Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - A Possible Rubens Comes to Light—With a Surprising Hidden Detail: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rediscovered-rubens-brafa-art-fair-2736003 - Arts Advocates Raise Alarm as U.S. Withdraws From International Cultural Organizations: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-withdrawal-un-cultural-organizations-alarm-2736000 - Can You Insure a National Treasure? Bayeux Tapestry Loan Sparks $1.1 Billion Debate: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/can-you-insure-a-national-treasure-bayeux-tapestry-loan-sparks-1-1-billion-debate-2735912 - Want a Robert Colescott Masterpiece? It Can Be Done, for a Price: https://news.artnet.com/market/robert-colescott-market-2732463 - Scientists Find World’s Oldest Poison on 60,000-Year-Old Arrowheads: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/oldest-poison-arrows-south-africa-2736008 - Why Is Belgium Moving to Dismantle Its Oldest Contemporary Art Museum?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antwerp-contemporary-art-museum-controvery-2735239 - Art Palm Beach Debuts a Major Biennial-Style Installation for Its Fourth Edition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-palm-beach-debuts-a-major-biennial-style-installation-for-its-fourth-edition-2735568 - How Artist Estates Became Fertile Ground for Young Dealers: https://news.artnet.com/market/artist-estates-2723252 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Storm over closure of South Africa’s much-loved Irma Stern Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/irma-stern-museum-closes-questions - Sexual assault lawsuit against the estate of artist Norval Morrisseau is dismissed: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/norval-morrisseau-estate-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed - Comment | In worrying times for politics and the environment, art can still provide hope: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/art-can-provide-hope-politics-environment-new-year - Acquisitions round-up: a rare early Italian portrait of a Black man, a record-breaking Kiddush cup, and a limewood sculpture of the Madonna: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/acquisitions-round-up-giacomo-ceruti-portrait-moor-kiddush-cup - Abstract Expressionist's paintings co-star in Golden Globe-nominated Netflix series The Beast in Me: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/netflix-miniseries-the-beast-in-me-norman-lewis-paintings - Mumbai Gallery Weekend looks beyond the city's historic art district: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/mumbai-gallery-weekend-looks-beyond-the-citys-historic-art-district - More artists killed in Ukraine as anniversary of full-scale Russian invasion approaches: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/more-artists-killed-in-ukraine-as-anniversary-of-full-scale-russian-invasion-approaches - The Year Ahead 2026: the big exhibitions and the key museum openings—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/the-year-ahead-2026-the-big-exhibitions-and-the-key-museum-openingspodcast - The Big Review | Jacques-Louis David at the Musée du Louvre, Paris ★★★★★: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/big-review-jacques-louis-david-musee-du-louvre - Van Gogh shows in 2026: America, Japan and the Netherlands: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/van-gogh-shows-in-2026-america-japan-and-the-netherlands - ‘Cursed’ Venetian palazzo once painted by Monet comes up for sale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/cursed-venetian-palazzo-painted-by-monet-for-sale - Hurvin Anderson and Caroline Walker to show new works on London Underground: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/hurvin-anderson-and-caroline-walker-to-show-new-works-on-london-underground - Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ will head to Japan this summer in rare loan: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/09/vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-will-head-to-japan-this-summer-in-rare-loan ARTnews.com - Recovered Picassos at Cen

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Where Art Insiders Are Placing Their Bets in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/marc-spiegler-2026-market-2713062 - Meet Esphyr Slobodkina, the Russian-Born Abstractionist Who Shook Mid-Century New York: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/esphyr-slobodkina-louise-nevelson-arkansas-museum-2733735 - Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Is Taking a Rare Trip to Japan: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-travel-to-japan-2735694 - Trophy Art Bounced Back in 2025. Here Are the Biggest Winners and Losers: https://news.artnet.com/market/top-artists-auction-2025-2735297 - Congress Moves to Protect NEA and NEH Funding: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/congress-funding-bill-nea-neh-2735600 - Van Gogh Museum Recreates the Artist’s Famed Yellow House: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-gogh-yellow-house-museum-2735255 - Only Known Photos of Computing Pioneer Ada Lovelace