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

Artnet News

- Protest Erupts at Benin’s Museum of West African Art, Delaying Its Opening: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/benin-mowaa-opening-delayed-protesters-2710799

- Zimbabwean Art Finds Global Resonance in Two New Exhibitions: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artgal-online-zimbabwean-and-african-contemporary-art-2710669

- Which Artists Are Headed to the Venice Biennale in 2026?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-national-pavilions-2604196

- U.S. Returns 36 Stolen Artifacts to Egypt After Major Recovery Effort: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/36-relics-return-egypt-from-us-new-york-2710981

- The Vanderbilt Family’s Gilded Age Treasures Shine in $4.2 Million Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/vanderbilt-family-jewels-phillips-auction-2690196

- Mysterious ‘Air-Filled Voids’ Found in Egyptian Pyramid Hint at Lost Entrance: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/air-filled-voids-menkaure-pyramid-giza-lost-entrance-2710970

- Steve Schapiro Photographed Icons From Warhol to MLK—Here’s How He Made History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/steve-schapiro-being-everywhere-documentary-2709301

- George Condo Now Repped by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-nov-7-2709998

- Consignors Behind the N.Y. Auctions: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-nov-10-2710693

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Fired director sues Philadelphia Art Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/sasha-suda-sues-philadelphia-art-museum-firing

- Opening of Museum of West African Art in Nigeria delayed after protests: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/opening-museum-of-western-african-art-nigeria-delayed-protests

- Seeing beyond: Issam Kourbaj on mentoring three young artists for Abu Dhabi Art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/artist-issam-kourbaj-on-mentoring-three-young-artists-for-abu-dhabi-art

- New York museum championing Black artists gets fresh look: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/studio-museum-in-harlem-gets-fresh-look

- Ten essential works of art to see at the Musée du Louvre: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/ten-essential-works-to-see-at-the-musee-du-louvre

- How is Trump’s new visa regime impacting art world talent?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/how-trumps-new-visa-regime-is-impacting-art-world-talent

- Marlene Dumas becomes first contemporary woman artist to join Louvre's permanent collection: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/marlene-dumas-become-first-contemporary-woman-artist-in-louvres-permanent-collection

- Exclusive: Dana Awartani to represent Saudi Arabia at Venice Biennale 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/dana-awartani-to-represent-saudi-arabia-venice-biennale-2026

Art Business News

- Meet the Gallery: JDR Atelier: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/11/meet-the-gallery-jdr-atelier/

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- Border Patrol Agents Use Anish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’ for a Chicago Photo Op Amid Aggressive Crackdowns: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/border-patrol-anish-kapoor-bean-photo-1234760966/

- Pop Artist Ed Ruscha Collaborating with andSons on $295 Holiday Chocolate Bar: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ed-ruscha-collaborating-andsons-holiday-chocolate-bar-1234760928/

- Patti Smith Features on New Rosalía Album with Rousing Message: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rosalia-lux-patti-smith-la-yugular-1234760894/

- Mindy Seu’s Latest Lecture, ‘A Sexual History of the Internet,’ Is a Grand Financial Experiment: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/mindy-seu-lecture-a-sexual-history-of-the-internet-1234760936/

- 10 Works to Know in “View Finding: Selections from the Walther Collection” at the Met: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/walther-collection-gift-exhibition-metropolitan-museum-1234760022/

- African Artist Collective Calls on Museums to Rectify Their Debt to Plantation Workers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/strongan-african-artist-collective-calls-museums-rectify-their-debt-plantation-workers-seven-easy-steps-strong-1234760872/

- 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Ceramic Vessel Found in Ancient Pompeiian Canteen: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egyptian-ceramic-vessel-ancient-pompeii-canteen-1234760907/

- Protesters Storm Campus of Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art, Forcing Abrupt End to Preview: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/protesters-storm-campus-nigeria-museum-of-west-african-art-1234760895/

- Dana Awartani Will Represent Saudi Arabia at the 2026 Venice Biennale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dana-awartani-venice-biennale-2026-saudi-arabia-1234760850/

- Tania Willard Wins $71,000 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s Top Art Prize: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tania-willard-wins-sobey-art-award-1234760864/

Hyperallergic

- Dismissed Philadelphia Art Museum Director Fires Back With a Lawsuit: https://hyperallergic.com/1056120/dismissed-philadelphia-art-museum-director-fires-back-with-a-lawsuit/

- Public Artwork by Shellyne Rodriguez Pays Homage to the Bronx: https://hyperallergic.com/1056208/public-artwork-by-shellyne-rodriguez-pays-homage-to-the-bronx/

- Can’t Make It to The Met? Take a VR Tour Instead: https://hyperallergic.com/1056129/cant-make-it-to-the-met-take-a-vr-tour-instead/

- Before Wonder Woman, There Was Fantomah: https://hyperallergic.com/1056288/before-wonder-woman-there-was-fletcher-hanks-fantomah/

