Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Trump Fires Fine Arts Commission Overseeing Building Projects: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197 - Francis Ford Coppola Is Selling His $1 Million Watch to Recover ‘Megalopolis’ Outlay: https://news.artnet.com/market/francis-ford-coppola-watch-sale-2705606 - Pepperdine University Museum Director Resigns After Censorship Scandal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pepperdine-university-museum-director-resigns-censorship-scandal-2705587 - German Police Bust Forgery Ring Accused of Selling Fake Picassos and Rembrandts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/police-bust-alleged-german-forgery-ring-2705441 - Did Ancient Egyptians Build the Great Pyramid With a Hidden Pulley System?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/great-pyramid-giza-pulley-system-study-2705457 - After Fierce Outcry From Arts Groups, Australia Changes Course on A.I.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/copyright-ai-australia-artists-2705215 - Looking at a Van Gogh Is Good for Your Health, New Study Reveals: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-fund-good-for-health-study-2705392 - Here Are the Most Ripped-Off Artists on A.I. Platform Midjourney: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/midjourney-most-prompted-artists-2705404 - Inside Calder Gardens, Philadelphia’s Lush New Space for the Master of the Mobile: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/calder-gardens-opening-2705267 - This Enigmatic Maya Codex Could Predict Eclipses Centuries Ahead: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maya-dresden-codex-predict-eclipses-study-2705212 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - New York exhibition seeks to raise funds for LGBTQ+ youth centre: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/ali-forney-center-benefit-exhibition-david-zwirner-lgbtq-youth - Trump demolishes White House’s historic East Wing despite preservationists’ protests: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/trump-demolishes-white-house-east-wing-preservationists-opposition - ‘An important piece of Black history’: Topher Campbell's Tate commission at risk of destruction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/first-tate-modern-commission-from-a-black-british-queer-artist-at-risk-of-destruction - Hundreds at London’s British Library go on strike, as Tate workers consider action: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/british-library-london-strike-tate-workers-consider-action - Paul Gauguin’s final self portrait—previously decried as fake—is authentic, museum concludes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/paul-gauguin-final-self-decried-fake-is-authentic-museum-concludes - Ten essential works of art to see in Dresden: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/28/ten-essential-works-of-art-to-see-in-dresden ARTnews.com - Dyala Nusseibeh, Director of Abu Dhabi Art, on the Gulf Market: ‘A Hugely Important Chapter Ahead of Us’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dyala-nusseibeh-director-of-abu-dhabi-art-on-the-gulf-market-a-hugely-important-chapter-ahead-of-us-1234759206/ - Nautical Necklace by Salvador Dalí Is a Standout at Record-Breaking Sotheby’s Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/salvador-dali-necklace-sea-sothebys-surrealism-sale-1234759258/ - Australian Government Rejects Proposal to Allow Text and Data Mining by AI Companies: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/australian-government-rejects-proposal-text-data-mining-ai-companies-1234759253/ - Inca Building in Remote Peruvian Town Was Made to Amplify Music, Experts Say: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/inca-building-acoustics-huaytara-peru-1234759138/ - Met Museum Sued Again by Jewish Heirs Over Van Gogh Painting Sold to Greek Collectors: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-sued-again-van-gogh-painting-jewish-heirs-1234759239/ - Christie’s to Offer Canaletto Masterpiece in February Old Masters Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/canaletto-2026-