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
- Napoleon’s Fancy 19th-Century Sword Just Sold for More Than $5 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/napoleon-sword-could-fetch-1-million-auction-2638647
- 90-Year-Old Korean Artist Kim Yun Shin Is Finally Going Global: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/korean-artist-kim-yun-shin-2644504
- Florence Museum Now Has a Statue of Disney’s Stitch to Rival Michelangelo’s ‘David’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lilo-and-stitch-galleria-dell-accademia-graceland-2648983
- Hot Lots and Top Flops: 6 Artworks That Had Shocking Results at the Marquee May Auctions: https://news.artnet.com/market/hot-lots-and-top-flops-6-artworks-that-had-shocking-results-at-the-marquee-may-auctions-2646787
- A Pay-to-Play Art Show in Marfa Sparks Controversy, and More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/a-pay-to-play-art-show-in-marfa-sparks-controversy-and-more-juicy-art-world-gossip-2648662
- A Pennsylvania College Is Quietly Selling Its Art Collection, Sparking Outcry From Donor’s Family: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/albright-pennsylvania-college-selling-art-collection-2648020
- Mary Abbott, Uptown Debutante Turned Abstract Expressionist, Gets a Major New York Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/abstract-expressionisms-unsung-heroine-mary-abbott-2644840
- John Singer Sargent and the American ‘Dollar Princesses’ Who Rewrote the Rules of Power: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-singer-sargent-and-dollar-princesses-2648649
- Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-greek-marble-workshop-discovery-paros-2648526
- Uncovering the Roots of a Pop Icon: Warhol’s Early Printmaking: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/andy-warhol-prints-2648373
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Lawren Harris leads the way in Heffel’s all-Canadian marquee spring auctions in Toronto: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/heffel-auction-house-spring-sales-all-canadian-lawren-harris-toronto
- In The Mastermind, an art heist’s aftermath unfolds against the backdrop of Vietnam War-era America: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/kelly-reichardt-cannes-film-festival-the-mastermind-art-heist
- Kimbell Art Museum acquires Chardin still life after record-breaking auction sale falls through: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/kimbell-art-museum-chardin-still-life-cut-melon-christies-auction
- Faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts form union: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/school-visual-arts-faculty-unionise
- Creative Australia chair to retire following Venice Biennale controversy: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/creative-australia-chair-to-retire-following-venice-biennale-controversy
- How to see every painting by Leonardo da Vinci: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/how-to-see-every-painting-leonardo-da-vinci
- Just a number: drawing by 11-year-old Joseph Wright of Derby goes on view for the first time: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/just-a-number-drawing-by-11-year-old-joseph-wright-of-derby-goes-on-view-for-the-first-time
- Works by Charley Toorop, one of the first female painters to admire Van Gogh,
go on show in the Netherlands: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/an-early-female-artist-who-admired-van-gogh-is-on-show-charley-toorop
- Jean Tinguely’s 100th anniversary, migration museum opens in Rotterdam, Ben Shahn's social security mural—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/jean-tinguelys-100th-anniversary-migration-museum-opens-in-rotterdam-ben-shahns-social-security-muralpodcast
- UK culture minister says scrapping department would be ‘absolute madness’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/it-would-be-absolute-madness-uk-culture-minister-insists-department-will-not-be-scrapped
- ‘It is not good or bad’: in a frantic age, Beeple seeks a more nuanced take on technology: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/it-is-not-good-or-bad-in-a-frantic-age-beeple-seeks-a-more-nuanced-take-on-technology
- A brush with Cecilia Alemani: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/a-brush-with-cecilia-alemani
- Dexter Dalwood: ‘If we want art history to change, we need to include artists in creating shows’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/dexter-dalwood-if-we-want-art-history-to-change-we-need-to-include-artists-in-creating-shows
- Remembering Koyo Kouoh, one of the most influential curators in the global art world, and one of its most original thought leaders: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/remembering-koyo-kouoh-one-of-the-most-influential-curators-in-the-global-art-world-and-one-of-its-most-original-thought-leaders
- Fire-damaged room at Castle Howard brought back to life by meticulous restoration: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/fire-damaged-room-at-castle-howard-brought-back-to-life-by-meticulous-restoration
- Gagosian's spring show skips and rhymes through De Kooning's career: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/gagosians-spring-show-skips-and-rhymes-through-de-koonings-career
- Vandal sprayed obscene graffiti at Peruvian archaeological site in broad daylight: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/vandalism-peru-archaeological-site-obsecene-graffiti
- Developers threaten San Francisco’s loved and loathed concrete colossus: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/developers-threaten-loved-and-loathed-concrete-colossus
ARTnews.com
- Sotheby’s Landmark Old Masters Sale Disappoints, Yielding Just $64.7 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-saunders-old-masters-sale-results-1234743514/
- Sebastiao Salgado, Photographer Who Redefined the Documentary Tradition, Dies at 81: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sebastiao-salgado-photographer-dead-1234743518/
- Art Historian Protests Restoration of Louisville Monument Graffitied in 2020: ‘Our City Is Hostile to Anti-Police Protests’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louisville-art-historian-resigns-statue-louis-xvi-damaged-1234743495/
- Russian University Chancellor Dies Inside Soviet-Era Statue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/russian-university-chancellor-dies-wwii-monument-volgograd-1234743494/
- Frida Kahlo Museum to Open in Mexico City This September: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frida-kahlo-museum-mexico-city-casa-roja-1234743461/
- Sotheby’s to Sell Napoleon’s Iconic Bicorne Hat, Camp Bed, and Worn Stockings in Paris: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-napoleons-auction-bicorne-hat-1234743467/