- Who Was Marie Antoinette Beneath All That Silk and Spectacle?: https://hyperallergic.com/1056237/marie-antoinette-style-victoria-albert-museum/

- The Algorithmic Presidency: https://hyperallergic.com/1050277/the-algorithmic-donald-trump-presidency/

- Nearly Intact Roman Shipwreck Rests Just Six Feet Beneath Mallorca’s Waters: https://hyperallergic.com/1056159/nearly-intact-roman-shipwreck-rests-just-six-feet-beneath-mallorca-waters/

- Call for Proposals: Roman Witt Residency at the University of Michigan: https://hyperallergic.com/1055433/call-for-proposals-roman-witt-residency-university-of-michigan-2/

- Reinvent Your Practice With UMBC’s Intermedia + Digital Arts MFA Program: https://hyperallergic.com/1055182/reinvent-your-practice-with-umbc-intermedia-digital-arts-mfa-program/

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

Artnet News

- Collecting with Clarity: Inside Arcadia’s Relationship-First Approach to Advising: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/arcadia-art-consultancy-2709985

- Why Have Cats Meant So Much, for So Long? A New Show Digs Into Their Symbolic Power: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cats-museum-am-rothenbaum-hamburg-2709708

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Peru’s mysterious ‘band of holes’ site may have been bustling marketplace: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/09/peru-band-of-holes-archaeological-findings-andes

- Tania Willard wins Canada’s top contemporary art prize: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/09/tania-willard-wins-sobey-art-award-top-canadian-prize

Hyperallergic

- Made in L.A.’s Anti-Curation Doesn’t Work: https://hyperallergic.com/1055851/hammer-museum-made-in-la-2025-anti-curation-doesnt-work/

- Coco Fusco Turns Back the Ethnographic Gaze: https://hyperallergic.com/1055584/coco-fusco-turns-back-the-ethnographic-gaze-el-museo-del-barrio/

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

Artnet News

- Inside Galerie Taménaga’s Expansive New Tokyo Home: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/galerie-tamenaga-2707361

- Never-Before-Seen Works by Sally Mann, and Other Highlights at Paris Photo 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paris-photo-2025-2709459

- What the West Gets Wrong About Restitution: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mowaa-opening-2708201

- How to Keep a Gallery Open: Lessons From One of London’s Longest-Operating Dealers: https://news.artnet.com/market/annely-juda-interview-2710317

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Belgium’s famous Menin Gate memorial to host first Armistice Day ceremony since €6m restoration: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/08/belgium-famous-menin-gate-memorial-first-armistice-day-ceremony-since-restoration

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 New Breuer Home Dazzles, Even If the Iconic Building’s Elevators Remain Slow: https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-global-headquarters-breuer-2709256

- ‘Google Maps for Roman Roads’: Researchers Just Digitized the Ancient Empire’s Vast Network: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/itiner-e-ancient-roman-road-map-2710172

- Is Michaelina Wautier the Greatest Artistic Rediscovery of the Century?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michaelina-wautier-the-greatest-rediscovery-of-the-century-2697794

- A Spark of Inspiration? How 45 Artists Have Reimagined the Humble Ashtray: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gotham-artist-ashtray-exhibition-2710155

- A Restored Bellini Masterpiece Is Landing in the U.S. for the First Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/restored-giovanni-bellini-pieta-morgan-us-debut-2710237

- The Studio Museum in Harlem Returns—Triumphant: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/studio-museum-harlem-reopening-2709803

- Louvre Announces New $92 Million Master Security Plan: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-robbery-2701689

- Forgotten John Constable Drawing Resurfaces After 200 Years: https://news.artnet.com/market/john-constable-flatford-sketch-auction-2710091

- Inside a Billionaire’s Plan to Let Anyone Own a Piece of Rembrandt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rembrandt-thomas-kaplan-2709795

- Andy Warhol’s ‘Vanishing Animals’ Series Is a Meditation on Extinction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artnet-auctions-vanishing-animals-2709314

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- California nonprofits keep losing funding in what new study calls ‘the shadow of the pandemic cliff’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/otis-college-report-creative-economy-california-shadow-pandemic-cliff

- Pursuing ‘a different economy’, London gallery Herald St will open new space in Bologna: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/a-different-type-of-economy-london-gallery-herald-street-to-open-new-space-in-bologna-italy

- ICOM Dubai 2025 will reframe the future of culture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/icom-dubai-2025-future-of-culture

- 'I never imagined we'd get here': Beirut gallery Marfa' Projects turns ten: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/i-never-imagined-wed-get-here-beirut-gallery-marfa-projects-turns-ten

- MFA Boston returns work by enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs, Wifredo Lam, Ghirlandaio’s Adoration of the Magi—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/mfa-boston-returns-enslaved-artists-work-to-his-heirs-wifredo-lam-ghirlandaios-adoration-of-the-magipodcast

- Tehching Hsieh: ‘I didn’t try to be a superman, my work is not about heroism’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/tehching-hsieh-i-didnt-try-to-be-a-superman-my-work-is-not-about-heroism

