Looted Legacies, Museum Scandals, and AI Showdowns

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 New White House Report Alleges ‘Anti-White’ Bias at Smithsonian When two become one: the complex dance of museum mergers In Chloe Wise’s ‘Extrasensory’ Basel Show, UFOs Meet Scripture Businessman Fined in U.K.’s First Russia Art Sanctions Conviction Experts blame extensive earthquake damage in Venezuela on decades of government neglect Thieves Steal Over $4.5M in Jewelry From French Museum In Two Chicago Exhibitions, Liberation Takes the Floor Amid Its Own Copyright Controversy, Midjourney Asks Court to Reveal How Disney Uses AI Yervant Gianikian, Artist Who Helped Win Armenia the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion, Dies at 84