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 to Curate a Life: Lessons From 3 Art World Tastemakers: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/how-to-curate-a-life-lessons-from-3-art-world-tastemakers-2640029
- By the Numbers: Christie’s 21st-Century Sale Edges Out Estimate, Aided by Bounty of Guarantees: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-christies-21st-century-sale-edges-out-estimate-aided-by-bounty-of-guarantees-2645323
- Rare Canadian Masterpieces Head to Auction in Toronto, Including Lawren Harris’s ‘Northern Lake’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/heffel-spring-auction-2025-highlights-art-sale-2643183
- This ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Turns Out to Be the Genuine Article: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/harvard-magna-carta-copy-declared-original-2645372
- How Trump’s Funding Cuts Could Erase 250 Years of Museum History—and Impact Everyday Americans: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marilyn-jackson-on-trump-museums-2643837
- Olga de Amaral Wove Her Own Path. At 92 the Art World Is Catching Up.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/olga-de-amaral-wove-her-own-path-at-92-the-art-world-is-catching-up-2640409
- What to Know About Marlene Dumas, the Artist Who Just Set a Stunning Auction Record: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/who-is-marlene-dumas-highest-selling-living-woman-artist-2645224
- By the Numbers: Despite $70 Million Giacometti Failure, Sotheby’s Made Money at Modern Evening Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/by-the-numbers-despite-70-million-giacometti-failure-sothebys-made-money-at-modern-evening-sale-2644393
- Hilma af Klint’s Botanical Drawings Probe Spiritualism and the Unknown: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hilma-af-klints-botanical-drawings-probe-spiritualism-and-the-unknown-2644179
- Valuable Paintings From Brauer Museum Collection Sold in Controversial Move: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/valparaiso-university-sold-brauer-museum-artworks-2645354
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and Saudi Arabia strike deal to collaborate on exhibitions, conservation and more: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art-saudi-arabia-royal-commission-alula-agreement
- Gauguin's last self-portrait could be a fake: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/gauguins-last-self-portrait-could-be-fake
- Art Basel Awards name inaugural medalists including artists, curators and patrons: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/15/art-basel-awards-inaugural-winners
- ‘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
ARTnews.com
- Archeological Site in Peru Vandalized With Lewd Graffiti: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-archeology-site-chan-chan-peru-vandalized-graffiti-1234742398/
- ‘Russians Feel a Deep Sense of Betrayal’: V-A-C Foundation Ex-Director Teresa Mavica Returns to the Art World: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/v-a-c-foundation-ex-director-teresa-mavica-interview-1234742351/
- Harvard’s Magna Carta, Listed as ‘Unofficial’ for 80 Years, Turns Out to Be Real: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/harvard-magna-carta-authenticated-1234742121/
- Met Receives ‘Trailblazing’ Photography Gift from Collector Artur Walther: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-receives-photography-collection-walter-artur-1234742347/
- Marlene Dumas’s Record-Breaking Sale Is a Win for Women Artists—But the Market Still Has More Work to Do: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/marlene-dumas-record-women-artist-christies-sale-1234742355/
- Larry Gagosian Buys BookHampton to Keep Pages Turning in East Hampton: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/larry-gagosian-buys-bookhampton-1234742345/
- Brooklin A. Soumahoro Merges Op Art with African Patterns: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/brooklin-soumahoro-new-talent-2025-1234742223/
- Christie’s in New York Sees Records for Female Artists, The Met is Gifted 6,500 Artworks, Paris Cultural Center Short-Changed Over Migrant Occupation: Morning Links for May 15, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-in-new-york-sees-records-for-female-artists-the-met-is-gifted-6500-artworks-paris-cultural-center-short-changed-over-migrant-occupation-morning-links-