- J. Hoberman’s New Book About 1960s NYC Brims with Downtown Delights: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/j-hobermans-book-everything-is-now-1960s-nyc-downtown-yoko-ono-andy-warhol-1234743253/
Hyperallergic
- The Hunter MFA Show Is One of the Best Shows of the Year: https://hyperallergic.com/1015205/the-hunter-mfa-show-is-one-of-the-best-shows-of-2025/
- Does the Art World Need a New Art Fair in Qatar?: https://hyperallergic.com/1014206/does-the-art-world-need-a-new-art-basel-fair-in-qatar/

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 New Rules of Subculture: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-new-rules-of-subculture-2642595
- Ilana Savdie’s Shapeshifting Worlds Thrive on Mimicry and Metamorphosis: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ilana-savdies-shapeshifting-worlds-2646636
- Masterpieces From Saunders Collection Rake in More Than $65 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/saunders-collection-old-masters-sothebys-2613872
- Dazzling Tiffany Stained-Glass Window Finds a New Home at Crystal Bridges Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tiffany-window-crystal-bridges-museum-2648343
- BTS Fans Welcome Band’s Return With Art Show—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World: https://news.artnet.com/market/state-of-play-asia-art-world-news-may-22-2648226
- This 6th-Century Bucket Discovered at Sutton Hoo Is More Than It Seems: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sutton-hoo-bromeswell-bucket-not-bucket-2648124
- Abraham Lincoln’s Bloodied Gloves Fetch a Stunning $1.5 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/auction-abraham-lincoln-memorabilia-2629104
- Waddington’s Landmark Auction Spotlights Indigenous and Canadian Masterworks: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/waddingtons-auction-2646198
- Lotus L. Kang on Channeling Poetry, Memory, and Spirits Into Her New Work: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lotus-l-kang-on-channeling-poetry-memory-and-spirits-into-her-new-work-2646703
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Interiors of former Whitney Museum building landmarked ahead of Sotheby's move-in: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/marcel-breuer-whitney-building-sothebys-945-madison-interiors-landmarked
- Three ancient artefacts from Metropolitan Museum returned to Iraq: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/metropolitan-museum-repatriates-three-mesopotamian-antiquities-iraq
- 2,500-year-old bird bone tubes used to snort hallucinogens discovered in Peru: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/peru-bone-tubes-hallucinogens-chavin-de-huantar-archaeology
- Recently discovered and restored Artemisia Gentileschi painting will go on view at the Getty in Los Angeles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/getty-restoration-artemisia-gentileschi-beirut-explosion
- Football great Lionel Messi chooses favourite goal for Refik Anadol to transform into an AI portrait for charity: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/football-great-lionel-messi-chooses-favourite-goal-for-refik-anadol-to-transform-into-an-ai-portrait-for-charity
- Lee Ufan donates eight paintings to Dia Art Foundation: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/lee-ufan-donation-dia-art-foundation-exhibition-avant-arte
- Untitled Art reveals exhibitors for inaugural Houston fair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/untitled-art-houston-fair-inaugural-exhibitor-lineup
- ‘Art is an important way of depicting these atrocities’: London show shines a light on sexual violence in conflict: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/art-is-an-important-way-of-depicting-these-atrocities-londons-imperial-war-museum-shines-a-light-on-sexual-violence-in-conflict
- Comment | Are museums ‘guilt tripping’ their visitors? No, they aren’t doing enough: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/are-museums-guilt-tripping-their-visitors-no-they-are-not-doing-enough
- Private museum in Pakistan becomes the first to honour a rich textiles heritage: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/private-museum-in-pakistan-becomes-the-first-to-honour-a-rich-textiles-heritage
- Washington, DC Jewish Museum ‘heartbroken’ by deadly shooting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-shot-dead-outside-washington-jewish-museum
- Seeing God in nature: US National Gallery exhibition celebrates art from the dawn of European natural history: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/national-gallery-art-washington-dc-little-beasts-flemish-naturalists-insects-animals
ARTnews.com
- Van Gogh’s ‘Sower at Sunset’ Features in Pope Leo’s First General Address: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pope-leo-first-general-address-van-gogh-sower-at-sunset-1234743440/
- Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands Launches Campaign Against the Guggenheim Museum Expansion in Spain: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mediterranean-alliance-for-wetlands-campaign-against-guggenheim-museum-expansion-spain-1234743366/
- The Met Fails to Honor Lorna Simpson as an Exceptional Painter: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/lorna-simpson-met-museum-painting-survey-review-1234743323/
- Sean Combs May Lose $21 M. Kerry James Marshall If He’s Found Guilty: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sean-combs-diddy-may-lose-kerry-james-marshall-painting-1234743296/
- Untitled Art Names 84 Exhibitors for Inaugural Houston Edition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/untitled-art-houston-2025-exhibitor-list-1234743160/
- Debate Rages over Whether Rediscovered Klimt Painting Was ‘Smuggled’ out of Hungary: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rediscovered-klimt-painting-tefaf-maastricht-export-debate-1234743209/
- Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed by Gunman Outside Capital Jewish Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/two-israeli-embassy-staff-killed-upon-leaving-capital-jewish-museum-in-washington-d-c-1234743269/
- Giulia Crețulescu Makes Synthetic Fabric Sexy: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/giulia-cretulescu-fiber-art-sexy-1234743086/
Hyperallergic
- School of Visual Arts Faculty Are Officially Unionized: https://hyperallergic.com/1014781/school-of-visual-arts-faculty-are-officially-unionized/
- Hit by Federal Grant Losses, NYC Culture Orgs Ask for More City Funding: https://hyperallergic.com/1014432/hit-by-federal-grant-losses-nyc-culture-orgs-ask-for-more-city-funding/
