Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/penn-m2a-survey-museum-collecting-practices-2772058
More than 70 Venice Biennale artists withdraw from awards
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/11/more-than-70-venice-biennale-artists-withdraw-from-awards
Bruno Bischofberger, Swiss Art Dealer and Early Backer of Basquiat, Dies at 86
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bruno-bischofberger-warhol-basquiat-dealer-died-2771876
Radiohead Brings Its Strange Visual Universe to Life in an Immersive Spectacle
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/radiohead-motion-picture-house-installation-brooklyn-2771574
The Founders of Open Restitution Africa (ORA) on Their New Open Data Platform
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/founders-of-open-restitution-africa-new-database-interview-1234781430/
Somali Artists Take Issue With Nation's First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion
https://hyperallergic.com/somali-artists-take-issue-with-nations-first-ever-venice-biennale-pavilion/
Art Installation Featuring Trump Iran War Video Game Appears on National Mall
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-iran-war-video-game-national-mall-artwork-1234784963/
Did Zurbarán Believe What He Painted?
https://hyperallergic.com/did-zurbaran-believe-what-he-painted/
Putin ‘Won’ the Venice Biennale, Quips Italian Culture Minister
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-italy-culture-minister-putin-russia-1234784956/
Venice Biennale Strike Makes History
https://hyperallergic.com/venice-biennale-strike-makes-history/