- Exclusive: Philadelphia Art Museum to host sensational Van Gogh exhibition featuring two ‘Sunflowers’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/revealed-philadelphia-is-planning-a-sensational-van-gogh-exhibition

- Three key takeaways from Lagos’ newest African art symposium: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/three-key-takeaways-from-lagos-first-symposium-on-african-art-archives

- National Trust rejects pressure group’s claim that its buildings are ‘under-insured’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/national-trust-reject-claim-buildings-under-insured

ARTnews.com

- Christie’s Hauls in $5.2 M. at Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction, Setting 8 Artist Records: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-london-dalloul-collection-sale-2025-results-1234760709/

- The Huntington’s Recent Acquisitions Include Famed Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Bust, an early Judy Chicago Work, and More: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/the-huntington-recent-acquisitions-1234760712/

- Sotheby’s, Newly Relocated to the Breuer Building, Reintroduces Itself to New York: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-newly-relocated-to-the-breuer-building-reintroduces-itself-to-new-york-1234760682/

- 13 Masterpieces to See at the Newly Reopened Studio Museum in Harlem: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/studio-museum-in-harlem-reopening-works-to-see-1234760636/

- Philadelphia Art Museum to Mount Exhibition of Two Van Gogh ‘Sunflower’ Paintings: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-art-museum-van-gogh-sunflowers-exhibition-1234760629/

- Christie’s to Offer Rare Dinosaur Skeleton in December Auction: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rare-dinosaur-skeleton-christies-auction-1234760599/

- Two Caillebotte Paintings Are On View at Louis Vuitton’s New York City Flagship: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/two-caillebotte-paintings-on-view-louis-vuittons-new-york-city-flagship-1234760624/

- Marlene Dumas Becomes First Contemporary Woman Artist Acquired for Louvre’s Permanent Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marlene-dumas-first-contemporary-woman-artist-acquired-louvre-permanent-collection-1234760592/

- Jennifer Lawrence Collaborated with Three Contemporary Artists for ‘W’ Magazine’s Art Issue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jennifer-lawrence-contemporary-artist-collaboration-w-magazine-art-issue-1234760596/

- Maurizio Cattelan Awarded the 2026 Preis der Nationalgalerie: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-2026-preis-der-nationalgalerie-maurizio-cattelan-1234760575/

Hyperallergic

- Madison Ave Gets New Luxury Store: Sotheby’s: https://hyperallergic.com/1055894/madison-ave-gets-new-luxury-store-sothebys/

- The Week in Art Crime and Mischief: https://hyperallergic.com/1055743/this-week-in-art-crime-november-7-2025/

- 10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This November: https://hyperallergic.com/1055787/10-exhibitions-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-november-2025/

- Detroit Institute of Arts Workers Push to Unionize: https://hyperallergic.com/1055754/detroit-institute-of-arts-workers-push-to-unionize/

- Enroll for Summer 2026 Pre-College Programs at Rhode Island School of Design: https://hyperallergic.com/1053600/enroll-for-summer-2026-pre-college-programs-at-rhode-island-school-of-design/

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

Artnet News

- Necklace Salvaged From Titanic Goes on View for the First Time in a Century: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/titanic-black-glass-necklace-exhibition-orlando-2709714

- Steve Cohen Is Selling Maurizio Cattelan’s $10 Million Gold Toilet. He Stands to Make a Killing: https://news.artnet.com/market/steve-cohen-maurizio-cattelan-toilet-2706654

- The Dramatic Story of Nigerian Modernism: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/nigerian-modernism-chika-okeke-agulu-2705830

- This Still Life Exhibition Is Anything But Static: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/helene-bailly-marcilhac-rethinking-still-life-2708887

- Zohran Mamdani’s Wife Has Serious Art Bona Fides, and More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji-2709399

- Toledo Museum Snaps Up Medieval Jewish Treasure for Record-Setting $4 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/toledo-museum-buys-kiddush-cup-sothebys-2709521

- Takashi Murakami Lends His Flower Power to More L.A. Dodgers Merch: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/takashi-murakami-dodgers-merch-drop-2709578

- Just Who Is Representing the U.S. at the 61st Venice Biennale?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-pavilion-venice-biennale-robert-lazzarini-2709240

- There’s More to Alphonse Mucha’s Star-Making ‘Gismonda’ Poster Than Meets the Eye: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alphonse-mucha-gismonda-sarah-bernhardt-poster-2709249

- Sofonisba Anguissola’s Long-Misidentified Portrait Debuts in the U.S.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sofonisba-anguissola-caselli-portrait-timken-museum-2708591

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Vatican Museums will return rare Indigenous kayak to Canada: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/vatican-museums-returns-indigenous-kayak-canada

- San Francisco Arts Commission votes to dismantle Vaillancourt Fountain: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/san-francisco-arts-commission-votes-dismantle-vaillancourt-fountain

