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

Artnet News

- Mass MoCA Drops the Needle on a New Record Label: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mass-moca-record-label-2695215

- Isaac Julien Stages a Sci-Fi Epic in a Renaissance Pleasure Palace: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/isaac-julien-palazzo-te-2681854

- Fast-Rising Painter Li Hei Di Smashes Auction Record at Sotheby’s Hong Kong: https://news.artnet.com/market/li-hei-di-record-sothebys-hong-kong-2694960

- A Portrait of an Enslaved Man Hung in a Mansion for Over a Century. His Story Is Finally Emerging: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/portrait-of-frederick-mississippi-museum-crystal-bridges-2691910

- This Dan Colen Canvas Saw a 96 Percent Drop in Value. Why?: https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-dan-colen-2695041

- Europe’s Oldest Blue Pigment Discovered in Germany: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/europe-oldest-blue-pigment-germany-azurite-2695001

- Smithsonian Keeps Doors Open—For Now—as U.S. Government Shuts Down: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197

- In Sarah Ball’s Intimate Portraits, Every Detail Tells a Story: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sarah-ball-stephen-friedman-2694707

- Grateful Dead Gets Its Own Pantone Colors: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pantone-grateful-dead-colors-2694837

- The Indian Art Market Is Thriving, Thanks to a Tax Cut and New Buyers, Dealer Roshini Vadehra Says: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-asia-pivot-the-view-from-roshini-vadehra-2694080

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- New Frida Kahlo museum, focused on the artist's youth and family life, opens in Mexico City: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/new-frida-kahlo-museum-museo-casa-kahlo-opens-mexico-city

- Possible medieval artefacts, discovered at Canadian thrift store, will form basis of university archaeology class: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/possible-medieval-artefacts-canadian-thrift-shop-provenance-research-simon-fraser-university

- Town of Culture competition will highlight ‘creativity, history and identity’, says UK government: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/town-of-culture-competition-will-highlight-creativity-history-and-identity-says-uk-government

- US government shutdown will force federally funded museums to close in a few days: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/us-government-shutdown-national-gallery-art-smithsonian-institution

- ‘I'm sending a piece of Gaza to the world’: Palestinian artist Ahmed Muhanna discusses his exhibition of works painted on aid boxes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/palestinian-artist-ahmed-muhanna-exhibition-aid-boxes

- Historic architecture is celebrated in new Onera Foundation venue in Connecticut: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/new-onera-foundation-venue-in-connecticut

- Art Basel hires Christie's veteran for new collector and institutional relations role: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/christies-svp-carly-murphy-art-basel-collector-institution-relations

- Museum dedicated to Indian Modernist M.F. Husain to open in Qatar: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/museum-dedicated-indian-modernist-mf-husain-to-open-in-qatar

- A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/a-brush-with-wolfgang-tillmanspodcast

- How growing political interference is eroding the independence of European museums: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/growing-political-interference-eroding-independence-european-museums

- Fit for a king: the drapery bedchamber at Germany's ‘Versailles of Swabia’ presents conservators with a special challenge: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/fit-for-a-king-the-drapery-bedchamber-at-germanys-versailles-of-swabia-presents-conservators-with-a-special-challenge

- Pontormo, Vasari and Michelangelo take leading roles in this 16th-century whodunnit: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/pontormo-vasari-and-michelangelo-take-leading-roles-in-this-compelling-16th-century-whodunnit

- The new chief curator of Uzbekistan’s Centre for Contemporary Art is bringing insights from London to the youth of Tashkent: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/the-new-chief-curator-of-uzbekistans-centre-for-contemporary-art-is-bringing-insights-from-london-to-the-youth-of-tashkent

- Georges de La Tour, once a victim of the academy’s collective amnesia, can be seen in a new light in Paris: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/paris-exhibition-presents-17th-century-painter-georges-de-la-tour-in-a-new-light

- Christian Marclay's ‘Doors’ marks opening of Brooklyn Museum's new video art gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/christian-marclays-doors-marks-opening-of-brooklyn-museums-new-video-art-gallery

- In a new biography, Vanessa Bell is cast as the Bloomsbury Group's leading light—and as central to 20th-century visual culture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/01/in-a-new-biography-vanessa-bell-is-cast-as-the-bloomsbury-groups-leading-lightand-as-central-to-20th-century-visual-culture

ARTnews.com

- Sotheby’s Sells York Avenue Headquarters to Weill Cornell, Will Lease Back Four Floors: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-sells-york-avenue-hq-weill-cornell-breuer-move-1234755219/

- Elizabeth Denny, Outsider Art Fair’s New Director, Discusses Her Role Amid An Uncertain Art Market: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/elizabeth-denny-outsider-art-fair-director-1234753664/

- 50 Pianos Sound Off in ’11,000 Strings’ at Park Avenue Armory: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/park-avenue-armory-50-pianos-11000-strings-1234755137/

- Five Arts and Culture Nonprofits Join New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/five-nonprofits-join-nyc-cultural-institutions-group-bric-1234755142/

- UNESCO Launches First Virtual Museum of Looted Cultural Objects: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unesco-launches-museum-looted-cultural-objects-1234755082/

- Guillermo del Toro’s Macabre ‘Bleak House’ Collection Sells for $1.65 M. in Dallas: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guillermo-del-toro-collection-sells-heritage-1234755152/

- Rembrandt Masterpiece Undergoes Conservation at Germany’s Städel Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rembrandt-masterpiece-undergoes-conservation-at-germanys-stadel-museum-1234755009/

- Filmmaker Steve McQueen Created the Soundtrack for Bottega Veneta’s Milan Fashion Week Show: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/steve-mcqueen-soundtrack-bottega-veneta-milan-fashion-week-1234755069/

- Carly Murphy Leaves Christie’s for Art Basel in New Global Role: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/carly-murphy-art-basel-collectors-1234755016/

- ARTnews Announces Nominees for Second Annual ARTnews Awards: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnews-awards-2025-nominees-1234754879/

Hyperallergic

- 10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October: https://hyperallergic.com/1046381/10-exhibitions-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-october-2025/