Join U.K. National Collection: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ada-lovelace-daguerreotypes-uk-national-portrait-gallery-2735593 - Painter Lize Bartelli on Desire, Visibility, and Self-Construction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-road-lize-bartelli-the-hour-of-the-star-2735006 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/trump-withdraws-united-states-iccrom-ifacca - Trump administration puts renewed pressure on Smithsonian to turn over materials for review: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/trump-administration-renewed-pressure-smithsonian-institution - ‘Once-in-a lifetime’ UK Iron Age discovery may be linked to Boudicca: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/once-in-a-lifetime-uk-iron-age-discovery-may-be-linked-to-boudicca - ‘Certain things you can only see from the sky’: artist Precious Okoyomon on how flying planes has inspired their practice: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/artist-precious-okoyomon-flying-planes-inspired-practice ARTnews.com - Sperone Westwater Dissolution Fight Raises Questions Over Governance and Artist Payments: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sperone-westwater-legal-dispute-closure-1234769268/ - MSCHF’s Latest Project Could See a Two-Year-Old Cow Slaughtered: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mschf-our-cow-agnus-project-1234769289/ - Scientists Extract DNA from Drawing That Could Connect to Leonardo da Vinci: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonardo-da-vinci-dna-finding-1234769273/ - Researchers Find 60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads in Africa: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/60000-year-old-poisoned-arrowheads-south-africa-1234769280/ - Smithsonian Reportedly Told Staffer to Remove ‘Unjust’ From Exhibition on Japanese American Internment: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-internment-unjust-self-censorship-1234769272/ - France’s Top Art Award, the Prix Marcel Duchamp, Names 2026 Nominees: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/prix-marcel-duchamp-2026-nominees-1234769260/ - Bonhams Saw Significant Revenue Drop in 2024, In Line With the Big Three: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bonhams-posted-significant-losses-2024-1234769251/ - Man Serving Life Sentence for Attacking Six-Year-Old at Tate Modern Faces New Assault Charges: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-modern-attack-man-sentenced-again-1234769250/ - Yoshiko Mori, Former Chair of Mori Art Museum, Has Died at 85: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yoshiko-mori-former-chair-mori-art-museum-died-85-1234769253/ - The U.S. Returned 7 Ancient Artifacts to Egypt, From Mummified Fish to a Falcon Head: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/united-state-returned-7-ancient-artifacts-egypt-mummified-fish-falcon-head-1234769242/ Hyperallergic - Artists React to the ICE Killing of Renee

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Sperone, Westwater Trade Claims of Mismanagement, Absenteeism in New Court Filings: https://news.artnet.com/market/sperone-westwater-court-filings-2735301 - Artnet’s Katya Kazakina Wins Newswomen’s Club of New York Award for Second Year in a Row: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/katya-kazakina-front-page-award-2735282 - Boston Hotel Roasted for Using A.I.-Generated ‘Warhol’ Portraits as Decor: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/boston-midtown-hotel-ai-art-warhol-2735290 - 5 Essential Old Masters Shows for 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5-essential-old-masters-shows-for-2026-2735391 - The $500 Apple Check That Launched a Tech Empire Could Net $500,000 at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/apple-steve-jobs-memorabilia-auction-2735336 - A Tbilisi Exhibition Reintroduces Merab Abramishvili to the Wider Art World: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-tbilisi-exhibition-reintroduces-merab-abramishvili-to-the-wider-art-world-2734711 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - The final cow-tdown: buyers of MSCHF’s controversial bovine project will decide animal’s fate: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/mschf-cow-project-slaughter-sanctuary-buyers-decide - Suspects in Brazil Matisse heist arrested, but alleged thief nicknamed ‘Gargamel’ remains at large: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/brazil-matisse-heist-suspects-arrested-art-missing - Paintings by US president Jimmy Carter go to auction: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/jimmy-carter-paintings-objects-auction-christies - Can a new cipher help to explain the mysterious Voynich Manuscript?