- Care and Connection Are at the Heart of the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial: https://hyperallergic.com/1013960/care-and-connection-are-at-the-heart-of-the-2025-hawaii-triennial/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1014439/a-view-from-the-easel-286/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1014638/required-reading-734/
- Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Outside DC Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1014821/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-fatally-shot-outside-dc-museum/
- East West Players Brings Asian-American Stories Into the Limelight: https://hyperallergic.com/1012211/east-west-players-brings-asian-american-stories-into-the-limelight/
- Moss Galleries Resurrects the Visionary Work of John Hultberg: https://hyperallergic.com/1014579/moss-galleries-resurrects-visionary-work-of-john-hultberg/
- Rhode Island School of Design Presents Grad Show 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1014311/rhode-island-school-of-design-presents-grad-show-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
- Flips Flop! Kenny Schachter on Auction Failures and One Collector’s Freak-Out: https://news.artnet.com/market/kenny-schachter-new-york-fair-auction-recap-2648049
- Artemisia Gentileschi Painting, Damaged in Beirut Explosion, Reemerges Post-Restoration: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artemisia-gentileschi-masterpiece-restored-beruit-bombing-getty-debut-2647915
- What to Know About Jean Tinguely, the Kinetic Master Who Made Art Out of Machines: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-to-know-jean-tinguely-2647688
- Artist Hannelie Coetzee Is Challenging the ‘Misrepresentation of Animals’ in a New Series: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-hannelie-coetzee-eco-queer-creature-series-2647591
- 6 Intimate Portraits That Trace Matisse’s Deep Bond With His Daughter Marguerite: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matisse-daughter-2640043
- Brian Eno Calls Out Microsoft for Supporting the Israeli Military: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brian-eno-calls-out-microsoft-israeli-military-2647939
- Want a Jack Whitten Masterpiece? Prepare for an Auction Battle: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-appraisal-jack-whitten-2637789
- Clues Emerge of Mind-Altering Rituals at Ancient Peruvian Site: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chavin-de-huantar-site-ritual-psychoactive-plants-2647414
- Lalanne’s Rare Ostrich Bar Soars Past $12 Million in Auction Showstopper: https://news.artnet.com/market/lalanne-ostrich-bar-sothebys-paris-2641959
- Yes, That’s a Real Renoir in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’—Here’s How It Got There: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/phoenician-scheme-wes-anderson-art-curator-jasper-sharp-2647625
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Sotheby’s $51.8m Saunders collection falls short, but still breaks Old Masters record: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/sothebys-518m-saunders-collection-falls-short-but-still-breaks-old-masters-record
- The empire cuts back: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lays off 14% of full-time staff: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/lucas-museum-narrative-art-layoffs
- Humanities organisations sue Department of Government Efficiency to restore NEH grants: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/humanities-organisations-lawsuit-doge-national-endowment-funding
- A rebuke to Modernism: the Venice Architecture Biennale imagines new ways of building to cope with climate change: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/a-rebuke-to-modernism-the-venice-architecture-biennale-imagines-new-ways-of-building-to-cope-with-climate-change
- Out of this world: Artangel concept album celebrates space-bound 12-inch record with new audio-visual works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/out-of-this-world-artangel-concept-album-celebrates-space-bound-12-inch-record-with-new-audio-visual-works
- Growing old disgracefully: Rachel Whiteread reveals what a YBAs’ retirement home might look like: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/growing-old-disgracefully-rachel-whitereads-reveals-what-a-ybas-retirement-home-might-look-like
- European art weeks join forces for new ‘spider network’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/european-art-weeks-join-forces-for-new-spider-network
- Sámi art has gained visibility in Norway—but when will it get a museum of its own?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/sami-art-gained-visibility-norway-when-will-it-get-a-museum-of-its-own
ARTnews.com
- Eva, One Half of the Celebrity Artist Duo EVA & ADELE, Has Died: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eva-and-adele-artist-dead-1234743261/
- Photographer Isaac Wright on Being Busted by the NYPD During the Opening of His Show in Chelsea: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/isaac-wright-speaks-to-artnews-after-being-busted-during-the-opening-of-his-show-in-chelsea-1234743187/
- New York Sales Miss the Mark as Top Works and Young Artists Fall to Lower Levels: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-sales-underperform-may-2025-1234743221/
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Gifts Pope Leo a Religious Icon Made from War Material: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-gifts-religious-icon-to-pope-leo-1234743210/
- Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Valuable Chardin Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fort-worth-kimbell-art-museum-acquires-chardin-the-cut-melon-1234743207/
- Former Whitney Museum Building Designated a Landmark Ahead of Sotheby’s Move: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/whitney-museum-breuer-building-landmarked-sothebys-1234743179/
- Met Museum Returns Three Antiquities to Iraq Connected to Art Dealer Robin Symes: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-returns-antiquities-iraq-robin-symes-1234743148/
- Crystal Bridges Acquires Monumental Tiffany Studios Stained-Glass Window from a Texas Church: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/crystal-bridges-tiffany-stained-glass-window-acquisition-1234743149/
- Winged Goddess Carving Discovered by Volunteers at Hadrian’s Wall in England: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/winged-goddess-carving-hadrians-wall-1234743145/
- Why Is Michelangelo’s David So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/michelangelo-david-why-so-important-renaissance-sculpture-1234743060/
Hyperallergic
- Columbia Students Honor Mahmoud Khalil in Unofficial Commencement: https://hyperallergic.com/1014308/columbia-students-honor-mahmoud-khalil-in-unofficial-commencement/
- LA’s $1B Lucas Museum Lays Off 22 Employees: https://hyperallergic.com/1014563/los-angeles-lucas-museum-lays-off-21-employees/