- Madison Square Park Glows Up With Larry Bell’s Glass Cubes: https://hyperallergic.com/1046282/madison-square-park-glows-up-with-larry-bell-glass-cubes/

- How Will the US Government Shutdown Impact Museums?: https://hyperallergic.com/1046216/how-will-the-us-government-shutdown-impact-museums/

- Is Political Protest a Collaborative Art Form?: https://hyperallergic.com/1046320/is-political-protest-a-collaborative-art-form/

- Atlanta Art Fair Shines a Spotlight on the Southeast: https://hyperallergic.com/1046222/atlanta-art-fair-2025-shines-a-spotlight-on-the-southeast-pullman-yards/

- Tate Modern Loses the Plot With Theatre Picasso: https://hyperallergic.com/1046273/tate-modern-loses-the-plot-with-theatre-picasso/

- UC Irvine Takes Over Orange County Museum of Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1045916/uc-irvine-takes-over-orange-county-museum-of-art/

- Northern Cheyenne Artist Bently Spang Performs at the Zimmerli Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1045445/northern-cheyenne-artist-bently-spang-performs-zimmerli-art-museum/

- Opportunities in October 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1046127/opportunities-october-2025/

- Forge a Lifelong Art Practice at New York Studio School: https://hyperallergic.com/1045283/forge-lifelong-art-practice-new-york-studio-school/

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

Artnet News

- Brazilian Artist Paulo Pasta’s Quiet, Lyrical Abstractions Alight in New York: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paulo-pasta-david-nolan-gallery-2694429

- Which Auction House Led the Pack?: https://news.artnet.com/market/which-auction-house-led-the-pack-2683855

- A Major Rembrandt Conservation Project Is Underway at Städel Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rembrandt-conservation-stadel-museum-2694695

- Larry Bell Transforms Madison Square Park Into an Urban Oasis of Light and Glass: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/larry-bell-madison-square-park-exhibition-2694751

- Virgil Abloh’s Archive Goes on View in Paris, Shedding Light on His Creative DNA: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/virgil-abloh-the-codes-paris-2694742

- Zero to Hero: Meet the 7 Artists Everyone Is Suddenly Searching For: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zero-to-hero-intelligence-report-mid-year-2025-2683730

- ‘Vile’ Dungeon Discovered Under U.K. Market Square: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leicester-market-square-medieval-roman-discovery-2694439

- Guillermo del Toro’s Collection Sale Tops $1 Million, Sets Auction High for H.R. Giger: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guillermo-del-toro-bleak-house-sale-2682610

- Is This a Caravaggio? A.I. Analysis Challenges Expert Opinion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caravaggio-lute-player-attribution-ai-2694259

- Why Louis XIV Said ‘Non’ to Bernini’s Over-the-Top Vision for the Louvre: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-bernini-louvre-design-2669852

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Low morale, fast staff turnover: Louisiana’s ten state museums are at risk of failing a key test: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/louisiana-state-museum-reaccreditation

- Residency offers Los Angeles artists affected by wildfires chance to work again: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/los-angeles-wildfires-artist-studios-anderson-ranch-arts-center-residencies

- Linder’s performances were transportive over the summer—now one has been purchased for the first time: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/linder-performance-scotland-purchased-first-time

- Unesco’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects goes live: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/unescos-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-goes-live

- Tate Britain’s Lee Miller exhibition seeks to go beyond her mythology: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/tate-britain-lee-miller-exhibition-beyond-mythology

- Protest at White Cube gallery over Cai Guo-Qiang's fireworks display: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/protestors-gather-at-white-cube-gallery-after-cai-guo-qiangs-fireworks-spark-outrage-in-tibet

- Casa Sanlorenzo in Venice opens its first exhibition with a focus on ocean pollution: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/casa-sanlorenzo-venice-first-exhibition-ocean-pollution

- A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been

listed by Unesco: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/sharjah-site-first-humans-leave-africa-unesco

Art Business News

- Remembering Paul Douglas Wegner: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/remembering-paul-douglas-wegner/

- Reviving Traditional Art Forms in a Modern World: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/reviving-traditional-art-forms-in-a-modern-world/

ARTnews.com

- Smithsonian Museums to Remain Open Amid Anticipated Government Shutdown: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-museums-government-shutdown-1234754965/

- Statue Left Behind by Grave Robbers Unearthed in Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/statue-egypt-saqqara-archaeology-grave-robbers-1234754881/

- Security Guards Accuse San Francisco’s de Young Museum of Abusive Workplace Culture: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/de-young-museum-lawsuits-workplace-culture-1234754943/

- Vancouver Art Gallery Taps Two Canadian Architecture Firms to Co-Design New Building: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vancouver-art-gallery-canadian-architecture-firms-design-new-building-1234754940/

- Cai Guo-Qiang’s Controversial Fireworks Display Draws Protesters to White Cube Gallery in London: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cai-guo-qiang-fireworks-protester-white-cube-london-1234754637/

- ARTnews Celebrates 2025 Edition of Annual Top 200 Collectors Issue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnews-celebrates-2025-top-200-collectors-issue-1234754498/

- ARTnews Celebrates 2025 Top 200 Collectors Issue: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/artnews-celebrates-2025-top-200-collectors-issue-1234754499/

- Artnet CEO Resigns Abruptly Before Annual General Meeting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artnet-ceo-resigns-handelblatt-1234754723/

- Mika Rottenberg Says Trump’s Smithsonian Situation Is ‘Fucked Up’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mika-rottenberg-says-trumps-smithsonian-situation-is-fucked-up-1234754705/

- Syracuse University Pauses Admission for 20 Undergraduate Majors, Including Fine Arts and Digital Humanities: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/syracuse-university-pauses-admission-for-20-undergraduate-majors-1234754624/

Hyperallergic

- Documenting the History Trump Wants to Erase: https://hyperallergic.com/1045848/documenting-the-history-trump-wants-to-erase/

- Philip Guston Painting Sparks Dialogue in a Local Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1045176/philip-guston-painting-sparks-dialogue-in-a-local-museum/

- BRIC and Bronx Children’s Museum Join Cultural Institutions Group: https://hyperallergic.com/1046074/bric-and-bronx-childrens-museum-join-nyc-cultural-institutions-group/

