Daily Art Download

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Amy Sherald Retrospective, Pulled in Protest From the Smithsonian, Will Go to Baltimore: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amy-sherald-retrospective-smithsonian-baltimore-2683880
- This Legendary Wayne Gretzky Jersey Could Net Millions at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wayne-gretzky-kobe-bryant-jersey-auction-sothebys-2683778
- Kim Sajet Heads to Milwaukee Art Museum After High-Profile Smithsonian Exit: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kim-sajet-milwaukee-art-museum-2683680
- Pennsylvania Art Museum Sues Trump Administration Over Canceled IMLS Grant: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/woodmere-museum-sues-trump-canceled-imls-grant-2683466
- 11,500-Year-Old Figurines From Turkey Could Be Earliest Known Storytelling Objects: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-turkish-stone-sculpture-narrative-art-2683351
- How One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Expressionists Became Its Best-Kept Secret: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/georges-rouault-independent-2683022
- Korea’s Market Dip Is Bigger Than New York’s. Here’s How Seoul Dealer Jason Haam Is Responding: https://news.artnet.com/market/jason-haam-the-view-from-the-asia-pivot-2681489
- Meet Detroit Salon, an Ambitious Effort to Boost the City’s Art Scene: https://news.artnet.com/market/detroit-salon-fair-2683307
- How to Land Your Next Art Job: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/how-to-land-your-next-job-cat-manson-2682555
- Why Michelangelo Spent Months Hiding From the Pope: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-michelangelo-hide-from-pope-2669396
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- How—and why—do art fairs work with non-profit organisations?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/non-profits-art-fairs-the-armory-show-independent-20th-century
- From the streets to the parks and beyond: the pick of this season's public art in New York: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/public-art-new-york-city-summer-2025
- Ai Weiwei's cat-mouflage takeover of New York City park: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/ai-weiwei-camouflage-cat-four-freedoms-park-new-york
- Comment | I used to think it wasn’t cool to like Andy Goldsworthy—now I see how he helps us to appreciate the natural world: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/comment-|-i-used-to-think-it-wasnt-cool-to-like-andy-goldsworthynow-i-see-he-helps-us-to-appreciate-the-natural-world
- Amid layoffs and defunding threats, here's how US arts funding is adapting to life under Trump: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/amid-layoffs-and-defunding-threats-us-arts-funding-is-adapting-to-life-under-trump
- Reynolds works acquired by Waddesdon Manor under UK's acceptance in lieu scheme: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/works-by-reynolds-acquired-by-waddesdon-manor-under-uks-acceptance-in-lieu-scheme
- Press photo of world leaders at ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting acquired by Dusseldorf's Kunstpalast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/press-photo-of-world-leaders-at-coalition-of-the-willing-meeting-acquired-by-dusseldorfs-kunstpalast
- In a new exhibition, Turkey displays the success of its heavyweight heritage drive: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/in-a-new-exhibition-turkey-displays-the-success-of-its-heavyweight-heritage-drive
- Beatriz González travelling show kicks off in São Paulo: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/beatriz-gonzalez-travelling-show-kicks-off-in-sao-paulo
- A Husain horse painting, a portrait of Max Ernst’s soulful dog, and a Fini cat mask: our pick of the September auctions and fairs: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/03/a-husain-horse-painting-a-portrait-of-max-ernsts-soulful-dog-and-a-fini-cat-mask-our-pick-of-the-september
Art Business News
- The Art of Resilience: Imagining New Futures In A Changing Climate: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/the-art-of-resilience/
ARTnews.com
- The Best Booths at Frieze Seoul, From Remnants of an Artist’s Demolished Studio to an 18th-Century Moon Jar: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/frieze-seoul-2025-best-booths-1234750713/
- Rosalyn Drexler, Indefatigable Painter Who Wrestled Her Way into the Pop Canon, Dies at 98: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rosalyn-drexler-dead-pop-art-1234750693/
- As the Fall Art Season Opens, New York Galleries Stay Stubbornly Optimistic: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/fall-art-season-new-york-galleries-open-1234750617/
- Nazi-Looted Painting That Appeared in Argentine Home May Have Been Recovered: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-argentina-recovery-1234750637/
- Elite Moche Residence Unearthed in Northern Peru: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/moche-residence-unearthed-at-licapa-ii-1234750604/
- Ex-National Portrait Gallery Head Kim Sajet to Direct the Milwaukee Art Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kim-sajet-milwaukee-art-museum-director-1234750605/
- Frieze Seoul’s Director on Challenges Facing Asian Galleries, Armory Show to ‘Complicate Stereotypes,’ and More: Morning Links for September 3, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/morning-links-september-3-2025-1234750602/
Hyperallergic
