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

Artnet News

- 15 Museum Shop Gifts We’re Loving: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/15-museum-shop-gifts-were-loving-2706918

- Florida Exhibition Reveals a Glimpse Into the Art and Life of Rembrandt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norton-museum-of-art-the-leiden-collection-rembrandt-2720649

- Michelangelo’s Forgotten Foray Into Military Fortress Design: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-michelangelo-military-fortifications-2709244

Hyperallergic

- Jennifer Packer Confronts Grief Through Paintings That Cut Deep: https://hyperallergic.com/jennifer-packer-confronts-grief-through-paintings-that-cut-deep/

- As the US Slides Into Tyranny, Europe Champions Black American Artists: https://hyperallergic.com/as-united-states-slide-into-tyranny-europe-champions-black-american-artists/

- Basking in the Light of Raúl de Nieves’s Stained Glass Tarot: https://hyperallergic.com/basking-in-the-light-of-raul-de-nieves-stained-glass-tarot/

- Louise Bourgeois’s Life Was as Monumental as Her Art: https://hyperallergic.com/louise-bourgeoiss-life-was-as-monumental-as-her-art/

- Pope Francis’s Camera Sells for $7.5M: https://hyperallergic.com/pope-franciss-camera-sells-for-7-5m/

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

Artnet News

- A Massive Ring of Stonehenge Pits Were Manmade, Study Says: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stongehenge-pits-study-manmade-largest-structure-2721504

- Art Miami 2025 Mixes Market Mainstays With Fresh Discoveries: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-miami-aqua-art-miami-context-art-miami-fair-2720381

- The Forgotten Roman Ruins of the ‘Pompeii of the Middle East’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-jerash-jordan-pompeii-middle-easy-2708480

ARTnews.com

- Cyber Weekend Deals on Art Supplies and Gifts Continue Today: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/product-recommendations/black-friday-deals-on-artists-tools-and-studio-supplies-1234576708/

- Sotheby’s London Reveals Lineup for Its Old Master and 19th Century Evening Sale, Half of Works Unseen for a Century: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-london-lifts-lid-on-its-old-master-and-19th-century-evening-sale-with-half-of-works-unseen-for-a-century-1234764098/

Hyperallergic

- What We're Grateful For: https://hyperallergic.com/what-were-grateful-for/

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

Artnet News

- New 3D Model Sheds Light on How Easter Island Statues Were Carved: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/easter-island-3d-map-carved-statues-2721596

- Miami Is Offering Free Water Taxis to Avoid Traffic During Art Basel—Here’s How to Catch One: https://news.artnet.com/market/miami-water-taxis-basel-2721464

- Highs and Lows of Guatemala’s Scaled-Up Biennale de Arte Paiz: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/biennale-de-arte-paiz-el-arbol-del-mundo-2714774

- Louvre Hikes Ticket Prices by 45 Percent: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-ticket-price-hike-2721236

- Scope Art Show Returns With a Focus on Human Experience: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scope-art-show-2719652

- How Monet Created His Famed Water Lily Pond: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-monet-water-lily-pond-2711440

- Sam Falls Rewilds Champagne Country Through a Vivid New Series: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sam-falls-collaborates-with-ruinart-2718855

- Unlocking the Secrets Behind Magritte’s Surrealist Sensation, the ‘Empire of Light’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magrittes-empire-of-light-history-2714490

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- A vocabulary of touch: exhibition of sculpture by blind and partially blind artists opens in Leeds: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/first-major-uk-exhibition-of-sculpture-by-blind-and-partially-blind-artists-and-curators-opens-in-leeds

- Exposed to the elements, public—and geese: the complex conservation of outdoor art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/exposed-to-the-elements-publicand-geese-the-complex-conservation-of-outdoor-art

- Louvre to raise ticket prices by 45% for most non-EU visitors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/louvre-to-raise-ticket-prices-by-45-for-most-non-eu-visitors

- The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic art in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/the-us-venice-biennale-saga-queer-islamic-art-in-oslo-duane-linklater-in-ottawapodcast

- Comrades in art: meet the artists who fought against fascism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/new-book-explores-art-and-the-fight-against-fascism

