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 Archaeologists Reconstructed the Hidden World of Ancient Egypt’s Artisans: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lives-of-ancient-egyptian-artisans-2681048
- At New York Fairs, Dealers Make Last-Minute Pivots, Seeking an Edge: https://news.artnet.com/market/armory-week-fairs-dealers-changes-2684500
- Forgotten Histories and Fresh Narratives Emerge at Independent 20th Century: https://news.artnet.com/market/independent-20th-century-2025-2684433
- The Armory Show’s Hidden Gems: 10 Works Worth Walking in Circles For: https://news.artnet.com/market/armory-show-2025-picks-2684343
- At Rough-and-Tumble Armory Week, Dealers Switch Teams and a New Boîte Opens: https://news.artnet.com/market/armory-week-2025-2684615
- At the Open Invitational Micro-Fair, Prices Are Low and Spirits Are High: https://news.artnet.com/market/open-invitational-fair-new-york-2025-2684635
- Rare Jane Austen Treasures Hit the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jane-austen-materials-auction-2684423
- Newly Discovered Medieval Text Suggests Shroud of Turin May Not Be What It Seems: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shroud-of-turin-medieval-document-forgery-2683600
- Collectible Design Fair Rolls Out Bold Visions of Fantasy, Function, and the Future: https://news.artnet.com/market/collectible-design-fair-2025-2684243
- Armory Show Dealers Tout Early Sales, Urge Optimism: https://news.artnet.com/market/armory-show-2025-2684428
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- New York's Art on Paper fair draws a fuzzy line between its titular medium and everything else: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/art-on-paper-fair-armory-week
- Clément Delépine leaving Art Basel Paris to lead Lafayette Anticipations: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/clement-delepine-leaves-art-basel-paris-for-lafayette-anticipations
- Dealers get creative pairing artists at Duet—just don’t call it an art fair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/duet-art-show-fair-armory-week-wsa
- The Armory Show jumpstarts New York art market after summer of hand-wringing: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/the-armory-show-vip-opening-sales-new-york-art-fair
- Most expensive, suicide not murder and more: celebrating 300 Adventures with Van Gogh: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/most-expensive-suicide-not-murder-and-more-celebrating-300-adventures-with-van-gogh
- Despite red tape from US sanctions, Tehran-based gallery champions Iranian art at The Armory Show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/o-gallery-tehran-showing-the-armory-show-us-sanctions
- Artists who defy categorisation take pride of place at Independent 20th Century: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/artists-who-defy-categorisation-take-pride-of-place-at-independent-20th-century
- Rosalyn Drexler—Pop Art painter, polymath, and travelling wrestler—has died aged 98: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/rosalyn-drexler-pop-art-painter-polymath-and-travelling-wrester-has-died-aged-98
- Van Gogh’s two pictures of the hospital in Arles—painted while he was recovering after cutting his ear—head to the Courtauld: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/van-goghs-two-pictures-of-the-hospital-in-arlespainted-while-he-was-recovering-after-cutting-his-earhead-to-the-courtauld
- Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/smithsonian-under-fire-from-trump-frieze-seoul-dara-birnbaum-and-quantumpodcast
- New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/new-draft-guidance-for-uk-museums-calls-for-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels-sponsorship
- Giorgio Armani, designer who changed how museums engage with fashion, has died aged 91: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/giorgio-armani-designer-who-changed-how-museums-engage-with-fashion-has-died-aged-91
Art Business News
- A Walk in the Park: Andy Katz’s Love Letter to America’s National Parks: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/09/a-walk-in-the-park-andy-katzs-love-letter-to-americas-national-parks/
ARTnews.com
- Legendary Dealer Tony Shafrazi Returns to the Art Fair After More than a Decade Away—He Remains Exactly Himself: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tony-shafrazi-independent-art-fair-return-1234751032/
- Basquiat, Picasso Works Linked to Global 1MDB Scandal Net $36 M. in Auction by US Marshals: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/basquiat-picasso-works-linked-to-global-1mdb-scandal-net-36-m-in-auction-by-us-marshals-1234751018/
- US Ambassador Fills London Residence with Monets and Cézannes: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-ambassador-uk-cezzane-monet-winfield-house-1234750995/
- A New Code of Ethics Implores UK Museums to ‘Transition Away From’ Fossil Fuel Sponsorships: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-association-code-of-ethics-fossil-fuel-sponsorships-1234750996/
- Art Basel Paris Director Clément Delépine Leaves to Lead Lafayette Anticipations: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/clement-delepine-lafayette-anticipations-director-art-basel-1234751002/
- Argentina Charges Nazi’s Daughter with Concealing Looted Art, Giorgio Armani Dead at 91, and More: Morning Links for September 5, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/giorgio-armani-dead-91-morning-links-1234750979/
- Diana Campbell Reveals Her Top Five Recent Obsessions: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/interviews/diana-campbell-top-five-recent-obsessions-1234750777/
- The Best Booths at the 2025 Armory Show, From Imagined Queer Bars to a Soothing Sound Bath: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/armory-show-2025-best-booths-1234750845/
- Stephen Shore’s ‘Early Work,’ with Pictures He Shot at Age 13, Is Anything but Amateur: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/stephen-shore-early-work-mack-1234750750/
Hyperallergic
- At the Armory Show, First-Time Artists Steal the Spotlight: https://hyperallergic.com/1039712/armory-show-2025-first-time-artists-steal-the-spotlight/
- How New Collector Habits Are Shaking Up Art Fair Season: https://hyperallergic.com/1039842/how-new-collector-habits-are-shaking-up-art-fair-season-2025/
- Robert Grosvenor, Who Refused to Be Defined by Genre, Dies at 88: https://hyperallergic.com/1039765/robert-grosvenor-dies-at-88/
- Art on Paper Leaps Off the Page: https://hyperallergic.com/1039661/art-on-paper-2025-leaps-off-the-page/
- Examining the Legacy of Fascist Cinema’s Grand Dame: https://hyperallergic.com/1039657/examining-the-legacy-of-fascist-cinema-grand-dame-leni-riefenstahl/
- Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1039081/human-marks-tattooing-in-contemporary-art-hartford/