- Louvre’s €666m plans for new entrance ‘financially unsound’—and security should come first—auditor says: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/louvre-new-entrance-financially-unsound-security-auditor

- Comment | As the US’s 250th anniversary approaches, museums must keep pushing the American story forward: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/comment-the-phillips-collection-museums-us-250th-anniversary

- How China’s private museums are navigating a post-boom era: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/china-private-museums-post-boom-era

- Film-maker Wes Anderson to recreate Joseph Cornell’s New York studio in Paris this Christmas: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/film-maker-wes-anderson-to-recreate-joseph-cornells-new-york-studio-in-paris-this-christmas

- Amoako Boafo serves up a community tennis court in Ghana: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/06/amoako-boafo-serves-up-a-community-tennis-court-in-ghana

ARTnews.com

- One Suspect in Louvre Museum Heist is a Former Museum Guard and Social Media Influencer: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-heist-suspect-is-former-museum-guard-social-media-influencer-1234760445/

- Key Louvre Security Password at Time of Heist Was Reportedly ‘Louvre’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/key-louvre-security-password-at-time-of-heist-1234760485/

- Sara Friedlander Promoted to Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Americas at Christie’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sara-friedlander-christies-chairman-post-war-contemporary-art-1234760436/

- Sculptor Alma Allen Reportedly Picked to Represent United States at 2026 Venice Biennale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alma-allen-american-pavilion-2026-venice-biennale-1234759545/

- Louvre Security Issues Will Take ‘Several’ Years to Fix, State Audit Finds: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-state-auditor-report-released-louvre-museum-insufficient-security-1234760359/

- LACMA Declines to Voluntarily Recognize Union Formed by Hundreds of Workers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lacma-declines-to-voluntarily-recognize-union-formed-by-hundreds-of-workers-1234760363/

- Legendary ‘Florentine Diamond,’ Lost for a Century, Found in a Vault in Canada: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/florentine-diamond-habsburg-canada-1234760400/

- Teen Tourist Faces Charges After Dousing Met Museum Masterpiece: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/teen-tourist-faces-charges-after-dousing-met-museum-masterpiece-1234760356/

- Doug Aitken’s First Exhibition in India to Open Next Month: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/doug-aitken-first-exhibition-in-india-nita-mukesh-ambani-cultural-centre-1234760355/

- Frieze Promotes Kate Sierzputowski to Director of Expo Chicago Fair: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/kate-sierzputowski-director-expo-chicago-essence-harden-1234760346/

Hyperallergic

- Art Movements: Will Anyone Represent the US at the Venice Biennale?: https://hyperallergic.com/1055508/art-movements-will-anyone-represent-the-us-at-the-venice-biennale/

- A Look Inside the Studio Museum’s New Home: https://hyperallergic.com/1055430/a-look-inside-the-studio-museum-harlem-new-home/

- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1055516/required-reading-758/

- The Art School Debt Trap: https://hyperallergic.com/1055498/the-art-school-debt-trap/

- Digging Into Chile’s Punk Underground: https://hyperallergic.com/1055340/digging-into-chile-punk-underground/

- Colorado Museum Accused of Censoring Anti-ICE, Pro-Palestine Artwork: https://hyperallergic.com/1055078/history-colorado-center-accused-of-censoring-anti-ice-pro-palestine-artwork/

- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1055479/a-view-from-the-easel-310/

- Visitor Sues MoMA PS1 After Onsite Concussion: https://hyperallergic.com/1053105/visitor-sues-moma-ps1-after-onsite-concussion/

- Support Emerging Photographers at Light Work’s First Annual Holiday Market: https://hyperallergic.com/1054890/support-emerging-photographers-at-light-works-first-annual-holiday-market/

- Explore Graduate Study at the  School of the Art Institute of Chicago: https://hyperallergic.com/1053582/explore-graduate-study-at-the-school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago/

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

Artnet News

- This Iconic David Bowie Album Cover Just Made Auction History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-bowie-brian-duffy-aladdin-sane-auction-2709007

- Were Neanderthals Artists? Ochre Fragments Reveal Signs of Creative Expression: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/neanderthals-ochre-fragments-art-study-2708973

- Photorealist Painter Joanne Tod Wants Us to Question What We See: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caviar20-joanne-tod-interiors-and-decoration-2708487

- Alongside Shanghai’s Stalwart Art Fairs, Locals Plot Ambitious Alternative: https://news.artnet.com/market/hang-over-shanghai-fair-2708486

- Pompeii’s Elite Topped Their Villas With Giant Towers, Now Reconstructed in 3D: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-villa-towers-elite-3d-model-2708877

- Rare David Hockney Watercolor Debuts at Auction With $1.8 Million Estimate: https://news.artnet.com/market/david-hockney-alhambra-watercolor-bonhams-auction-2708806

- Monet, Degas, and Cézanne Star in Landmark Exhibition of Germany’s Finest Art Trove: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scharf-collection-monet-degas-cezanne-berlin-exhibition-2707657

- Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-carolingen-gospel-auction-2708571