- Van Gogh’s family used an erotic Gauguin ceramic as a flower vase: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/van-goghs-family-used-an-erotic-gauguin-ceramic-as-a-flower-vase

- Giant holes near Stonehenge were carved out by humans 4,000 years ago, new studies reveal: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/giant-holes-near-stonehenge-were-carved-out-by-humans-4000-years-ago-new-studies-reveal

- ‘We need to rethink’: new exhibition revisits an Israeli conceptual art project, 53 years on: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/metzer-meiser-exhibition-givat-haviva-art-gallery-exhibition-israel

- The Big Review | Fra Angelico at Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco, Florence ★★★★★: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/the-big-review-|-fra-angelico-at-palazzo-strozzi-and-museo-di-san-marco-florence

- Concrete cars for coral reefs: Miami's underwater eco-sculpture park takes shape: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/miami-beach-reefline-underwater-public-art-coral-reef-regeneration

- ‘We are living through an extremely traumatic moment’: Adrián Villar Rojas's new sculpture explores ‘existential anxieties’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/adrian-villar-rojas-audemars-piguet-aspen-art-museum-commission

- Hurricane Melissa relief: artists and art organisations lead fundraising efforts for devastated Caribbean: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/28/hurricane-melissa-relief-artist-fundraising-efforts

ARTnews.com

- The Best 2025 Black Friday Deals on Artists’ Tools and Supplies: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/product-recommendations/black-friday-deals-on-artists-tools-and-studio-supplies-1234576708/

- How Romare Bearden’s Estate Is Bringing the Artist’s Work into the Digital Realm: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/romare-bearden-digital-catalogue-raisonne-1234764015/

- 36 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Winter: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/winter-2025-must-see-art-museum-exhibitions-biennials-1234762712/

- A Holiday Art Book Gift Guide, for Every Artsy Archetype: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/holiday-art-book-gift-guide-brandon-taylor-yoko-ono-gilles-deleuze-nayland-blake-1234763241/

- For Mernet Larsen, Painting Is a Matter of Perspective: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/mernet-larsen-painting-perspective-james-cohan-1234763799/

- Christie’s London to Sell Third Part of Sam Josefowitz’s Rembrandt Print Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-london-to-sell-third-part-of-sam-josefowitzs-rembrandt-print-collection-in-december-1234764043/

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

Artnet News

- Simon de Pury on Why the Art Market’s Confidence Is Suddenly Back: https://news.artnet.com/market/simon-de-pury-art-market-confidence-2720560

- The Special Effects Maestro Behind ‘Alien’ and ‘E.T.’ Gets a MoMA Tribute: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/moma-carlo-rambaldi-centennial-screening-series-2720449

- Re-Air: Uncovering the Louvre’s Hidden Stories: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/re-air-uncovering-the-louvres-hidden-stories-2711775

- New York Landmarks Bloom in Miniature at This Beloved Botanical Art Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nybg-holiday-train-show-whitney-museum-2714502

- How a Scandal-Stained Art Dealer Still Haunts the Market for American Modernism: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/who-was-andrew-crispo-2720889

- JR on His Return to China, A.I. Anxiety, and Why Art Can Still Change the World: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jr-china-2715711

- Workers at Some of the World’s Largest Museums Are Demanding Fairer Pay: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-workers-tate-strike-met-union-2720847

- A Bold New Art Hub Is Taking Shape in Detroit’s Little Village: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jennifer-gilbert-lumana-detroit-2720447

- 6 Ancient Roman Sculptures That Defined an Empire: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-sculpture-2710619

- 8 New York Gallery Shows We’re Excited About Right Now: https://news.artnet.com/market/8-new-york-gallery-shows-were-excited-about-right-now-2715841

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- New UK law makes restitution easier—but excludes national museums, such as the British Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/27/new-uk-law-makes-restitution-easier-but-excludes-national-museums-including-the-british-museum

- Courtauld launches art history teaching fund amid £82m redevelopment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/27/courtauld-launches-art-history-teaching-fund-amid-£82m-redevelopment

