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/
