Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- You Can Now Borrow Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Public Library—For Free: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooklyn-public-library-borrow-artwork-2713067
- Gustav Klimt’s Path to the $150 Million Club: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gust-klimt-100-million-club-284649
- Heffel Celebrates 30 Years With Landmark Anniversary Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/heffel-fine-art-auction-house-2712820
- The Best New Galleries in New York Are in Someone’s Apartment: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nyc-apartment-galleries-2712058
- Do We Still Need All-Woman Art Shows?: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-art-angle-alison-gingeras-the-woman-question-2705843
- Revealed! The Top Mystery Consignors to New York’s $1.6 Billion Fall Auctions: https://news.artnet.com/market/consignors-new-york-november-auctions-2025-2711189
- 2,500-Year-Old Vase Reveals Ancient Egyptians’ Taste for Opium: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptians-opium-alabaster-vase-study-2712625
- How Artist Rana Begum Made Minimalism Her Own: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rana-begum-minimalism-2711712
- U.S. Museums Are Bracing for a Difficult 2026 Amid Funding Cuts, New Survey Finds: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/american-alliance-of-museums-survey-2025-2712464
- Inside the Dreamworld of Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’—and the Haunting Photo Book It Inspired: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hamnet-chloe-zhao-agata-grzybowska-book-2711628
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- In a risk-averse market, Paris Photo offers diversity: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/in-a-risk-averse-market-paris-photo-offers-diversity
- Children curate exhibition of Clyfford Still works inspired by their reservation: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/indigenous-children-curate-clyfford-still-museum-exhibition
- Hauser & Wirth charged with breaching UK’s Russia sanctions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/hauser-and-wirth-charged-with-breaching-uks-russia-sanctions
- Tate workers face in-work poverty, mental and physical health issues, union says—as strikes expected across UK: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/tate-workers-face-in-work-poverty-mental-and-physical-health-issues-union-saysas-strikes-expected-across-uk
- Private collectors’ return of artefacts to Ghana highlights UK's inaction on restitution, heritage experts say: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/private-collectors-return-of-artefacts-to-ghana-highlights-uks-inaction-on-restitution-heritage-experts-say
- K11 founder Adrian Cheng on Hong Kong’s art scene, the future of collecting and the creative potential of AI: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/k11-founder-adrian-cheng-on-hong-kongs-art-scene-future-collecting-creative-potential-ai
- Syrian officials issue—then delete—statement identifying ancient Roman statues stolen from Damascus National Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/syrian-officials-delete-statement-ancient-roman-statues-stolen-damascus-national-museum
- Jenny Saville to present unseen Venice-inspired works to coincide with 61st Biennale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/jenny-saville-to-present-new-venice-inspired-works-to-coincide-with-61st-biennale
- The British artist David Shrigley wants £1m for piles of old rope: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/british-artist-david-shrigley-wants-1-million-pounds-old-rope
- Why former Sotheby's chief executive Tad Smith is bullish on blockchain art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/13/former-sothebys-chief-executive-tad-smith-on-why-he-collects-digital-art
ARTnews.com
- Metallica Guitarist Sells Painting of Conan the Barbarian—With a $10 M. Asking Price: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metallica-kirk-hammett-conan-frank-frazetta-1234761649/
- Getty Trust Adds Glenn Lowry and Lionel Sauvage to Board of Trustees: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/j-paul-getty-trust-glenn-lowry-lionel-sauvage-board-1234761645/
- Massive 40-Year-Old Sculpture Demolished for Battery Park City Resiliency Project: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/40-year-old-sculpture-demolished-battery-park-city-resiliency-project-1234761579/
- The Art World’s ‘Joe Rogan,’ ONX Expands, and More: Industry Moves for November 13, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-world-joe-rogan-onx-expands-and-more-industry-moves-1234761632/
- Three Paintings by Bob Ross Raise $600,000 at Auction for American Public Broadcasting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/three-paintings-bob-ross-600000-bonhams-auction-american-public-broadcasting-1234761613/
- Tate Staff Overwhelmingly Vote to Strike Over ‘Inadequate’ Pay Raise Offer: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-staff-vote-strike-inadequate-pay-1234761617/
- In Emails, Jeffrey Epstein Said He Had ‘Art Guy’ and Assessed an Expensive Leonardo da Vinci Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jeffrey-epstein-emails-art-guy-leonardo-salvator-mundi-1234761608/
- Artist Mel Leipzig, the ‘Chekhov of Trenton’, Has Died at 90: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mel-leipzig-painter-dead-1234761568/
- Desert X Marks 10 Years with New Season, Expanded Team, and Global Ambitions: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/desert-x-2027-ten-year-anniversary-expansion-1234761470/
- After Museum Heist, Syrian Cultural Authorities Face Scrutiny Over Lack of Transparency: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/after-museum-heist-syrian-cultural-authorities-face-scrutiny-over-lack-of-transparency-1234761570/
Hyperallergic
- Art Movements: MoMA PS1 Reveals Greater New York Curators: https://hyperallergic.com/1056958/art-movements-moma-ps1-reveals-greater-new-york-curators/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1057121/required-reading-759/
- Monuments Collapses American History on Itself: https://hyperallergic.com/1057080/monuments-collapses-american-history-on-itself/
- Eric Adams and Mamdani Clash Over NYC Art Garden: https://hyperallergic.com/1056967/eric-adams-and-mamdani-clash-over-nyc-elizabeth-street-garden/
- The Canary in the Turbine Hall: https://hyperallergic.com/1057029/maret-anne-sara-canary-in-the-turbine-hall-tate-modern/
- Barkley L. Hendricks’s Studio Was a Wonderland of Inspiration: https://hyperallergic.com/1056959/barkley-l-hendricks-studio-was-a-wonderland-of-inspiration/
- Smithsonian to Reopen After Longest Government Shutdown in US History: https://hyperallergic.com/1056968/smithsonian-to-reopen-after-longest-government-shutdown-in-us-history/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1056980/a-view-from-the-easel-311/
- Shape the Future of Your Practice Through the MFA in Studio Art at the University of Arkansas: https://hyperallergic.com/1056796/shape-your-practice-through-mfa-studio-art-university-of-arkansas/
- Mitchell Johnson: Paintings from North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Morocco (Selected Work 1979-2025): https://hyperallergic.com/1056508/mitchell-johnson-paintings-north-south-america-europe-asia-morocco-selected-work-1979-2025/
