Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- 5 Asian Painters Redefining Figuration Today: https://news.artnet.com/market/5-asian-painters-redefining-figuration-today-2673081
- The Tudor Treasure Hunt to Find Henry VIII’s Long-Lost Dagger: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/henry-viii-lost-ottoman-dagger-2674199
- Ronald Perelman’s $410 Million Art Damage Lawsuit Nears Verdict: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ronald-perelman-art-damage-lawsuit-nears-verdict-2673716
- The Creative Legacy of Ray and Charles Eames Finds a New Home: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eames-institute-birkenstock-campus-museum-2674189
- Lorna Simpson’s Light-Filled Brooklyn Home and Studio Hits the Market: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lorna-simpson-brooklyn-home-studio-sale-2673807
- Decoding the Iconic Cover of ‘The Great Gatsby’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/decoding-the-iconic-cover-of-the-great-gatsby-2672761
- Smithsonian to Revise Exhibit After Quietly Removing Trump Impeachment Placard—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-aug-4-2673649
- Inside Pauline Karpidas’s Legendary Surrealist Collection Bound for Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/pauline-karpidas-surrealist-collection-sothebys-2673130
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Museums in New York and Los Angeles receive collection of 63 modern works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/pearlman-foundation-collection-lacma-moma-brooklyn-museum
- Time for a survey? New programme provides museums with advice on long-term sustainability: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/survey-provides-us-museums-advice-on-long-term-sustainability
- What could the end of US sanctions mean for Syria’s heritage sector?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/what-could-the-end-of-us-sanctions-mean-for-syrias-heritage-sector
- Saatchi Yates raises a glass to London: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/saatchi-yates-raises-a-glass-to-london
- Efforts to preserve and repair historic US Black churches get $8.5m boost: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/efforts-to-preserve-and-repair-historic-us-black-churches-get-85m-boost
- Influencer, politician, museum director: what Eike Schmidt did next: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/04/influencer-politician-museum-director-what-eike-schmidt-did-next
ARTnews.com
- Monument to Confederate General Accused of KKK Affiliation to Be Reinstalled in Washington, D.C.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/confederate-general-monument-reinstalled-trump-1234748889/
- Pearlman Foundation Gifts Modernist Treasures to MoMA, LACMA, and Brooklyn Museum: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/pearlman-foundation-moma-lacma-brooklyn-museum-gift-1234748788/
- Ex–Hedge Fund Billionaire Loses Fraud Case Linked to Loans Against Works by Hirst, Prince, and Picasso: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ex-hedge-fund-billionaire-loses-fraud-case-linked-to-loans-against-works-by-hirst-prince-and-picasso-1234748812/
- Ancient Egyptian Inscription Sparks New Debate About Moses: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/inscription-claims-spark-debate-around-historical-moses-1234748783/
- Amy Sherald’s ‘Trans Forming Liberty’ Is on the Cover of the ‘New Yorker’ After Smithsonian Cancelation: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amy-sherald-trans-forming-liberty-the-new-yorker-cover-1234748747/
- Tate’s Director Hits Back at Critics, China’s Private Museums in Crisis, and More: Morning Links for August 4, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-attendance-decline-china-private-museums-morning-links-1234748744/
- Sotheby’s Reveals Headline Lots for Pauline Karpidas Collection, Including $12 M. Magritte Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-karpidas-collection-sale-lots-magritte-surrealism-1234748729/
- The Enduring Pleasures of Art Nouveau: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/art-nouveau-renaissance-mucha-jugendstil-paris-metro-1234748578/
Hyperallergic
- The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: Public Art Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/1031941/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-public-art-edition/
- Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?: https://hyperallergic.com/1031896/jorge-angel-perez-binnigulasa-ancient-zapotec-people-film/
- Take a Trip Down the Catwalk With Andy Warhol: https://hyperallergic.com/1031603/take-a-trip-down-the-catwalk-with-andy-warhol/
- Modigliani’s Jean Cocteau Portrait Heads to Brooklyn Museum in Major Gift: https://hyperallergic.com/1031927/moma-lacma-brooklyn-museum-receive-trove-of-63-modern-artworks-pearlman-collection/
- I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More: https://hyperallergic.com/1031177/sara-nadal-melsio-lost-job-at-whitney-independent-study-program-art-community-lost-much-more/
- Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover: https://hyperallergic.com/1031893/amy-sherald-trans-lady-liberty-painting-graces-new-yorker-cover/
- Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?: https://hyperallergic.com/1030874/can-steve-martin-help-bring-visitors-to-the-frick-collection/
- Meet With the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online: https://hyperallergic.com/1031371/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-admissions-events-2025/
