Museums Under Siege, Auctions Breaking Records

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Louvre’s new director is inheriting a troubled, traumatised museum—can he repair the damage? Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art Record-Breaking $110.5 M. Basquiat Painting, Now Owned by Ken Griffin, to Go on View in Miami This Summer David Nott’s Textured Abstractions Go Digital With LG Gallery+ Artist Ali Cherri files war crimes complaint in France over Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed his parents Uffizi Museum in Florence Denies Severity of Security Breaches Resulting From February Cyber Attack Canada returns 11 artefacts to Turkey in the first repatriation between the countries Bic Family Heirs File Lawsuit for Return of Fra Angelico Painting ‘Stolen’ by Chauffeur Human Rights Foundation Petitions UN on Behalf of Jailed Chinese Dissident Artist Gao Zhen German Provocateur Artist Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison in Russia After Mocking Putin