- Elizabeth Foundation Makes Offer on Iconic Chelsea Artist Building: https://hyperallergic.com/1039250/elizabeth-foundation-makes-offer-on-iconic-chelsea-artist-building/
- 15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall: https://hyperallergic.com/1038473/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-fall-2025/
- Four New York City Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1038667/four-new-york-city-shows-to-see-september-3-2025/
- How Art Deco Changed American Cinema: https://hyperallergic.com/1039097/how-art-deco-changed-american-cinema-film-forum/
- Man Caught Smuggling Hundreds of Egyptian Antiquities Through JFK Airport: https://hyperallergic.com/1039134/man-caught-smuggling-hundreds-of-egyptian-antiquities-through-jfk-airport/
- US Agencies Say They Have “No Records” of Tourist Flagged for JD Vance Meme: https://hyperallergic.com/1038623/us-agencies-say-they-have-no-records-of-tourist-flagged-for-jd-vance-meme/
- Raheleh Filsoofi: At the Edge of Arrival: https://hyperallergic.com/1038070/raheleh-filsoofi-at-the-edge-of-arrival/
- Eric-Paul Riege’s Multidisciplinary Work On View at the Bell Gallery: https://hyperallergic.com/1038017/eric-paul-riege-multidisciplinary-work-bell-gallery-brown-university/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Lichtenstein Estate Sends Another Trove of Works to the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/market/roy-lichtenstein-works-estate-sothebys-2683231
- Sliced-Up Cranach Painting Reunited After 90 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cranach-painting-reunited-after-90-years-ducal-2683497
- Artist Ken Kiff Gets Long-Overdue Spotlight at Independent 20th Century: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-ken-kiff-gets-long-overdue-spotlight-at-independent-20th-century-2682563
- Argentinian Couple Arrested After Stolen Portrait Appears in Property Listing: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nazi-looted-portrait-real-estate-listing-argentina-2681421
- 12 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York This Fall: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/must-see-fall-gallery-shows-new-york-2682575
- Gaudí’s Sagrada Família Splashed With Paint by Climate Activists: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sagrada-familia-protest-2683116
- Inside the Brave New World of Quantum Art: ‘Consciousness Is Too Limited’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/quantum-art-2681337
- Decoding the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-how-to-read-hieroglyphs-2673593
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Must-see exhibitions in New York this autumn: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/must-see-exhibitions-new-york-autumn-2025
- Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies to open $10m library expansion in October: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/bard-college-center-curatorial-studies-library-archives-keith-haring-wing
- The new U-Haul Art Fair is pulling up in Chelsea: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/uhaul-art-fair-pulling-up-in-chelsea
- New York's digital art gallery reboot: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/digital-art-galleries-new-york-city-heft-offline-bitforms-canyon
- Collectible design fair’s second New York outing marries ‘folly’ and practicality: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/collectible-design-fair-new-york-second-editon
- Timely rediscoveries await at Independent 20th Century: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/independent-20th-century-rediscoveries
- The Armory Show puts spotlight on the American South: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/the-armory-show-preview-american-south
- Comment | 'AI will transform the art market—just not how you expect': https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/ai-will-transform-the-art-marketjust-not-how-you-expect
- What is art for? A brush with… publication reveals artists’ favourite things: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/what-is-art-for-a-brush-with-publication-reveals-artists-favourite-things
- Pioneering Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's estate is now represented by Mendes Wood DM: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/lygia-pape-represented-mendes-wood-dm
- From imps and goblins to the glitchy digital world: Flora Yukhnovich on her ‘cacophony’ of inspirations: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/from-victorian-fairy-paintings-to-imps-and-goblins-flora-yukhnovich-on-her-cacophony-of-inspirations
- Serpentine Galleries announces its first-ever Hockney exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/serpentine-galleries-announces-its-first-ever-hockney-exhibition
- ‘Exceptional importance’: drought reveals ancient tombs at Iraq’s Mosul Dam: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/drought-reveals-40-ancient-tombs-at-iraqs-mosul-dam
- Curators tease next year’s Seoul queer art show during Frieze week: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/curators-tease-next-years-seoul-queer-art-show-during-frieze-week
- A former director at Lower Manhattan galleries goes it alone Uptown: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/christiana-ine-kimba-boyle-gladwell-projects-harlem-pop-up
- Vermeer’s vandal: the untold story of a vicious attack at London's National Gallery in 1968: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/vermeers-vandal-the-untold-story-of-an-attack-at-londons-national-gallery-in-1968
