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

Artnet News

- The White House Proposes Weird A.I. Paintings as the Future of Patriotic Education: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/white-house-founders-museum-prageru-2681816

- Re-Air: The Art World’s Octopus Teacher: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-art-angle-re-air-miriam-simun-octopus-teacher-2674169

- First Known Viking Portrait Unearthed From Danish Museum Archives: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-known-viking-portrait-found-2681997

- Hidden Layers of an Expressionist Masterpiece Come to Light at the Guggenheim: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/oskar-kokoschka-knight-errant-guggenheim-conservation-2681788

- Andra Ursuța Is Sculpting a Vision of Civilization in Decay: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/andra-ursuta-apocalypse-now-and-then-2681871

- 4 Art Advisors Weigh In on Who to Watch at Untitled Art Houston’s Inaugural Fair: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-advisors-untitled-art-houstons-2681403

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Ukrainian installation at Burning Man destroyed by dust storm: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/burning-man-ukrainian-installation-dust-storm-black-cloud

- Pinacoteca de São Paulo and Chanel Culture Fund launch new residency for women artists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/pinacoteca-sao-paulo-chanel-culture-fund-residency-juliana-dos-santos

- Artist reaches settlement with US city that cancelled her residency over a pro-Palestine message: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/danielle-seewalker-settlement-vale-colorado-pro-palestine-censorship

- Van Gogh Museum claims it could be ‘forced to close’ amid funding feud with Dutch state: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/van-gogh-museum-could-be-forced-to-close-amid-funding-feud-with-dutch-state

- Police hunt for Old Master painting looted by Nazis after it appears in Argentinian property advert: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/police-hunt-for-old-master-painting-looted-by-nazis-after-it-appears-in-argentinian-property-advert

- Leaning on luxury goods, Sotheby's launches auction week in Abu Dhabi: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/28/sothebys-launches-cars-and-jewellery-auction-week-in-abu-dhabi

ARTnews.com

- Banksy’s Piranha Box Set for New London Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/banksy-piranhas-london-museum-1234750418/

- Egyptian Antiquities Trafficker Jailed After Failed Smuggling Attempt at JFK Airport: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egyptian-antiquities-trafficker-jfk-airport-prison-sentence-1234750392/

- Sotheby’s to Stage First Series of Luxury Marquee Sales in Abu Dhabi in December: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-abu-dhabi-luxury-auctions-collectors-week-1234750374/

- Nazi-Looted Painting Disappears After Being Spotted in Argentine Home: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-disappears-argentina-home-1234750369/

- Christian Cross Unearthed at Monastic Site in Abu Dhabi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christian-cross-unearthed-at-sir-bani-yas-island-abu-dhabi-1234750339/

- An Insider’s Guide to Frieze Seoul, Newly Found Nazi-Loot Goes Missing, a Look at the New National Museum of Uzbekistan, and More: Morning Links for August 28, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/an-insiders-guide-to-frieze-seoul-newly-found-nazi-loot-goes-missing-a-look-at-the-new-national-museum-of-uzbekistan-and-more-morning-links-for-august-28-2025-1234750337/

Hyperallergic

- Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months: https://hyperallergic.com/1037811/smithsonian-latino-gallery-quietly-closes-for-nine-months/

- Adrift in Betye Saar’s Crepuscular Dreamscape: https://hyperallergic.com/1037873/betye-saar-drifting-towards-twilight-huntington-library/

- World’s Largest Van Gogh Collection Faces Uncertain Future: https://hyperallergic.com/1037500/amsterdam-van-gogh-museum-collection-faces-uncertain-future/

- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1037819/required-reading-748/

- Seeing New Mexico Through the Looking Glass: https://hyperallergic.com/1037395/seeing-new-mexico-through-the-looking-glass-site-santa-fe-12th-international/

- Edward Burra’s Satirical Surrealism: https://hyperallergic.com/1037786/edward-burra-satirical-surrealism-tate-britain/

- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1037524/a-view-from-the-easel-300/