- Palazzo of Pop Art: new gallery in Italy will house major collection of 20th-century art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/27/palazzo-of-pop-art-new-gallery-in-italy-will-house-major-collection-of-20th-century-art

- Comment | Turner gets all the kudos, but it was Constable who was the truly radical painter: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/27/comment-turner-gets-all-the-kudos-but-it-was-constable-who-was-the-truly-radical-painter

- Repeat art fraudster arrested for stealing Courbet painting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/27/arrest-gustave-courbet-theft-patrick-matthiesen

ARTnews.com

- Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion Members Turn Venice’s Canal Green to Protest COP30 Outcome: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greta-thunberg-and-extinction-rebellion-members-turn-venices-canal-green-to-protest-cpo30-outcome-1234763997/

- Artist Yang Fudong Summons the Future in One of His Biggest Exhibitions in China: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/yang-fudong-ucca-center-for-contemporary-art-1234763055/

- Iconic Photographs of Blind People Prove Seeing Isn’t Knowing: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/blindness-photography-paul-strand-walker-evans-jacob-riis-1234763708/

Hyperallergic

- Monuments Were Never Meant to Last Forever: https://hyperallergic.com/monuments-were-never-meant-to-last-forever/

- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-761/

- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/a-view-from-the-easel-313/

- Art Movements: The US Finally Gets a Venice Biennale Rep: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-us-finally-gets-a-venice-biennale-rep/

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

Artnet News

- Historic Apple Founding Document Could Sell for Millions at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/apple-contract-constitution-christies-sale-2720751

- Museums in Crisis: How the World’s Institutions Are Bracing for What’s Next: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-in-crisis-takeaways-2717463

- 9 Artists Whose Markets Artnet Pro Appraised in Depth in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/9-artists-whose-markets-artnet-pro-appraised-in-depth-in-2025-2719931

- Palace of Westminster Dig Reveals Relics Dating Back 6,000 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/palace-of-westminster-dig-6000-years-history-2720582

- The Legend of Gerhard Richter, Told in 7 Essential Artworks: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gerhard-richter-fondation-louis-vuitton-paris-2713209

- Revisiting Godfather of Street Art Richard Hambleton Through His Defining Series: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-hambleton-2719698

- A 2018 Louvre Security Audit Flagged the Balcony Used in the $102 Million Heist: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-security-report-2720444

- Want One of Bob Thompson’s Enigmatic Paintings? The Best Time to Buy Was Yesterday: https://news.artnet.com/market/want-one-of-bob-thompsons-enigmatic-paintings-the-best-time-to-buy-was-yesterday-2707960

- Thai Collector Purat ‘Chang’ Osathanugrah on What the Nation’s Art Scene Needs to Thrive: https://news.artnet.com/market/purat-chang-osathanugrah-interview-2714164

- Long-Lost Renoir Painting Sells for $2 Million in Paris: https://news.artnet.com/market/rediscovered-renoir-auction-2720230

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Christopher Knight is retiring: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/christopher-knight-art-critic-los-angeles-times-retiring

- Bob Ross painting sells for record $1m at auction to benefit US public broadcasters: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/bob-ross-record-john-oliver-auction-benefit-public-television-trump-cuts

- More than 160 artists selling their work to raise funds for medical, humanitarian aid in Gaza: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/100-artists-for-gaza-fundraising-auction-medecins-sans-frontieres

- Guido Reni painting sells for €12.4m in Paris, smashing artist's auction record: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/guido-reni-painting-sells-for-124m-in-paris-smashing-artists-auction-record

- UK government's tourist tax plans could boost funds for culture sector, industry leaders say: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/uk-governments-tourist-tax-plans-could-boost-funds-for-culture-sector-industry-leaders-say

- Fourth member of gang believed to be behind Louvre heist arrested: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/fourth-member-of-gang-alleged-to-be-behind-louvre-heist-arrested

- A brush with… Mary Kelly—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/26/a-brush-with-mary-kelly-podcast

ARTnews.com

- Artists and Former Staffers Accuse London Gallery of Withholding Payment: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-former-staffers-accuse-london-gallery-nonpayment-1234763977/