- September Book Bag: from Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicles of Black America to a volume of Goya's prints: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/september-book-bag-from-arthur-jafas-searing-chronicles-of-black-america-to-a-monograph-on-emily-mason-unsung-pioneer-of-postwar-american-abstraction
- The 19th-century heiress whose avid collecting was just part of a rich, scholarly life: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/the-19th-century-heiress-whose-avid-collecting-was-just-part-of-a-rich-scholarly-life
- Euan Uglow monograph offers a fresh perspective through memoirs, papers and contributions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/euan-uglow-monograph-offers-a-fresh-perspective-through-memoirs-papers-and-contributions
ARTnews.com
- Art in America’s Fall “Icons” Issue Features Paul Pfeiffer, Rosemarie Trockel, Blindness & Photography, and More: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/icons-issue-fall-2025-1234749848/
- Argentine Couple Placed Under House Arrest as Search for Nazi-Looted Painting Continues: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-search-argentina-house-arrest-1234750592/
- Louvre Ends Nintendo 3DS Museum Guide Partnership After Over A Decade: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-ends-nintendo-3ds-museum-guide-partnership-1234750584/
- Sylvain Amic, Recently Named Head of Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, Dies at 58: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sylvain-amic-musee-d-orsay-dead-1234750567/
- Art Adviser Lindsay Jarvis Is Making a Bet on the Bowery and a Return to Connoisseurship: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/newsmakers-lindsay-jarvis-is-betting-on-the-bowery-1234750559/
Hyperallergic
- Marian Spore Bush Was Nobody’s “Visionary Artist”: https://hyperallergic.com/1038749/marian-spore-bush-was-nobodys-visionary-artist/
- The Art Crossword: Museum-Lover’s Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/1038716/the-art-crossword-museum-lovers-edition/
- Argentine Couple Placed on House Arrest in Nazi-Looted Art Probe: https://hyperallergic.com/1038691/argentine-couple-placed-on-house-arrest-in-nazi-looted-art-probe/
- Decades After “Heartbreaking” Thefts, Santa Ana Pueblo Recovers Stolen Artifacts: https://hyperallergic.com/1037100/decades-after-heartbreaking-thefts-santa-ana-pueblo-recovers-stolen-artifacts/
- An Insider Artist’s Outsider Alter-Ego: https://hyperallergic.com/1027871/insider-artist-grayson-perry-outsider-alter-ego-wallace-collection/
- André Breton After the Surrealist Manifesto: https://hyperallergic.com/1038721/andre-breton-cavalier-perspective-surrealism/
- A Contemporary Art Exhibition in an 18th-Century Home: https://hyperallergic.com/1038759/rejin-leys-contemporary-art-exhibition-in-an-18th-century-home/
- When One Door Opens, Another Transports Us: https://hyperallergic.com/1038583/christian-marclay-doors-brooklyn-museum/
- Opportunities in September 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1037821/opportunities-september-2025/
- Apply for a 2026–2027 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1037319/apply-for-2026-2027-fellowship-smithsonian-american-art-museum/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Is This a Real Vermeer? London Show Reopens Century-Old Mystery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vermeer-double-vision-2682920
- A Dinosaur Found in Morocco Sported a ‘Unique’ Collar of Giant Spikes: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/spicomellus-morocco-spiky-dinosaur-morocco-2682180
- Smithsonian’s Latino Gallery Temporarily Closes Amid Federal Review: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197
- Sotheby’s Launches Luxury Sales in Abu Dhabi—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-sept-1-2682691
- Can Italy Protect Its Cultural Heritage From Naughty Tourists?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/can-italy-protect-its-cultural-heritage-2524656
- Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Artist, Inventor… and Wedding Planner?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-leonardo-da-vinci-wedding-planner-2667830
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- The philosopher’s tone: Gilles Deleuze's lively painting lectures are published in English: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/the-philosophers-tone-gilles-deleuzes-lively-painting-lectures-are-published-in-english
- Cameras, creativity and kids: Sally Mann’s ‘kind of how-to book’ mixes memoir with advice for artists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/cameras-creativity-and-kids-sally-manns-kind-of-how-to-book-mixes-memoir-with-advice-for-artists
- An expert’s guide to Indigenous Australian art: five must-read books on the subject: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/an-experts-guide-to-indigenous-australian-art-five-must-read-books-on-the-subject
- The Big Review | 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art at the Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne ★★★★★: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/the-big-review-|-65000-years-a-short-history-of-australian-art-at-the-potter-museum-of-art-in-melbourne
- Seeing double: Vermeer painting and its mysterious ‘twin’ go on show in London: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/seeing-double-vermeer-painting-and-its-mysterious-twin-go-on-show-in-london
- Sylvain Amic, ‘open spirited’ head of Musée d'Orsay, has died aged 58: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/sylvain-amic-open-spirited-head-of-musee-dorsay-has-died-aged-58