- Let It Burn: https://hyperallergic.com/1014449/let-it-burn-nottoway-plantation/
- The French Lesbian Curator and Spy Who Saved Art From the Nazis: https://hyperallergic.com/1014426/rose-valland-french-lesbian-curator-and-spy-who-saved-art-from-the-nazis-michelle-young/
- Do We Need to Vindicate Paul Gauguin?: https://hyperallergic.com/1013935/do-we-need-to-vindicate-paul-gauguin/
- Museums Cautiously Optimistic as Some Federal Grants Reinstated: https://hyperallergic.com/1014493/museum-grants-reinstated-after-federal-court-ruling/
- Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn and Andrea Carlson on View at The Goldfarb Gallery: https://hyperallergic.com/1013322/tuan-andrew-nguyen-and-andrea-carlson-on-view-at-the-goldfarb-gallery/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Whitney Museum Cancels Pro-Palestine Performance at Its Storied Independent Study Program: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-museum-cancels-palestine-performance-independent-study-program-2646893
- How Jesús Rafael Soto Pioneered Not One, But Two Major Art Movements: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artnet-auctions-contemporary-editions-jesus-rafael-soto-2646188
- The Bestiary of Cartier: A Wild History in Jewels: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-bestiary-of-cartier-a-wild-history-in-jewels-2643542
- New Portraits Spotlight Black Revolutionaries Left Out of History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-portraits-of-historys-black-revolutionaries-2644569
- Phillips Shuffles Top Leadership—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-may-19-2646481-2646481
- Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian King Turns Up in Ancient City: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/assyrian-king-ashurbanipal-relief-nineveh-2646351
- Who Is Tommy Cash? Estonia’s Madcap Eurovision Entry Is Also a Conceptual Artist: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tommy-cash-2194915
- Trophy Market Tumbles: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-may-19-2646475-2646475
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Mary Tyler Moore’s art collection heads to auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/mary-tyler-moore-collection-auction-doyle
- Top Phillips rainmakers Cheyenne Westphal and Jean-Paul Engelen to leave auction house: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/phillips-auction-house-executive-chairman-ed-dolman-resigns
- Comment | When it comes to tariffs, here's why the art market should be grateful to a long-retired US congressman: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/comment-|-when-it-comes-to-tariffs-heres-why-the-art-market-should-be-grateful-to-a-long-retired-us-congressman
- Sunday Times Rich List 2025 reveals changing art world fortunes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/sunday-times-rich-list-2025-reveals-changing-art-world-fortunes
- New book explores how Rome’s ruins have resonated in art and literature over centuries: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/new-book-explores-how-romes-ruins-have-resonated-in-art-and-literature-over-centuries
- Kinetic energy: events across Europe and the US celebrate Jean Tinguely anniversary: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/kinetic-energy-events-across-europe-and-the-us-celebrate-jean-tinguely-anniversary
- Foundations' emergency arts and humanities grants provide temporary fix for gaps left by Trump’s slashing of federal funding: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/foundations-step-up-support-arts-organisations-trump-cuts
- Self-taught artist’s erotic needlepoint provides spark in film about gallery assistant’s slow, searching summer: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/drunken-noodles-lucio-castro-cannes-film-festival-review
Art Business News
- ART TREKS: Crystal Bridges Museum of Art – Kaws: Family Exhibit: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/art-treks-crystal-bridges-museum-of-art-kaws-family-exhibit/
- Thom Ross: Reimagining the American West Through Artistic Storytelling: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/thom-ross-reimagining-the-american-west-through-artistic-storytelling/
- Victoria Adams: Weaving Heritage and Innovation in Contemporary Native Jewelry: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/victoria-adams-weaving-heritage-and-innovation-in-contemporary-native-jewelry/
- Maura Allen: Capturing the Contemporary Spirit of the American West: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/maura-allen-capturing-the-contemporary-spirit-of-the-american-west/
- Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey: Transforming The American West Through Ancient Silk: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/nancy-dunlop-cawdrey-transforming-the-american-west-through-ancient-silk/
- Tim Cherry: Sculpting Wildlife’s Essential Grace: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/tim-cherry-sculpting-wildlifes-essential-grace/
ARTnews.com
- Collectors Leonard Blavatnik, James Dyson, and Idan Ofer Among the Richest People in the UK: Report: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonard-blavatnik-james-dyson-idan-ofer-rich-list-uk-2025-1234742626/
- After Deliberation by First All-Women Jury, Winner of Bennett Prize Announced: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/bennett-prize-after-deliberation-first-all-women-jury-winner-announced-1234741412/
- Phillips Sees Major Leadership Shakeup After a Shaky Auction Season: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/phillips-leadership-changes-2025-1234742638/
- Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates Eight Artifacts to Peru: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-da-office-repatriates-artifacts-peru-1234742639/
- Businessman Handed 21-Month Suspended Sentence for Role in Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Heist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cattelan-gold-toilet-theft-businessman-sentencing-1234742651/
- Lenders Accuse Smithsonian’s African American History Museum of ‘Unjust’ Removals of Objects: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonians-african-american-history-museum-removed-objects-1234742628/
- World Press Photo Foundation Suspends Attribution of an Iconic Vietnam War Image: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/world-press-photo-foundation-suspends-the-terror-of-war-attribution-1234742611/
- Takashi Murakami Talks Painting, Process, and UFOs as He Opens Two Major Exhibitions: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/newsmakers-takashi-murakami-gagosian-cleveland-1234742556/
