Daily Art Download — 2025-05-14

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - More than 160 Tutankhamun treasures have arrived at the Grand Egyptian Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/over-160-tutankhamun-treasures-have-arrived-at-the-grand-egyptian-museum - Extended from one volume to three, the new ‘Taste and the Antique’ expands on four centuries of interactions with sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/extended-from-one-volume-to-three-the-new-taste-and-the-antique-expands-on-four-centuries-of-interactions-with-sculpture - How Javier Milei’s war on history is threatening art spaces in Argentina: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/how-the-argentine-presidents-war-on-history-is-threatening-art-spaces - $70m Giacometti bombs at patchy Sotheby’s Modern art auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/70m-giacometti-bombs-at-patchy-sothebys-impressionist-and-modern-art-auction - Mexican authorities decry ‘distorted information’ in MrBeast video filmed at ancient Mayan sites: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/mrbeast-mayan-sites-mexican-government-youtube-chicen-itza - Justin Sun and David Geffen's legal feud over $78m Giacometti sculpture expands: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/justin-sun-david-geffen-lawsuit-giacometti - Behind the scenes of the Met’s revamped Rockefeller Wing with its acclaimed architect: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/metropolitan-museum-rockefeller-wing-renovation-kulapat-antrasast - British MP Patrick Spencer charged with sexual assaults at London art world haunt the Groucho: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/british-mp-patrick-spencer-charged-sexual-assaults-london-art-world-haunt-the-groucho - Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/13/why-is-the-art-market-turning-gulf-wards ARTnews.com - Giacometti Bust Flops While Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Soars at Sotheby’s $186.4 M. Modern Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-modern-art-may-2025-sale-report-giacometti-1234742181/ - A $70 M. Giacometti Bust Fails to Sell at Sotheby’s Modern Sale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/giacometti-bust-fails-to-sell-at-sothebys-may-2025-sale-1234742177/ - At Phillips’s $52 M. Sale, Breakout Moments from Female Artists Soften a Stark Drop from Last Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phillips-modern-contemporary-2025-evening-sale-report-1234742156/ - Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm Launches New Fundraising Biennial Exhibition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dan-colen-sky-high-farm-biennial-exhibition-1234742011/ - Ken Griffin’s Copy of the US Constitution to Go on View in Philadelphia Next Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kenneth-griffin-lends-us-constitution-to-the-national-constitution-center-1234742071/ - Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Parent Company, Yuga Labs, Sells CryptoPunks to Digital Art Nonprofit: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/cryptopunks-bored-ape-yacht-club-yuga-labs-digital-art-nonprofit-1234742059/ - The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-authors-guild-sues-neh-doge-1234742016/ - Germany Settles Century-Long Restitution Dispute Over Royal Property: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/germany-settles-century-long-restitution-over-royal-artifacts-1234742021/ - Why Open a Gallery Now? Artist-Curator Adam Heft Berninger Thinks the Timing Is Perfect: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heft-gallery-opens-in-new-york-city-ai-art-1234741940/ - Ancient Buddhist Relics Unearthed in Thailand Temple: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-buddhist-relics-wat-dhammachak-semaram-thailand-1234741985/ Hyperallergic - Manufacturing “Black Fatigue” in the Art World: https://hyperallergic.com/1012522/manufacturing-black-fatigue-in-the-art-world/ - New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body: https://hyperallergic.com/1011978/new-york-university-mfa-students-rethink-the-body/ - Artists Brace for High Production Costs Amid Tariffs Chaos: https://hyperallergic.com/1012630/artists-brace-for-high-production-costs-amid-tariffs-chaos/ - Anti-Cuomo Ads Are Popping Up Across Brooklyn: https://hyperallergic.com/1010728/anti-cuomo-ads-are-popping-up-across-brooklyn/ - Fifteen Shows in One at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies: https://hyperallergic.com/1012338/fifteen-shows-in-one-at-bards-center-for-curatorial-studies/ - Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles: https://hyperallergic.com/1012209/unraveling-the-imperial-impulses-of-chinese-textiles/ - Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump’s Smithsonian Mandate: https://hyperallergic.com/1012521/congress-members-demand-investigation-into-trumps-smithsonian-mandate/ - Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies Announces 2025 Conference: https://hy