- The Seductive Repetition of Susan Rothenberg: https://hyperallergic.com/1046004/the-seductive-repetition-of-susan-rothenberg/

- Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1045935/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-september-30-2025/

- How Black Women Ceramicists Shaped Art History: https://hyperallergic.com/1045792/how-black-women-ceramicists-shaped-art-history-ford-foundation-gallery/

- Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime: https://hyperallergic.com/1045507/lorna-simpson-source-notes-the-met/

- A Couple’s Quest to Heal Through Psychedelic Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1045590/psychedelic-art-entheon-chapel-sacred-mirrors/

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

Artnet News

- Bottega Veneta and Versace Deliver Art-Infused Debuts at Milan Fashion Week: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bottega-veneta-and-versace-deliver-art-infused-debuts-at-milan-fashion-week-2693993

- 6 Standouts From the Atlanta Art Fair Handpicked by Guest Curator Melissa Messina: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/melissa-messina-atlanta-art-fair-2694138

- Who Are the 10 Top-Selling Living American Artists?: https://news.artnet.com/market/10-top-selling-living-american-artists-2688764

- A Picasso Sculpture Park Is Opening in Paris: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/picasso-museum-public-park-new-wing-2694289

- 25 of 2025: 5 Groundbreaking Fiber Artists You Need to Know: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/25-of-20250-fiber-artists-2665276

- Painter Ronan Day-Lewis Brings His Haunting Visual World to Film With ‘Anemone’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ronan-day-lewis-anemone-2693958

- Dealer Alexandra Preiss on Building a Photography Collection with Heart: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dealer-alexandra-preiss-on-building-a-photography-collection-with-heart-2693276

- Art From Roy Lichtenstein Estate Shatters Estimates With $27 Million Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/roy-lichtenstein-works-estate-sothebys-2683231

- Tilton Gallery to Close After Over 40 Years—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/tilton-gallery-to-close-after-over-40-years-and-more-art-industry-news-2694129

- The Surreal Moment When Salvador Dalí Met the Pope: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-salvador-dali-pope-pius-xii-2680573

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- University of California, Irvine completes takeover of Orange County Museum of Art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/university-california-irvine-orange-county-museum-art-merger-complete

- Sculptor Brian Jungen wins top Canadian art prize: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/brian-jungen-wins-audain-prize-visual-arts

- Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/vancouver-art-gallery-new-architects-selected

- Is Vermeer’s ‘The Art of Painting’ in fact a lost work?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/vermeer-art-of-painting-lost-work

- Makers of Ancient Egypt to be hailed in Cambridge exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/makers-of-ancient-egypt-hailed-cambridge-exhibition

- Lots to play for: Serpentine exhibition explores censorship and connection through video games: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/serpentine-exhibition-explores-censorship-connection-video-games

- How nature is helping a rural French arts centre to reduce its carbon footprint: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/how-nature-is-helping-rural-french-arts-centre-reduce-carbon-footprint

- Art Basel Paris to offer extra-early preview slot for ‘closest clients’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/art-basel-paris-to-offer-invite-only-preview-slot-closest-clients

- Comment | Cuts to UK church budgets are hastening a heritage timebomb—and placing sites of refuge at risk: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/29/comment-cuts-church-restoration-budgets-heritage-timebomband-sites-of-refuge-at-risk

ARTnews.com

- Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss by Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean in 1MBD Scandal Case: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-swizz-beatz-1mbd-case-1234754469/

- Picasso Museum in Paris Announces $59 M. Expansion with New Free Open-Air Sculpture Park: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-museum-paris-expansion-sculpture-park-plan-1234754431/

- Top Lots at October Bonhams Sale Include Giverny Landscape by Monet and a Dog Carnival by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/top-lots-october-bonhams-monet-renoir-1234754337/

- You Can Now Borrow Solange’s Art Books, Including Catalogs for Pope.L, Adrian Piper, and More: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/solange-art-book-library-saint-heron-1234754336/

- Center for Creative Photography Gifted Benn Mitchell’s Archive and $1 M. for Collection Fund: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/center-creative-photography-benn-mitchell-1234754327/

- Bankrupt Financier George Allen Weiss Is Trying to Sell a $36.5 M. Monet to Pay Down His $100 M. Debt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claude-monet-sale-bankruptcy-george-allen-weiss-1234754305/

- Bana Kattan Selected as Curator for UAE Venice Biennale Pavilion: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bana-kattan-selected-as-curator-for-uae-venice-biennale-pavilion-1234754341/

- Orange County Museum of Art Officially Acquired by UC Irvine: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/orange-county-museum-of-art-acquired-by-university-of-california-irvine-1234754326/

- ‘You Will Have to Fight’: MSN Warsaw Director Joanna Mytkowska Talks About Leading a Museum in Times of Change: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/msn-warsaw-director-joanna-mytkowska-interview-1234754303/

- Christie’s to Offer Major Yoshitomo Nara Canvas in London After Recent Market Test: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yoshitomo-nara-haze-days-christies-london-2025-1234754286/

Hyperallergic

- Activists Condemn Arrest of NYC Protest Photographer Alexa Wilkinson: https://hyperallergic.com/1045489/activists-condemn-arrest-of-nyc-protest-photographer-alexa-wilkinson/

- When Casino Developers Use Museums to Sweeten the Deal: https://hyperallergic.com/1045588/when-casino-developers-use-museums-to-sweeten-the-deal/

- AI Company Says It Has Outsmarted Caravaggio Experts: https://hyperallergic.com/1045583/ai-company-says-it-has-outsmarted-caravaggio-experts/

- The Art Crossword: Impressionism Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/1045461/october-2025-art-crossword-impressionism-edition/

- The Black American Artist Who Found Himself in Finland: https://hyperallergic.com/1043240/howard-smith-black-american-artist-who-found-himself-in-finland/

- The Ukrainian Artist Who Embroiders to Survive: https://hyperallergic.com/1045531/ukrainian-artist-maria-zarembska-embroiders-to-survive/