- The Fabulous Story Behind Calder’s Circus, the Tiny Big Top That Set His Art in Motion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alexander-calder-circus-100-whitney-2708618

- San Francisco’s Controversial Brutalist Fountain Slated for Removal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vaillancourt-fountain-recreation-parks-department-controversy-2699795

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Crypto entrepreneur proposes colossal, $450m statue of Prometheus for San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/450m-giant-promethus-statue-alcatraz-island-san-francisco

- Inside the Jewish Museum’s $14.5m renovation in New York City: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/jewish-museum-renovation-new-york-city

- First Americans may have sailed from north-east Asia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/first-americans-may-have-sailed-from-asia

- Five must-see shows this Dublin Gallery Weekend: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/five-must-see-shows-this-dublin-gallery-weekend

- A centenary of style: why Art Deco's market appeal is evergreen: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/a-centenary-of-style-art-decos-evergreen-market-appeal

- Opening date for London’s V&A East Museum announced: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/opening-date-london-victoria-albert-east-museum-announced

- Comment | Time is running out for justice on Nazi-looted art—but it is not yet too late for museums to act: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/comment-|-time-is-running-out-for-justice-on-nazi-looted-artbut-its-not-yet-too-late-for-museums-to-act

- As Art X Lagos opens, Nigeria's next generation of artists emerges: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/art-x-lagos-opens-nigerias-next-generation-of-artists-emerges

- UK government set to scrap English baccalaureate, which made arts education ‘the preserve of a privileged few’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/campaigners-welcome-end-to-english-baccalaureate-which-made-arts-the-preserve-of-a-privileged-few

ARTnews.com

- San Francisco’s Brutalist Vaillancourt Fountain Will Be Dismantled: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vaillancourt-fountain-will-be-dismantled-san-francisco-1234760284/

- US Antiques and Decorative Arts Hit Hard By Trump Tariffs: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-antiques-and-decorative-arts-hit-hard-by-trump-tariffs-1234760257/

- V&A East Museum Will Open in London’s Olympic Park in April 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/victoria-albert-east-museum-to-open-olympic-park-london-1234760259/

- Heritage Experts Call for International Task Force to Oversee Palmyra Restoration: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heritage-experts-call-for-international-task-force-to-oversee-palmyra-restoration-1234760263/

- Christine Sun Kim Heads to Gallery Hyundai, John Tain Hired by Carnegie Museum of Art, and More: Industry Moves for November 5, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christine-sun-kim-gallery-hyundai-john-tain-industry-moves-1234760271/

- Consignors to This Season’s New York Auctions, Revealed: Who’s Selling Their Art at the November Sales?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/consignors-november-2025-new-york-sales-christies-sothebys-1234760267/

- Raquelín Mendieta, Longtime Administrator of Ana Mendieta Estate, Dies at 79: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/raquelin-mendieta-ana-mendieta-estate-administrator-dead-1234760248/

- V&A East Opens with Gen Z in Mind, Calls for US Museums to Return Nazi-Looted Artworks Grow Louder, Sotheby’s Selling Manny Davidson Collection: Morning Links for November 5, 2025.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/va-east-opens-with-gen-z-in-mind-calls-for-us-museums-to-return-nazi-looted-artworks-grow-louder-sothebys-selling-manny-davidson-collection-morning-links-for-november-5-2025-1234760244/

- Detroit Institute of Arts Workers Move to Unionize: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/detroit-institute-of-arts-workers-move-to-unionize-1234760130/

- Independent Curator Kate Wong Organizing NADA Miami’s ‘Curated Spotlight’ Section: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/independent-curator-kate-wong-organizing-nada-miami-curated-spotlight-section-1234760216/

Hyperallergic

- Molly Crabapple Is Savoring Zohran’s Win: https://hyperallergic.com/1055149/molly-crabapple-is-savoring-zohran-mamdani-win/

- Why Was the Philadelphia Art Museum Director Sacked?: https://hyperallergic.com/1055084/why-was-sasha-suda-philadelphia-art-museum-director-sacked/

- The Best Memes From the New York City Mayoral Election: https://hyperallergic.com/1055075/the-best-memes-from-the-new-york-city-mayoral-election/

- The Creative Essence of Zohran Mamdani’s Ascent: https://hyperallergic.com/1055167/the-creative-essence-of-zohran-mamdanis-ascent/

- Remembering Jackie Ferrara, Alison Knowles, and John Adams Griefen: https://hyperallergic.com/1053273/remembering-jackie-ferrara-alison-knowles-and-john-adams-griefen/

- The Museum Donors Accused of Sucking California Dry: https://hyperallergic.com/1054778/pistachio-wars-museum-donors-accused-of-sucking-california-dry/

- A Trip Through Xin Wang’s Hallucinatory World: https://hyperallergic.com/1055071/a-trip-through-xin-wang-hallucinatory-world/

