Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- The Tragic ‘Ophelia’ Epitomized Pre-Raphaelite Beauty. Here Are 3 Facts You Might Not Know About the Mesmerizing Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-everett-millais-ophelia-3-facts-1912391
- Chinese Dissident Artist Badiucao on His First Solo Gallery Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chinese-dissident-artist-badiucao-on-his-first-solo-gallery-show-2676280
- Storied L.A. Dealer Jeff Poe on Where the Art Industry Went Wrong—And His Secret New Venture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-poe-interview-2678011
- Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Hides a Rare Quantum Phenomenon, Scientists Say: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vincent-van-gogh-starry-night-quantum-2677909
- Taylor Swift as Ophelia? ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Art History Easter Eggs Explained: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-art-history-2677785
- Lily Kwong Turns Gardens Into Living Sculpture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lily-kwong-native-plant-garden-madison-square-park-2677012
- Massive Anish Kapoor Artwork Mounted on Oil Rig in Greenpeace Protest: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anish-kapoor-artwork-greenpeace-shell-oil-rig-2677728
- How Paris Gallery Art Absolument Is Carving Its Own Curatorial Path: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-paris-gallery-art-absolument-is-carving-its-own-curatorial-path-2677432
- Everything You Need to Know About the Bayeux Tapestry: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bayeux-tapestry-explained-2676644
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Gaza Biennale, featuring works by artists from the war-torn strip, will come to New York City: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/gaza-biennale-recess-brooklyn-new-york-city
- New York non-profit Art in General, shuttered since 2020, stages a comeback: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/art-in-general-new-york-comeback
- ‘An incredible instinct for contemporary art’: Doris Lockhart, the overlooked figure behind the Saatchi collection, has died aged 88: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/doris-lockhart-the-overlooked-figure-behind-the-saatchi-collection-has-died-aged-88
- Landmark George Morrison show foregrounds Abstract Expressionism’s debt to Native art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/george-morrison-exhibition-metropolitan-museum-art-review
- Buyer’s choice: how collectors factor into the art world’s quest for environmental sustainability: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/collectors-environmental-sustainability-logistics-green-options
- How did the only painting sold by Van Gogh in his lifetime end up in Russia?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/how-did-the-only-painting-sold-by-van-gogh-in-his-lifetime-end-up-in-russia
- Climate protestors install Anish Kapoor work on North Sea gas platform: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/climate-protestors-install-anish-kapoor-work-on-shell-gas-platform
- Four years on from the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are asserting themselves through art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/four-years-on-from-taliban-takeover-afghan-women-are-asserting-themselves-through-art
- Giuseppe Verdi's dilapidated villa ‘not as bad as it seems’, claims Italy's culture minister ahead of restoration: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/amid-restoration-works-italys-culture-minister-claims-giuseppe-verdis-dilapidated-villa-not-as-bad-as-it-seems
- Forged Picasso prints sold at Stuttgart auction recovered as part of international police operation: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/forged-picasso-prints-sold-at-stuttgart-auction-recovered-as-part-of-international-police-operation
- Analysis of ancient string writing device upends understanding of Inca hierarchy: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/analysis-of-ancient-string-writing-device-upends-understanding-of-inca-hierarchy
ARTnews.com
- Four New York Cultural Institutions Bring Art to JFK International Airport: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jfk-international-airport-terminal-six-art-moma-met-1234749449/
- In New Survey, Galleries Call Fair Model Unsustainable, With Most Participating in Four Per Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/new-2025-survey-galleries-art-fair-model-first-thursday-1234749459/
- Top Works by Peter Doig and Chris Ofili Lead Christie’s London Auction of Ole Faarup Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ole-faarup-collection-christies-sale-doig-ofili-1234749450/
- Greenpeace Activists Unfurl Anish Kapoor Work, London’s Imperial War Museum Faces Critcism, and More: Morning Links for August 15, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/london-imperial-war-museum-faces-critcism-morning-links-for-august-15-2025-1234749443/
- “Northern Lights” Show Proposes a New Geography of Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/northern-lights-buffalo-akg-museum-review-1234749413/
- A Revelatory Alex Da Corte Survey Finds the Dark Side in His Buoyant Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/alex-da-corte-modern-art-museum-of-fort-worth-review-1234749431/
- National Museum of Asian Art Announces First US Exhibition of Masterpieces from the Collection of Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-museum-of-asian-art-announces-first-us-exhibition-of-masterpieces-from-the-collection-of-former-samsung-chairman-lee-kun-hee-1234749421/
Hyperallergic
- Hyperallergic Fall 2025 New York Art Guide: https://hyperallergic.com/1030569/hyperallergic-fall-2025-new-york-art-guide/
- LA Museum Condemns US Border Patrol Presence on Its Grounds: https://hyperallergic.com/1034720/los-angeles-japanese-american-national-museum-condemns-border-patrol-presence-on-grounds/
- School of Visual Arts Quietly Lays Off Staff: https://hyperallergic.com/1034738/school-of-visual-arts-quietly-lays-off-staff/
- Further Your Creative Practice and Career With SVA Continuing Education: https://hyperallergic.com/1034199/further-your-creative-practice-and-career-with-sva-continuing-education/