- Julian Ehrlich Joins Gladstone Gallery After Breakout Run at Christie’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julian-ehrlich-joins-gladstone-1234742528/
- Phillips Americas President Jean-Paul Engelen Joins Acquavella Galleries: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/jean-paul-engelen-joins-acquavella-galleries-1234742601/
Hyperallergic
- Whitney Museum Cancels Performance About Palestinian Mourning: https://hyperallergic.com/1014038/whitney-museum-cancels-performance-about-palestinian-mourning/
- Archaeologists Discover New Style of Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1008470/australia-archaeologists-discover-new-style-of-ancient-aboriginal-rock-art/
- Do We Still Dream of a Cyborg Future?: https://hyperallergic.com/1013957/do-we-still-dream-of-a-cyborg-future-kunsthalle-wien/
- Cornell University MFA ’25 Presents Even the Phrase Each Other: https://hyperallergic.com/1013947/cornell-university-mfa-2025-even-the-phrase-each-other/
- A Spanish Artist Makes Room for Women’s Stories: https://hyperallergic.com/1013552/spanish-artist-mar-caldas-makes-room-for-womens-stories/
- The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition: https://hyperallergic.com/1013573/the-american-midwest-as-bastion-for-new-nordic-tradition/
- Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: May 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1013037/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-may-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
- Duchamp Once Paid His Dentist With a Forged Check, Now a Dada Masterpiece: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-marcel-duchamp-dentist-check-2617453
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Shaping the future through culture and connection: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/18/shaping-the-future-through-culture-and-connection
Hyperallergic
- A Kashmiri Border Museum Unlocks Memories Interrupted by War: https://hyperallergic.com/1013230/kashmiri-border-unlock-hunderman-museum-unlocks-memories-interrupted-by-war/
- Two Artists Capture Australia’s Ecology in a Bird: https://hyperallergic.com/1013201/peter-sharp-michelle-cawthorn-capture-australia-ecology-in-a-bird/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Masterworks Take Center Stage: Warhol, Carr, and Léger Lead Cowley Abbott’s Spring Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cowley-abbott-spring-auction-2025-2643378
- How Were Egypt’s Great Pyramids Built?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-pyramids-construction-2630150
- Are Trophy Lots Losing Their Winning Allure?: https://news.artnet.com/market/are-trophy-lots-losing-their-luster-2645621
- Inside Peter Paul Rubens’s Secret Life as a Spy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/inside-peter-paul-rubenss-secret-life-as-a-spy-2628889

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Authorship of Famous ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo Called Into Question: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/who-took-famous-napalm-girl-photo-2645951
- Artists Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe Team Up for a Sonic Dive Into ‘Feelings’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brian-eno-beatie-wolfe-collaborative-albums-2645941
- A Museum Honoring the Immigrant Journey Rises in Rotterdam: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fenix-immigration-museum-rotterdam-2645539
- By the Numbers: A Marathon Night at Sotheby’s Moves $186.1 Million Worth of Contemporary Art: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-a-marathon-night-at-sothebys-moves-186-1-million-worth-of-contemporary-art-2646123
- YouTuber MrBeast Sparks Outrage for Flogging Chocolate Bars at Ancient Mayan Site: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mrbeast-mexico-ancient-mayan-sites-outrage-2646169
- Post-War Icons and Surrealist Surprises Shine at This Spring Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rago-wright-post-war-contemporary-art-auction-may-2025-2644806
- T.V. Icon Mary Tyler Moore’s Art Collection Hits the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/market/mary-tyler-moore-art-mementos-doyle-auction-2645601
- How Brazilian Artist Thalita Hamaoui Turned Her Grandmother’s Stories Into Botanical Dramas: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/thalita-hamaoui-botanical-dramas-2645156
- Impressionist Masters Manet and Morisot’s Complex Relationship Gets the Museum Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/impressionist-masters-manet-morisot-major-museum-show-2644203
- Hilma’s Ghost Haunts New York’s Grand Central Station With a Dazzling Mosaic: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hilmas-ghost-mta-commission-grand-central-2645040
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Best-selling memoir about being a guard at the Metropolitan Museum takes the stage: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/patrick-bringley-all-the-beauty-world-metropolitan-museum-guard-memoir-play
- Manhattan District Attorney's Office returns eight artefacts to Peru, including golden Moche mask: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/golden-moche-mask-repatriated-peru-manhattan-da-office
- Tentatively, Photo London's tenth edition moves away from traditional content and crowds: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/photo-londons-tenth-edition-moves-away-from-traditional-contentand-crowds
- Debate over author of ‘Napalm Girl’ image deepens as World Press Photo suspends attribution: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/debate-over-author-napalm-girl-image-deepens-world-press-photo-suspends-attribution
- Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art repatriates ancient silk manuscript to China: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art-silk-manuscript-repatriation-china
- Koyo Kouoh remembered, Queen Elizabeth II memorial, Jasper Johns by Robert Storr—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/koyo-kouoh-remembered-queen-elizabeth-ii-memorial-jasper-johns-by-robert-storrpodcast
- Huge Paris exhibition reveals David Hockney’s love of Van Gogh: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/huge-paris-exhibition-reveals-david-hockneys-love-of-van-gogh
- Is Trump painting an ‘awesome portrait’ or by ‘Tariff Lautrec’?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/is-trump-painting-an-awesome-portrait-or-by-tariff-lautrec
- A personal story of loss in post-apartheid South Africa wins the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/16/a-personal-story-of-loss-in-post-apartheid-south-africa-wins-the-2025-deutsche-borse-photography-foundation-prize
ARTnews.com
- Rasquachismo Has Officially Entered the Art Historical Canon: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rasquachismo-exhibition-mcnay-art-museum-1234742520/