- What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till?: https://hyperallergic.com/1045554/what-does-it-mean-to-exhibit-the-gun-that-killed-emmett-till/

- Study Material Culture, Design History, and Decorative Arts at Bard Graduate Center in NYC: https://hyperallergic.com/1044814/study-material-culture-design-history-and-decorative-arts-at-bard-graduate-center-nyc/

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

Artnet News

- Rising Artist Ginny Casey Has Spent Years Painting a Make-Believe Ceramics Studio: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ginny-casey-megan-mulrooney-2687120

Hyperallergic

- The Sacred Waterways of Black and Indigenous Communities: https://hyperallergic.com/1041357/the-sacred-waterways-of-black-and-indigenous-communities-mystic-seaport-museum/

- The São Paulo Biennial Is the Calm Before a Storm: https://hyperallergic.com/1045160/2025-sao-paulo-biennial-is-the-calm-before-a-storm/

- An Indian-American Artist’s Self in Pieces: https://hyperallergic.com/1044962/indian-american-artist-sangram-majumdar-self-in-pieces/

- Artists Are Projecting Satirical Anti-Trump Images Around LA: https://hyperallergic.com/1045119/artists-are-projecting-satirical-anti-trump-images-around-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

- Art Dealer-Led Satellite Fairs Are Gaining Prestige: https://news.artnet.com/market/top-of-the-market-sept-26-2690496

- John Lennon’s Infamous ‘Lost Weekend’ Sunglasses Are Up for Grabs: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-lennon-lost-weekend-glasses-auction-2693654

- How the Statue of Zeus at Olympia Awed the Ancient World: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-statue-of-zeus-phidias-olympia-2675337

- 25 of 2025: 5 Trailblazing Performance Artists to Know: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/25-of-2025-performance-artists-2665272

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Contemporary Istanbul fair director urges Turkish art to remain 'radical and clever' in face of political tension: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/27/despite-political-tension-turkish-artists-remain-radical-and-clever-at-contemporary-istanbul-fair

- Frieze to launch climate change fundraising initiative at its London fairs: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/27/frieze-london-climate-change-fundraising-initiative

ARTnews.com

- Blue-Chip Galleries at Frieze London Will Donate Portion of Sales to Gallery Climate Coalition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/gallery-climate-coalition-10-percent-of-initiative-frieze-london-1234753903/

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

Artnet News

- Mary Boone Stages a Triumphant Return With the Art Titans of 1980s New York: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mary-boone-downtown-uptown-2690509

- Philadelphia’s Bankrupt UArts Sells off Library of Rare Art Books: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/philadelphia-bankrupt-university-arts-sells-books-freemans-hindman-2693749

- At ArtVilnius, Baltic Collecting Culture Takes Center Stage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/at-artvilnius-baltic-collecting-culture-takes-center-stage-2693431

- How Chiharu Shiota Weaves a Web of Memory and History, Thread by Thread: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chiharu-shiota-japan-society-2688761

- Meet the Historians on a Mission to Document Every Object at the Smithsonian: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/citizen-historians-document-smithsonian-museums-censorship-2693572

- Chicago’s ‘Triumphant’ Exhibition Weekend Is a Bright Light in a Challenging Moment: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chicago-exhibition-weekend-2693148

- Why This Cryptic Masterpiece Became a Touchstone of Finnish Culture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-this-cryptic-masterpiece-became-a-touchstone-of-finnish-culture-2674602

- Chloe Wise Is Looking Up—at UFOs, Angels, and the Unknown: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chloe-wise-almine-rech-2025-2689859

- Art and Pro Wrestling Collide in a Major Florida Exhibition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-pro-wrestling-show-mfa-st-petersburg-2693399

- Earthwork Circles Older Than Stonehenge Revealed in Austria: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/earthwork-circles-older-than-stonehenge-austria-2692821

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Peru protests leave hundreds of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/machu-picchu-visitors-stranded-protests

- New chapter for Artbo: Colombia’s art market finds resilience amidst flux: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/artbo-fair-bogota-colombian-art-market-resilience

- Judge rejects collector Ron Perelman's claims of $410m in damages from works that lost their ‘spark’ in fire: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/ron-perelman-insurance-lawsuit-rejected-ny-court

- New Museum’s longtime director to retire after building expansion opens: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/lisa-phillips-new-museum-director-retiring

- Simone Leigh’s largest exhibition yet to explore ‘art made under fascism’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/simone-leigh-largest-exhibition-yet-art-made-under-fascism

- Knoedler gallery faking scandal is a gift that keeps on giving: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/knoedler-gallery-book-barry-avrich-review

- ‘I don’t want to compare myself with these masters’: Giorgio Armani placed side by side with Raphael and Caravaggio in Milan exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/giorgio-armani-raphael-caravaggio-milan-exhibition

- The story behind the Van Gogh still life that looks destined to become his most expensive Paris painting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/van-gogh-still-life-could-become-most-expensive-paris-painting

- Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/museums-ethics-fra-angelico-florence-cornelia-parker-psycho-barn-podcast

- A brush with… Roxana Marcoci, curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/a-brush-with-roxana-marcoci-curator-museum-of-modern-art-new-york

- The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/ancient-city-carthage-under-threat-climate-change

- Fraud, lax legal procedures and regulatory landmines: why risk advisories are booming: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/why-risk-advisories-are-booming-art-market

ARTnews.com

- Judge Rejects Ronald Perelman’s $400 M. Insurance Claim Over Fire-Damaged Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/perelman-art-insurance-ruling-1234753886/

- Drag Queen Alexis Stone Transformed into the Mona Lisa for Milan Fashion Show: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mona-lisa-drag-queen-alexis-stone-hugo-boss-milan-show-1234753854/

- Steve McQueen’s Granddaughter Sues Lawyer over $68 M. Jackson Pollock Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jackson-pollock-painting-lawsuit-molly-mcqueen-1234753819/

- Phillips to Auction $3.5 M. Juvenile Triceratops in Modern and Contemporary Art Sale This November: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/phillips-juvenile-triceratops-november-sales-1234753855/

- Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Latest Exhibition Brings the Blast of Golan Heights Wind Turbines to Oslo: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/lawrence-abu-hamdan-munch-museum-exhibition-golan-heights-1234753861/

