Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Rediscovered Dalí Painting, Bought for Under $200, Could Now Be Worth 200 Times More: https://news.artnet.com/market/salvador-dali-painting-vecchio-sultano-auction-2672396
- Was Picasso Really Inspired by African Art? A Century-Old Debate Reignites: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/was-picasso-really-inspired-by-african-art-a-century-old-debate-reignites-2672344
- Historic Mark Rothko Studio Lists (Again) for $9.5 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mark-rothko-gilded-age-carriage-house-studio-sale-2672231
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim-Era Plaza Suite Sells for $18.9 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wright-plaza-suite-guggenheim-for-sale-2611823
- A Landmark Merger Reshaping Art Tech—and the Industry at Large: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artlogic-artcloud-2672222
- Marwan’s Market Momentum Builds With a Major Exhibition at Christie’s: https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-marwan-kopf-2671038
- Why Collectors Are Lining Up for Rising Artist Jiab Prachakul’s Elusive, Melancholic Portraits: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jiab-prachakul-up-next-2626722
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Metropolitan Museum trustee among victims of deadly Manhattan shooting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/wesley-lepatner-metropolitan-museum-board-member-manhattan-shooting-victim
- 500km-long Indigenous pilgrimage route in Mexico joins Unesco World Heritage list: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/wixarika-indigenous-pilgrimmage-route-mexico-unesco-world-heritage-designation
- Tate reveals the main reason for its lower attendance figures: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/tate-says-drop-in-student-age-visitors-from-eu-is-main-reason-for-fall-in-attendance-figures
- ‘Even late in life, recognition is possible’: photographer Paz Errázuriz opens long overdue UK retrospective: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/photographer-paz-errazuriz-opens-long-overdue-retrospective
- ‘I'm excited for the future because it's in great hands’: winners of Somerset House's Talent 25 on what the programme means to them: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/winners-of-somerset-houses-talent-25-on-what-the-programme-means-to-them
- Could gardens become the new galleries? Bob and Roberta Smith is showing their blooming potential: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/could-gardens-become-the-new-galleries-bob-and-roberta-smith-is-showing-their-blooming-potential
ARTnews.com
- US Government To Auction Works By Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso and Diane Arbus Purchased With Funds from 1MDB Scandal: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/us-mashal-auction-basquiat-picasso-diane-arbus-1mdb-scandal-1234748398/
- Artlogic and ArtCloud Merge in Bid to Shape Art World’s Digital Backbone: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artlogic-artcloud-merger-1234748467/
- Met Museum Trustee Among Those Killed in NYC Shooting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wesley-lepatner-met-museum-trustee-dead-1234748482/
- Yinka Shonibare Is Using Money from His Art Sales to Give Back to Africa: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/yinka-shonibare-gas-foundation-fondation-h-retrospective-1234747771/
- Chief Justice John Roberts Stepped in to Prevent Firing of National Portrait Gallery Director: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/john-roberts-smithsonian-kim-sajet-firing-1234748455/
- At Comic-Con, George Lucas Previews Forthcoming Lucas Museum, Calls Himself ‘Not a Typical Art Collector’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/george-lucas-comic-con-panel-lucas-museum-preview-1234748443/
- Art World Rallies After Deadly Texas Floods, Christie’s Art + Tech Summit: Morning Links for July 29, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-world-rallies-after-deadly-texas-floods-morning-links-july-29-2025-1234748499/
- To Celebrate Turning 99, Betye Saar Assembles an All-Star Group to Steward Her Legacy: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/betye-saar-legacy-group-curators-1234748371/
- Why Are So Many Artists Becoming Therapists?: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/artists-becoming-therapists-interviews-1234748405/
Hyperallergic
- New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1030417/new-york-city-and-upstate-shows-to-see-july-29-2025/
- Twenty Years of Life in Chinatown: https://hyperallergic.com/1030639/twenty-years-of-life-in-chinatown-thomas-holton/
- Framing Heritage Destruction as a Human Rights Violation: https://hyperallergic.com/1021592/framing-heritage-destruction-as-a-human-rights-violation-mischa-geracoulis/
- Fire on Miccosukee Reservation Engulfs Homes and Artifacts: https://hyperallergic.com/1030562/fire-on-florida-miccosukee-reservation-engulfs-creativity-center-homes-artifacts/
- Met Museum Trustee Among Victims of Midtown Manhattan Shooting: https://hyperallergic.com/1030579/met-museum-trustee-wesley-lepatner-victim-midtown-manhattan-shooting/