- What to see in Seoul during Frieze: from Adrián Villar Rojas's confrontational sculptures to an examination of melancholy: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/what-to-see-in-seoul-during-frieze-from-adrian-villar-rojass-confrontational-sculptures-to-an-examination-of-melancholy
- Collector’s eye: the art Kyongho Kim has bought and why: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/collectors-eye-the-art-kyongho-kim-has-bought-and-why
- Antony Gormley: ‘Everything I make now is a surprise to me’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/antony-gormley-everything-i-make-now-is-a-surprise-to-me
- ‘I feel a renewed passion to shape a new era’: Youn Bummo takes the reins as president of the Gwangju Biennale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/i-feel-a-renewed-passion-to-shape-a-new-era-youn-bummo-takes-the-reins-as-president-of-the-gwangju-biennale
- Im Youngzoo wins Frieze Seoul Artist Award: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/im-youngzoo-wins-frieze-seoul-artist-award
- Frieze opens permanent base in Seoul: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/frieze-opens-permanent-base-in-seoul
- Frieze Seoul’s fourth edition takes on tariffs and a tough market: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/frieze-seouls-fourth-edition-takes-on-tariffs-and-a-tough-market
- Chicago school refurbished by Theaster Gates's non-profit will reopen to the public: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/theaster-gates-rebuild-foundation-new-school-chicago-opening
- With its 36th edition, Bienal de São Paulo seeks to ‘exhibit silence’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/bienal-de-sao-paulo-preview-exhibiting-silence
ARTnews.com
- 80 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/fall-2025-must-see-art-exhibitions-egypt-yayoi-kusama-1234750074/
- Painters Amy Sillman and Cameron Martin on Tragicomic Abstraction: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/amy-sillman-cameron-martin-sikkeman-jenkins-malloy-dia-bridgehampton-1234750430/
Hyperallergic
- Decode the Art Fair Lingo With Our Armory Show Bingo Card: https://hyperallergic.com/1038245/art-fair-armory-show-2025-bingo-card/
- The Prescient Politics of Nancy Buchanan’s Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1036988/prescient-politics-of-nancy-buchanan-art-the-brick-los-angeles/
- An Impressionist’s Ode to Male Sensuality: https://hyperallergic.com/1037994/gustave-caillebotte-impressionist-ode-to-male-sensuality/
- The Rise of Contemporary Art Puzzles: https://hyperallergic.com/1037461/the-rise-of-contemporary-art-puzzles/
- I Never Was a Graffiti Artist: https://hyperallergic.com/1029597/i-never-was-a-graffiti-artist/
- The Fetishistic Fiction of Museum “Tibetan” Shrines: https://hyperallergic.com/1038180/the-fetishistic-fiction-of-museum-tibetan-shrines/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
ARTnews.com
- Five Under-the-Radar Galleries to Watch in Seoul: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-galleries-to-watch-seoul-1234749994/
Hyperallergic
- The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House: https://hyperallergic.com/1038060/hugo-crosthwaite-artist-whose-fauci-portraits-enraged-the-white-house/
- The Shocking Allure of Erotic Abstraction: https://hyperallergic.com/1035805/the-shocking-allure-of-erotic-abstraction-courtauld-gallery/
- Reclaiming a Whitewashed History of the Great Depression: https://hyperallergic.com/1038134/reclaiming-a-whitewashed-history-of-the-great-depression-museum-art-light-kansas/
- Art Dealers Get Candid Ahead of the Armory Show: https://hyperallergic.com/1038050/new-york-art-dealers-get-candid-ahead-of-the-armory-show-2025/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
ARTnews.com
- Christie’s Secures $180 M. Art Collection from Former Weis Markets Chairman: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-robert-patricia-weis-collection-sale-1234750554/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Inside Ukranian Artist Dmitry Oleyn’s Sculptural Approach to Landscape Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ukranian-artist-dmitry-oleyns-nikitin-gallery-2681718
- Just How Expensive Have Art Fairs Become? And More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-fairs-pries-and-more-juicy-art-world-gossip-2681951
- How Economists Are Mining Art With A.I. to Track Major Social Shifts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-economic-data-art-2681521
- A Rarely Seen Caravaggio Masterpiece Makes Its Way to Florida: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caravaggio-heads-to-florida-2682073
- Guillermo del Toro Is Selling Gothic Treasures From His Legendary Collection: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guillermo-del-toro-bleak-house-sale-2682610
- Where to Eat During Frieze Seoul? 4 Local Gallerists Share Their Picks: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gallerists-seoul-food-guide-frieze-seoul-2679466
- Egypt Recovers 2,000-Year-Old Statues From Sunken City: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/statues-recovered-sunken-city-canopus-2682316
- Smithsonian Chief Meets Trump as White House Pushes Museum Content Review: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Smithsonian leader meets with Trump for 'cordial' White House lunch: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/smithsonian-institution-leader-lonnie-bunch-trump-lunch-white-house