- Marina Abramovic Will Have an Exhibition at Venice’s Accademia in 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marina-abramovic-venice-accademia-2026-1234753848/

- Rare 14-Foot Yves Klein Painting Estimated at $29 M. to Be Auctioned at Christie’s Paris: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/yves-klein-blue-painting-christies-paris-1234753827/

- Menachem Begin’s Grandson Is Showing His Art in Israel: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/menachem-begin-grandson-avinadav-art-exhibition-israel-1234753825/

- Control of Warhol Photographer Billy Name’s Estate Is Under Dispute in New York Court: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/warhol-photographer-billy-names-estate-under-dispute-1234753814/

- David Zwirner Names Ebony L. Haynes Global Head of Curatorial Projects: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ebony-l-haynes-zwirner-global-head-of-curatorial-projects-1234753820/

Hyperallergic

- See Photos From the Massive Protest Against Netanyahu in NYC: https://hyperallergic.com/1045044/see-photos-from-the-massive-protest-against-netanyahu-in-nyc/

- Lisa Phillips to Depart as Director of New Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1045133/lisa-phillips-to-depart-as-director-of-new-museum/

- Not Your Typical Art Heist Flick: https://hyperallergic.com/1045124/kkelly-reichardt-the-mastermind-not-your-typical-art-heist-flick/

- Stacey L. Kirby: The Bureau of Personal Belonging: https://hyperallergic.com/1044363/stacey-l-kirby-the-bureau-of-personal-belonging/

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 Round-Up: Looted Art Exposed in House Listing, Jeff Koons Back With His Ex, and $13M for ‘Conan’ Cover Art: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-round-up-september-2025-2692196

- What Makes a Lasting Legacy? Key Takeaways From the Art Students League’s Latest Conference: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-session-art-students-league-2692764

- ‘Sixties Surreal’ at the Whitney Explores a Forgotten Side of the 1960s: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sixties-surreal-at-the-whitney-2692841

- Rare Baby Triceratops Fossil Poised for Mammoth Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/phillips-juvenile-triceratops-fossil-auction-2693077

- Alejandro G. Iñárritu on Resurrecting His First Film for a ‘Living, Contemporary Experience’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alejandro-g-inarritu-amores-perros-book-installation-lagoalgo-2692796

- How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-finances-2689034

- Marina Abramović Will Take Over Venice’s Accademia in a Landmark Solo Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marina-abramovic-venice-biennale-accademia-2692634

- What’s Behind the Mysterious Ancient Wall in the Gobi Desert?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-gobi-wall-mongolia-2674588

- 25 of 2025: 5 Artists Transforming Time-Based Media: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/25-of-2025-artists-time-based-media-2665278

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Outrage over heritage listing of temple in Mexico tied to sex-abuse scandal: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/la-luz-del-mundo-temple-heritage-listing-sex-abuse-scandal

- Comment | Return of extinct reptile shows power of reclaiming identity: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/leaders-return-jamaican-giant-galliwasp-repatriation-caribbean-cultural-property

- Christie's to sell three early paintings by Lucian Freud for £20m: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/christies-to-sell-three-early-paintings-by-lucian-freud-for-£20m

- Lagos symposium—spearheaded by the artist Yinka Shonibare—to dig deep into African archives: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/lagos-symposium-artist-yinka-shonibareto-dig-deep-african-archives

- Comment | I bought a Michelangelo—and took it on an Easyjet flight to get it home: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/comment-i-bought-a-michelangelo-on-an-easyjet-flight

- Marina Abramović to have historic solo exhibition at Venice’s Galleria dell’Accademia in 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/25/marina-abramovic-historic-solo-exhibition-venice-galleria-della-accademia-2026

ARTnews.com

- Lisa Phillips, Longtime Director of New York’s New Museum, to Retire: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lisa-phillips-steps-down-new-museum-1234753748/

- Submerged Port Discovery Offers Clues to Lost Tomb of Cleopatra: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/submerged-port-discovery-offers-clues-to-lost-tomb-of-cleopatra-1234753738/

- Forged Polish Painting Returns to Public View at the National Museum in Poznań, Poland: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/forged-polish-painting-returns-to-the-national-museum-in-poznan-poland-1234753722/

- See Highlights from Wayne Thiebaud’s First UK Museum Show: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/wayne-thiebaud-courtauld-highlights-1234753698/

- French Artist Invader Sues Julien Auctions Over Sale of 15 Street Artworks: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/french-artist-invader-lawsuit-julien-auctions-street-art-1234753692/

- Sally Mann Warns of Censorship Following Police Raid on Show: A ‘New Era of Culture Wars’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sally-mann-warns-of-government-censorship-1234753655/

- New Loewe Designers Tap Photographer Talia Chetrit for Debut Campaign: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/loewe-talia-chetrit-debut-campaign-1234753677/

- Justice Department Seeks Investigation into Soros-Run Foundations with Big Artist Awards: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/george-soros-trump-open-society-foundations-investigation-1234753658/

- Rachel Whiteread’s Collaboration with French Silversmith Company Inspired by Corrugated Cardboard: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rachel-whiteread-collaboration-puiforcat-silver-1234753673/

- Estonian Museum Director Sentenced to Russian Prison for Anti-Putin Banners: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/estonian-museum-director-russian-prison-1234753656/

Hyperallergic

- A New Digital Map Charts Queens’s Arts and Culture Landscape: https://hyperallergic.com/1044968/a-new-digital-map-charts-queens-arts-and-culture-landscape/

- The New York Film Festival Dives Into the Art Scene: https://hyperallergic.com/1044905/new-york-film-festival-2025-dives-into-the-art-scene/

- Alice Austen’s Sapphic Siren Song: https://hyperallergic.com/1044796/alice-austen-house-museum-sapphic-siren-song/

- New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship: https://hyperallergic.com/1043369/new-reports-expose-the-global-toll-of-censorship/

- London’s National Gallery to Open New Wing: https://hyperallergic.com/1041001/london-national-gallery-to-open-new-wing/

