Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- How Much Art Sold at Auction in the First Half of 2025?: https://news.artnet.com/market/intelligence-report-auction-sales-first-half-2025-2683745
- Scientists Identify Mystery Blue Pigment in Jackson Pollock Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jackson-pollock-manganese-blue-identified-2688874
- Decoding Cindy Sherman’s Many Roles, From Straphanger to Society Dame: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cindy-sherman-series-breakdown-2681583
- Trump Orders National Parks to Erase Information on Slavery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197
- These 15 Artists Are the Biggest at U.S. Museums Right Now: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/most-important-artists-museums-september-2025-2686135
- Keith Haring’s Bold Art and Activism Inspire New Biopic: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/keith-haring-biopic-2688689
- Seoul Art Week Turns 4: Museums Stun, Celebs Alight, Sales Are Mixed: https://news.artnet.com/market/seoul-art-week-scene-report-2025-2686496
- Here’s What You Won’t Want to Miss at FAB Paris: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fab-paris-2687986
- $120 Million Pritzker Collection Goes to Sotheby’s, Led by a Luminous Van Gogh: https://news.artnet.com/market/pritzker-collection-sothebys-2688225
- Frank Frazetta Painting Smashes Comic Art Record With $13.5 Million Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-frazetta-conan-painting-smashes-record-2688461
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Pussy Riot members sentenced to prison in absentia over anti-war performances: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/pussy-riot-members-prison-sentences-absentia-ukraine-war
- Sotheby’s secures two big-ticket private collections as auction houses compete for consignments: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/sothebys-lauder-pritzker-collections-consigned-new-york-auctions
- How AI-trained robots are helping to root out fake paintings tied to a notorious forgery case: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/how-ai-trained-robots-are-helping-to-root-out-fake-paintings-tied-to-a-notorious-forgery-case
- Tourist levy to support UK's cultural infrastructure is coming, says V&A chief: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/tourist-levy-to-support-uks-cultural-infrastructure-is-coming-says-va-chief
- After 50 years, LA Louver is closing its gallery in Venice, California: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/la-louver-gallery-closing-venice-california
- Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/comment-picasso-three-dancers-sparked-my-love-of-art-let-us-give-others-the-chance-to-find-their-own-way-in
- Kerry James Marshall offers a fresh lesson in art history at his London retrospective: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/kerry-james-marshall-to-offer-a-fresh-lesson-in-art-history-in-his-london-retrospective
Art Business News
- Breaking Boundaries: SAB Gallery Championing Women Artists at Red Dot Miami: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/breaking-boundaries-sab-gallery-championing-women-artists-at-red-dot-miami/
- Beyond Boundaries: The Multidimensional Art of Arlene LaDell Hayes: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/beyond-boundaries-the-multidimensional-art-of-arlene-ladell-hayes/
ARTnews.com
- Florida’s Norton Museum of Art Acquires Works by Basquiat, Eversley, Cassatt, and Others: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/norton-museum-of-art-acquires-basquiat-cassatt-1234751963/
- Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt Win $250,000 Heinz Award: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jennifer-packer-and-marie-watt-win-250000-heinz-award-1234752264/
- KAWS Named Uniqlo’s First Artist-in-Residence: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kaws-uniqlo-first-artist-in-residence-1234752211/
- Jeffrey Gibson Talks About Animals and Animism as He Unveils New Public Sculptures at the Met: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jeffrey-gibson-met-animal-sculptures-1234752023/
- Ai Weiwei Reflects on Loss and War in a Moving Installation in Kyiv: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-ininstallation-kyiv-1234752161/
- ‘New Yorker’ Commissions Photographers Marilyn Minter, Awol Erizku, Ryan McGinley, and Others to Shoot Magazine’s 100th Anniversary Covers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-yorker-covers-marilyn-minter-awol-erizku-1234751997/
- New York’s First Gaza Biennial Is an Urgent Cry for Humanity: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/gaza-biennial-new-york-review-1234751749/
- Artist Haegue Yang Named Chair of Berlin Museum’s Board: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/haegue-yang-kunst-werke-berlin-board-chair-1234752120/
- Basquiat Estate Collaborates with Fashion Brand Albino & Preto for New Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jean-michel-basquiat-estate-albino-and-preto-collection-1234752068/
- Pérez Art Museum Miami Names José Carlos Diaz Next Chief Curator: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/perez-art-museum-miami-jose-carlos-diaz-chief-curator-1234752086/
Hyperallergic
- LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model: https://hyperallergic.com/1042271/la-louver-to-close-gallery-space-and-shift-into-private-model/
- Emily Mason’s Quest for Color and Truth: https://hyperallergic.com/1041944/emily-mason-quest-for-color-and-truth/
- Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1041932/five-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-sept-16-2025/
- Geometric Abstraction in the Age of Disparity: https://hyperallergic.com/1041843/lisa-corinne-davis-geometric-abstraction-in-the-age-of-disparity/
- Man Ray Was So Much More Than a Photographer: https://hyperallergic.com/1042209/man-ray-was-so-much-more-than-a-photographer-met-museum/
- Massive Photo of Trump and Epstein Unfurled Outside Windsor Castle: https://hyperallergic.com/1042150/massive-photo-of-trump-and-epstein-unfurled-outside-windsor-castle/
- Meet the “Microsnail” Named After Picasso: https://hyperallergic.com/1042143/meet-the-microsnail-named-after-picasso/
- Image Attesting to Horrors of Slavery Reportedly Ordered Removed by Trump: https://hyperallergic.com/1042103/image-attesting-to-horrors-of-slavery-reportedly-ordered-removed-by-trump/
- Shape the Future of Art, Design, and Architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1041318/shape-the-future-of-art-design-and-architecture-at-cranbrook-academy-of-art/