- Munich’s Lohaus Sominsky Expands to Tribeca As Neighborhood Galleries Rebalance: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/munich-lohaus-sominsky-expands-to-tribeca-1234763956/

- Renoir Painting Missing for a Century Sells in Paris for $2 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/renoir-painting-missing-for-a-century-sells-in-paris-for-2-million-1234763955/

- Diane Lima Named Curator of 2026 Panorama da Arte Brasileira, and More: Industry Moves for November 26, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/diane-lima-curator-2026-panorama-da-arte-brasileira-industry-moves-1234763911/

- Two Curatorial Teams Win the 2025 Hyundai Blue Prize+: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/two-curatorial-teams-win-the-2025-hyundai-blue-prize-1234763932/

- Bob Ross Painting Breaks Record at John Oliver’s Public Media Benefit Auction: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bob-ross-painting-breaks-record-at-john-oliver-public-media-benefit-auction-1234763941/

- Five Questions for Four Art Advisers on the November Auction Sales: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/analysis-recap-november-auction-sales-christies-sothebys-1234763907/

- Miami Beach Launches Free Water Taxi Program: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/miami-beach-free-water-taxi-program-1234763931/

- Auction Houses Add a Little Sparkle: Why Sotheby’s and Christie’s Are Dressing Their Talent in Jewels: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/auctioneers-jewelry-evening-sales-1234763909/

- Man Suspected of Being the Fourth Gang Member Behind Louvre Heist Has Been Arrested: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/suspected-fourth-gang-member-behind-louvre-heist-arrested-1234763889/

Hyperallergic

- 25 Things We're Grateful for in the Art World: https://hyperallergic.com/25-things-were-grateful-for-in-the-art-world/

- Running Is Resistance in “Remaining Native”: https://hyperallergic.com/running-is-resistance-in-remaining-native/

- Remembering Llyn Foulkes, Dawn Little Sky, and Dorothy Vogel: https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-llyn-foulkes-dawn-little-sky-and-dorothy-vogel/

- Art Critic Christopher Knight Retires From LA Times: https://hyperallergic.com/art-critic-christopher-knight-retires-from-la-times/

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

Artnet News

- Barbra Streisand Really Regrets Selling Her Klimt Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/barbra-streisand-regrets-selling-gustav-klimt-2720106

- Gail Morris’s Abstract Landscapes Hum With Quiet Intensity: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gail-morris-bonner-david-galleries-2718906

- Radiant Tiffany Landscape Window Leads Major Auction of the Studio’s Masterpieces: https://news.artnet.com/market/tiffany-birches-irises-sale-christies-2719887

- A Michael Werner Gallery Divorce, Art Basel’s Miami Pivot, and a Run-In With Larry G: Kenny Schachter Tells All: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kenny-schachter-column-larry-g-michael-werner-gallery-2719655

- Leonora Carrington’s Mystical Masterpiece, Decoded: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonora-carrington-les-distractions-de-dagobert-2718627

- Who Won New York’s $2.2 Billion Auction Week? 7 Ways of Judging the Sales: https://news.artnet.com/market/new-york-auction-measures-2719737

- Jeffrey Deitch on the $2.2 Billion New York Auction Week: ‘A Big Psychological Boost’: https://news.artnet.com/market/jeffrey-deitch-auction-week-2716808

- Did an Ancient Pharaoh Hijack Another’s Tomb? A Trove of Funeral Figurines Offers Clues: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shoshenq-iii-coffin-tanis-tomb-egypt-2719672

- First Edition ‘Superman’ Found in an Attic Is Now the Most Expensive Comic Sold at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/superman-comic-auction-record-heritage-2719637

- Lawsuit Accuses Sotheby’s of Reneging on Buy-Back Deal Over Modigliani Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collector-sues-sothebys-modigliani-authenticity-2719506

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Llyn Foulkes, art world iconoclast, has died, aged 91: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/llyn-foulkes-artist-musician-los-angeles-obituary

- Comment | A decolonial wind? Hurricane Melissa decimated western Jamaica’s colonial buildings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/hurricane-melissa-destroys-jamaicas-colonial-buildings