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/can-a-new-cipher-help-to-explain-the-mysterious-voynich-manuscript - Protest held at Gallerie degli Uffizi after change in ticketing contract leaves temporary staff out of work: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/protests-gallerie-degli-uffizi-ticketing-contract-temporary-staff-out-of-work - Comment | We are living in an age of bad painting—the medium must be challenged to stay interesting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/comment-we-are-living-in-an-age-of-bad-paintinghas-the-medium-become-too-comfortable - Copyright changes bring New Year cheer for fans of Léger, de Staël and Hepworth: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/copyright-changes-bring-new-year-cheer-for-fans-of-leger-de-stael-and-hepworth - First-ever oil painting depicting an artist at work to star in female Old Master exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/first-ever-oil-painting-depicting-an-artist-at-work-female-old-master-exhibition - Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/kathleen-goncharov-curator-artist-boca-raton-museum-obituary ARTnews.com - Venezuela’s Cultural Scene Looks On in Moment of Historic Upheaval Following Maduro Ouster: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venezuela-cultural-scene-mauduro-ouster-1234769032/ - Artist Diana Thater Partners with Conservation Lab to Save Work Destroyed by Altadena Fire: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/diana-thater-media-art-preservation-cmacc-1234769025/ - After a 2025 of Over-Performances, Li Hei Di’s Market Seems Poised to Take Another Jump This Year: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/li-hei-di-market-analysis-1234769048/ - Uffizi Workers Protest With Flags and Flares Against ‘Precarious Lives’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uffizi-workers-protest-against-precarious-lives-1234769023/ - Diriyah Biennale Announces Artists for 2026 Contemporary Art Edition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/diriyah-contemporary-art-biennale-2026-artist-list-1234769006/ - US Artists Are Increasingly Self-Funding Institutional Projects, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Names Artists: Morning

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Historic Quran Used in Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Goes on View: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zohran-mamdani-quran-nypl-2735027 - Remains of a ‘Medieval Super Ship’ Turn Up in the Waters of Denmark: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/largest-cog-shipwreck-svaelget-2-denmark-2735069 - A Rare Watteau, Long Hidden in a ‘Mysterious’ Collection, Heads to Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/unseen-jean-antoine-watteau-christies-paris-2734820 - Schachtradamus Speaks! Kenny Reveals Secret $190 Million Sale, Gazes Into 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kenny-schachter-2026-predictions-van-gogh-private-sale-2734822 - Louvre Staff Vote Unanimously to Strike—Again: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-strike-2-2734814 - A Monumental Light-Art Festival Illuminates Shenzhen: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/glow-nanshan-shenzhen-2025-26-2734579 - Tracey Emin Saw Her Paintings on Social Media. It Changed Laura Footes’s Career Forever: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/laura-footes-shrine-nyc-2732722 - Masterpieces by Mondrian, Klee, and More Enter the Public Domain in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/public-domain-day-2026-2734728 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - More US artists forced to pay for their own shows as museum and culture budgets shrink: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/us-artists-fundraising-exhibitions-budget-cuts - Holbein biography interrogates the artist's life and work from a different angle: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/new-publication-interrogates-holbein-from-a-different-angle - January Book Bag: from a book about Constable and the weather to a controversial Russian artist’s manifesto: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/january-book-bag-from-a-book-about-constable-and-the-weather-to-a-controversial-russian-artists-manifesto - A taster of the British Museum's Hawaii show in three objects: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/a-taster-of-the-british-museums-hawaii-show-in-three-objects - Five new art books to look out for this spring, including key artist biographies and the tale of an artistic rivalry: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/five-new-art-books-to-look-out-for-this-spring-from-a-michaelina-wautier-biography-to-francis-bacons-reading-list - New book tells the tale of David's ‘Death of Marat’ through the eyes of a lifelong admirer: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/new-book-tells-the-tale-of-davids-death-of-marat-through-the-eyes-of-a-lifelong-admirer - How an artist and a writer forged a frank friendship—and a book: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/how-an-artist-and-a-writer-forged-a-frank-friendshipand-a-book - An expert’s guide to the Gothic: five must-read books on the topic: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/an-experts-guide-to-the-gothic-five-must-read-books-on-the-art-and-architecture-style - ‘Unrealistic’ €600m Louvre redevelopment plans must be scrapped, say striking workers: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/unrealistic-6m-redevelopment-project-must-be-scrapped-say-striking-louvre-workers - In a ‘K-shaped’ economy, the art market's recovery could rely on the super-rich: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/in-a-k-shaped-economy-the-art-markets-recovery-could-rely-on-the-super-rich - Comment | The dissolution of Antwerp's museum of contemporary art should serve as a warning to all: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/comment-|-the-sorry-story-of-antwerp-museums-dissolution-serves-as-a-warning-to-all ARTnews.com - Bob Monk, Longtime Gagosian Director and Quiet Market Force, Dies at 75: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bob-monk-gagosian-director-dead-1234768884/ - Jacqueline Humphries Survey Plays Hide-and-Seek: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/jaqueline-humphries-aspen-museum-review-1234768790/ -

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Meet the Christian Speed Painter Who Raised $2.75 Million at a Trump Charity Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vanessa-horabuena-trump-painter-2734547 - British Museum Seeks Treasure Hunter to Recover Stolen Antiquities: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-treasure-hunter-stolen-antiquities-recovery-2734597 - Storied Venetian Palace Immortalized by Monet Is on the Market: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/palazzo-dario-monet-sale-2734628 - You Can See Every Jan van Eyck Portrait in One Blockbuster London Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jan-van-eyck-portraits-london-2734536 - Why Marie Antoinette’s Arts Patronage Was Radical for Its Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marie-antoinette-arts-patronage-2730383 - Curators Reveal Their Favorite Artworks of All Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curators-reveal-their-favorite-artworks-of-all-time-2717382 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - France and Mexico trade loans of colonial codices, putting spotlight on calls for restitution: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/france-mexico-exchange-codices-restitution-claims - Remembering Erik Bulatov, the Soviet artist who reframed propaganda: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/remembering-erik-bulatov-the-soviet-artist-who-reframed-propaganda - The dark side of collecting: book reveals ugly history of art’s great coveters: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/the-dark-side-of-collecting-book-reveals-ugly-history-of-arts-great-coveters - Is the Catholic Church catching the eye of Gen Z with the power of the image?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/comment-is-the-catholic-church-catching-the-eye-of-gen-z-with-the-power-of-the-image - How much should art cost? The pitfalls and paradoxes of pricing works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/how-much-should-art-cost-the-pitfalls-and-paradoxes-of-pricing-works - How Australia’s social media ban could affect art institutions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/how-australias-social-media-ban-could-affect-art-institutions - The must-see exhibitions of 2026: from Duchamp in New York to Baldessari in Beijing: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/05/the-must-see-exhibitions-in-2026-from-duchamp-in-new-york-to-baldessari-in-beijing ARTnews.com - More and More ‘Extraordinary’ Artist Visas Are Going to Social Media Influencers, Say Immigration Lawyers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/extraordinary-artist-visas-social-media-influencers-1234768831/ - 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery and Industrial Complex Discovered in Western Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2000-year-old-cemetery-industrial-complex-discovered-western-egypt-1234768814/ - Lucia Di Luciano, Italian Painter Whose Abstractions Anticipated Digital Futures, Dies at 93: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucia-di-luciano-painter-dead-1234768776/ - Long-Lost Harry Bertoia Sculpture Is Installed in GM’s Global Headquarters: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rediscovered-harry-bertoia-sculpture-gm-global-headquarters-1234768788/ - 7 Books We’re Looking Forward to in January: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/7-books-were-looking-forward-to-in-january-1234768720/ - Dib Bangkok Opens at a Critical Turning Point in the Thai Art Scene: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dib-bangkok-opens-critical-turning-point-thai-art-scene-1234768779/ - John P. Axelrod, Prominent Boston Collector, Killed in Hit-and-Run at 79: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/john-p-axelrod-dead-collector-1234768773/ - Louvre Reopens After Delay, With Some Galleries Closed Amid Staff Strike: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-reopens-delay-galleries-closed-staff-strike-1234768758/ - Artist and Curator Withdraw ‘Last Supper’–Inspired Painting from India’s Top Biennial After Protests: ht

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - 19 Can’t-Miss Museum Shows Across the U.S. in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-museum-shows-exhibitions-2026-2706951 - I Was Maurizio Cattelan: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-gioni-beware-of-yourself-2725047 Hyperallergic - Hew Locke’s Constant Motion: https://hyperallergic.com/hew-lockes-constant-motion/