- Want to be a museum influencer? London’s National Gallery launches open call for content creators: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/want-to-be-a-museum-influencer-londons-national-gallery-launches-open-call-for-content-creators
- Florida’s rainbow crosswalks and other public art ordered removed: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/florida-rainbow-crosswalks-murals-public-art-removal
- Framing Van Gogh: why the artist did not want to surround his works with gold: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/why-van-gogh-liked-wood-not-gold-to-surround-his-paintings
- Philadelphia museum sues Trump administration over lost federal funding: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/woodmere-museum-philadelphia-sues-trump-administration-rescinded-imls-funds
- Cultural organisations warn UK government of ‘crippling’ changes to membership legislation: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/uk-museums-warn-government-of-crippling-changes-to-membership-law
- Stories brought to life: the National Portrait Gallery's latest virtual reality venture is a triumph of immersive storytelling: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/stories-brought-to-life-the-national-portrait-gallerys-latest-virtual-reality-venture-is-a-triumph-of-immersive-storytelling
- Berlin Atonal, the first biennial rooted in music and sound, pushes the boundaries of what ‘art’ can mean: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/berlin-atonal-the-first-biennial-rooted-in-music-and-sound-defies-neat-categorisation
ARTnews.com
- Woodmere Art Museum Sues Trump Administration Over Canceled IMLS Grant: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/woodmere-art-museum-sues-trump-administration-canceled-imls-grant-1234750513/
- Barbara Gladstone’s Chelsea Townhouse in NYC Sells for $13.1 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/barbara-gladstone-gallery-chelsea-townhouse-sold-13-million-1234750511/
- Trump Meets with Smithsonian Leader Amid Threats of Content Review: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-lonnie-bunch-meeting-smithsonian-1234750481/
- Why Homeland Security Posted a 19th-Century Painting, Australian University Faces Pushback over AI Art Course, and More: Morning Links for August 29, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/homeland-security-australian-school-ai-art-morning-links-1234750478/
- In a 23-Hour Film, Journalists Pose Unanswered Questions to the US State Department About Palestine: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/hour-film-journalists-palestine-state-department-alex-reynolds-robert-ochshorn-1234750308/
Hyperallergic
- Facing $15M Budget Deficit, CalArts Lays Off 12 Workers: https://hyperallergic.com/1038229/facing-15m-budget-deficit-calarts-lays-off-12-workers/
- The 2025 NY Art Book Fair Returns to MoMA PS1: https://hyperallergic.com/1037592/the-2025-ny-art-book-fair-returns-to-moma-ps1/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- The White House Proposes Weird A.I. Paintings as the Future of Patriotic Education: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/white-house-founders-museum-prageru-2681816
- Re-Air: The Art World’s Octopus Teacher: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-art-angle-re-air-miriam-simun-octopus-teacher-2674169
- First Known Viking Portrait Unearthed From Danish Museum Archives: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-known-viking-portrait-found-2681997
- Hidden Layers of an Expressionist Masterpiece Come to Light at the Guggenheim: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/oskar-kokoschka-knight-errant-guggenheim-conservation-2681788
- Andra Ursuța Is Sculpting a Vision of Civilization in Decay: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/andra-ursuta-apocalypse-now-and-then-2681871
- 4 Art Advisors Weigh In on Who to Watch at Untitled Art Houston’s Inaugural Fair: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-advisors-untitled-art-houstons-2681403
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Ukrainian installation at Burning Man destroyed by dust storm: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/burning-man-ukrainian-installation-dust-storm-black-cloud
- Pinacoteca de São Paulo and Chanel Culture Fund launch new residency for women artists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/pinacoteca-sao-paulo-chanel-culture-fund-residency-juliana-dos-santos
- Artist reaches settlement with US city that cancelled her residency over a pro-Palestine message: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/danielle-seewalker-settlement-vale-colorado-pro-palestine-censorship
- Van Gogh Museum claims it could be ‘forced to close’ amid funding feud with Dutch state: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/van-gogh-museum-could-be-forced-to-close-amid-funding-feud-with-dutch-state
- Police hunt for Old Master painting looted by Nazis after it appears in Argentinian property advert: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/police-hunt-for-old-master-painting-looted-by-nazis-after-it-appears-in-argentinian-property-advert
- Leaning on luxury goods, Sotheby's launches auction week in Abu Dhabi: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/sothebys-launches-cars-and-jewellery-auction-week-in-abu-dhabi
ARTnews.com
- Banksy’s Piranha Box Set for New London Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/banksy-piranhas-london-museum-1234750418/
- Egyptian Antiquities Trafficker Jailed After Failed Smuggling Attempt at JFK Airport: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egyptian-antiquities-trafficker-jfk-airport-prison-sentence-1234750392/