- Smithsonian Teams Up with Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Project Amid Growing Cultural Ambitions: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-teams-up-with-saudi-arabias-alula-project-1234742505/
- Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian Ruler Unearthed in Ancient Nineveh: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/monumental-relief-last-assyrian-ruler-unearthed-nineveh-1234742504/
- DOGE Sued in Oregon over ‘Disruption and Attempted Destruction’ of NEH: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/doge-sued-oregon-neh-1234742473/
- Art in America’s “New Talent” Issue Names 20 Artists to Watch: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-talent-art-in-america-2025-1234742376/
- Photo London Highlights Photography Market’s Resilience Amid Art Market’s Decline: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/photo-london-photography-market-sales-1234742458/
Hyperallergic
- Protesters Rally Outside Israeli Embassy Party at British Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1013628/protesters-rally-outside-israeli-embassy-party-at-british-museum/
- Film Disputes Authorship of Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo: https://hyperallergic.com/1013618/film-disputes-authorship-of-iconic-napalm-girl-photo/
- Looking for Subculture? It’s at LA’s Art Book Fair: https://hyperallergic.com/1013510/looking-for-subculture-its-at-la-art-book-fair-2025/
- Painter Amy Werntz Wins the 2025 Bennett Prize: https://hyperallergic.com/1012346/painter-amy-werntz-wins-2025-bennett-prize/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- How to Curate a Life: Lessons From 3 Art World Tastemakers: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/how-to-curate-a-life-lessons-from-3-art-world-tastemakers-2640029
- By the Numbers: Christie’s 21st-Century Sale Edges Out Estimate, Aided by Bounty of Guarantees: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-christies-21st-century-sale-edges-out-estimate-aided-by-bounty-of-guarantees-2645323
- Rare Canadian Masterpieces Head to Auction in Toronto, Including Lawren Harris’s ‘Northern Lake’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/heffel-spring-auction-2025-highlights-art-sale-2643183
- This ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Turns Out to Be the Genuine Article: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/harvard-magna-carta-copy-declared-original-2645372
- How Trump’s Funding Cuts Could Erase 250 Years of Museum History—and Impact Everyday Americans: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marilyn-jackson-on-trump-museums-2643837
- Olga de Amaral Wove Her Own Path. At 92 the Art World Is Catching Up.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/olga-de-amaral-wove-her-own-path-at-92-the-art-world-is-catching-up-2640409
- What to Know About Marlene Dumas, the Artist Who Just Set a Stunning Auction Record: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/who-is-marlene-dumas-highest-selling-living-woman-artist-2645224
- By the Numbers: Despite $70 Million Giacometti Failure, Sotheby’s Made Money at Modern Evening Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-despite-70-million-giacometti-failure-sothebys-made-money-at-modern-evening-sale-2644393
- Hilma af Klint’s Botanical Drawings Probe Spiritualism and the Unknown: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hilma-af-klints-botanical-drawings-probe-spiritualism-and-the-unknown-2644179
- Valuable Paintings From Brauer Museum Collection Sold in Controversial Move: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/valparaiso-university-sold-brauer-museum-artworks-2645354
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and Saudi Arabia strike deal to collaborate on exhibitions, conservation and more: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art-saudi-arabia-royal-commission-alula-agreement
- Gauguin's last self-portrait could be a fake: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/gauguins-last-self-portrait-could-be-fake
- Art Basel Awards name inaugural medalists including artists, curators and patrons: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/art-basel-awards-inaugural-winners
- ‘A new lease of life’: London’s Annely Juda Fine Art looks to the future with Mayfair move: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/new-lease-of-life-london-annely-juda-fine-art-looks-to-future-mayfair-move
- The world according to Cattelan? Maverick Maurizio updates ‘autobiography’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/the-world-according-to-cattelan-maverick-maurizio-updates-autobiography
- Magna Carta ‘copy’ once sold at Sotheby's is an original, say UK professors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/magna-carta-copy-bought-for-2750-is-an-original-say-uk-professors
- Ten essential works of art to see on the French Riviera: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/ten-essential-works-of-art-to-see-on-the-french-riviera
ARTnews.com
- Archeological Site in Peru Vandalized With Lewd Graffiti: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-archeology-site-chan-chan-peru-vandalized-graffiti-1234742398/
- ‘Russians Feel a Deep Sense of Betrayal’: V-A-C Foundation Ex-Director Teresa Mavica Returns to the Art World: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/v-a-c-foundation-ex-director-teresa-mavica-interview-1234742351/
- Harvard’s Magna Carta, Listed as ‘Unofficial’ for 80 Years, Turns Out to Be Real: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/harvard-magna-carta-authenticated-1234742121/
- Met Receives ‘Trailblazing’ Photography Gift from Collector Artur Walther: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-receives-photography-collection-walter-artur-1234742347/
- Marlene Dumas’s Record-Breaking Sale Is a Win for Women Artists—But the Market Still Has More Work to Do: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/marlene-dumas-record-women-artist-christies-sale-1234742355/
- Larry Gagosian Buys BookHampton to Keep Pages Turning in East Hampton: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/larry-gagosian-buys-bookhampton-1234742345/
- Brooklin A. Soumahoro Merges Op Art with African Patterns: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/brooklin-soumahoro-new-talent-2025-1234742223/
- Christie’s in New York Sees Records for Female Artists, The Met is Gifted 6,500 Artworks, Paris Cultural Center Short-Changed Over Migrant Occupation: Morning Links for May 15, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-in-new-york-sees-records-for-female-artists-the-met-is-gifted-6500-artworks-paris-cultural-center-short-changed-over-migrant-occupation-morning-links-for-may-15-2025-1234742326/