- A Warts-and-All Biography of the Man Behind the Barnes Collection: https://hyperallergic.com/1040631/a-warts-and-all-biography-of-the-man-behind-the-barnes-collection/

- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1044663/required-reading-752/

- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1044703/a-view-from-the-easel-304/

- Pratt Manhattan Gallery Celebrates the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois: https://hyperallergic.com/1044335/pratt-manhattan-gallery-celebrates-the-legacy-of-w-e-b-du-bois/

- Institut Valencià d’Art Modern Begins New Phase Based on Sustainability, Heritage, and Territory: https://hyperallergic.com/1043370/institut-valencia-d-art-modern-new-phase-kara-walker-inhabiting-the-shadows/

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

Artnet News

- In the Heart of Wine Country, Ærena Galleries and Gardens Is Cultivating a New Kind of Collector: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/aerena-galleries-and-gardens-2692540

- Trump-Epstein ‘Friendship Statue’ on the National Mall Removed Overnight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-epstein-friendship-statue-national-mall-destroyed-2692755

- Pokémon-Mania Is Coming to London’s Natural History Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pokemon-london-natural-history-museum-2692650

- Rediscovering Norman Zammitt, a 1960s Visionary of the Light and Space Movement: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norman-zammitt-a-degree-of-light-2691338

- Never-Before-Seen John Singer Sargent Portrait Emerges in Paris: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/newly-discovered-john-singer-sargent-painting-musee-dorsay-2692491

- Demi Moore, Kendall Jenner, and More Star in Gucci’s Short Film ‘The Tiger’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gucci-the-tiger-film-2692307

- Ruins of Forgotten Castle Discovered on Remote Scottish Island: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lost-castle-discovered-finlaggan-islay-2691731

- 25 of 2025: 5 Sculptors to Watch: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/25-of-2025-sculptors-2665268

- A Look at the 2025 Turner Prize Show—and the Artists Vying for the U.K.’s Top Art Award: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/turner-prize-show-2025-2692388

- Is Dawn Arriving for Milan’s Art Scene?: https://news.artnet.com/market/is-dawn-arriving-for-milans-art-scene-2691936

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- US judge rules NEA's review of 'gender ideology' in grant applications is unconstitutional: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/national-endowment-arts-gender-ideology-review-trump-unconstitutional

- New York's Tilton Gallery staging final exhibition after more than four decades in business: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/tilton-gallery-new-york-closing

- Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/chicago-architecture-biennial-participants-withdraw-sponsor-investments

- Sydney Contemporary art fair sees fourth year of decline in sales: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/sydney-contemporary-art-fair-sees-fourth-year-of-declining-sales

- Thaddaeus Ropac is betting on Milan—will it pay off?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/thaddaeus-ropac-is-betting-on-milanwill-it-pay-off

- ‘There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/24/there-is-no-fudging-she-deserves-to-win-critics-react-as-turner-prize-2025-opens

ARTnews.com

- Madrid Museum Partners with UNRWA for Gaza Photojournalism Show: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/madrid-museum-gaza-journalism-show-1234753523/

- Burmese Curator Flees Bangkok After China Censors Art Exhibition About Authoritarian Regimes: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/burmese-curator-flees-bangkok-china-censors-art-exhibition-1234753536/

- New Research Reveals Dog in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ Based on Popular 17th-Century Drawing: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-night-watch-dog-inspiration-rembrandt-1234753538/

- Treasures Recovered from Titanic Sister Ship Britannic, Which Sunk Near Greece in 1916: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/britannic-artifacts-recovered-greece-1234753524/

- Tuwaiq Sculpture 2026 Launches Open Call and Introduces International Curatorial Team: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/riyadh-art-tuwaiq-sculpture-2026-launches-open-call-1234753124/

- Metropolitan Opera House Brings Us Superheroes for a Fractured Age in “Super Duper”: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-opera-super-duper-exhibition-1234753020/

- A Picasso at Christie’s Hong Kong, Turkish Pavilion Artist and Curator Announced and More: Industry Moves for September 17, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-christies-hong-kong-industry-moves-1234753521/

- Artists Say Removal of Statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Is ‘Toppling Free Speech’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-statue-removed-dc-1234753489/

- New York’s Storied Tilton Gallery to Close, Eight Years After Founder’s Death: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tilton-gallery-closure-1234753483/

- Richard Neutra’s ‘Case Study House’ Hits the Market for $10.5 M. in Pacific Palisades: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/richard-neutras-case-study-house-hits-the-market-for-10-5-m-in-pacific-palisades-1234753439/

Hyperallergic

- Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths: https://hyperallergic.com/1043102/our-enduring-fascination-with-ancient-roman-baths/

- Israeli Artists Urge Judy Chicago to Withdraw Tel Aviv Exhibition: https://hyperallergic.com/1044626/israeli-artists-urge-judy-chicago-to-withdraw-tel-aviv-exhibition/

- Remembering the Pigment Shop That Taught Me How to See: https://hyperallergic.com/1044633/remembering-kremer-pigment-shop-that-taught-me-how-to-see/

- A Caribbean Garden in the Middle of Berlin: https://hyperallergic.com/1044227/a-caribbean-garden-in-the-middle-of-berlin-spore-initiative/

- Eric-Paul Riege Reconfigures the Monument: https://hyperallergic.com/1039127/eric-paul-riege-reconfigures-the-monument-bell-gallery/

- The Trailblazing Pueblo Potter Who Forged Her Own Path: https://hyperallergic.com/1040725/jody-folwell-trailblazing-pueblo-potter-who-forged-her-own-path/

- The Paradoxical Promise of Postwar Liberation: https://hyperallergic.com/1044443/the-paradoxical-promise-of-postwar-liberation-occupied-japan-alicia-volk/

- International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Jennie C. Jones at The Met: https://hyperallergic.com/1043980/international-contemporary-ensemble-performs-jennie-c-jones-the-met/

- Asia NOW Returns to the Monnaie de Paris for Its 11th Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/1043611/asia-now-returns-monnaie-de-paris-for-11th-edition/

- Grow as an Artist Without Pressing Pause: SVA’s Online MFA Art Practice: https://hyperallergic.com/1043313/grow-as-an-artist-without-pressing-pause-svas-online-mfa-art-practice/