- Sotheby’s to Stage First Series of Luxury Marquee Sales in Abu Dhabi in December: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-abu-dhabi-luxury-auctions-collectors-week-1234750374/
- Nazi-Looted Painting Disappears After Being Spotted in Argentine Home: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-disappears-argentina-home-1234750369/
- Christian Cross Unearthed at Monastic Site in Abu Dhabi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christian-cross-unearthed-at-sir-bani-yas-island-abu-dhabi-1234750339/
- An Insider’s Guide to Frieze Seoul, Newly Found Nazi-Loot Goes Missing, a Look at the New National Museum of Uzbekistan, and More: Morning Links for August 28, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/an-insiders-guide-to-frieze-seoul-newly-found-nazi-loot-goes-missing-a-look-at-the-new-national-museum-of-uzbekistan-and-more-morning-links-for-august-28-2025-1234750337/
Hyperallergic
- Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months: https://hyperallergic.com/1037811/smithsonian-latino-gallery-quietly-closes-for-nine-months/
- Adrift in Betye Saar’s Crepuscular Dreamscape: https://hyperallergic.com/1037873/betye-saar-drifting-towards-twilight-huntington-library/
- World’s Largest Van Gogh Collection Faces Uncertain Future: https://hyperallergic.com/1037500/amsterdam-van-gogh-museum-collection-faces-uncertain-future/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1037819/required-reading-748/
- Seeing New Mexico Through the Looking Glass: https://hyperallergic.com/1037395/seeing-new-mexico-through-the-looking-glass-site-santa-fe-12th-international/
- Edward Burra’s Satirical Surrealism: https://hyperallergic.com/1037786/edward-burra-satirical-surrealism-tate-britain/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1037524/a-view-from-the-easel-300/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Florida Design Is Up for Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wright-spring-house-florida-sale-2681641
- For Nicoleta Albei-Wigger, Every Painting Is an Emotional Encounter: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/for-nicoleta-albei-wigger-every-painting-is-an-emotional-encounter-2681313
- Nazi-Looted Portrait Shows Up in a Real Estate Listing in Argentina—Then Quickly Disappears: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nazi-looted-portrait-real-estate-listing-argentina-2681421
- Van Gogh Museum Battles Dutch State Over $121 Million Funding Deal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-gogh-museum-dutch-state-funding-legal-action-2681520
- Jeff Koons Is Once Again Repped by Gagosian: https://news.artnet.com/market/jeff-koons-gagosian-2681616
- New York Dealer Hal Bromm Can’t Remember His Last Art Fair. He Couldn’t Be Happier: https://news.artnet.com/market/new-york-dealer-hal-bromm-50-anniversary-2680140
- Archaeologists Find Rare Proof of Early Christian Community in the Arabian Gulf: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christian-cross-sir-bani-ya-uae-2681434
- Museums Are Under Fire. Silence Isn’t an Option: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-under-fire-2680158
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- New Orleans artists mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/new-orleans-artists-hurricane-katrina-20th-anniversary
- Teiger Foundation gives grants totalling $7m to 85 curators: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/teiger-foundation-2025-grants-to-85-us-curators
- Pro-Palestine mural boarded up overnight at University of North Carolina: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/pro-palestine-mural-coverup-university-north-carolina
- Jeff Koons returns to Gagosian four years after departing for Pace: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/jeff-koons-larry-gagosian-reunited-at-last
- France returns three human skulls to Madagascar—including one that may have belonged to a king: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/france-returns-three-human-skulls-to-madagascar-including-one-that-may-have-belonged-to-a-king
- Campaign group threatens legal action over University of Leicester's trans-inclusive museums guidance: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/campaign-group-threatens-legal-action-over-university-of-leicesters-trans-inclusive-museums-guidance
- A brush with… Jeffrey Gibson—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/a-brush-with-jeffrey-gibsonpodcast
- Rising dealer Sebastian Gladstone expands in LA—what’s behind his success?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/27/sebastian-gladstone-gallery-rising-dealer-expands-la
Art Business News
- MEET THE ARTIST: Vanessa Dougherty: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/08/meet-the-artist-vanessa-dougherty/
ARTnews.com
- Royal Sculptures from 2,000-Year-old Sunken City Lifted Out of the Sea Off Alexandria: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-alexandria-artifacts-lifted-sea-1234750290/
- Fita Campaign Group Threatens Leicester University with Legal Action for Its Trans-Inclusive Museum Guidelines: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fita-campaign-group-threatens-leicester-university-trans-inclusive-museum-guidelines-1234750249/
- Claire Oliver Gallery Expands in New York’s Harlem Neighborhood: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claire-oliver-gallery-expands-new-york-1234750054/
- Jeff Koons Returns to Gagosian After Leaving the Gallery Four Years Ago: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/jeff-koons-gagosian-representation-1234750064/
