Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Michelangelo Turns 550—And Is Still Stealing the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michelangelo-550-birthday-headlines-2639169
- At Christie’s, $13.6 Million Marlene Dumas Painting Sets New Record for Living Woman Artist at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/at-christies-13-6-million-marlene-dumas-painting-sets-new-record-for-living-female-artist-at-auction-2644908
- Please, Somebody, Put This Delirious Digital Artwork on View Somewhere Permanent!: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mark-fingerhut-halcyon-exe-the-ride-2644323
- Amalia Küssner, Who Painted Gilded Age Elites in Miniature, Was Lost to History. Not Anymore: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amalia-kussner-miniaturist-new-book-2643185
- Ancient Peruvian Site Vandalized With Obscene Graffiti: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chan-chan-peru-marked-with-obscene-graffiti-2644953
- By the Numbers: Phillips’s Anticlimactic Modern and Contemporary Art Sale Totals $52 million: https://news.artnet.com/market/phillips-modern-and-contemporary-art-by-the-numbers-2644759
- 5 Must-See Standouts From Photo London 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/photo-london-2025-standouts-2644574
- 5,500-Year-Old Megalithic Tomb in Germany Revived in Major Restoration: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kusterberg-megalithic-tomb-germany-restoration-2644729
- Pharrell Williams Is Selling a Load of Stuff—From His Prized Hats to a KAWS Collab: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pharrell-williams-joopiter-marketplace-2644229
- Lit! This Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Just Made Auction History: https://news.artnet.com/market/frank-lloyd-wright-lamp-sothebys-auction-2634454
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- ‘A new lease of life’: London’s Annely Juda Fine Art looks to the future with Mayfair move: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/new-lease-of-life-london-annely-juda-fine-art-looks-to-future-mayfair-move
- The world according to Cattelan? Maverick Maurizio updates ‘autobiography’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/the-world-according-to-cattelan-maverick-maurizio-updates-autobiography
- Magna Carta ‘copy’ once sold at Sotheby's is an original, say UK professors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/magna-carta-copy-bought-for-2750-is-an-original-say-uk-professors
- Ten essential works of art to see on the French Riviera: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/ten-essential-works-of-art-to-see-on-the-french-riviera
- Marlene Dumas’s $13.6m semi-nude breaks auction record for a living female artist: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/marguerite-dumas-sets-new-record-for-a-female-artist-at-auction
- Adam Lindemann opens exhibition of 19th-century African sculpture and contemporary Black abstraction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/african-sculpture-black-abstraction-adam-lindemann-exhibition
- Despite record-breaking results for four women artists, Phillips’s evening auction in New York sparks few fireworks: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/phillips-auction-new-york-records-four-women-artists
- Metropolitan Museum receives 6,500 works from photography collector Artur Walther: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/metropolitan-museum-artur-walther-photography-promised-gift
- From Africa to the Arctic Circle, this public artwork is stampeding into cities with a cry for climate action: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/14/from-africa-to-the-arctic-circle-this-public-artwork-is-stampeding-into-cities-with-a-cry-for-climate-action
ARTnews.com
- With Video and AI, Alison Nguyen Channels History’s Strange Side: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/video-ai-alison-nguyen-historys-strange-1234742296/
- Christie’s 21st Century Sale Yields $96.4 M. and a New Record for a Living Female Artist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-21st-century-auction-may-2025-marlene-dumas-1234742219/
- Marlene Dumas Painting Sells for $13.6 M. at Christie’s, a Record for a Living Female Artist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/marlene-dumas-miss-january-rubell-family-christies-auction-1234742222/
- May Marquee Auctions Start Slow and Steady, With a Few Surprises: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/may-marquee-auctions-recap-analysis-christies-sothebys-1234742284/
- Sculptor and Biohacker Agnes Questionmark Crafts Tentacular Transness: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/sculptor-biohack-agnes-questionmark-tentacular-trans-1234742280/
- Mexican Government Agency Says MrBeast’s ‘Ancient Temple Stunt Followed Rules—But Not Everything Was Real: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mrbeasts-ancient-mexico-temple-stunt-followed-the-rules-but-1234742255/
- Yasunao Tone, Fluxus Artist Who Turned Sound Visual, Dies at 90: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yasunao-tone-fluxus-dead-1234742202/
- A Must-See Michael Armitage Show Inaugurates