Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Brazilian Artist Paulo Pasta’s Quiet, Lyrical Abstractions Alight in New York: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paulo-pasta-david-nolan-gallery-2694429
- Which Auction House Led the Pack?: https://news.artnet.com/market/which-auction-house-led-the-pack-2683855
- A Major Rembrandt Conservation Project Is Underway at Städel Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rembrandt-conservation-stadel-museum-2694695
- Larry Bell Transforms Madison Square Park Into an Urban Oasis of Light and Glass: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/larry-bell-madison-square-park-exhibition-2694751
- Virgil Abloh’s Archive Goes on View in Paris, Shedding Light on His Creative DNA: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/virgil-abloh-the-codes-paris-2694742
- Zero to Hero: Meet the 7 Artists Everyone Is Suddenly Searching For: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zero-to-hero-intelligence-report-mid-year-2025-2683730
- ‘Vile’ Dungeon Discovered Under U.K. Market Square: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leicester-market-square-medieval-roman-discovery-2694439
- Guillermo del Toro’s Collection Sale Tops $1 Million, Sets Auction High for H.R. Giger: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guillermo-del-toro-bleak-house-sale-2682610
- Is This a Caravaggio? A.I. Analysis Challenges Expert Opinion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caravaggio-lute-player-attribution-ai-2694259
- Why Louis XIV Said ‘Non’ to Bernini’s Over-the-Top Vision for the Louvre: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-bernini-louvre-design-2669852
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Low morale, fast staff turnover: Louisiana’s ten state museums are at risk of failing a key test: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/louisiana-state-museum-reaccreditation
- Residency offers Los Angeles artists affected by wildfires chance to work again: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/los-angeles-wildfires-artist-studios-anderson-ranch-arts-center-residencies
- Linder’s performances were transportive over the summer—now one has been purchased for the first time: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/linder-performance-scotland-purchased-first-time
- Unesco’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects goes live: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/unescos-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-goes-live
- Tate Britain’s Lee Miller exhibition seeks to go beyond her mythology: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/tate-britain-lee-miller-exhibition-beyond-mythology
- Protest at White Cube gallery over Cai Guo-Qiang's fireworks display: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/protestors-gather-at-white-cube-gallery-after-cai-guo-qiangs-fireworks-spark-outrage-in-tibet
- Casa Sanlorenzo in Venice opens its first exhibition with a focus on ocean pollution: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/casa-sanlorenzo-venice-first-exhibition-ocean-pollution
- A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been
listed by Unesco: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/sharjah-site-first-humans-leave-africa-unesco
Art Business News
- Remembering Paul Douglas Wegner: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/remembering-paul-douglas-wegner/
- Reviving Traditional Art Forms in a Modern World: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/reviving-traditional-art-forms-in-a-modern-world/
ARTnews.com
- Smithsonian Museums to Remain Open Amid Anticipated Government Shutdown: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-museums-government-shutdown-1234754965/
- Statue Left Behind by Grave Robbers Unearthed in Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/statue-egypt-saqqara-archaeology-grave-robbers-1234754881/
- Security Guards Accuse San Francisco’s de Young Museum of Abusive Workplace Culture: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/de-young-museum-lawsuits-workplace-culture-1234754943/
- Vancouver Art Gallery Taps Two Canadian Architecture Firms to Co-Design New Building: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vancouver-art-gallery-canadian-architecture-firms-design-new-building-1234754940/
- Cai Guo-Qiang’s Controversial Fireworks Display Draws Protesters to White Cube Gallery in London: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cai-guo-qiang-fireworks-protester-white-cube-london-1234754637/
- ARTnews Celebrates 2025 Edition of Annual Top 200 Collectors Issue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnews-celebrates-2025-top-200-collectors-issue-1234754498/
- ARTnews Celebrates 2025 Top 200 Collectors Issue: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/artnews-celebrates-2025-top-200-collectors-issue-1234754499/
- Artnet CEO Resigns Abruptly Before Annual General Meeting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnet-ceo-resigns-handelblatt-1234754723/
- Mika Rottenberg Says Trump’s Smithsonian Situation Is ‘Fucked Up’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mika-rottenberg-says-trumps-smithsonian-situation-is-fucked-up-1234754705/
- Syracuse University Pauses Admission for 20 Undergraduate Majors, Including Fine Arts and Digital Humanities: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/syracuse-university-pauses-admission-for-20-undergraduate-majors-1234754624/
Hyperallergic
- Documenting the History Trump Wants to Erase: https://hyperallergic.com/1045848/documenting-the-history-trump-wants-to-erase/
- Philip Guston Painting Sparks Dialogue in a Local Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1045176/philip-guston-painting-sparks-dialogue-in-a-local-museum/
- BRIC and Bronx Children’s Museum Join Cultural Institutions Group: https://hyperallergic.com/1046074/bric-and-bronx-childrens-museum-join-nyc-cultural-institutions-group/
- The Seductive Repetition of Susan Rothenberg: https://hyperallergic.com/1046004/the-seductive-repetition-of-susan-rothenberg/
- Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1045935/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-september-30-2025/
- How Black Women Ceramicists Shaped Art History: https://hyperallergic.com/1045792/how-black-women-ceramicists-shaped-art-history-ford-foundation-gallery/
- Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime: https://hyperallergic.com/1045507/lorna-simpson-source-notes-the-met/
- A Couple’s Quest to Heal Through Psychedelic Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1045590/psychedelic-art-entheon-chapel-sacred-mirrors/
