Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- New York’s Chrysler Building, a Crumbling Art Deco Masterpiece, Is Up For Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-chrysler-building-for-sale-2649773
- Did a Forgotten Klimt Masterpiece Illegally Leave Hungary?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gustav-klimt-hungary-violation-export-restrictions-2649597
- What’s Hot in Collectible Design? These 5 Picks from the Artnet Gallery Network Tell the Story: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collectible-design-artnet-gallery-network-2648755
- Why Did This Rashid Johnson Work Take a Nosedive at Auction?: https://news.artnet.com/market/rashid-johnson-nosedive-auction-2644742
- A Lost WWI Submarine Is Discovered ‘Remarkably Intact’ After 100 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-lost-wwi-submarine-is-discovered-remarkably-intact-after-100-years-2649437
- Artnet to Go Private With Beowolff Capital in $65 Million Deal: https://news.artnet.com/market/beowolff-capital-artnet-takeover-2649474
- Qatar’s Soft Power Surge: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-may-26-2649332
- Venice Biennale Will Realize Late Curator Koyo Kouoh’s Vision for 61st Edition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-in-minor-keys-2649452
- Artemisia Gentileschi Emerges Anew in Rediscovered Paintings: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artemisia-gentileschi-rediscovered-works-paris-2648223
- Enter the Twisted World of Overlooked Surrealist Bona de Mandiargues: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bona-de-mandiargues-2646612
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- More than 100 archaeological structures discovered in the Peruvian Andes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/andes-peru-archaeological-sites-chachapoya-discovered-lidar
- European-American investment company to buy Artnet and take it private: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/european-american-investment-company-to-buy-artnet-and-take-it-private
- 'Everything you will see is the fruit of her work': Venice Biennale 2026 will follow late curator Koyo Kouoh's vision: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/everything-you-will-see-is-the-fruit-of-her-work-venice-biennale-2026-will-follow-late-curator-koyo-kouohs-vision
- ‘I feel at home here’: Michael Rakowitz’s Acropolis Museum exhibition locates the lines between stories of lost heritage: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/michael-rakowitz-acropolis-museum-exhibition-locates-lines-between-stories-lost-heritage
- Sebastião Salgado, photographer of the planet’s margins, dies at 81: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/sebastiao-salgado-photographer-of-the-planets-margins-dies-at-81
- Lease agreement secures Camden Art Centre’s future for 99 years: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/lease-agreement-secures-camden-art-centres-future-for-99-years
- Russia tightens screws on freedom of expression: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/russia-tightens-screws-on-freedom-of-expression
- Tracey Emin and Ai Weiwei pay tribute to BBC broadcaster Alan Yentob: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/27/tracey-emin-and-ai-weiwei-pay-tribute-to-bbc-broadcaster-alan-yentob
ARTnews.com
- ‘Significant’ Tombs Unearthed in Egypt Contain Mayor, Scribe, and Temple Attendant: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tombs-unearthed-egypt-luxor-1234743614/
- Faculty at School of Visual Arts in New York Unionize: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/school-of-visual-arts-faculty-votes-unionize-1234743586/
- Jackie Amézquita’s Baked Bricks Chart the History of Migration in LA: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/jackie-amezquita-bricks-new-talent-1234743463/
- London’s Camden Art Centre Gets 99-Year Lease on Current Home: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/camden-art-centre-gets-99-year-lease-1234743570/
- British Investor Offers to Acquire Artnet Amid Financial Struggles: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnet-ag-beowolff-capital-acquisition-1234743579/
- New VIMA Art Fair Takes Confident First Steps in Cyprus: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/vima-art-fair-cyprus-review-recap-1234743448/
- Venice Biennale Moves Forward with Koyo Kouoh’s 2026 Exhibition, Titled ‘In Minor Keys’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-koyo-kouoh-2026-in-minor-keys-1234743556/
Hyperallergic
- New York City Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1014303/new-york-city-shows-to-see-may-27-2025/
- Protest Targets Whitney Museum Board Ties After Canceled Performance: https://hyperallergic.com/1015804/protest-targets-whitney-museum-board-ties-after-canceled-performance/
- Lil Nas X Did Not Steal a Photographer’s Poses, Court Rules: https://hyperallergic.com/1015870/lil-nas-x-did-not-steal-a-photographers-poses-court-rules/
- Queer Artists Make Fantasy Architecture a Reality: https://hyperallergic.com/1015617/queer-artists-make-fantasy-architecture-a-reality-phyllis-birkby-gordon-hall/
- Kiah Celeste Coaxes Life From Objects: https://hyperallergic.com/1015828/kiah-celeste-coaxes-life-from-objects-swivel-gallery/
- The 2026 Venice Biennale Wants to Cut Through the Noise: https://hyperallergic.com/1015777/the-2026-venice-biennale-wants-to-cut-through-the-noise/