- With Video and AI, Alison Nguyen Channels History’s Strange Side: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/video-ai-alison-nguyen-historys-strange-1234742296/
Hyperallergic
- Eric Adams Calls for Artists to Design “Chinatown Welcome Gateway”: https://hyperallergic.com/1012321/eric-adams-calls-for-artists-to-design-chinatown-welcome-gateway/
- Critic Renounces NYU Degrees After School Punishes Pro-Palestine Student: https://hyperallergic.com/1013284/critic-aruna-dsouza-renounces-nyu-degrees-after-school-punishes-pro-palestine-student/
- David Hammons Gets at the Why? of It: https://hyperallergic.com/1013320/david-hammons-hauser-wirth-los-angeles-2/
- When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC’s Underground: https://hyperallergic.com/1008490/when-the-subway-sun-ruled-nyc-underground-poster-house/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1013148/required-reading-733/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1012769/a-view-from-the-easel-285/
- Taiwanese American Arts Council Presents Eco Art on Island: https://hyperallergic.com/1012961/taiwanese-american-arts-council-eco-art-on-island/
- Mitchell Johnson Exhibits Paintings at Paris’s Galerie Mercier: https://hyperallergic.com/1012617/mitchell-johnson-exhibits-paintings-paris-galerie-mercier/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Michelangelo Turns 550—And Is Still Stealing the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michelangelo-550-birthday-headlines-2639169
- At Christie’s, $13.6 Million Marlene Dumas Painting Sets New Record for Living Woman Artist at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/at-christies-13-6-million-marlene-dumas-painting-sets-new-record-for-living-female-artist-at-auction-2644908
- Please, Somebody, Put This Delirious Digital Artwork on View Somewhere Permanent!: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mark-fingerhut-halcyon-exe-the-ride-2644323
- Amalia Küssner, Who Painted Gilded Age Elites in Miniature, Was Lost to History. Not Anymore: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amalia-kussner-miniaturist-new-book-2643185
- Ancient Peruvian Site Vandalized With Obscene Graffiti: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chan-chan-peru-marked-with-obscene-graffiti-2644953
- By the Numbers: Phillips’s Anticlimactic Modern and Contemporary Art Sale Totals $52 million: https://news.artnet.com/market/phillips-modern-and-contemporary-art-by-the-numbers-2644759
- 5 Must-See Standouts From Photo London 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/photo-london-2025-standouts-2644574
- 5,500-Year-Old Megalithic Tomb in Germany Revived in Major Restoration: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kusterberg-megalithic-tomb-germany-restoration-2644729
- Pharrell Williams Is Selling a Load of Stuff—From His Prized Hats to a KAWS Collab: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pharrell-williams-joopiter-marketplace-2644229
- Lit! This Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Just Made Auction History: https://news.artnet.com/market/frank-lloyd-wright-lamp-sothebys-auction-2634454
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- ‘A new lease of life’: London’s Annely Juda Fine Art looks to the future with Mayfair move: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/new-lease-of-life-london-annely-juda-fine-art-looks-to-future-mayfair-move
- The world according to Cattelan? Maverick Maurizio updates ‘autobiography’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/the-world-according-to-cattelan-maverick-maurizio-updates-autobiography
- Magna Carta ‘copy’ once sold at Sotheby's is an original, say UK professors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/magna-carta-copy-bought-for-2750-is-an-original-say-uk-professors
- Ten essential works of art to see on the French Riviera: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/ten-essential-works-of-art-to-see-on-the-french-riviera
- Marlene Dumas’s $13.6m semi-nude breaks auction record for a living female artist: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/marguerite-dumas-sets-new-record-for-a-female-artist-at-auction
- Adam Lindemann opens exhibition of 19th-century African sculpture and contemporary Black abstraction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/african-sculpture-black-abstraction-adam-lindemann-exhibition
- Despite record-breaking results for four women artists, Phillips’s evening auction in New York sparks few fireworks: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/phillips-auction-new-york-records-four-women-artists
- Metropolitan Museum receives 6,500 works from photography collector Artur Walther: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/metropolitan-museum-artur-walther-photography-promised-gift
- From Africa to the Arctic Circle, this public artwork is stampeding into cities with a cry for climate action: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/from-africa-to-the-arctic-circle-this-public-artwork-is-stampeding-into-cities-with-a-cry-for-climate-action
ARTnews.com
- With Video and AI, Alison Nguyen Channels History’s Strange Side: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/video-ai-alison-nguyen-historys-strange-1234742296/
- Christie’s 21st Century Sale Yields $96.4 M. and a New Record for a Living Female Artist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-21st-century-auction-may-2025-marlene-dumas-1234742219/
- Marlene Dumas Painting Sells for $13.6 M. at Christie’s, a Record for a Living Female Artist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/marlene-dumas-miss-january-rubell-family-christies-auction-1234742222/
- May Marquee Auctions Start Slow and Steady, With a Few Surprises: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/may-marquee-auctions-recap-analysis-christies-sothebys-1234742284/
- Sculptor and Biohacker Agnes Questionmark Crafts Tentacular Transness: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/sculptor-biohack-agnes-questionmark-tentacular-trans-1234742280/
- Mexican Government Agency Says MrBeast’s ‘Ancient Temple Stunt Followed Rules—But Not Everything Was Real: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mrbeasts-ancient-mexico-temple-stunt-followed-the-rules-but-1234742255/
- Yasunao Tone, Fluxus Artist Who Turned Sound Visual, Dies at 90: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yasunao-tone-fluxus-dead-1234742202/
- A Must-See Michael Armitage Show Inaugurates David Zwirner’s Latest New York Gallery: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/michael-armitage-david-zwirner-new-york-gallery-review-1234742248/
- 5,000-Year-Old Human Remains Discovered Within Elaborate Funeral Site in Peru: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/5000-year-old-remains-of-elite-woman-aspero-peru-1234742200/
