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 Vanderbilt Family’s Gilded Age Treasures Hit the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/market/vanderbilt-family-jewels-phillips-auction-2690196

- Mysterious Roman Statue Identified 20 Years After Discovery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-statue-identified-laodice-2688579

- The Red-Hot Market for South Asian Modernism Has a New Star: https://news.artnet.com/market/sheikh-mohammed-sultan-christies-2689798

- From Paris to Vegas: How the Core Art Gallery Is Raising the Stakes: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-core-art-gallery-2689532

- The Full U.S. Constitution Is on Display for the First Time Ever: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/national-archives-entire-us-constitution-on-view-2690024

ARTnews.com

- Hidden Portrait Beneath Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Red Hat’ May Be the Artist’s Earliest Known Work: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hidden-portrait-beneath-vermeer-girl-with-the-red-hat-1234752997/

Hyperallergic

- 10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Fall: https://hyperallergic.com/1043522/10-exhibitions-to-see-in-chicago-fall-2025/

- Unpacking the Ageist Myths of Western Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1043430/larry-silver-unpacking-the-ageist-myths-of-western-art/

- A Cornstalk Grows in Soho: https://hyperallergic.com/1043557/a-cornstalk-grows-in-soho-emily-janowick/

- Alison Saar’s Artistic Revolution: https://hyperallergic.com/1043465/alison-saar-artistic-revolution/

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

Artnet News

- Painting and Sculpture Converge in Dual Solo Shows at Alfonso Artiaco: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alfonso-artiaco-ulrich-wulff-johan-creten-2690142

- Sunken Treasures Salvaged From Titanic’s Ill-Fated Sister Ship: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/britannic-titanic-sister-ship-artifacts-recovery-2689602

- Here Are the 10 Most-Searched Artists in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-10-most-searched-artists-2684582

- Was Picasso’s Poetry Any Good?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-picasso-poetry-2669332

ARTnews.com

- Sales for Inaugural Untitled Art Houston Point to a Committed Local Collector Base, with Strong Mid-Market Sales: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/untitled-houston-fair-sales-report-1234752806/

- Time Magazine Names Mickalene Thomas, Miranda July, and Other Artists to Annual 100 List: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-world-figures-time-100-list-1234752941/

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

Artnet News

- Shoptalk: How Performa’s RoseLee Goldberg Wields Soft Power on a Shoestring Budget: https://news.artnet.com/market/shoptalk-how-performas-roselee-goldberg-wields-soft-power-on-a-shoestring-budget-2688522

- From a Cardboard Living Room to a Packing-Peanut Sculpture—‘Portal’ Art Show Returns With Wild Surprises: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/4heads-portal-art-show-rockaway-2690848

- Latitude Gallery Makes a Bold Move to Tribeca, Doubling Down on Its Mission: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/latitude-gallery-shihui-zhou-2-2689477

- Gaza’s Cultural Heritage Faces ‘Existential Threat,’ New Report Warns: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gaza-cultural-heritage-pen-report-2690843

- A New Show of Keith Haring’s Last Paintings Is an Uplifting Elegy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/keith-haring-gladstone-gallery-2688922

- Agnes Gund, Leading Collector Whose Patronage Shaped the Art World, Dies at 87: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/agnes-gund-obituary-2690474

- Man Ray at the Met: A One-Man Art Movement: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/man-ray-what-objects-dream-2690040

- Frida Kahlo Masterpiece Poised to Fetch a Record-Shattering $60 Million: https://news.artnet.com/market/frida-kahlo-el-sueno-sothebys-auction-2690737

- The Next Art-World Destination: Central Asia: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-asia-pivot-central-asia-2690385

- Warhol and Basquiat Are Back in the East Village—and More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/warhol-basquiat-east-village-2689861

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Untitled Art Houston opens with a slew of four- and five-figure sales: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/untitled-art-houston-fair-vip-day-opening-sales-inaugural-edition

- Mexico City’s major art museums closed amid union dispute: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/mexico-city-art-museums-closed-union-dispute

- Calder Gardens opens this weekend in Philadelphia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/calder-gardens-opening-philadelphia

- Near Naples, an ancient town is turned contemporary art hub for roving exhibition Panorama: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/italian-town-pozzuoli-turned-into-temporary-art-hub-thanks-to-roving-exhibition-panorama

- Agnes Gund, collector and philanthropist who helped transform MoMA, has died, aged 87: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/agnes-gund-philanthropist-collector-obituary

- Lovers to friends: the intimate story of Van Gogh's sister-in-law and the artist Isaac Israëls: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/lovers-to-friends-the-intimate-story-of-van-goghs-sister-in-law-and-the-artist-isaac-israels

- Frida Kahlo dreamscape estimated between $40m to $60m could break artist's auction record: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/frida-kahlo-dreamscape-estimated-between-40m-to-60m-set-to-break-artists-auction-record

- Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery expansion, Picasso’s Three Dancers—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/kerry-james-marshall-national-gallery-expansion-picassos-three-dancerspodcast

