Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Neanderthals Made Art Too, Startling New Research Suggests: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/neanderthals-made-art-too-startling-new-research-suggests-2650173
- From Hot to Not? How Asian Artists Under 35 Are Doing at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/asian-artists-under-35-are-doing-at-auction-2649912
- Damien Hirst Says He Will Keep Making Artworks 200 Years After He Dies: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/damien-hirst-will-keep-making-artworks-after-dies-2650250
- Theaster Gates Finally Gets a Solo Museum Show in Chicago: ‘It’s Really Nice to Come Home’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/theaster-gates-smart-museum-chicago-2649884
- Three Ancient Egyptian Tombs Are Unearthed in Luxor, Ahead of Grand Museum Opening: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-tombs-luxor-2649975
- Sun Yitian Is the ‘It’ Girl of the Chinese Art Market. She Doesn’t Always Believe It: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chinese-artist-sun-yitian-2646756
- 3 Key Insights From the Art Business Conference, New York: https://news.artnet.com/market/3-key-insights-from-the-art-business-conference-new-york-2649146
- Someone Just Made a Killing on This Obscure 19th-Century Painting: https://news.artnet.com/market/georges-lemmen-record-auction-2647919
- Long-Hidden Painting by a Spanish Master Emerges After Restoration: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/berruguete-restoration-altarpiece-2649867
- What Secrets Are Hidden in Frida Kahlo’s Family Home?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-casa-roja-2649522
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Washington, DC street renamed 'Alma Thomas Way' in honour of renowned abstract painter: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/alma-thomas-way-washington-dc
- ‘A major win for our field’: conservators rejoice at development of new ‘spaghetti-like’ adhesive for treating paintings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/conservators-develop-new-adhesive-treating-lining-paintings-beva-371-akron
- Art Basel reveals exhibitor lineup for Paris fair's 2025 edition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/art-basel-paris-exhibitors-announced
- ‘Year One after Damien Dies’: Hirst announces plans for posthumous works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/year-one-after-damien-dies-hirst-announces-plans-for-posthumous-works
- Troy, ancient site in western Turkey, hosts expansive contemporary art exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/ancient-site-of-troy-hosts-first-ever-contemporary-art-exhibition
- Holbein portrait, Inuit print collection and Antony Gormley sculpture: May acquisitions round-up: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/holbein-portrait-inuit-print-collection-and-antony-gormley-sculpture-may-acquisitions-round-up
- Japan’s art islands gain a new attraction with museum designed by Tadao Ando: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/japans-art-islands-gain-a-new-attraction-with-museum-designed-by-tadao-ando
- In Dubai, the art-world panel discussion gets a sporty makeover: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/in-dubai-the-art-world-panel-discussion-gets-a-sporty-makeover
- Pallets, not plinths: the V&A opens its vast storehouse to the public: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/pallets-not-plinths-the-va-opens-its-vast-storehouse-to-the-public
- This new app aims to bring exhibition goers together—and invites anyone to be an art critic: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/28/comment-|-a-new-app-for-exhibition-goers-invites-anyone-to-be-an-art-criticit-can-be-both-fun-and-frustrating
Art Business News
- Inner Excess: The Intersection of Consumerism, Spirituality and Corporeality: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/05/inner-excess-the-intersection-of-consumerism-spirituality-and-corporeality/
ARTnews.com
- Frieze Seoul Names 116 Exhibitors for Upcoming 2025 Edition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/frieze-seoul-2025-exhibitor-list-1234743703/
- Harvard Cedes Earliest Photographs of Enslaved Americans After Contentious Legal Fight: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/harvard-cedes-early-images-of-enslaved-americans-legal-settlement-1234743708/
- Longtime Expo Chicago Director Tony Karman to Step Down: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/tony-karman-expo-chicago-director-steps-down-1234743696/
- Pope Leo XIV Features in New Mural at Chicago’s White Sox Stadium: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-mural-at-chicago-rate-field-pope-leo-xiv-white-sox-1234743683/
- 38 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Summer: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/summer-2025-top-art-museum-exhibitions-shows-1234743231/
- Why Is Picasso’s Guernica So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/pablo-picasso-guernica-why-so-important-1234742944/
- Art Basel Paris Lines Up 203 Exhibitors for 2025 Edition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-paris-2025-exhibitor-list-1234743631/
- Rachel Youn Brings Fake Flowers to Life: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/rachel-youn-fake-flowers-1234743474/
Hyperallergic
- Sebastião Salgado, Unflinching Documentary Photographer, Dies at 81: https://hyperallergic.com/1015682/sebastiao-salgado-unflinching-documentary-photographer-dies-at-81/
- “Mother Pigeon,” the Artist Fighting to Save NYC’s Urban Birds: https://hyperallergic.com/1015708/mother-pigeon-tina-pina-trachtenburg-artist-fighting-to-save-nyc-urban-birds/
- Lotus L. Kang’s Hopeful Doom Scrolling: https://hyperallergic.com/1016264/lotus-l-kang-hopeful-doom-scrolling-52-walker/
- Jewelry Deserves a Place in Art History: https://hyperallergic.com/1015047/jewelry-deserves-a-place-in-art-history/
- The Private Calligraphy of Henri Michaux: https://hyperallergic.com/1015945/the-private-calligraphy-of-henri-michaux-courtauld-gallery/
- TERRA: Bodies & Territories Activates Land as Living Laboratory and Stage: https://hyperallergic.com/1015203/terra-bodies-territories-activates-land-as-living-laboratory-and-stage/
- Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement: https://hyperallergic.com/1016013/harvard-relinquishes-photographs-of-enslaved-people-in-historic-settlement/
