Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Keeping Up With the Clients: The Art World Lifestyle Can Be Dangerously Alluring: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-worlds-lifestyle-competition-art-detective-2671494
- This Art Garden Is One of New York’s Hidden Gems—And It’s Got Deep Roots: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wave-hill-60-anniversary-2671434
- Was This Ancient Grasshopper Vessel Stolen From King Tut’s Tomb?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-grasshopper-auction-king-tutankhamun-2671409
- How Do You Capture the Elusive Meredith Monk?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/meredith-monk-documentary-2670638
- Sunken Clues Reveal Identity of Mysterious Scottish Shipwreck: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scotland-shipwreck-sanday-2671342
- Renoir’s Long-Hidden Drawings Return to the Spotlight After 100 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/renoir-drawings-exhibition-morgan-2671263
- Spanish Museum Delays Return of Medieval Sijena Murals: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/is-spains-sistine-chapel-of-romanesque-art-at-risk-2656768
- Labubu Mania Is Peaking. Can Kasing Lung’s Art Keep Climbing?: https://news.artnet.com/market/labubu-kasing-lung-art-market-2669643
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- US Senators propose anti-money-laundering legislation for the art market: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/anti-money-laundering-legislation-us-senate-proposal
- Folkestone Triennial 2025 review: environmental catastrophe—but also hope, joy and a jolly salamander: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/folkestone-triennial-2025-environmental-catastrophebut-also-hope-joy-and-a-jolly-salamander
- Russia charges Estonian museum director with ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ over Putin-Hitler banner: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/russia-charges-estonian-museum-director-with-rehabilitating-nazism-over-putin-hitler-banner
- Rethinking public art and remembering Koyo Kouoh: inside the Experimenter Curator's Hub 2025: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/rethinking-public-art-and-remembering-koyo-kouoh-inside-experimenter-curators-hub-2025
- Venice Banksy mural removed as part of ‘innovative’ restoration project: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/venice-banksy-mural-removed-as-part-of-innovative-restoration-project
- Van Gogh was not fantasising when he painted mountain landscapes with ‘The Two Holes’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/van-gogh-was-not-fantasising-when-he-painted-mountain-landscapes-with-the-two-holes
ARTnews.com
- Top Art Collector David Geffen Sued By Estranged Husband for Breach of Contract: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/top-art-collector-david-geffen-sued-by-estranged-husband-for-breach-of-contract-1234748265/
- London Auction House to Offer Artifact from ‘the Age of Tutankhamun’, Despite Dubious Origins: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/king-tutankhamen-egyptian-artifact-auction-grasshopper-1234748248/
- Anish Kapoor Lists New York Apartment for $17.75 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anish-kapoor-lists-56-leonard-street-apartment-new-york-1234748246/
- Why Is Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/feature/georges-seurat-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-why-so-important-2-1234747593/
- Sam Barsky’s Sweaters Exude Good Clean Fun: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/sam-barsky-sweaters-kohler-r-u-still-painting-1234748203/
- Donald Locke Tackled Colonialism’s Complicated Legacy With Restless Intensity: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/donald-locke-spike-island-exhibition-review-1234748211/
- UK Court Rejects Artist’s Final Appeal After He Issued Fake Apology for Fishing Firm’s Alleged Role in ‘Fishrot Scandal’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-high-court-rejects-artists-final-appeal-after-he-issued-fake-apology-for-fishing-firms-alleged-role-in-fishrot-scandal-1234748233/
Hyperallergic
- A Hollywood Hills Gallery-Home Is Reborn as an Artist’s Residency: https://hyperallergic.com/1030087/galka-scheyer-hollywood-hills-gallery-home-reborn-as-artists-residency/
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Lays Off 12 Workers: https://hyperallergic.com/1029234/fine-arts-museums-of-san-francisco-lays-off-12-workers/