- Japanese museum’s collection of Western art could bring $60m at auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/christies-kawamura-memorial-dic-museum-art-auction-christies

- Picasso or Bitcoin? How art’s status is changing among the super-rich: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/picasso-bitcoin-how-status-of-art-status-is-changing-among-super-rich

- London's Postal Museum launches collaboration with victims of Post Office Horizon scandal: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/londons-postal-museum-launches-collaborative-project-with-post-office-horizon-scandal-victims

- Art SG to organise fellow Singapore fair S.E.A. Focus from 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/art-sg-to-organise-fellow-singapore-fair-sea-focus-from-2026

- Talking point: visitors to Versailles can now meet the AI Apollo: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/talking-point-visitors-to-versailles-can-now-meet-the-ai-apollo

- Full steam ahead: world’s first rail journey to be re-enacted for 200th anniversary: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/19/worlds-first-rail-journey-to-be-re-enacted-for-200th-anniversary

ARTnews.com

- Acquavella Steps into New Territory, Taking on Harumi Klossowska de Rola: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/acquavella-harumi-klossowska-de-rola-1234752923/

- Heirs of Jewish Collector Urge Appeals Court to Reconsider Claim to Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heirs-of-jewish-collector-urge-appeals-court-to-reconsider-claim-to-van-goghs-sunflowers-1234752961/

- Art World Figures Remember Late Patron Agnes Gund: ‘A Legend and Icon’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-world-figures-remember-late-patron-agnes-gund-a-legend-and-icon-1234752937/

- Bizarre Trump Bitcoin Statue Appears in Washington, D.C.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-bitcoin-statue-washington-dc-crypto-1234752921/

- Missing 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Bracelet Found to Have Been Stolen, Sold, and Melted Down: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egyptian-bracelet-missing-melted-down-1234752930/

- The Fed’s First Rate Cut in Nearly a Year Could Encourage Collectors to Get Off the Sidelines: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fed-reserve-interest-rate-cuts-art-market-loans-1234752920/

- Frida Kahlo Painting Estimated at $40 M.–$60 M. Could Shatter Women Artist Record at Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/frida-kahlo-auction-record-broken-sothebys-el-sueno-la-cama-1234752891/

- $9.5 M. Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar Not Seen in 80 Years Consigned to Paris Auction House for October Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unknown-pablo-picasso-painting-dora-maar-for-sale-1234752879/

- Centre Pompidou Closes for Five Years of Renovation Work, Leaving Paris With a Void: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidou-close-renovation-1234752875/

- Conductor, New Art Fair for the Global Majority, to Debut in Brooklyn in 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/conductor-art-fair-brooklyn-2026-1234752858/

Hyperallergic

- Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts: https://hyperallergic.com/1043397/art-history-professor-placed-on-leave-over-charlie-kirk-posts/

- Clio, the Art World’s “Anti-Fair,” Returns to NYC: https://hyperallergic.com/1043499/clio-the-art-world-anti-fair-returns-to-nyc-2025/

- Superchief, Beloved LA Arts Hub, Fights to Stay Open: https://hyperallergic.com/1043395/superchief-beloved-los-angeles-arts-hub-fights-to-stay-open/

- Agnes Gund, Champion of Arts and Equity, Dies at 87: https://hyperallergic.com/1043388/agnes-gund-champion-of-arts-and-equity-dies-at-87/

- Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’ Opens at the Clyfford Still Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1042291/tell-clyfford-i-said-hi-clyfford-still-museum/

- The 14th Taipei Biennial Explores Collective Yearning and Shared Futures: https://hyperallergic.com/1042320/14th-taipei-biennial-explores-collective-yearning-and-shared-futures/

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 Emily Ponsonby’s Beeswax Canvases, Connection and Comfort ‘Bubble to the Surface’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-emily-ponsonbys-beeswax-canvases-connection-and-comfort-bubble-to-the-surface-2688980

- A Turning Point for the Art Market?: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/a-turning-point-for-the-art-market-2689827

- Cj Hendry’s Hit Floral Art Spectacle Blooms Again: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cj-hendry-flower-market-returns-2690045

- Is Poland on the Cusp of an Art Boom?: https://news.artnet.com/market/warsaw-gallery-weekend-2688646

- Picasso Portrait, Unseen for 80 Years, Goes to Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/picasso-portrait-dora-maar-unseen-80-years-auction-2689919

- Lisa Yuskavage’s Drawings Are the Blueprints for Her Subversive Career: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lisa-yuskavage-drawings-2678503

- Six Contemporary Artists Take on Classic New Yorker Covers—With a Twist: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-yorker-six-artists-reimagine-archival-covers-2689377

- Thieves Steal $700,000 Worth of Gold From Paris Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paris-natural-history-museum-theft-2689739

- Take a Closer Look at These Highlights From John Moran’s Art and Design Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-moran-art-and-design-sale-2-2689060

