Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Artnet News

- Immersive Experience Reimagines ‘Phantom of the Opera’ With Works by Major Artists: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-phantom-of-the-opera-masquerade-2680284

- Snoop Dogg’s Blunt-Ash Art Nets Nearly $150,000 at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/snoop-dogg-raked-in-148100-with-his-art-made-with-smoked-roaches-2680283

- When Good Dealers Go Bad: Kenny Schachter on Gallery Closures, Unpaid Artists, and Clawbacks: https://news.artnet.com/market/kenny-schachter-gallery-closures-payment-sausage-2680354

- As Galleries Suffer, Auction Houses Nab Big Estates and Cut Deals: https://news.artnet.com/market/as-galleries-suffer-auction-houses-nab-big-estates-and-cut-deals-2678748

- Clues to Stonehenge’s Origins Revealed by 5,000-Year-Old Cow’s Tooth: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stonehenge-5000-year-old-cows-tooth-2680193

- White House Denounces Smithsonian Artworks in Online List: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- New York’s School of Visual Arts lays off 30 employees amid financial difficulties: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/new-york-school-of-visual-arts-lays-off-30-employees

- US museums urged to stop lobbying against Nazi loot restitution bill: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/us-museums-urged-to-stop-lobbying-against-nazi-loot-restitution-bill

- Magnum Photos agency’s first exhibition, lost for a half-century, to make its North American debut: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/magnum-photos-agencys-first-exhibition-lost-for-a-half-century-to-make-its-north-american-debut

- Mickalene Thomas’s ex-fiancée accuses the artist of sexual harassment and stealing millions of dollars from her: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/mickalene-thomass-ex-fiancee-accuses-the-artist-of-sexual-harassment-and-stealing-millions-of-dollars-from-her

- New app aims to improve access to Los Angeles art scene: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/artwrld-app-improving-access-los-angeles-art-scene

- The story of Stonehenge’s construction just became clearer—thanks to a cow’s tooth: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/story-of-stonehenge-construction-just-became-clearer-thanks-to-a-cow-tooth

- Comment | Monet might have seen Venice, but his paintings suggest he didn’t feel it: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/comment-monet-might-have-seen-venice-but-his-paintings-suggest-he-didnt-feel-it

- Van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône reveals more of its mysteries: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/22/van-goghs-starry-night-is-back-in-arles-revealing-some-of-its-mysteries

ARTnews.com

- Mütter Museum in Philadelphia Announces New Policy for Human Remains: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mutter-museum-philadelphia-new-policy-human-remains-1234749793/

- Inigo Philbrick, Art Dealer Convicted of Fraud, Makes Rare Appearance in New Documentary: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/inigo-philbrick-bbc-documentary-1234749781/

- White House Denounces Artworks and Shows at Smithsonian, Free Admission at Rockbund Art Museum and More: Morning Links for August 22, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rockbund-art-museum-free-admission-morning-links-1234749779/

- The Artist Who Took a Young James Baldwin Under His Wing: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/james-baldwin-nicholas-boggs-love-story-beauford-delaney-1234749724/

Hyperallergic

- Ancient Sculptures Recovered From Sunken City Off Alexandria: https://hyperallergic.com/1036426/ancient-sculptures-recovered-from-sunken-city-off-alexandria/

- Kenny Nguyen: The Divine Eye: https://hyperallergic.com/1035821/kenny-nguyen-the-divine-eye/

- Erasure of Rainbow Memorial for Pulse Shooting Victims Raises Alarm in Florida: https://hyperallergic.com/1036280/erasure-of-rainbow-memorial-for-pulse-shooting-victims-raises-alarm-in-florida/