Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Flips Flop! Kenny Schachter on Auction Failures and One Collector’s Freak-Out: https://news.artnet.com/market/kenny-schachter-new-york-fair-auction-recap-2648049
- Artemisia Gentileschi Painting, Damaged in Beirut Explosion, Reemerges Post-Restoration: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artemisia-gentileschi-masterpiece-restored-beruit-bombing-getty-debut-2647915
- What to Know About Jean Tinguely, the Kinetic Master Who Made Art Out of Machines: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-to-know-jean-tinguely-2647688
- Artist Hannelie Coetzee Is Challenging the ‘Misrepresentation of Animals’ in a New Series: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-hannelie-coetzee-eco-queer-creature-series-2647591
- 6 Intimate Portraits That Trace Matisse’s Deep Bond With His Daughter Marguerite: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matisse-daughter-2640043
- Brian Eno Calls Out Microsoft for Supporting the Israeli Military: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brian-eno-calls-out-microsoft-israeli-military-2647939
- Want a Jack Whitten Masterpiece? Prepare for an Auction Battle: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-appraisal-jack-whitten-2637789
- Clues Emerge of Mind-Altering Rituals at Ancient Peruvian Site: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chavin-de-huantar-site-ritual-psychoactive-plants-2647414
- Lalanne’s Rare Ostrich Bar Soars Past $12 Million in Auction Showstopper: https://news.artnet.com/market/lalanne-ostrich-bar-sothebys-paris-2641959
- Yes, That’s a Real Renoir in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’—Here’s How It Got There: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/phoenician-scheme-wes-anderson-art-curator-jasper-sharp-2647625
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Sotheby’s $51.8m Saunders collection falls short, but still breaks Old Masters record: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/sothebys-518m-saunders-collection-falls-short-but-still-breaks-old-masters-record
- The empire cuts back: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lays off 14% of full-time staff: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/lucas-museum-narrative-art-layoffs
- Humanities organisations sue Department of Government Efficiency to restore NEH grants: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/humanities-organisations-lawsuit-doge-national-endowment-funding
- A rebuke to Modernism: the Venice Architecture Biennale imagines new ways of building to cope with climate change: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/a-rebuke-to-modernism-the-venice-architecture-biennale-imagines-new-ways-of-building-to-cope-with-climate-change
- Out of this world: Artangel concept album celebrates space-bound 12-inch record with new audio-visual works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/out-of-this-world-artangel-concept-album-celebrates-space-bound-12-inch-record-with-new-audio-visual-works
- Growing old disgracefully: Rachel Whiteread reveals what a YBAs’ retirement home might look like: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/growing-old-disgracefully-rachel-whitereads-reveals-what-a-ybas-retirement-home-might-look-like
- European art weeks join forces for new ‘spider network’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/european-art-weeks-join-forces-for-new-spider-network
- Sámi art has gained visibility in Norway—but when will it get a museum of its own?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/21/sami-art-gained-visibility-norway-when-will-it-get-a-museum-of-its-own
ARTnews.com
- Eva, One Half of the Celebrity Artist Duo EVA & ADELE, Has Died: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eva-and-adele-artist-dead-1234743261/
- Photographer Isaac Wright on Being Busted by the NYPD During the Opening of His Show in Chelsea: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/isaac-wright-speaks-to-artnews-after-being-busted-during-the-opening-of-his-show-in-chelsea-1234743187/
- New York Sales Miss the Mark as Top Works and Young Artists Fall to Lower Levels: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-sales-underperform-may-2025-1234743221/
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Gifts Pope Leo a Religious Icon Made from War Material: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-gifts-religious-icon-to-pope-leo-1234743210/
- Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Valuable Chardin Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fort-worth-kimbell-art-museum-acquires-chardin-the-cut-melon-1234743207/
- Former Whitney Museum Building Designated a Landmark Ahead of Sotheby’s Move: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/whitney-museum-breuer-building-landmarked-sothebys-1234743179/
- Met Museum Returns Three Antiquities to Iraq Connected to Art Dealer Robin Symes: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-returns-antiquities-iraq-robin-symes-1234743148/
- Crystal Bridges Acquires Monumental Tiffany Studios Stained-Glass Window from a Texas Church: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/crystal-bri