- Will Uzbekistan’s Big Bet on Culture Pay Off? Inside Its Bold Overhaul: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/uzbekistan-bukhara-2688015

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Man killed while unloading Warhol-painted BMW for exhibition in Washington, DC: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/deadly-accident-warhol-bmw-art-car-washington-dc-exhibition

- Climate change threatens Indigenous ceramic tradition in Brazil: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/climate-change-threatens-waura-ceramics-tradition-brazil

- Louvre and Grand Palais among French museums closed due to nationwide strikes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/french-museums-monuments-closed-nationwide-strikes-louvre-grand-palais

- Hidden picture beneath Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Red Hat’ may be the artist’s only existing male portrait, research reveals: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/hidden-picture-beneath-vermeers-girl-with-the-red-hat-may-be-the-artists-first-portrait-of-a-man-research-reveals

- Despite new autumn slot, Tokyo Gendai remains a largely local affair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/despite-new-autumn-slot-tokyo-gendai-remains-a-largely-local-affair

- Jasleen Kaur, Michael Rakowitz, Jeremy Deller and Massive Attack among 77 creatives to join Gaza fundraiser poster campaign: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/jasleen-kaur-michael-rakowitz-jeremy-deller-and-massive-attack-among-77-creatives-to-join-gaza-fundraiser-poster-campaign

- From Marie Antoinette at the V&A to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/18/from-marie-antoinette-at-the-va-to-landscape-jewellery-at-christies-where-the-worlds-of-art-and-luxury-collide-this-autumn

ARTnews.com

- The Best Booths at Untitled Art, Houston, Where Quiet Art Shines Brightly: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/best-booths-untitled-art-houston-1234752768/

- Les Lalanne Mania Drives Big Results at Sotheby’s $100 M. Karpidas Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/les-lalanne-mania-drives-big-results-at-sothebys-karpidas-sale-1234752622/

- Rope Hung Outside Atlanta Black History Museum Under Investigation: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rope-atlanta-black-history-apex-museum-1234752704/

- Maine Museum to Return Funerary Objects to Wabanaki Nations: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/maine-museum-return-funerary-objects-wabanaki-nations-1234752667/

- Florida Atlantic University Art History Professor Suspended Due to Charlie Kirk Comments: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/florida-atlantic-university-art-history-professor-suspended-charlie-kirk-1234752702/

- Dan Lie, Stella Zhong, and Other Up-and-Comers Win $25,000 Gold Art Prize for AAPI and Asian Diaspora Artists: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2025-gold-art-prize-winners-1234752339/

- Brooklyn Artist Studios Wrecked in Warehouse Blaze: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/red-hook-warehouse-fire-artist-studios-1234752681/

- Glenn Lowry Says MoMA Must ‘Actively Defend’ Its Values to Continue Protecting ‘Minority Rights and Dissent’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/glenn-lowry-moma-values-trump-1234752653/

- Christie’s to Feature David Hockney Painting Starring Christopher Isherwood in New York Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-sale-david-hockney-christopher-isherwood-1234752644/

- Cairo Officials Launch Hunt for a Pharaonic Bracelet Missing from Egyptian Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cairo-officials-launch-hunt-for-a-pharaonic-bracelet-missing-from-egyptian-museum-1234752636/

Hyperallergic

- 12 Art Books to Read This Fall: https://hyperallergic.com/1043154/12-art-books-to-read-this-fall-2025/

- Fire Tears Through Iconic Artist Building in Brooklyn: https://hyperallergic.com/1043096/fire-tears-through-iconic-artist-building-in-brooklyn/

- Sprawling Mural in Support of Immigrants Unveiled in St. Patrick’s Cathedral: https://hyperallergic.com/1043132/sprawling-mural-in-support-of-immigrants-unveiled-in-st-patricks-cathedral/

- Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to Russian Prison in Absentia: https://hyperallergic.com/1043215/pussy-riot-members-sentenced-to-russian-prison-in-absentia/

- A Neo-Impressionism Show for the One Percent: https://hyperallergic.com/1042667/neo-impressionism-show-for-the-one-percent-national-gallery-london/

- For Lygia Clark, Art Was a Means of Survival: https://hyperallergic.com/1042604/for-lygia-clark-art-was-a-means-of-survival-neue-nationalgalerie/

- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1042972/a-view-from-the-easel-303/

- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1042871/required-reading-751/

- ArtFields Awards Over $100,000 in Prizes to Southeastern US Artists: https://hyperallergic.com/1042260/artfields-awards-over-100000-in-prizes-to-southeastern-us-artists/

- Borusan Contemporary Presents Edward Burtynsky: Shifting Topography: https://hyperallergic.com/1041977/borusan-contemporary-presents-edward-burtynsky-shifting-topography/

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 History Professor Suspended Over Social Media Comments on Charlie Kirk: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/florida-university-suspends-professor-social-media-charlie-kirk-2689021

- At New York Fashion Week, Art History Is All the Rage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-history-new-york-fashion-week-2688991