- The Irony of a Fascism Exhibition in Germany: https://hyperallergic.com/1055123/the-irony-of-a-fascism-exhibition-in-germany-berlin-hkw/

- Opportunities in November 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1054876/opportunities-november-2025/

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

Artnet News

- Artist Baishui on Creating a ‘Dialogue With the Unknown’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-baishui-2708381

- Excavation in Benin City Unearths Hidden Layers of a Kingdom’s Past: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/benin-city-excavation-mowaa-2708467

- German Expressionist Gabriele Münter Finally Gets Her Moment in the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabriele-munter-german-expressionist-thyssen-guggenheim-2601602

- Queen Elizabeth II’s Wardrobe Gets Its Largest Outing Yet: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/queen-elizabeth-fashion-exhibition-buckingham-palace-2708406

- Artist Cj Hendry Is Unleashing Her First Collectible Toy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cj-hendry-juju-phillips-hong-kong-2708326

- Egyptologists Call on British Museum to Return Rosetta Stone (Again): https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptologists-call-on-british-museum-return-rosetta-stone-again-2708336

- 8 Must-See Exhibitions in Tokyo Right Now: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-week-tokyo-guide-2705904

- Design Legend Gaetano Pesce’s Final Public Artwork Is a Love Letter to Boston: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gaetano-pesce-double-heart-sculpture-boston-2708102

- Brian Eno’s New Paintings Are a Riot of Color and Play—and They’re Up for Grabs: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brian-eno-blocks-paul-stolper-2707788

- Artist Tai Shani Dares to Dream in a ‘Moment of Nightmares’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tai-shani-profile-2706810

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Philadelphia Art Museum’s director ousted following divisive rebrand: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/philadelphia-art-museum-director-sasha-suda-ousted-rebrand

- The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s brief but dazzling life, as told by an art-world insider: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/the-story-of-jean-michel-basquiats-brief-but-dazzling-life-as-told-by-an-art-world-insider

- Italy condemns ‘shameful’ comments from Russia after medieval tower collapse: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/italy-condemns-shameful-comments-russia-after-medieval-tower-collapse

- A rare jewellery box identified in Vermeer paintings sheds new light on the artist’s connections: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/rare-jewellery-box-vermeer-paintings-artist-connections-book

- Lagos art fair defies macroeconomic headwinds to reach double figures: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/lagos-art-fair-defies-macroeconomic-headwinds-to-hit-double-figures

- Heritage experts call for international task force to plan Palmyra rebuild: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/heritage-experts-call-for-an-international-task-force-to-rebuild-palmyra

- ‘Complete shock’: Trump tariffs upend decorative arts trade in US: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/complete-shock-trump-tariffs-upend-decorative-arts-trade-united-states

- Five must-visit exhibitions during Art Week Tokyo: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/five-must-visit-exhibitions-art-week-tokyo

- Aki Sasamoto invites viewers to her singular ‘life laboratory’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/aki-sasamoto-ingular-life-laboratory-museum-contemporary-art-tokyo

- ‘It’s not complete without people’: the architect behind Art Week Tokyo's see-through pop-up bar: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/architect-art-week-tokyo-see-through-pop-up-bar

- How Art Week Tokyo is opening up routes into Japan’s contemporary art landscape: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/art-week-tokyo-japan-contemporary-art-landscape

- Exhibition explores two transformative decades of innovative art created in Japan, for the world: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/exhibition-transformative-decades-innovative-art-japan-world

- Meet the chef behind the Art Week Tokyo Bar—who is exploring what restaurants should be: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/chef-art-week-tokyo-bar

- Bangla metal and a resuscitated Roman sculpture: highlights from the Art Week Tokyo Focus exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/highlights-art-week-tokyo-focus-exhibition

- Gently woven rituals: Art Week Tokyo’s video programme speaks to traditions of life and death: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/art-week-tokyo-video-programme-traditions-life-and-death

Art Business News

- Art Treks: Japan – Tokyo and Hakone: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/11/art-treks-japan-tokyo-and-hakone/

- Meet the Artist: Jordan Barker: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/11/meet-the-artist-jordan-barker/

ARTnews.com

- MOWAA Archeological Project Releases Findings: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mowaa-archeological-project-findings-benin-city-nigeria-1234760131/

- Trump’s Tariffs Upending Decorative Arts Trade, FAMSF Gifted 1,600 Works by Kirk Edward Long: Morning Links for November 4, 2025.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trumps-tariffs-upending-decorative-arts-trade-famsf-gifted-1600-works-by-kirk-edward-long-morning-links-for-november-4-2025-1234760128/

- Performa Delays Golden Lion–Winning Artist’s New Work Due to US Government Shutdown: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/performa-delays-lina-lapelyte-work-government-shutdown-1234760119/

- Philadelphia Art Museum’s Director Is Out Following Controversial Rebrand: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-art-museum-director-dismissed-sasha-suda-1234760126/

- Neanderthals May Have Created Ochre Tools for Drawing, New Study Finds: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/neanderthals-ochre-tools-drawing-new-study-1234760014/

