Daily Art Download
Restitution Stalemates, Biennale Censorship, and Stolen Masterpieces
Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. ‘You can’t be burdened by a legacy’: James Taylor-Foster on his vision for Hong Kong's Para Site as it turns 30 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/18/you-cant-be-burdened-by-a-legacy-james-taylor-foster-on-his-vision-for-hong-kongs-para-site-as-it-turns-30 The wild world of Cathy de Monchaux revealed in exhibition at Paris's Palais de Tokyo https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/18/the-wild-world-of-cathy-de-monchaux-revealed-in-exhibition-at-pariss-palais-de-tokyo Why Won’t Britain Return Looted Gold to Ghana? https://hyperallergic.com/why-wont-britain-return-looted-gold-to-ghana/ Mafia Involvement Feared in Heist of Renaissance Paintings in Sicily https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mafia-involvement-feared-antonello-paintings-theft-sicily-1234795152/ Art as Infrastructure at the Medina Triennial https://hyperallergic.com/art-as-infrastructure-at-the-medina-triennial/ Taiwanese Artists Accuse South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale of Censorship https://hyperallergic.com/taiwanese-artists-accuse-south-koreas-gwangju-biennale-of-censorship/ Prosecutor Opens War Crimes Investigation For Illegal Archaeological Dig in Occupied Crimea, With Artifacts Turned Over to the Hermitage https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/war-crimes-illegal-dig-occupied-crimea-hermitage-1234795178/ School of Visual Arts Faculty “Blindsided” by Course Cuts Amid $22M Deficit https://hyperallergic.com/school-of-visual-arts-faculty-blindsided-by-course-cuts-amid-22m-deficit/ Shu Lea Cheang Gives Trans Artists the Wings to Fly https://hyperallergic.com/shu-lea-cheang-gives-trans-artists-the-wings-to-fly/ $61 M. Joshua Reynolds Portrait Heads to LA, New Douglas Gordon Documentary Premieres, and More: Morning Links for August 18, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/joshua-reynolds-portrait-getty-morning-links-august-18-2026-1234795135/