- London’s Blockbuster Marie Antoinette Exhibition in 5 Fabulous Objects: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marie-antoinette-style-va-museum-2689304

- ‘Downton Abbey’ Farewell Auction of Iconic Artifacts Tops $2 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/downton-abbey-auction-bonhams-2665369

- At 87, Larry Poons Is at the Height of His Painting Power: ‘There Are No Rules’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/larry-poons-gems-2688753

- Ancient Pharaoh’s Gold Bracelet Stolen From Egyptian Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pharaohs-bracelet-theft-egypt-2689293

- Ancient ‘Waiting Bench’ Uncovered at Pompeii: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-waiting-bench-uncovered-at-pompeii-villa-of-the-mysteries-2689029

- For Inez and Vinoodh, Photography Is Personal: ‘Every Picture We Take Is a Self-Portrait’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/inez-and-vinoodh-joy-iphone-2689107

- Meet the Business Tycoon Behind Central Asia’s First Private Museum for Contemporary Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nurlan-smagulov-almaty-museum-of-arts-2687893

- Ana Benaroya on the ‘Burning Desire’ to Keep Creating: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ana-benaroya-flag-art-foundation-2688276

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Donald Judd’s architecture office reopens after previous restoration went up in flames: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/donald-judd-architecture-office-reopens-restoration-fire-damage

- Inaugural Brussels Art Week stakes a claim for the city's scene: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/inaugural-brussels-art-week-stakes-a-claim-for-the-citys-scene

- How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of Gaza artefacts ahead of an Israeli strike: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/how-one-swiss-museum-helped-to-evacuate-thousands-of-gaza-artefacts-ahead-of-an-israeli-strike

- Remembering Robert Redford, the Hollywood star with the sensibility of a struggling painter: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/remembering-robert-redford-the-hollywood-star-with-the-sensibility-of-a-struggling-painter

- ‘We craved external validation, but what's important has shifted’: Dubai gallery The Third Line celebrates 20 years: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/dubai-gallery-the-third-line-celebrates-20-years

- It’s back to business for the art market—but can the trade keep ticking over till Christmas?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/its-back-to-business-for-the-art-marketbut-can-the-trade-keep-ticking-over-till-christmas

- Leaner, nimbler and more discreet: why some art advisory firms are growing in a downturn: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/meet-the-former-auction-heavyweights-remodelling-the-art-market-as-advisers

- Olafur Eliasson’s next project raises alarm over the decline of Utah's Great Salt Lake: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/olafur-eliasson-great-salt-lake-project-utah-climate-change

- Criminal damage and critical commentary? Legal reflections on Banksy's short-lived judge mural: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/criminal-damage-or-critical-commentary-legal-reflections-on-banksys-short-lived-judge-mural

ARTnews.com

- Jackson Pollock Masterpiece Found to Contain Extinct Manganese Blue: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jackson-pollock-manganese-blue-1234752350/

- Marian Goodman Adds Edith Dekyndt, a New Gagosian Director And More: Industry Moves for September 17, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-gagosian-director-marian-goodman-edith-dekyndt-1234752584/

- Art Adviser Josh Baer Says Collectors Should Pay No More Than $15,000 for Emerging Artists’ First Solo Show Works: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/josh-baer-collectors-emerging-artists-prices-first-works-1234752518/

- Basquiat Biopic Starts Filming in Manhattan’s East Village: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/basquiat-biopic-samo-lives-filming-the-east-village-tompkins-square-park-1234752496/

- ADAA Launches Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/adaa-bloomberg-connects-digital-guide-1234752489/

- Frieze London and Frieze Masters Announce Further Details for October Fairs: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/frieze-london-frieze-masters-2025-highlights-1234752466/

- Cuban Museum Won’t Lend Wifredo Lam Works to MoMA Due to U.S. Customs Laws: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cuban-museum-wont-lend-wifredo-lam-works-to-moma-1234752354/

- David Lynch’s Daughter Urges Artists to Buy Her Dad’s Starry LA Compound: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/david-lynch-daughter-la-compound-1234752456/

- Public Artwork by Venezuelan Op Art Pioneer Removed by Florida DOT: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/carlos-cruz-diezs-crosswalk-artwork-removed-1234752434/

- Pussy Riot Members Sentenced in Absentia by a Moscow Court: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pussy-riot-members-sentenced-in-absentia-by-a-moscow-court-1234752387/

Hyperallergic

- Activists Arrested at Brooklyn Navy Yard in Protest Against Israeli Military Ties: https://hyperallergic.com/1042800/activists-arrested-at-brooklyn-navy-yard-in-protest-against-israeli-military-ties/

- Can Artists Stop the AI Slop Machine?: https://hyperallergic.com/1042028/can-artists-stop-the-ai-slop-machine/

- Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Fall Equinox: https://hyperallergic.com/1042629/hyperallergic-art-tarotscope-for-fall-2025-equinox/