- Medieval Tower Near Colosseum Partially Collapses: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/medieval-tower-partially-collapses-rome-torre-dei-conti-1234760090/

- 9 Works to Know in “View Finding: Selections from the Walther Collection” at the Met: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/walther-collection-gift-exhibition-metropolitan-museum-1234760022/

- Newsmakers: Artissima Director Luigi Fassi on Italy Slashing VAT on Art Sales and Why ‘There Are No Excuses Left’ for Italian Dealers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/newsmakers-artissima-director-luigi-fassi-italy-vat-cuts-1234760054/

- Norman Rockwell’s Family Speaks Out About Homeland Security’s Misuse of His Artwork: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norman-rockwell-family-speaks-out-about-department-of-homeland-security-misuse-of-artwork-1234760017/

- Duane Michals Photographs Jacob Elordi for Bottega Veneta: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/duane-michals-jacob-elordi-bottega-veneta-campaign-1234760021/

Hyperallergic

- Who Won Gay Halloween This Year?: https://hyperallergic.com/1054860/who-won-gay-halloween-this-year/

- Mapping the Queer Landscape of Medieval Europe: https://hyperallergic.com/1054546/met-cloisters-mapping-queer-landscape-medieval-europe/

- Sammy Baloji Mines Congo’s Hidden Histories: https://hyperallergic.com/1053422/sammy-baloji-mines-congo-hidden-histories/

- New York City Art Shows That Will Make You Think: https://hyperallergic.com/1052805/new-york-city-art-shows-that-will-make-you-think-november-2025/

- The MA in Art History at the University of Arkansas Is Rooted in Museum Collaboration: https://hyperallergic.com/1053887/ma-art-history-university-of-arkansas-rooted-in-museum-collaboration/

- It’s Zohran Mamdani’s New York: https://hyperallergic.com/1054651/live-updates-nyc-mayoral-election-2025/

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

Artnet News

- Norman Rockwell’s Family Hits Out at U.S. Homeland Security Over Social Media Posts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norman-rockwell-family-dhs-art-posts-2708029

- Artist Caio Locke Reimagines the City as a Fantastical Dreamscape: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eclectic-gallery-caio-locke-2702699

- Greece’s Parthenon Sheds Its Scaffolding for the First Time in 20 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-parthenon-scaffolding-removed-conservation-2707776

- Photographer Duane Michals Lenses Jacob Elordi for Bottega Veneta’s New Campaign: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/duane-michals-jacob-elordi-bottega-2707862

- Japanese Star Yoshitomo Nara Joins David Zwirner Roster, ‘Surprising’ Rival Pace: https://news.artnet.com/market/yoshitomo-nara-david-zwirner-2707780

- Dutch Authorities Return Stolen Ancient Bust to Egypt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/netherlands-returns-egyptian-bust-2707748

- Rediscovering Lee Seung Jio: A Landmark Exhibition Unites Rare and Signature Works: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tina-kim-gallery-lee-seung-jio-2707311

- $23 Million Viral Gold Cube Faces Liquidation After Investor’s Financial Meltdown: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/solid-gold-cube-central-park-2067281

- What Japan’s New Prime Minister Could Mean for Its Art World: https://news.artnet.com/market/japan-prime-minister-art-world-2707056

- Friedrich Kunath on the Futility of Painting: ‘When You Deal With Beauty, You Can Only Lose’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/friedrich-kunath-2702451

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Lacma staff move to unionise as $720m new building nears completion: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/lacma-staff-unionising-campaign-afscme

- Chilean retiree returns Ancient Greek marble fragment his father took in the 1930s: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/chilean-retiree-returns-ancient-greek-marble-fragment-father-stole-1930s

- After 14 years with Pace, Yoshitomo Nara's work now represented by David Zwirner: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/yoshitomo-nara-david-zwirner-representation

- Netherlands will return stolen ancient statue—featured at Tefaf art fair in 2022—to Egypt: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/netherlands-will-return-stolen-ancient-statuefeatured-at-tefaf-art-fair-in-2022to-egypt

- Star drawing from world’s largest private Rembrandt collection could bring $15m at auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/rembrandt-drawing-young-lion-resting-sothebys-leiden-collection-thomas-kaplan

- Have security guards’ shifting remits left the Louvre vulnerable to a heist?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/have-security-guards-shifting-remits-left-louvre-vulnerable-to-heist

- Louvre heist the work of ‘petty criminals’, Paris prosecutor says: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/louvre-heist-work-of-petty-criminals-paris-prosecutor-says

- How the Sienese painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti spoke truth to power: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/how-the-sienese-painter-ambrogio-lorenzetti-spoke-truth-to-power

- ‘Proof that life goes on’: meet some of the people working to rescue—and re-energise—Ukrainian culture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/ukrainian-cultural-life-rescue-energise

- With sanctions on Iranian art, buyers are turning to India: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/with-sanctions-on-iranian-art-buyers-are-turning-to-india