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

Artnet News

- At West Chelsea Contemporay, Two Artists Bring Classical Archetypes Into the Present: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/west-chelsea-contemporary-simon-berger-gary-james-mcqueen-2691628

- California Modernist Icon Designed by Architect Richard Neutra Hits the Market: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-neutra-case-study-house-sale-2692212

- 6 Must-See Design Shows in New York City Right Now: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/6-design-shows-new-york-city-2689600

- Routine Dig Turns Up 200-Year-Old Cornerstone Under German Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/200-year-old-cornerstone-academic-museum-bonn-2691966

- Contemporary Istanbul Turns 20—See What’s In Store: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/contemporary-istanbul-2025-2691985

- The Dog in Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ Has a Surprising Origin: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rembrandt-copied-the-dog-in-the-night-watch-2691860

- Which Country’s Art Market Came Out On Top in the First Half of 2025?: https://news.artnet.com/market/countrys-art-market-2025-2683851

- Radiohead’s Enigmatic Album Art Gets the Museum Treatment—See 5 Highlights: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/radiohead-thom-yorke-stanley-donwood-ashmolean-2691634

- ‘Where’s Maurizio?’ You Could Snag a 99¢ Cattelan Sculpture in a Scavenger Hunt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizo-cattelan-sculpture-scavenger-hunt-avant-arte-2691421

- Why Corporate Sponsorship Is Getting Riskier for Museums: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-corporate-sponsors-2690432

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- New York museum spotlights the lesbian artist behind Central Park’s historic Bethesda Fountain: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/emma-stebbins-heckscher-museum-exhibition-bethesda-fountain

- Pennsylvania man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme involving forged works by Picasso, Basquiat and Warhol: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/pennsylvania-man-sentenced-prison-art-fraud-scheme

- Fashion vintage: how two historic Bordeaux vineyards have been restored to former glory under Chanel's ownership: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/fashion-vintage-how-two-historic-bordeaux-vineyards-have-been-restored-to-former-glory-under-chanels-ownership

- Detroit’s first fair, Season, revs up for inaugural edition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/season-art-fair-detroit-inaugural-edition-preview

- Fra Angelico masterworks reunited for two-venue Florence exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/fra-angelico-masterworks-reunited-for-two-venue-florence-exhibition

- Dog in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch was copied from widely available book, suggests new research: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/dog-in-rembrandts-the-night-watch-was-copied-from-widely-available-book-suggests-new-research

- As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/as-world-press-photo-turns-70-is-it-time-for-photojournalism-to-move-forward-from-a-history-of-harm

- Is a Vermeer self-portrait hiding behind his ‘sleeping maid’ at the Met? The museum has provided another clue: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/is-vermeer-self-portrait-hiding-behind-artist-sleeping-maid-metropolitan-museum-new-york

- Shanghai residency space merging art and fashion to launch in November: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/shanghai-residency-and-exhibition-space-to-launch-during-november-art-week

- UK money laundering crackdown continues, as art dealer faces a fine of more than £150,000: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/money-laundering-crackdown-continues-as-dealer-faces-a-fine-of-more-than-£150000

Art Business News

- Roberto Ugalde: Transforming Light into Pillars of Color: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/roberto-ugalde-transforming-light-into-pillars-of-color/

ARTnews.com

- Famed Art Dealer Mary Boone Says Prison Was ‘Very Relaxing’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-dealer-mary-boone-says-prison-was-very-relaxing-1234753396/

- New Research Supports Theory of Hidden Vermeer Self-Portrait: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hidden-vermeer-self-portrait-maid-asleep-1234753399/

- Three John Singer Sargent Paintings of Italy Could Make $15 M. At Christie’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/john-singer-sargent-paintings-12-15-million-1234753307/

- John Giorno’s Decades-Long Project Dial-A-Poem Is Now Online: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/john-giorno-dial-a-poem-online-1234753334/

- Well-Preserved Late Antique Christian Church Found Along Pilgrimage Site in Northern Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/late-antique-christian-church-found-along-pilgrimage-site-in-northern-egypt-1234753305/

- Turner Prize Reactions: Mohammed Sami Emerges as a Frontrunner for UK’s Top Art Award: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/turner-prize-reactions-2025-mohammed-sami-1234753254/

- Remains of a Strategic Roman Bridge Uncovered in Switzerland: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-bridge-remains-uncovered-in-switzerland-1234753138/

- Statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Holding Hands Mysteriously Appears in D.C.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-the-secret-handsake-statue-dc-1234753265/

- Kerry James Marshall’s Royal Academy Exhibition Features New Paintings on African Collaboration in Transatlantic Slave Trade: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kerry-james-marshall-royal-academy-exhibition-new-paintings-1234753270/

- Alleged Capital Jewish Museum Shooter Filmed His Crime with Bodycam: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/capital-jewish-museum-shooter-bodycam-1234753258/

Hyperallergic

- A Diné Weaver’s Sacred Looms: https://hyperallergic.com/1044074/dine-weaver-dy-begay-sacred-looms/

- Hand-Holding Trump and Epstein Statue Appears on National Mall: https://hyperallergic.com/1044357/hand-holding-trump-and-epstein-statue-appears-on-national-mall/

- A Sprrrawling Exhibition of Cat-Themed Meowsterpieces: https://hyperallergic.com/1044411/a-sprrrawling-exhibition-of-cat-themed-meowsterpieces-magnum-o-pspsps/

- Bunny Yeager’s Feminist Pin-Up Girls: https://hyperallergic.com/1043390/bunny-yeager-naked-ambition-feminist-pin-up-girls/

- This Frida Kahlo Painting Could Shatter Auction Records: https://hyperallergic.com/1044285/this-frida-kahlo-painting-could-shatter-auction-records/

- Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1044198/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-september-23-2025/

- The Visual Pleasures of Art Therapy: https://hyperallergic.com/1044028/the-visual-pleasures-of-art-therapy-house-tree-person/

- How the Wound Man Healed Medieval Europe: https://hyperallergic.com/1044154/how-the-wound-man-healed-medieval-europe/