- 10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall: https://hyperallergic.com/1042570/10-art-shows-to-see-in-the-bay-area-fall-2025/

- Stephen Westfall’s Avian Abstractions: https://hyperallergic.com/1042096/stephen-westfall-avian-abstractions-alexandre-gallery/

- The Night Harriet Tubman Made History: https://hyperallergic.com/1041911/the-night-harriet-tubman-made-history-gibbes-museum/

- When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging”: https://hyperallergic.com/1042641/when-artists-are-too-old-to-be-emerging/

- Announcing the 2025 Center for Craft Archive Fellows: https://hyperallergic.com/1042566/2025-center-for-craft-archive-fellows/

- Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience Returns This October: https://hyperallergic.com/1041182/refract-the-seattle-glass-experience-returns-october-2025/

- Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2028: https://hyperallergic.com/1041920/meet-uconns-mfa-studio-art-class-of-2028/

- MAGA Is Coming for the Arts!: https://hyperallergic.com/1042547/the-siren-maga-is-coming-for-the-arts/

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

Artnet News

- How Much Art Sold at Auction in the First Half of 2025?: https://news.artnet.com/market/intelligence-report-auction-sales-first-half-2025-2683745

- Scientists Identify Mystery Blue Pigment in Jackson Pollock Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jackson-pollock-manganese-blue-identified-2688874

- Decoding Cindy Sherman’s Many Roles, From Straphanger to Society Dame: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cindy-sherman-series-breakdown-2681583

- Trump Orders National Parks to Erase Information on Slavery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197

- These 15 Artists Are the Biggest at U.S. Museums Right Now: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/most-important-artists-museums-september-2025-2686135

- Keith Haring’s Bold Art and Activism Inspire New Biopic: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/keith-haring-biopic-2688689

- Seoul Art Week Turns 4: Museums Stun, Celebs Alight, Sales Are Mixed: https://news.artnet.com/market/seoul-art-week-scene-report-2025-2686496

- Here’s What You Won’t Want to Miss at FAB Paris: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fab-paris-2687986

- $120 Million Pritzker Collection Goes to Sotheby’s, Led by a Luminous Van Gogh: https://news.artnet.com/market/pritzker-collection-sothebys-2688225

- Frank Frazetta Painting Smashes Comic Art Record With $13.5 Million Sale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-frazetta-conan-painting-smashes-record-2688461

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Pussy Riot members sentenced to prison in absentia over anti-war performances: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/pussy-riot-members-prison-sentences-absentia-ukraine-war

- Sotheby’s secures two big-ticket private collections as auction houses compete for consignments: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/sothebys-lauder-pritzker-collections-consigned-new-york-auctions

- How AI-trained robots are helping to root out fake paintings tied to a notorious forgery case: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/how-ai-trained-robots-are-helping-to-root-out-fake-paintings-tied-to-a-notorious-forgery-case

- Tourist levy to support UK's cultural infrastructure is coming, says V&A chief: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/tourist-levy-to-support-uks-cultural-infrastructure-is-coming-says-va-chief

- After 50 years, LA Louver is closing its gallery in Venice, California: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/la-louver-gallery-closing-venice-california

- Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/comment-picasso-three-dancers-sparked-my-love-of-art-let-us-give-others-the-chance-to-find-their-own-way-in

- Kerry James Marshall offers a fresh lesson in art history at his London retrospective: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/kerry-james-marshall-to-offer-a-fresh-lesson-in-art-history-in-his-london-retrospective

Art Business News

- Breaking Boundaries: SAB Gallery Championing Women Artists at Red Dot Miami: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/breaking-boundaries-sab-gallery-championing-women-artists-at-red-dot-miami/

- Beyond Boundaries: The Multidimensional Art of Arlene LaDell Hayes: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/beyond-boundaries-the-multidimensional-art-of-arlene-ladell-hayes/

ARTnews.com

- Florida’s Norton Museum of Art Acquires Works by Basquiat, Eversley, Cassatt, and Others: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/norton-museum-of-art-acquires-basquiat-cassatt-1234751963/

- Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt Win $250,000 Heinz Award: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jennifer-packer-and-marie-watt-win-250000-heinz-award-1234752264/

- KAWS Named Uniqlo’s First Artist-in-Residence: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kaws-uniqlo-first-artist-in-residence-1234752211/

- Jeffrey Gibson Talks About Animals and Animism as He Unveils New Public Sculptures at the Met: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jeffrey-gibson-met-animal-sculptures-1234752023/

- Ai Weiwei Reflects on Loss and War in a Moving Installation in Kyiv: https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-ininstallation-kyiv-1234752161/

- ‘New Yorker’ Commissions Photographers Marilyn Minter, Awol Erizku, Ryan McGinley, and Others to Shoot Magazine’s 100th Anniversary Covers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-yorker-covers-marilyn-minter-awol-erizku-1234751997/

- New York’s First Gaza Biennial Is an Urgent Cry for Humanity: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/gaza-biennial-new-york-review-1234751749/