- In bid to diversify KW Institute in Berlin, artist Sung Tieu sells work to fund new board member: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/in-bid-to-diversify-kw-institute-in-berlin-artist-sung-tieu-sells-work-to-fund-new-board-member

- Barely worth its weight in gold: can art still be considered an asset class?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/barely-worth-its-weight-in-goldis-the-age-of-art-as-asset-class-over

- A brush with… Sarah Allen, curator, South London Gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/a-brush-with-sarah-allen-curator-south-london-gallery

- Miniature Michelangelo drawing—identified as a study for the Sistine Chapel—heads to Christie's: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/miniature-michelangelo-drawingidentified-as-a-study-for-the-sistine-chapelheads-to-christies

- Frenemies or rivals? Tate Britain show explores Turner and Constable's turbulent relationship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/turner-and-constable-frenemies-or-rivals-tate-britain-show-explores-relationship-of-the-two-great-painters

- Where will Labour government’s local reforms leave England’s cash-strapped museums?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/25/where-will-labour-governments-local-reforms-leave-englands-cash-strapped-museums

ARTnews.com

- Who is Alma Allen, Trump’s Pick to Represent the US at the Venice Biennale?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/who-is-alma-allen-us-pavilion-artist-2026-venice-biennale-1234763746/

- Mexico City’s Museo Jumex to Stage ‘Football & Art’ Exhibition During World Cup: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museo-jumex-football-and-art-exhibition-2026-world-cup-fifa-1234763733/

- Bottle of Dom Perignon from King Charles III and Princess Diana’s Wedding Comes to Auction: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/dom-perignon-king-charles-iii-princess-diana-wedding-auction-1234763702/

- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection Will Place Titans Like Basquiat and Warhol Next to Under-Recognized Artists: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-abu-dhabi-basquiat-warhol-1234763670/

- Performa Diary: A Year of Sexy Revolutionaries: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/performa-2025-aria-dean-diane-severin-nguyen-sylvie-fleury-1234763627/

- Author Brandon Taylor Shares His Top Five Recent Obsessions: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/interviews/brandon-taylor-top-five-recent-obsessions-1234763403/

- UK Museum Is Raising $4.6 M. to Keep Medieval Masterpiece from Entering Private Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dorset-museum-sherborne-almshouse-triptych-1234763609/

- Four Additional Suspects Arrested in Connection to Louvre Museum Heist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/four-more-suspects-arrested-louvre-museum-heist-1234763569/

- Are There Enough Collectors for All the Art Fairs? Chanel Opens China’s First Public Contemporary Art Library, US-Style Cultural Giving on the Rise in the UK: Morning Links for November 25, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/are-there-enough-collectors-for-all-the-art-fairs-chanel-opens-chinas-first-public-contemporary-art-library-us-style-cultural-giving-on-the-rise-in-the-uk-morning-links-for-november-25-20-1234763587/

- Rare ‘Royal Blue’ Sapphire Necklace Fetches $16.1 M. at Christie’s Hong Kong: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/rare-royal-blue-sapphire-necklace-sells-christies-hong-kong-1234763538/

Hyperallergic

- Greta Thunberg Banned From Venice After Dyeing Canal Green: https://hyperallergic.com/1059610/greta-thunberg-banned-from-venice-after-dying-canal-green/

- How Can NYC Artists Push Back Against Censorship?: https://hyperallergic.com/1059669/how-can-nyc-artists-push-back-against-censorship/

- Llyn Foulkes, Quintessential LA Artist, Dies at 91: https://hyperallergic.com/1059544/llyn-foulkes-quintessential-los-angeles-artist-dies-at-91/

- The Devil Lives in Berlin: https://hyperallergic.com/1059542/the-devil-lives-in-berlin/

- Five New York City Art Shows We Love Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1059273/five-new-york-city-art-shows-we-love-nov-25-2025/

- Meet the Members of Mamdani’s Arts and Culture Transition Committee: https://hyperallergic.com/1059590/meet-the-members-of-zohran-mamdani-arts-and-culture-transition-committee/

