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?
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/christophe-leribault-new-director-musee-louvre-inherits-traumatised-museum
Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/raja-ravi-varma-17-9-million-auction-record-indian-art-1234779868/
Record-Breaking $110.5 M. Basquiat Painting, Now Owned by Ken Griffin, to Go on View in Miami This Summer
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/basquiat-exhibition-pamm-ken-griffin-loan-1234779935/
David Nott’s Textured Abstractions Go Digital With LG Gallery+
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-nott-lg-gallery-2761492
Artist Ali Cherri files war crimes complaint in France over Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed his parents
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/ali-cherri-war-crimes-complaint-israeli-strike-beirut-killed-parents
Uffizi Museum in Florence Denies Severity of Security Breaches Resulting From February Cyber Attack
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uffizi-museum-florence-denies-severity-security-breach-february-cyber-attack-1234779859/
Canada returns 11 artefacts to Turkey in the first repatriation between the countries
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/canada-returns-artefacts-turkey-first-repatriation
Bic Family Heirs File Lawsuit for Return of Fra Angelico Painting ‘Stolen’ by Chauffeur
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bic-heirs-lawsuit-stolen-fra-angelico-painting-1234779832/
Human Rights Foundation Petitions UN on Behalf of Jailed Chinese Dissident Artist Gao Zhen
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gao-zhen-human-rights-foundation-petition-1234779866/
German Provocateur Artist Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison in Russia After Mocking Putin
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/german-artist-sentenced-prison-russia-after-mocking-putin-1234779836/