- University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design Offers a Unique MFA Experience: https://hyperallergic.com/1042883/university-of-michigan-stamps-school-of-art-design-offers-a-unique-mfa-experience/

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

Artnet News

- Contemporary Art Finds a Home in New York’s Most Iconic Cathedral: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/st-patricks-cathedral-contemporary-art-adam-cvijanovic-2686498

- Art Organizations Prevail in Legal Battle Over NEA Grants: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197

- Rare Gold Coin, Buried for 50 Years, Could Command $2.5 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rare-european-coins-auction-traveller-collection-2691482

- Artist Bettina Pousttchi Pushes Photography to Its Limit in a Berlin Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/buchman-galerie-bettina-pousttchi-2691347

- Frieze Sculpture Unleashes a Provocative Play of Light and Shadow—See 5 Standouts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frieze-sculpture-2025-2691258

- Is This the Breaking Point for Museums?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museums-politics-2679093

- Christie’s Names a New 20th and 21st Century Art Chairman —and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-sep-19-2690567

- Jack Hanley on the Rough-and-Tumble Art Market, and How It Should Change: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5-questions-jack-hanley-2683695

- Could This Sunken Port Reveal Where Cleopatra Is Buried?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/submerged-port-cleopatra-tomb-taposiris-magna-2691213

- The Teen Sculptor Who Took Washington by Storm—Then Vanished From the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-vinnie-ream-abraham-lincoln-statue-2680569

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Jewish collector's heirs revive Nazi loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/vincent-van-gogh-sunflowers-sompo-holdings-nazi-loot-restitution-lawsuit

- Florida art-history professor suspended over social media posts about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/florida-art-history-professor-suspended-charlie-kirk-posts

- After a turbulent period of reorganisation, the 18th Istanbul Biennial favours futurity over futility: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/after-a-turbulent-period-of-reorganisation-the-18th-istanbul-biennial-favours-futurity-over-futility

- Picasso painting not seen in 80 years heads to auction in France: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/picasso-painting-not-seen-in-80-years-heads-to-auction-in-france

- World's largest private Rembrandt collection may be fractionalised, owner reveals: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/leiden-largest-private-collection-rembrandt-thomas-kaplan-fractionalisation

- 'Age alone does not guarantee value': Thomas S. Kaplan is showing his Dutch Old Master collection in US for first time: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/thomas-s-kaplan-all-art-is-contemporary-when-its-made

- Work in progress: Martin Jennings chosen to create statue of Queen Elizabeth II: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/work-in-progress-sculptor-martin-jennings-chosen-to-create-statue-of-queen-elizabeth-ii

- Ai Weiwei: ‘Nothing scares me anymore—being terrified does not help’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/ai-weiwei-nothing-scares-me-anymorebeing-terrified-does-not-help

- Letter calls on Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolakonnikova to cancel Tel Aviv exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/dont-be-complicit-open-letter-calls-on-judy-chicago-and-pussy-riots-nadya-tolakonnikova-to-cancel-tel-aviv-exhibition

- Florida college commissions statue of slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/22/new-college-florida-charlie-kirk-statue

ARTnews.com

- Federal Court Rules Trump Administration’s “Gender Ideology” Ban on Art Endowments Unconstitutional: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/federal-court-rules-gender-ideology-ban-on-art-endowments-unconstitutional-1234753210/

- Rural Danish Art Museum Acquires Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nivaagaard-collection-susanna-painting-artemisia-gentileschi-1234753126/

- ‘Sixties Surreal’ Curator Dan Nadel Is Expanding American Art History, One Outlier at a Time: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dan-nadel-sixties-surreal-whitney-robert-crumb-interview-1234753195/

- Collector Bernard Arnault Says France’s Wealth Tax ‘Aims to Destroy the Liberal Economy’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bernard-arnault-wealth-tax-france-backlash-1234753159/

- Cai Guo-Qiang Under Fire for Controversial Pyrotechnic Show in Tibet: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cai-guo-qiang-fireworks-show-tibet-1234753145/

- Hong Kong Mega-Collector Adrian Cheng Pivots to Web3, Blockchain, and ‘Immersive Experiences’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hong-kong-adrian-cheng-web3-blockchain-immersive-experiences-1234753119/

- Digital Art Isn’t Built to Last—Could Data Co-ops Change that?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/digital-art-isnt-built-to-last-could-data-co-ops-change-1234752973/

- Researchers Identify Previously Unknown Roman Matron via Ancient Statue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unknown-roman-matron-identified-chersonesos-taurica-crimea-1234753069/

- Damascus University Art School Bans Use of Nude Models: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/damascus-university-bans-nude-models-1234753128/

- Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolakonnikova Face Calls to Cancel Tel Aviv Show: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judy-chicago-pussy-riot-nadya-tolakonnikova-artwashing-1234753074/

Hyperallergic

- New College of Florida to Erect Charlie Kirk Statue: https://hyperallergic.com/1044132/new-college-of-florida-to-erect-charlie-kirk-statue/

- Take a Musical Trip Through Sixties Surrealism: https://hyperallergic.com/1044005/take-a-musical-trip-through-sixties-surrealism-whitney-museum/

- Burning Man’s Black Vanguard: https://hyperallergic.com/1043920/burning-man-black-vanguard/

- Trump’s “Gender Ideology” Ban for Art Grants Ruled Unconstitutional: https://hyperallergic.com/1043895/trump-gender-ideology-ban-for-art-grants-ruled-unconstitutional/

- Larry Bell’s Art Through the Looking Glass: https://hyperallergic.com/1042701/larry-bell-art-through-the-looking-glass/

- An Artist’s Unexpected Confrontation With Mortality: https://hyperallergic.com/1043876/artist-asako-tabata-unexpected-confrontation-with-mortality/

- James Walsh: Relief in Sight: https://hyperallergic.com/1042894/james-walsh-relief-in-sight-golden-gallery/

- Man Killed While Unloading Andy Warhol Art Car in DC’s National Mall: https://hyperallergic.com/1043908/man-killed-while-unloading-andy-warhol-art-car-in-washington-dc-national-mall/