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/
