest-at-documenta-16/
German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
https://hyperallergic.com/german-duo-arrested-after-hanging-paintings-next-to-mona-lisa/
Dallas Invitational to Expand to London for Frieze Week
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/london-invitational-james-cope-2026-launch-exhibitors-1234798909/
Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an "Aesthetics of the Ugly," Dies at 73
https://hyperallergic.com/photographer-nelson-garrido-who-embraced-an-aesthetics-of-the-ugly-dies-at-73/
In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
https://hyperallergic.com/in-chicago-mexican-american-altars-reimagine-home/
21 Sept 2026
Sound Wars, Body Politics, and Museum Crackdowns
Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Comment | Why museums should tread carefully with audio and video in exhibition spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/comment-museums-audio-video-exhibition-spaces
Perfect posture? MoMA exhibition explores perspectives on body politics in public spaces
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/perfect-posture-moma-exhibition-explores-perspectives-on-body-politics-in-public-spaces
UK government places export bar on ‘rare’ Renaissance sculpture worth £4.6m
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/uk-government-places-export-bar-on-rare-renaissance-sculpture-worth-£46m
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: ‘Political struggles all over the world create this debris of sounds’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/lawrence-abu-hamdan-political-struggles-sound-interview
Why traditional Chinese artist Bada Shanren’s eye-rolling birds are attracting a wave of young visitors, 400 years on
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/why-traditional-chinese-artist-bada-shanrens-eye-rolling-birds-are-attracting-a-wave-of-young-visitors-400-years-on
Contemporary Istanbul expands international reach with 17 newcomers
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/contemporary-istanbul-expands-international-reach-with-17-newcomers
Liu Wei’s Cut-Up and Reassembled Sculptures Take Over the Met Museum’s Facade
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/liu-wei-met-museum-facade-commission-1234798801/
Hundreds gather at Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s attacks
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/21/trump-kennedy-center-protest-hands-off-the-arts
Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
https://hyperallergic.com/taryn-simons-evidence-as-spectacle/
Visitors Arrested at Louvre After Posting Their Artworks Near Mona Lisa
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/arrest-louvre-museum-mona-lisa-1234798940/
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