- Van Gogh Museum Says It May Close If Dutch Government Doesn’t Contribute More Money: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/van-gogh-museum-closure-dutch-government-funding-1234750053/
- $15.5 M. Research Project Uncovers Stone Age Settlement on Seabed Near Denmark: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/stone-age-settlement-seabed-denmark-1234750047/
- London’s Bolding Gallery Reinvents Gallery Model, Optimism Ahead of Japan and Korea Art Fairs, and More: Morning Links for August 27, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/morning-links-august-27-2025-1234750043/
- Anonymous Was A Woman and the New York Foundation for the Arts Award Over $500,000 in Environmental Art Grants: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anonymous-was-a-woman-the-new-york-foundation-for-the-arts-environmental-art-grants-2025-1234749929/
- Art and Ecstatic Ambience in Las Vegas’s Neon Vortex: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/las-vegas-chen-lampert-1234749126/
- D.C.’s Museums, Under Attack by Trump, Have Never Been More United in Their Purpose: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/letter-from-washington-dc-art-museums-smithsonian-trump-1234749961/
Hyperallergic
- Your Guide to NYC’s Fall Art Fairs: https://hyperallergic.com/1037354/nyc-fall-2025-art-fair-guide/
- Is Jenny Saville the UK’s Greatest Living Painter?: https://hyperallergic.com/1036158/jenny-saville-uk-greatest-living-painter-national-portrait-gallery-london/
- Photographs That Depict Alzheimer’s With Dignity: https://hyperallergic.com/1037506/alicia-vera-photographs-depict-alzheimers-with-dignity/
- Pennsylvania Museum Sues Trump Administration Over Grant Cuts: https://hyperallergic.com/1037363/pennsylvania-museum-sues-trump-administration-over-grant-cuts/
- Wafaa Bilal Asks What it Means to be Arab in America: https://hyperallergic.com/1031267/wafaa-bilal-asks-what-it-means-to-be-arab-in-america-mca-chicago/
- Africa Wants a More Accurate World Map: https://hyperallergic.com/1035968/africa-wants-a-more-accurate-world-map/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- S.F. Asks to Remove Controversial Public Sculpture: ‘Stonehenge With Plumbing Problems’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/san-francisco-controversial-embarcadero-fountain-2655974
- Cindy Sherman Slips Into Character for the New Yorker’s Centenary Cover: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cindy-sherman-new-yorker-centenary-cover-2681220
- Artists and Organizations Rally Against Censorship in Open Letter: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anti-censorship-letter-ncac-2681015
- Dealer Max Levai Takes Over Canada Gallery’s Tribeca Annex: https://news.artnet.com/market/max-levai-canada-tribeca-annex-2680001
- Are These Lost Malevich Masterpieces—or $190 Million Fakes?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/are-these-lost-malevich-masterpieces-or-190-million-fakes-2680753
- The Biggest-Ever Raphael Exhibition in the U.S. Is Opening at the Met: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/biggest-raphael-exhibition-the-met-2681175
- A Guide to David Hockney’s Most Important Print Series: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lougher-contemporarys-david-hockney-2679708
- Ruth Asawa Is Having a Massive Museum Moment. How Will Her Market Respond?: https://news.artnet.com/market/ruth-asawa-museum-market-moment-2677652
- The Art Market Is Struggling Everywhere. But in Japan and Korea, There Are Reasons for Optimism: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-art-market-is-struggling-everywhere-but-in-japan-and-korea-there-are-reasons-for-optimism-2679578
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Claws for celebration: Canada’s first cat museum launching with Montreal pop-up exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/montreal-cat-museum-pop-up-exhibition
- Future of giant Oldenburg and Van Bruggen sculpture uncertain following sale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/oldenburg-van-bruggen-sculpture-des-moines-sold
- Korean galleries to take part in Tokyo Gendai as part of collaboration with Art Busan: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/korean-galleries-to-take-part-in-tokyo-gendai-as-part-of-collaboration-with-art-busan
- The US’s largest Raphael exhibition is opening at the Met next year: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/largest-raphael-exhibition-americas-is-opening-at-the-met-next-year
- ‘Sometimes you just have to go for it’: as others close, Ben Hunter expands his London gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/sometimes-you-just-have-to-go-for-it-as-others-close-ben-hunter-expands-his-london-gallery
ARTnews.com
- A Well-Preserved Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mausoleum Unearthed in France: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-mausoleum-saint-romain-en-gal-france-1234749962/
- France Returns Colonial-Era Human Remains to Madagascar: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/france-returns-colonial-era-human-remains-to-madagascar-1234749964/
- Five Galleries to Know in Singapore: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-galleries-to-know-singapore-1234749919/
- Colorado Town Settles with Native American Artist in Controversy over Pro-Palestine Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/danielle-seewalker-palestine-painting-lawsuit-settlement-1234749937/
- Untitled Reportedly Making ‘Aggressive Offers’ to Attract Longtime NADA Miami Exhibitors: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/nada-miami-edition-losing-exhibitors-to-art-basel-miami-beach-untitled-1234749888/