- Out of the wrapper and into the gallery: the art of chocolate: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/out-of-the-wrapper-and-into-the-gallery-the-art-of-chocolate

- Comment | Fifty years on, John Berger’s writing is still relevant—and troublingly prescient: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/comment-|-fifty-years-on-john-bergers-writing-is-still-relevantand-troublingly-prescient

- Climate activists cleared following Stonehenge protest: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/climate-activists-cleared-after-daubing-stonehenge-with-dye

- Miami collectors donate 36 works by African and diaspora artists to Tate: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/miami-collectors-donate-36-works-by-africa-and-diaspora-artists-to-tate

- ‘The government understands what is at stake’: Italian art world weighs in on tax cut at Artissima: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/the-government-understands-what-is-at-stakeitalian-art-world-weighs-in-on-tax-cut-at-artissima

- Long-running Azores art festival blossoms into a biennial: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/azores-biennial-walk-and-talk-review

ARTnews.com

- Netherlands Will Return 3,500-Year-Old Sculpture to Egypt after Grand Egyptian Museum Opening: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-returns-sculpture-egypt-1234759944/

- Just Stop Oil Activists Who Dyed Stonehenge Found Not Guilty: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/just-stop-oil-activists-dyed-stonehenge-not-guilty-1234759935/

- ‘Vast’ Cremation Site Unearthed in France Reveals Roman Burial Practices: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-cremation-process-libation-tubes-1234759907/

- Masterpieces of African Art Head to Tate, Courtesy Collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/jorge-m-darlene-perez-tate-african-art-gift-1234759848/

- Climate Activist Who Targeted Degas Sculpture Sentenced to 18 Months: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/climate-activist-timothy-martin-degas-sculptures-sentenced-1234759911/

- The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo is Finally Open, Displaying Countless Treasures for the First Time: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/grand-egyptian-museum-cairo-opening-pictures-1234759837/

- String of Faked Artworks in Japan Linked to Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/faked-artworks-japan-wolfgang-beltracchi-1234759877/

- Louvre Jewel Heist Was Not Carried Out by Professionals, Prosecutor Says: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-jewel-heist-petty-criminals-1234759819/

- Celebs Turn Out in Force for LACMA Gala, Climate Activist Who Targeted Degas Work Gets Jail Time, and More: Morning Links for November 3, 2025.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/celebs-turn-out-in-force-for-lacma-gala-climate-activist-who-targeted-degas-works-gets-jail-time-and-more-morning-links-for-november-3-2025-1234759857/

- David Zwirner Now Represents Yoshitomo Nara: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/david-zwirner-yoshitomo-nara-artist-representation-1234759832/

Hyperallergic

- The Art Crossword: Surrealism Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/1054428/the-art-crossword-surrealism-edition/

- Inside the Newly Reopened Princeton Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1054579/inside-the-newly-reopened-princeton-art-museum/

- Why I’m Voting for Zohran as an Art Worker: https://hyperallergic.com/1054531/why-im-voting-for-zohran-as-an-art-worker/

- These Artists Want You to Vote for Mamdani: https://hyperallergic.com/1054437/these-artists-want-you-to-vote-for-zohran-mamdani/

- Julio César Morales Looks at Life on the Edge-Lands: https://hyperallergic.com/1054392/julio-cesar-morales-looks-at-life-on-the-edge-lands/

- A Brief Art History of Grief: https://hyperallergic.com/1053484/a-brief-art-history-of-grief-graveyards-roger-luckhurst/

- Ala Younis: How to “Retrospective” an Artist-Curator-Researcher-Publisher?: https://hyperallergic.com/1053174/ala-younis-retrospective-past-temporal-universe-nyuad/

- Sotheby’s Institute Empowers Future Leaders in Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1053036/sothebys-institute-empowers-future-leaders-in-art/

- Columbia University Announces MFA Open Studios: https://hyperallergic.com/1054031/columbia-university-mfa-open-studios-2025/

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

Artnet News

- Brushing Up on the Impressionists? These 7 Essential Books Explore Their Lives and Works: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-books-impressionism-2705115

Hyperallergic

- Mount Rushmore Is Not My Monument: https://hyperallergic.com/1053984/mount-rushmore-is-not-my-monument/

- Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Can Soon Be Yours: https://hyperallergic.com/1053882/maurizio-cattelans-gold-toilet-can-soon-be-yours/

- The Darkness of Greuze’s Doe-Eyed Children: https://hyperallergic.com/1053285/the-darkness-of-greuzes-doe-eyed-children/

- 100 Assignments From Nayland Blake: https://hyperallergic.com/1040396/100-assignments-from-nayland-blake/

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

Artnet News

- Trump May Be the Most Consequential Arts President. It’s Time for a Unified Response: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-president-cohesive-policy-response-2706437

- As Art Basel Moves In, Can Qatar Sustain an Art Market?: https://news.artnet.com/market/as-art-basel-moves-in-can-qatar-sustain-an-art-market-2707145