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/
