Seized Treasures, Culture Cash, and Political Pressure

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Value of Looted Objects at Met Museum Tops $95M After New Seizures León Ferrari exhibition cancelled in Chile amid cuts to culture budget At New York’s Swiss Institute, SoiL Thornton ponders the role an art institution can play in the face of a housing crisis Facing Protests and Political Pressure, Canadian Humans Rights Opens Palestine Exhibition NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture Getty Images and Shutterstock Pull the Plug on $3.7 Billion Merger Manhattan DA’s Office Seized Dozens of Antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum in June, Bringing Total to $95 M. Norval Morrisseau Case Deepens as Art Expert Says the Artist’s Children Were in on Forgery Scheme Mexican Government Faces Legal Action over Its Handling of Art Collection Rich in Kahlos On Truth Social, Trump Plasters an AI-Generated Golden Bald Eagle on the White House