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

Artnet News

- Hot Lots and Top Flops: 6 Surprises at the November Auctions: https://news.artnet.com/market/hot-lots-top-flops-november-day-sales-2025-2718580

- Jacob Hashimoto’s Sculptural Installations Are a Riot of Color and Form: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jacob-hashimoto-miles-mcenery-gallery-2717777

- How Has the Temple of Venus Weathered Millennia? A New Study Has Answers: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/temple-of-venus-roman-engineering-materials-study-2718960

- The Roosevelt Portrait That Trump and Mamdani Somehow Bonded Over: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-mamdani-roosevelt-salisbury-portrait-2718933

- Lost Michelangelo Study for the Sistine Chapel Bound for $2 Million Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-study-christies-2718805

- Lucy Sparrow’s U.S. Museum Debut Is a Felted Ode to 1980s Supermarkets: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lucy-sparrow-museum-crystal-bridges-momentary-2718745

- Can a New Director Steady the Embattled Philadelphia Art Museum?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/philadelphia-art-museum-new-director-2718492

- Nightmare Before Christmas? Brueghel-Inspired A.I. Holiday Mural Shocks London Suburb: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-brueghel-santa-scene-removed-2718499

- Trump’s Kennedy Center Is Hosting Events for His Allies at Deep Discounts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197

- 19th-Century Sculpture of Scandal-Plagued Heiress Barred From Leaving the U.K.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/triqueti-campbell-sculpture-export-bar-2718656

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired director of ‘theft’ in court filing: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/philadelphia-art-museum-filing-sasha-suda-lawsuit-theft

- Stephen Friedman to close New York gallery, two years after opening the Tribeca space: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/stephen-friedman-to-close-new-york-gallery-two-years-after-opening-the-tribeca-space

- Sculptor Alma Allen officially selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/alma-allen-officially-representing-us-venice-biennale-2026

- France's Bonnat-Helleu museum reopens after 14-year renovation with new discoveries and 2,500 loans from the Louvre: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/bayonnes-refreshed-bonnat-helleu-museum-reopens-after-major-renovation

- Plans for Trump Tower Belgrade ‘breach multiple laws’, architects’ union claims: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/plans-for-trump-tower-belgrade-breach-multiple-laws-architects-union-claims

- Politician demands end to Grand Egyptian Museum ticketing system that leaves locals in ‘secondary category’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/politician-demands-end-to-grand-egyptian-museum-ticketing-system-that-leaves-locals-in-secondary-category

- Queer sexuality in Islamic art explored in Norway exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/queer-sexuality-in-islamic-art-explored-in-norway-exhibition

- Vast pre-Maya earthwork in Mexico is a map of the cosmos, archaeological analysis suggests: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/pre-maya-earthwork-mexico-cosmogram-study

- Canadian government commits to enacting artist’s resale rights law: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/canadian-budget-resale-royalties-artists-law

ARTnews.com

- New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names Arts and Culture Transition Committee: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zohran-mamdani-names-arts-culture-transition-committee-1234763481/

- Momentum Builds at Abu Dhabi Art Ahead of the Frieze Takeover, but Sales Still Lag Behind the Buzz: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/abu-dhabi-art-2025-scene-frieze-sales-1234763435/

- A Drawing Said to Be by Michelangelo Will Go to Auction: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michelangelo-drawing-sistine-chapel-christies-new-york-1234763395/

- Rijksmuseum to Partner with Researchers into the Health Benefits of Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rijksmuseum-research-art-health-benefits-parkinsons-1234763401/

- GoFundMe Created Donation Pages for Hundreds of Museums. The Only Problem: They Didn’t Tell the Museums.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gofundme-created-donation-pages-museums-1234763361/

- Gold Pocket Watch Recovered From the Titanic Sets New Auction Record at $2.3 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/titanic-gold-pocket-watch-sets-auction-record-1234763383/

- Antica Terra Winemaker Maggie Harrison Collaborates With Artists for Limited-Edition ‘Museum in a Box’ Set: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/antica-terra-maggie-harrison-wine-box-set-1234763237/