Hyperallergic
- What Do Visitors Think of Thomas J. Price’s Times Square Sculpture?: https://hyperallergic.com/1012805/what-do-visitors-think-of-thomas-j-price-times-square-sculpture/
- Why Did a Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Sell for $7.5M?: https://hyperallergic.com/1012899/why-did-a-frank-lloyd-wright-lamp-sell-for-7-5m/
- The Unexpected Beauty of Detritus: https://hyperallergic.com/1012749/yuji-agematsu-unexpected-beauty-of-detritus/
- Dakota Mace’s Quiet Enactment of Diné Philosophy: https://hyperallergic.com/1012943/dakota-mace-quiet-enactment-of-dine-philosophy-site-santa-fe/
- The Fabricated Crisis of Art Criticism: https://hyperallergic.com/1012944/the-fabricated-crisis-of-art-criticism/
- Why Is For Freedoms Designing Art for a New Brooklyn Jail?: https://hyperallergic.com/1012486/why-is-for-freedoms-designing-art-for-a-new-brooklyn-jail/
- Meet the Recipients of the 2025 Asian Cultural Council Artist Grants: https://hyperallergic.com/1012624/2025-asian-cultural-council-artist-grant-recipients/
- Pandemic Patterns Explored in The Fire This Time: https://hyperallergic.com/1012608/pandemic-patterns-the-fire-this-time-mariam-ghani-field-of-vision/
- The Alaska Native Heritage Center Is a Home of Ancestral Knowledge: https://hyperallergic.com/1007548/alaska-native-heritage-center-home-of-ancestral-knowledge/
- Lehman College Art Gallery Presents 2025 Thesis Exhibition: https://hyperallergic.com/1012572/lehman-college-art-gallery-presents-2025-thesis-exhibition/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- More than 160 Tutankhamun treasures have arrived at the Grand Egyptian Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/over-160-tutankhamun-treasures-have-arrived-at-the-grand-egyptian-museum
- Extended from one volume to three, the new ‘Taste and the Antique’ expands on four centuries of interactions with sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/extended-from-one-volume-to-three-the-new-taste-and-the-antique-expands-on-four-centuries-of-interactions-with-sculpture
- How Javier Milei’s war on history is threatening art spaces in Argentina: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/how-the-argentine-presidents-war-on-history-is-threatening-art-spaces
- $70m Giacometti bombs at patchy Sotheby’s Modern art auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/70m-giacometti-bombs-at-patchy-sothebys-impressionist-and-modern-art-auction
- Mexican authorities decry ‘distorted information’ in MrBeast video filmed at ancient Mayan sites: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/mrbeast-mayan-sites-mexican-government-youtube-chicen-itza
- Justin Sun and David Geffen's legal feud over $78m Giacometti sculpture expands: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/justin-sun-david-geffen-lawsuit-giacometti
- Behind the scenes of the Met’s revamped Rockefeller Wing with its acclaimed architect: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/metropolitan-museum-rockefeller-wing-renovation-kulapat-antrasast
- British MP Patrick Spencer charged with sexual assaults at London art world haunt the Groucho: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/british-mp-patrick-spencer-charged-sexual-assaults-london-art-world-haunt-the-groucho
- Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/why-is-the-art-market-turning-gulf-wards
ARTnews.com
- Giacometti Bust Flops While Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Soars at Sotheby’s $186.4 M. Modern Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-modern-art-may-2025-sale-report-giacometti-1234742181/
- A $70 M. Giacometti Bust Fails to Sell at Sotheby’s Modern Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/giacometti-bust-fails-to-sell-at-sothebys-may-2025-sale-1234742177/
- At Phillips’s $52 M. Sale, Breakout Moments from Female Artists Soften a Stark Drop from Last Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phillips-modern-contemporary-2025-evening-sale-report-1234742156/
- Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm Launches New Fundraising Biennial Exhibition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dan-colen-sky-high-farm-biennial-exhibition-1234742011/
- Ken Griffin’s Copy of the US Constitution to Go on View in Philadelphia Next Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kenneth-griffin-lends-us-constitution-to-the-national-constitution-center-1234742071/
- Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Parent Company, Yuga Labs, Sells CryptoPunks to Digital Art Nonprofit: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/cryptopunks-bored-ape-yacht-club-yuga-labs-digital-art-nonprofit-1234742059/
- The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-authors-guild-sues-neh-doge-1234742016/
- Germany Settles Century-Long Restitution Dispute Over Royal Property: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/germany-settles-century-long-restitution-over-royal-artifacts-1234742021/
- Why Open a Gallery Now? Artist-Curator Adam Heft Berninger Thinks the Timing Is Perfect: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heft-gallery-opens-in-new-york-city-ai-art-1234741940/
- Ancient Buddhist Relics Unearthed in Thailand Temple: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-buddhist-relics-wat-dhammachak-semaram-thailand-1234741985/
Hyperallergic
- Manufacturing “Black Fatigue” in the Art World: https://hyperallergic.com/1012522/manufacturing-black-fatigue-in-the-art-world/
- New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body: https://hyperallergic.com/1011978/new-york-university-mfa-students-rethink-the-body/
- Artists Brace for High Production Costs Amid Tariffs Chaos: https://hyperallergic.com/1012630/artists-brace-for-high-production-costs-amid-tariffs-chaos/
- Anti-Cuomo Ads Are Popping Up Across Brooklyn: https://hyperallergic.com/1010728/anti-cuomo-ads-are-popping-up-across-brooklyn/
- Fifteen Shows in One at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies: https://hyperallergic.com/1012338/fifteen-shows-in-one-at-bards-center-for-curatorial-studies/
- Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles: https://hyperallergic.com/1012209/unraveling-the-imperial-impulses-of-chinese-textiles/
- Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump’s Smithsonian Mandate: https://hyperallergic.com/1012521/congress-members-demand-investigation-into-trumps-smithsonian-mandate/
- Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies Announces 2025 Conference: https://hyperallergic.com/1011522/center-for-the-preservation-of-artists-legacies-cpal-2025-conference/
- Hitler’s Three-Hour Architectural Tour of Paris: https://hyperallergic.com/997384/hitlers-three-hour-architectural-tour-of-paris/