- Artist Haegue Yang Named Chair of Berlin Museum’s Board: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/haegue-yang-kunst-werke-berlin-board-chair-1234752120/

- Basquiat Estate Collaborates with Fashion Brand Albino & Preto for New Collection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jean-michel-basquiat-estate-albino-and-preto-collection-1234752068/

- Pérez Art Museum Miami Names José Carlos Diaz Next Chief Curator: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/perez-art-museum-miami-jose-carlos-diaz-chief-curator-1234752086/

Hyperallergic

- LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model: https://hyperallergic.com/1042271/la-louver-to-close-gallery-space-and-shift-into-private-model/

- Emily Mason’s Quest for Color and Truth: https://hyperallergic.com/1041944/emily-mason-quest-for-color-and-truth/

- Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1041932/five-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-sept-16-2025/

- Geometric Abstraction in the Age of Disparity: https://hyperallergic.com/1041843/lisa-corinne-davis-geometric-abstraction-in-the-age-of-disparity/

- Man Ray Was So Much More Than a Photographer: https://hyperallergic.com/1042209/man-ray-was-so-much-more-than-a-photographer-met-museum/

- Massive Photo of Trump and Epstein Unfurled Outside Windsor Castle: https://hyperallergic.com/1042150/massive-photo-of-trump-and-epstein-unfurled-outside-windsor-castle/

- Meet the “Microsnail” Named After Picasso: https://hyperallergic.com/1042143/meet-the-microsnail-named-after-picasso/

- Image Attesting to Horrors of Slavery Reportedly Ordered Removed by Trump: https://hyperallergic.com/1042103/image-attesting-to-horrors-of-slavery-reportedly-ordered-removed-by-trump/

- Shape the Future of Art, Design, and Architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1041318/shape-the-future-of-art-design-and-architecture-at-cranbrook-academy-of-art/

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 Painting That Helped ‘Jaws’ Make a Killing: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jaws-roger-kastel-academy-museum-2688384

- Leonard Lauder’s $400 Million Collection Lands at Sotheby’s: https://news.artnet.com/market/leonard-lauder-collection-sothebys-2687701

- Maud Madsen Has Painted an Imaginary Girl for Years. Now, She’s Letting Her Grow Up: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maud-madsen-dwellers-2685084

- Magritte Sketchbook, Filled With His Weird Drawings, Is Up for Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/magritte-sketchbook-auction-2688216

- Maddox Gallery Marks 10 Years With a Dazzling Anniversary Exhibition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maddox-gallery-10th-year-at-maddox-2687125

- 5 Surprising Artifacts That Will Change How You See Medieval Life: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norwich-castle-william-the-conquerer-medieval-objects-2684396

- Guggenheim Chief Mariët Westermann on 21st-Century Cultural Leadership: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5-questions-for-mariet-westermann-intelligence-report-2683718

- Never-Before-Seen Footage of Early Nirvana Concert Could Fetch $150,000: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/raw-video-of-early-nirvana-concert-auction-2687780

- Sotheby’s Reports a $248 Million Pre-Tax Loss—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-sep-12-2687617

- Signs of Stabilization: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-sep-15-2688050

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt receive $250,000 Heinz Awards: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/16/artists-jennifer-packer-and-marie-watt-receive-250000-heinz-awards

- Uptown and downtown, re-imagined museums in New York prepare to reopen: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/studio-museum-harlem-new-museum-reopening-preview

- Ten essential works of art to see at the Museum of Modern Art, New York: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/ten-essential-works-of-art-to-see-at-the-museum-of-modern-art-new-york

- Rarely seen Walter Sickert painting to go on sale in London: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/rarely-seen-walter-sickert-painting-to-go-on-sale-in-london

- Francis Bacon painting, one half of a canvas divided by the artist, expected to sell for £9m at Sotheby's: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/francis-bacon-painting-one-half-of-a-canvas-divided-by-the-artist-expected-to-sell-at-sothebys-for-£9m

- Yemen’s national museum damaged by Israeli strikes, Houthi authorities say: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/yemen-national-museum-damaged-by-israeli-strikes-Houthi-authorities-say

- ‘Final spurt’: decades-long rebuilding of Dresden’s Royal Palace nears completion: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/final-spurt-decades-long-rebuilding-of-dresdens-royal-palace-nears-completion

- Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/alexander-calder-gardens-philadelphia-preview

ARTnews.com

- Trump Orders National Park to Remove Famed Photograph of Formerly Enslaved Man: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-orders-national-park-remove-scourged-back-photograph-1234751971/

- Saul Dennison, Major Art Collector and Former New Museum Chairman, Dies at 96: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/saul-dennison-art-new-museum-chairman-dead-at-96-1234751946/

- Art Heir Yoni Nahmad Marries Model Eden Polani in $5.89 M. Ceremony in France: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-heir-yoni-nahmad-marries-model-eden-polani-in-france-1234751853/