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 a Mischievous Cat Left a Mark on Medieval Art—and Inspired a New Exhibition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cats-medieval-manuscripts-walters-art-museum-2732418 - Here Are Basquiat’s 5 Most Expensive Artworks Ever: https://news.artnet.com/market/top-lots-jean-michel-basquiat-2726806 - Who Was Edita Schubert? The Pioneering Conceptual Artist Finally Gets Her Due: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/edita-schubert-profusion-museum-susch-2732588 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Singapore Art Week captures the many sides of this multi-faceted city: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/02/singapore-art-week-captures-the-many-sides-of-this-multi-faceted-city - How Gertrude Abercrombie and her Magic Realist cohorts shifted the dial on American Regionalism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/02/how-gertrude-abercrombie-and-her-magic-realist-cohorts-shifted-the-dial-on-american-regionalism - Sweet Jesus—Trump auctions off a Christ painting made in ten minutes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/02/sweet-jesustrump-auctions-off-a-christ-painting-made-in-ten-minutes - It’s official: statistics prove that art really is good for your health: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/02/its-official-statistics-prove-that-art-really-is-good-for-your-health - Power to the people: UK museums embrace citizens’ assemblies to frame their futures: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/02/power-to-the-people-uk-museums-embrace-citizens-assemblies-to-frame-their-futures ARTnews.com - Kathleen Goncharov, Esteemed Curator and Artist, Dies at 73: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kathleen-goncharov-curator-dead-1234768679/ - Zohran Mamdani Uses Historic Qur’an at His Swearing-In Ceremony: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zohran-mamdani-mayor-swearing-in-ceremony-quran-1234768673/ - At India’s Top Biennial, A Painting Referencing ‘The Last Supper’ Sparks Protests and Backlash: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kochi-muziris-biennale-closure-christian-protests-1234768658/ - Erie Art Museum Refuses to Return ‘Abandoned’ Painting to Daughter of Late Local Artist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/erie-art-museum-wont-return-abandoned-painting-daughter-late-artist-1234768659/ - Amid Ongoing Layoffs, Brown University ‘Terminates’ Both Bell Gallery Curators, Rankling Faculty: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amid-ongoing-layoffs-brown-university-terminates-both-bell-gallery-curators-rankling-faculty-1234768426/ - After an Audit Found Irregularities, Baltimore’s Lewis Museum Says It’s On the Road to Compliance: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/audit-irregularities-baltimore-lewis-museum-1234768649/ - Works by Salvador Dalí, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, and More Have Officially Entered the Public Domain: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/public-domain-2026-artworks-1234768608/ - 2,000-Year-Old ‘Extensive Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/industrial-complex-roman-cemetery-egypt-1234768617/ - Trump Rings in 2026 at Mar-a-Lago With Auction of Jesus Painting for $2.75 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-rings-in-2026-at-mar-a-lago-with-auction-of-jesus-painting-for-2-75-m-1234768606/ - UK Museums Increasingly Turning to Public to Make Decisions, Trump Auctions Off Jesus Christ Painting for $2.75 M.: Morning Links for January 2, 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-museums-increasingly-turning-to-public-to-make-decisions-trump-auctions-off-jesus-christ-painting-for-2-75-m-morning-links-for-january-2-2026-1234768600/ Hyperallergic - What Hew Locke Carries: https://hyperallergic.com/what-hew-locke-carries/ - In 2026, Democracy Needs Museums: https://hyperallergic.com/in-2026-democracy-needs-museums/ - David Wojnarowicz’s Lessons in the Age of Surveillance: https://hyperalle

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Re-Air: Why No One Trusts Art Prices Anymore: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/re-air-why-no-one-trusts-art-prices-anymore-2711783 - The Hidden Details in ‘Whistler’s Mother’ That Unlock Its Meaning: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/suprising-history-behind-whistlers-mother-2723534 - These 8 Artists Are Poised to Break Out in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/8-artists-poised-to-break-out-in-2026-2722681 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - The most exciting museum openings in 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/01/the-most-exciting-museum-openings-in-2026 Hyperallergic - The Art Crossword: Art Deco Edition: https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-crossword-art-deco-edition/ - Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-765/ - A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/a-view-from-the-easel-141/ - Art, Truth, and the Work Ahead: https://hyperallergic.com/art-truth-and-the-work-ahead/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Woman Behind the Viral ‘Beast Jesus’ Restoration, Cecilia Giménez, Dies at 94: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/beast-jesus-artist-cecilia-gimenez-obituary-2734348 - The Talking Heads Album Cover That Won Robert Rauschenberg a Grammy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-robert-rauschenberg-talking-heads-album-cover-2709771 - New York’s Public Art Masterpiece ‘Ruckus Manhattan’ Is Back in the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ruckus-manhattan-red-grooms-and-mimi-gross-2712284 - 4 Critical Pieces of Advice From Experts on How to Make It in the Art World: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/experts-how-to-make-it-art-world-2727594 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - UK ministers get arty but who chose which works from the Government Art Collection?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/31/uk-ministers-get-arty-but-who-chose-which-works-from-the-government-art-collection - Our pick of the shows to see in the world's great art cities in 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/31/our-pick-of-the-shows-to-see-in-the-worlds-great-art-cities-in-2026 - Art market 2026 predictions: underwhelming rebound and another Frieze fair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/31/predicting-art-market-trends-2026-underwhelming-rebound-and-another-frieze-fair - Woman whose botched Jesus fresco became a viral sensation dies, aged 94: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/31/woman-whose-botched-jesus-fresco-became-a-viral-sensation-dies-aged-94 ARTnews.com - Archeologists Uncover Frescoes of ‘Vibrant Peacocks and Masks’ at Villa di Poppea Outside Naples: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archeologists-uncover-frescoes-villa-di-poppea-1234768549/ - Bad Bunny Gets Backlash from Mexican Cultural Authorities for Touching Museum Artifact: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bad-bunny-backlash-artifact-mexico-museum-1234768524/ - A Guide to the 2026 Venice Biennale National Pavilions: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/2026-venice-biennale-national-pavilions-1234729939/ - 2025 Was the Year Luxury Truly Became Part of the Art Fair Playbook. But Where’s the Line?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-fairs-luxury-collaborations-2025-market-1234768449/ - A Sonic Sculpture Played by Charli XCX Is the Year’s Breakout Instrument: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/charli-xcx-sound-sculpture-amanda-camenisch-1234768492/ - Frank Lloyd Wright, Under the Sway of Solomon Guggenheim’s Curator, Applied Leeches and Had All His Teeth Pulled: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frank-lloyd-wright-guggenheim-leeches-teeth-pulled-1234768289/ - Lost Spanish Colonial Mission on Texas Frontier Is Rediscovered: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lost-spanish-colonial-mission-on-texas-frontier-is-rediscovered-1234768471/ - Norman Rockwell Was ‘Antifa,’ Says the Artist’s Granddaughter: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norman-rockwell-antifa-department-of-homeland-security-1234768466/ - The Top 10 ARTnews Stories of 2025: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/top-10-artnews-stories-of-2025-most-read-1234767202/ Hyperallergic - Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian: https://hyperallergic.com/celebrate-public-domain-day-with-betty-boop-and-piet-mondrian/ - Fred Wilson Reflects Our World in Black and White: https://hyperallergic.com/fred-wilson-reflects-our-world-in-black-and-white/ - Remembering the Art Restorer Who Lifted Our Spirits: https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-the-art-restorer-who-lifted-our-spirits/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - What Are Helen Frankenthaler’s Most Expensive Paintings? Here Are the Top 5: https://news.artnet.com/market/top-auction-lots-helen-frankenthaler-paintings-2693574 - 8 Things Cultural Critics Were Thinking About in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cultural-critics-2025-2717449 - What Happened to the ‘City of 1,001 Churches’? The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Town: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-ani-city-of-1001-churches-2718044 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Multilevel Anselm Kiefer amphitheatre unveiled at Mona museum in Tasmania: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/30/multilevel-anselm-kiefer-amphitheatre-unveiled-at-mona-museum-in-tasmania - Thai pharma dynasty opens doors to 1,000-piece contemporary collection: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/30/thai-pharma-dynasty-opens-doors-to-its-1000-piece-contemporary-collection-in-new-bangkok-museum - Arise Sir Tristram—V&A director is knighted in UK New Year Honours: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/30/arise-sir-tristramva-director-is-knighted-in-uk-new-year-honours - Istanbul Biennial ends early