- Vanity Fair‘s Soon-To-Be-Published Hollywood Issue Includes an Intimate, Abstract Portrait of Olivia Nuzzi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vanity-fair-nuzzi-unreleased-portrait-scandal-1234763355/

- Last-Minute Art Basel Miami Lineup Change: Ross + Kramer Is Out and Ross + Co. Is In: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-miami-lineup-change-ross-kramer-1234763236/

- MSK Ghent Declines to Return Nazi-Looted Painting, Citing Past Compensation: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/msk-ghent-declines-to-return-nazi-looted-painting-1234763332/

Hyperallergic

- Everything Is Not Fine in the Art World: https://hyperallergic.com/1059443/everything-is-not-fine-in-the-art-world/

- The Most Jaw-Dropping Costumes of the Miss Universe Competition: https://hyperallergic.com/1059457/the-most-jaw-dropping-costumes-of-the-miss-universe-competition/

- Protest Dance Outside Kennedy Center Targets Trump’s Attack on Culture: https://hyperallergic.com/1059376/protest-dance-outside-kennedy-center-targets-trumps-attack-on-culture/

- Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Former Director of Theft: https://hyperallergic.com/1059426/philadelphia-art-museum-accuses-former-director-of-theft/

- KAWS Makes Art for the Tech Bro Era: https://hyperallergic.com/1058685/kaws-makes-art-for-the-tech-bro-era-sfmoma/

- Paying Homage to the Iconoclasts of Abstraction: https://hyperallergic.com/1059357/paying-homage-to-the-iconoclasts-of-abstraction/

- Artist Alma Allen to Represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale: https://hyperallergic.com/1059343/artist-alma-allen-to-represent-us-at-2026-venice-biennale/

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

Artnet News

- 8 Standout Art Books to Gift (or Keep) This Season: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/8-standout-art-books-to-gift-and-keep-this-season-2717083

- How Henry VIII’s Lost Ship Was Recovered—Still Packed With Thousands of Tudor Treasures: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-henry-viii-mary-rose-ship-2708525

- John Singer Sargent’s Market Has Hit a 20-Year High. Here’s Why: https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-sargent-gondoliers-2716827

Hyperallergic

- Artist Displays 2,000-Pound White House Made of Bullets: https://hyperallergic.com/1058938/artist-al-farrow-displays-2000-pound-white-house-made-of-bullets/

- We Are History’s Ghosts: https://hyperallergic.com/1059015/we-are-historys-ghosts-601artspace/

- Art Market Reporters Are Getting It All Wrong: https://hyperallergic.com/1058944/art-market-reporters-are-getting-it-all-wrong/

- R. Crumb Wonders What It All Means: https://hyperallergic.com/1058903/r-crumb-wonders-what-it-all-means-david-zwirner-los-angeles/

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

Artnet News

- Manar Abu Dhabi Returns With a Show of Dazzling Public Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manar-abu-dhabi-2717831

- Who Was the First Artist to Work Outdoors? The Radical Origins of Plein Air Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-plein-air-painting-history-2711050

- Klimt, Kahlo, and a Comeback? New York’s Auctions, Recapped: https://news.artnet.com/market/new-york-auctions-recap-2717567

ARTnews.com

- In New Filing, Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Ex-Director Sasha Suda of Theft: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-art-museum-accuses-ex-director-sasha-suda-theft-1234763125/

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

Artnet News

- Sotheby’s $304.6 Million Triple Play of Modern Art: By the Numbers: https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-modern-sales-by-the-numbers-2717820

- How Sculptor Tom Price Finds Meaning in Material Experiments: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tom-price-radical-material-experimentation-2716989

- This Empress Had the Most Famous Hair in the World—What Her Ravishing Portrait Reveals: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/empress-sisi-of-austria-portrait-2716254

- Rare Rembrandt Print Discovered in a Drawer Could Fetch Thousands at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/rembrandt-print-drawer-auction-2718031

- Rodin Collected Over 1,000 Egyptian Artifacts. Here’s How They Shaped His Sculpture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rodin-egypt-art-collection-show-isaw-2717783

- Ancient Olive Oil Processing Complex Unearthed in Tunisia: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-olive-oil-complex-tunisia-2717795

