Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- U.K. Raises $5 Million to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-export-bar-fundraising-2652946
- Ferrari That a Collector Once Crashed Goes for $11 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/ferrari-rm-sothebys-11-million-2678746
- Paris Brosnan’s Paintings Capture the ‘Refinement and Rupture’ of Human Emotion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paris-brosnan-pantheon-art-2677917
- High-Tech Analysis Unlocks Hidden Texts in Ancient Buddhist Scrolls: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/buddhist-scrolls-scanned-hidden-scripture-berlin-2678603
- Walter Swennen, Revered Belgian Painter and Poet, Has Died Aged 79: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/walter-swennen-obituary-2678411
- Spike Lee’s New Film Turns His Art Collection Into a Cinematic Set Piece: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/spike-lee-highest-2-lowest-art-collection-2678263
- Big Galleries Are Racing to Sign Emerging Artists. It’s Changing Everything: https://news.artnet.com/market/emerging-market-2672961
- Sotheby’s Will Open Refreshed Breuer Building in November—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-aug-18-2677675
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- ‘Their resolve is incredibly strong’: Ai Weiwei visits soldiers on Ukrainian front lines: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/18/ai-weiwei-visits-ukrainian-front-lines
- London's Dulwich Picture Gallery prepares to reveal £5m redevelopment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/18/londons-dulwich-picture-gallery-prepares-to-reveal-£5m-redevelopment
- Alexandria Biennale—third-oldest after Venice and São Paulo—announces return following 12-year hiatus: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/18/in-alexandria-the-worlds-third-oldest-biennale-is-set-to-return-from-a-12-year-hiatus
- Behind-the-scenes Beatles photographs shot by Paul McCartney to go on sale at Gagosian London: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/18/behind-the-scenes-beatles-photographs-shot-by-paul-mccartney-to-go-on-show-at-gagosian-london
ARTnews.com
- Replicas of Artworks from Spike Lee’s Collection Star in ‘Highest 2 Lowest’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/spike-lee-art-collection-highest-2-lowest-1234749536/
- MacDowell Director Chiwoniso Kaitano Is on a Mission to Center Artist Residencies: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chiwoniso-kaitano-macdowell-director-newsmakers-interview-1234749537/
- Naomi Beckwith Adds Four Curators to Documenta’s First All-Female Artistic Team: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/documenta-16-artistic-team-naomi-beckwith-1234749529/
- Burmese Artist Claims Art Exhibition in Thailand Was Censored by China: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/burmese-artist-sai-exhibition-bangkok-arts-cultural-center-1234749521/
- Ancient Roman Bathhouse Found in Italy May Have Once Belonged to Cicero: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-bathhouse-cicero-baiae-underwater-1234749495/
- Walter Swennen, Poet-Turned-Painter Fascinated by Language, Dies at 79: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/walter-swennen-dead-1234749496/
- Sotheby’s to Sell Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar for $2 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-van-halen-guitar-grails-week-1234749497/
- Dealer Jeff Poe Opens Up, Collector Turns Down ‘Lost Masterpiece’ by Canadian Impressionist, and More: Morning Links for August 18, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jeff-poe-blum-collector-helen-mcnicoll-morning-links-1234749492/
- Greenpeace Unfurls Anish Kapoor’s Bloody ‘Butchered’ Work Across North Sea Gas Rig: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greenpeace-unfurls-anish-kapoors-bloody-butchered-work-across-north-sea-gas-rig-1234749480/
Hyperallergic
- Dispatches From the Ever-Evolving Santa Fe Indian Market: https://hyperallergic.com/1035211/dispatches-from-the-ever-evolving-santa-fe-indian-market-2025/
- Senator Seeks Probe Into MoMA Trustee Leon Black’s Epstein Ties: https://hyperallergic.com/1035063/senator-seeks-probe-into-moma-trustee-leon-black-epstein-ties/
- Who’s the Artist Behind Those Giant Bowling Pins?: https://hyperallergic.com/1035052/artist-behind-giant-bowling-pins-august-2025-mini-crossword/
- James Bidgood’s Dreamy Homoerotica: https://hyperallergic.com/1034173/james-bidgood-dreamy-homoerotica/
- Another Awkward MLK Sculpture Draws Mixed Responses: https://hyperallergic.com/1035166/another-awkward-mlk-sculpture-draws-mixed-responses/
- This Is Not the Real Geronimo: https://hyperallergic.com/1034730/this-is-not-the-real-geronimo/
- Sub-versive DC Protester Becomes Memeorable: https://hyperallergic.com/1035048/sub-versive-dc-protester-becomes-memeorable/