- Met Museum Plans Major Raphael Exhibition for 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/raphael-exhibition-2026-metropolitan-museum-new-york-1234749891/
- Gladstone Gallery Signs Peter Saul, Hires Former Venus Partner as Director: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gladstone-gallery-peter-saul-venus-over-manhattan-1234749788/
Hyperallergic
- A Landmark Raphael Retrospective Is Coming to The Met: https://hyperallergic.com/1037141/a-landmark-raphael-retrospective-is-coming-to-the-met/
- Amy Sherald Speaks Out on Cancelling Her Smithsonian Show: https://hyperallergic.com/1037072/amy-sherald-speaks-out-on-cancelling-her-smithsonian-show/
- The Artist Freeing Museums’ Captive Instruments: https://hyperallergic.com/1037093/satch-hoyt-artist-freeing-museum-musical-instruments/
- An Ancient Roman Guide to Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook: https://hyperallergic.com/1037152/an-ancient-roman-guide-to-donald-trump-authoritarian-playbook/
- Skawennati’s Cyberpunk Future Is Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1036805/skawennati-cyberpunk-future-is-now-national-gallery-canada/
- US Parks Agency Fires Ranger Who Displayed Trans Pride Flag in Yosemite: https://hyperallergic.com/1036200/us-parks-agency-fires-ranger-who-displayed-trans-pride-flag-yosemite/
- New York Area Show to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1035010/new-york-area-show-to-see-august-26-2025/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Dual Trading Card Sets a World Record at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michael-jordan-kobe-bryant-trading-card-world-record-2680904
- What Did the Ibex Symbolize in Ancient Art? A New Study Has Answers: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ibex-symbol-near-eastern-ancient-art-2680781
- Dallas Museum of Art Hires Brian Ferriso as Director—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-aug-25-2680096
- Queen Elizabeth’s Beloved Range Rover Zooms Past Estimates at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/queen-elizabeth-range-rover-auction-2674708
- There’s More to Artist Zhao Yao’s Minimalist Compositions Than Meets the Eye: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ota-fine-art-zhao-yao-2679655
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- ‘Sometimes you just have to go for it’: as others close, Ben Hunter expands his London gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/26/sometimes-you-just-have-to-go-for-it-as-others-close-ben-hunter-expands-his-london-gallery
- Artists and scholars respond to White House’s list of Smithsonian grievances: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/25/artists-scholars-respond-white-house-attacks-smithsonian
- More than 150 US arts organisations pledge to resist political pressure: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/25/arts-organisations-collective-statement-resisting-political-pressure
- Ancient artefacts from sunken city lifted out of Mediterranean near Alexandria: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/25/underwater-ancient-artefacts-recovered-canopus-submerged-site-near-alexandria
- Hispanic art tour winds down in Texas: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/25/hispanic-society-exhibition-blanton-art-museum-texas
ARTnews.com
- People Inc. Sells Famed Oldenburg and Van Bruggen ‘Plantoir’ Sculpture in Des Moines: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/people-inc-claes-oldenburg-coosje-van-bruggen-plantoir-sculpture-1234749873/
- Amy Sherald Speaks Out About Government Censorship at the Smithsonian in New Op-Ed: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amy-sherald-speaks-out-government-censorship-at-the-smithsonian-1234749864/
- Sotheby’s Employees Likened Patrick Drahi’s Rule at the Auction House to Trump: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-fee-structure-trump-tariffs-1234749865/
- Dealers and Advisers Trying To Live Like Collectors, Reshaping of Egypt’s Tourism Sector, and More: Morning Links for August 25, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dealers-and-advisers-trying-to-live-like-collectors-morning-links-1234749862/
Hyperallergic
- Colorado Town Settles With Native Artist Who Brought Free Speech Lawsuit: https://hyperallergic.com/1036790/colorado-town-settles-with-native-artist-danielle-seewalker-who-brought-free-speech-lawsuit/
- Dust Storm Blows Away Ukrainian Artwork at Burning Man: https://hyperallergic.com/1036943/dust-storm-blows-away-ukrainian-artwork-at-burning-man/
- We Are All Picasso’s Fishermen: https://hyperallergic.com/1035989/we-are-all-picasso-fishermen/
- The Black Feminist Subconscious of Ufuoma Essi’s Films: https://hyperallergic.com/1035118/the-black-feminist-subconscious-of-ufuoma-essi-films/
- The Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia: https://hyperallergic.com/1036741/the-indigenous-artist-making-dazzling-labubu-regalia/
- Why Did Eco-Activists Get Years in Prison for Only $588 in Damages?: https://hyperallergic.com/1036809/why-did-eco-activists-get-years-in-prison-for-only-588-in-damages/
- UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center Provides Funded Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities: https://hyperallergic.com/1035977/ut-austins-harry-ransom-center-funded-fellowships-in-the-arts-and-humanities/
- This Novel Is the Art World’s Black Mirror: https://hyperallergic.com/1036701/vincenzo-latronico-perfection-novel-is-the-art-world-black-mirror/