- Masterworks from Leonard Lauder Collection, Including $150 M. Klimt, Head to Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonard-lauder-sothebys-klimt-matisse-1234751922/

- Max Carter Appointed Christie’s Chairman of 20th/21st Century Art for the Americas: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/max-carter-christies-chairman-20th-and-21st-century-art-americas-1234751897/

- David Lynch’s Los Angeles Home and Art Studio Could Be Yours for $15 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/david-lynch-home-studio-sale-1234751869/

- Newly Discovered Microsnail Named After Picasso: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/newly-discovered-snail-named-after-picasso-1234751854/

- Rare Hieroglyphic Decree Identified in Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hieroglyphic-canopus-decree-identified-in-egypt-1234751797/

- Bristol Museum Requires $5.4 M. in Repairs of ‘Major Defects’ in 120-Year-Old Home: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bristol-museum-repairs-1234751806/

- Ex-Spurs Star Edgar Davids Had $255,000 Art Collection Stolen by Friend: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/edgar-davids-art-collection-theft-1234751809/

Hyperallergic

- Activists Face Hate Crime Charges for Anti-Israel Graffiti: https://hyperallergic.com/1041952/activists-face-hate-crime-charges-for-anti-israel-graffiti/

- Listening to the Paintings of Serj Tankian: https://hyperallergic.com/1041881/listening-to-the-paintings-of-serj-tankian-armenian-museum/

- A Bite-Sized Crossword Puzzle for Museum Lovers: https://hyperallergic.com/1041888/a-bite-sized-crossword-for-museum-lovers/

- The Past and Future of Boucher’s Four Seasons: https://hyperallergic.com/1041800/frick-collection-francois-boucher-flora-yukhnovich-four-seasons/

- France Flips the History of Photography Upside Down: https://hyperallergic.com/1040474/france-rencontres-d-arles-2025-flips-the-history-of-photography-upside-down/

- The Poetry of van Gogh’s Montmartre Years: https://hyperallergic.com/1041277/the-poetry-of-van-gogh-montmartre-years-fire-in-his-soul-miles-unger/

- No Other Land Director’s Home Raided by Israeli Military: https://hyperallergic.com/1041786/no-other-land-director-basel-adra-home-raided-by-israeli-military/

- Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same: https://hyperallergic.com/1041031/jamea-richmond-edwards-wellin-museum-of-art/

- Join SVA MA Curatorial Practice’s Conversations With Curators This Fall: https://hyperallergic.com/1041325/sva-ma-curatorial-roundtable-fall-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

- 34,000-Year-Old Indigo Residue Turns Up in Georgian Cave: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/traces-of-indigo-georgian-cave-paleolithic-2686661

- In This Ancient Chinese City, You Can’t Build a Subway Without Digging Up a Dynasty: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/xi-an-china-subway-archaeology-2684474

Hyperallergic

- Painting Was His First Love, But Poetry Got in the Way: https://hyperallergic.com/1040981/painting-was-lawrence-ferlinghetti-first-love-but-poetry-got-in-the-way/

- Beverly Semmes’s Feminist Palimpsests: https://hyperallergic.com/1038043/beverly-semmes-feminist-palimpsests-aidekman-arts-center/

- An Artist and a Historian Plumb Gynecology’s Hidden Histories: https://hyperallergic.com/1040688/artist-nao-bustamante-and-historian-wendy-kline-plumb-gynecology-hidden-histories/

- Keith Haring Is Getting the Biopic Treatment: https://hyperallergic.com/1037286/keith-haring-is-getting-the-biopic-treatment/

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 Secrets Behind the Roman Colosseum’s Enduring Engineering: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-ancient-roman-colosseum-history-2674731

- By the Numbers: Diminishing Returns: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-diminishing-returns-2683723

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Ukraine-Russia war remains front and centre for Viennacontemporary fair exhibitors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/13/viennacontemporary-fair-continues-to-bridge-eastern-and-western-europe

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

Artnet News

- Could Leonard Lauder’s $100 Million-Plus Gustav Klimt Break the Art Market Malaise?: https://news.artnet.com/market/leonard-lauders-klimt-2684502

- Beeple’s Newest Project? An Immersive Art… Bathroom: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/beeples-bathroom-deji-art-museum-2683101

- David Lynch’s Mid-Century Manse Lists for a Cool $15 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-lynch-compound-on-the-market-for-15-million-2687639

- Cristin Tierney Marks 15 Years With a Bold Move to Tribeca: ‘There Is Strength in Numbers’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cristin-tierney-fifteen-2687000

- Cady Noland Fans Flock to Reclusive Artist’s Gogo Blowout—and More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/cady-noland-gagosian-2687252

- Archaeologists Discover Stone Inscription, Unlocking Secrets of Ancient Egypt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-find-new-version-decree-of-canopus-hieroglyphics-2687455

- California’s Beloved di Rosa Art Center Is Reborn With a Love Letter to ‘Incorrect’ Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/californias-beloved-di-rosa-art-center-is-reborn-with-a-love-letter-to-incorrect-art-2682187