- A Very Private Affair: Warhol Bardot Portrait Makes $16.7 Million at Invite-Only Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/warhol-bardot-clemente-bar-2717670

- Can Hong Kong Hold Its Edge in the Global Art Market?: https://news.artnet.com/market/4-takeaways-art-business-conference-hong-kong-2717346

- Box Office Gold: Why Film Memorabilia Is Now Commanding Millions: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/film-memorabilia-entertainment-market-2713463

- Julia Stoschek’s Groundbreaking Video Art Collection Is Getting an Outing in L.A.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/julia-stoschek-foundation-los-angeles-show-2716818

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Penn Museum opens Native North America Gallery after two-year overhaul: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/penn-museum-philadelphia-opens-revamped-native-north-america-gallery

- Final fraud suspect in vast Norval Morrisseau forgery operation found guilty: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/norval-morrisseau-forgery-ring-jeff-cowan-conviction

- Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/phialdelphia-art-museum-daniel-weiss-replacing-sasha-suda

- Frieze lines up more than 95 exhibitors for next Los Angeles fair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/frieze-los-angeles-2026-exhibitors-news

- Two Van Gogh records smashed—and a new highest sale price for the artist’s Paris period work: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/two-van-gogh-records-smashedand-a-new-highest-sale-price-for-the-artists-paris-period-work

- The $236m Klimt, Cop 30 and the art world, Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/the-236m-klimt-cop-30-and-the-art-world-caravaggios-victorious-cupidpodcast

- ‘This is how art history is built’: unprecedented Mumbai exhibition unites works of Indian and Arab Modernism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/this-is-how-a-lot-of-art-history-is-built-mumbai-exhibition-unites-works-of-indian-and-arab-modernism

- Remembering John Morgan, radical typographer and designer who transformed the Church of England's books: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/remembering-john-morgan-radical-typographer-and-designer-who-transformed-the-church-of-englands-books

- Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m at Sotheby's, breaking her auction record: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/frida-kahlo-record-van-gogh-still-life-sothebys-auction-new-york

ARTnews.com

- 25 Native American Artists to Know: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/native-american-artists-to-know-1234762021/

- A $2 M. ‘Unicorn’ Lynne Drexler Painting Sets a New Record at Christie’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lynne-drexler-painting-sets-a-record-at-christies-1234763052/

- In New Documentary, Artist Marilyn Minter Overcomes the Burden of Shame in the Art World: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/documentary-pretty-dirty-marilyn-minter-art-1234762927/

- A 12-Foot-Wide Martin Wong Painting, Unseen for Nearly Four Decades, Will Be Unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/martin-wong-painting-unseen-art-basel-miami-beach-ppow-1234762898/

- Mississippi Museum of Art Acquires Frank Lloyd Wright–Designed Usonian Home: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mississippi-museum-of-art-frank-lloyd-wright-home-1234762957/

- Dorothy Vogel, Humble Collector of Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Dies at 90: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dorothy-vogel-collector-dead-1234763028/

- American Artist Llyn Foulkes Dies at Age 91: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/llyn-foulkes-obituary-1234762894/

- Anonymous Buyer Pays Close to $1 M. for Secret Code to Jim Sanborn Sculpture at CIA Headquarters: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kryptos-sculpture-code-cia-1234762958/

- Amid Controversy, Philadelphia Art Museum Names Former Met Museum CEO as New Director: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-art-museum-daniel-weiss-director-controversy-1234762925/

- New Report Finds That Museums Are Spending Fraction of What They Should on Marketing: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/are-museums-spending-enough-marketing-new-report-1234762683/

Hyperallergic

- MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2026: https://hyperallergic.com/1058975/mfa-ma-and-phd-programs-to-apply-for-by-early-2026/

- Former Met President Daniel Weiss to Lead Philadelphia Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1058913/former-met-president-daniel-weiss-to-lead-philadelphia-art-museum/

- Frida Kahlo Becomes Most Expensive Woman Artist at Auction: https://hyperallergic.com/1058884/frida-kahlo-becomes-most-expensive-woman-artist-at-auction/