- Arch Hades Breaks Down the Walls Between Poetry and Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/arch-hades-we-are-all-just-passing-through-london-2687177

- How Jean-Michel Basquiat (Accidentally) Wound Up in a Blondie Video: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-basquiat-blondie-rapture-video-2669807

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

- Nicholas Galanin pulls out of Smithsonian event, claiming censorship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/nicholas-galanin-pulls-out-of-smithsonian-event-claiming-censorship

- Artists including Jenny Holzer, Alison Saar and Kiki Smith creating commissions for Obama Presidential Center: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/obama-presidential-center-new-artist-commissions-chicago-jenny-holzer-nick-cave

- The sixth Aichi Triennale seeks to encompass destruction and renewal: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/sixth-aichi-triennale-preview-hoor-al-qasimi-interview

- Tasmanian museum kept and displayed human remains for decades without families' consent, report finds: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/tasmanian-museum-kept-and-displayed-human-remains-for-decades-without-families-consent-report-finds

- Cultural workers in Tel Aviv stage silent protest against ‘the destruction of Gaza’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/cultural-workers-in-tel-aviv-stage-silent-protest-against-the-destruction-of-gaza

- The National Gallery's new exhibition includes Van Gogh's brief foray into Neo-Impressionism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/the-national-gallerys-new-exhibition-explores-van-goghs-brief-foray-into-neo-impressionism

- David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/david-bowie-centre-bukhara-biennial-hilton-als-on-jean-rhys-hurvin-anderson-and-kara-walkerpodcast

- How the restoration of ancient Babylon is drawing tourists back to Iraq: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/how-the-restoration-of-ancient-babylon-is-helping-to-draw-tourists-back-to-iraq

- Henry Moore Foundation awards £100,000 in unrestricted grants: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/henry-moore-foundation-awards-sculptors-£100000-in-unrestricted-grants

- After years of underrepresentation, new public sculptures show London is finally celebrating its daughters: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/12/new-public-sculptures-show-london-is-finally-celebrating-its-daughters

ARTnews.com

- Ohio Auction of Two Dutch Paintings of Flowers Looted By Nazis Halted By Foundation: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ohio-dutch-paintings-looted-nazis-monuments-men-foundation-1234751711/

- Supposed Lee Ufan Painting Is at Center of Political Bribery Investigation in South Korea: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lee-ufan-painting-bribery-investigation-south-korea-1234751721/

- The Art of Making Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’ is Putting a Higher Price on It: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/yasmina-reza-art-play-putting-a-higher-price-on-it-1234751691/

- Drought Reveals Dozens of 2,000-Year-Old Tombs in Northern Iraqi Reservoir: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/drought-reveals-dozens-of-2000-year-old-tombs-in-northern-iraqi-reservoir-1234751714/

- Officials Are Racing to Evacuate Gaza Archaeological Finds Before Suspected Israeli Strike: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gaza-artifacts-removed-school-building-1234751722/

- Artist Nicholas Galanin Pulls Out of Smithsonian Event, Claiming Censorship: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nicholas-galanin-pulls-out-smithsonian-syposium-1234751712/

- Two More Staffers Fired from Kennedy Center, and More: Morning Links for September 12, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/staffers-fired-from-kennedy-center-morning-links-september-12-2025-1234751701/

- German Artist Gabriele Stötzer Survived Prison, Censorship, and the Stasi: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/gabriele-stotzer-survived-prison-censorship-and-the-stasi-1234751683/

- Sotheby’s Upcoming Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week Is Really About Capturing the Luxury Market, Not Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/abu-dhabi-collectors-week-sothebys-luxury-market-not-art-1234751693/

- After Posthuman and Interspecies Fads, the São Paulo Bienal Asks: What About Humanity?: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/sao-paulo-bienal-36-2025-bonaventure-sharon-hayes-1234751528/

Hyperallergic

- Passports, Prints, and Protest at the NY Art Book Fair: https://hyperallergic.com/1041399/passports-prints-and-protest-at-the-2025-ny-art-book-fair/

- Art in General, Nonprofit Champion of Early-Career Artists, Is Reopening: https://hyperallergic.com/1041461/art-in-general-nonprofit-champion-of-early-career-artists-is-reopening/

- A Defiant Gaza Biennale Opens in New York City: https://hyperallergic.com/1041355/a-defiant-gaza-biennale-opens-recess-new-york-city/

- Two Artists Withdraw From Smithsonian Symposium: https://hyperallergic.com/1041328/artists-nicholas-galanin-margarita-cabrera-withdraw-from-smithsonian-symposium/

- Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis: https://hyperallergic.com/1040858/dress-dreams-and-desire-fashion-and-psychoanalysis-fit/

- Trellis Art Fund Awards 12 Artists 2025 Milestone Grants: https://hyperallergic.com/1040764/trellis-art-fund-awards-12-artists-2025-milestone-grants/