following curator departure: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/30/istanbul-biennial-ends-early-following-curator-departure ARTnews.com - Tristram Hunt, Director of V&A Museum, Gets Knighthood in King Charles’ 2026 New Year Honors List: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tristram-hunt-v-and-a-museum-director-knighted-1234768442/ - Palestinian Artists Speak Out, Stolen Shield Returns to View, and More: Morning Links for December 30, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/palestinian-artists-shield-istanbul-biennial-morning-links-1234768400/ - Istanbul Biennial Ends Early After Curator Resigns Due to ‘Personal Circumstances’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/istanbul-biennial-ends-early-curator-resigns-1234768363/ - Amit Berman Joins Fabienne Levy Gallery, Kevin Umaña Joins the Pit, and More: Industry Moves for December 30, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/industry-moves-december-30-2025-1234768365/ - Cecilia Giménez, Painter Behind Viral ‘Beast Jesus’ Restoration, Dies at 94: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cecilia-gimenez-beast-jesus-restoration-dead-1234768356/ - Art World Insiders Make Their New Year’s Predictions for 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-world-insiders-2026-market-predictions-new-years-1234768290/ - Guy Wildenstein Resigns as Wildenstein & Co. President After 35-Year Tenure Marred by Tax Fraud Conviction: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guy-wildenstein-resigns-wildenstein-gallery-president-1234768335/ - The Year in Latinx Art: At a Time When Art Seems Impossible, It Is Still Healing: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/year-in-latinx-art-2025-artists-museums-1234768159/ Hyperallergic - How “Heated Rivalry” Sparked Thirst, Hope, and Memes: https://hyperallergic.com/how-heated-rivalry-sparked-thirst-hope-and-memes/ - Bad Bunny Scolded for Touching Ancient Art at Mexican Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/bad-bunny-scolded-for-touching-ancient-art-at-mexican-museum/ - Cecilia Giménez, Whose Botched Restoration Became an Icon, Dies at 94: https://hyperallergic.com/cecilia-gimenez-whose-botched-restoration-became-an-icon/ - Black Mountain College Prize Awarded to Rosana Paulino: https://hyperallergic.com/black-mountain-college-prize-rosana-paulino/ - We’ve Been at the Tapestry Studio Since the 90s: https://hyperallergic.com/salt-tapestry-studio/ - The Stories That Carried Me Through 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/the-stories-that-carried-me-through-2025/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - The Disastrous Venice Palace Fire That Turned Priceless Artworks to Ash: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-doges-palace-fire-2718336 - The Top 5 Art Market Minute Podcast Episodes of 2025: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/top-5-art-market-minute-podcast-episodes-2025-2728773 - Dear Auction Executives…: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dear-auction-execs-column-2733196 - How the Dinosaur Came Roaring Back: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-the-dinosaur-came-roaring-back-2730384 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - In memoriam: remembering art world figures who died in 2025: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/29/in-memoriam-remembering-art-world-figures-who-died-in-2025 - Fair behemoths bet on Gulf plus new, bigger venues for Independent—a quick look at art fairs in 2026: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/29/fair-behemoths-bet-on-gulf-plus-new-venues-for-independenta-quick-look-at-art-fairs-in-2026 ARTnews.com - Newly Unearthed Solar Temple in Egypt Reveals One of the Earliest Public Religious Calendars: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-solar-temple-reveals-ancient-religious-calendar-1234768292/ - Angelina Jolie’s New York Studio Space Runs Into a Legal Challenge: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/angelina-jolie-new-york-studio-space-legal-challenge-1234768257/ - Imperial War Museum Criticized for Closing Victoria Cross Gallery Amid Launch of LGBTQ+ Tour: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/imperial-war-museum-criticized-for-lgbtq-tour-1234768211/ - Cinema Icon Brigitte Bardot Dies, Olfactory Art Shines in Germany, Controversy at Imperial War Museum, and More: Morning Links for December 29, 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cinema-icon-brigitte-bardot-dies-olfactory-art-shines-in-germany-controversy-at-imperial-war-museum-and-more-morning-links-for-december-29-2026-1234768207/ - British Taxpayers to Underwrite $1 B. Loan to Cover Bayeux Tapestry in the UK: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-taxpayers-to-underwrite-1-billion-loan-to-cover-bayeux-tapestry-while-its-shown-in-the-uk-1234768203/ - In 2025, Censorship and Firings Defined a Fractured Art World: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-world-censorship-2025-smithsonian-trump-whitney-isp-1234767305/ - How Mothers Became A Preeminent Figure of Our Times: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/motherhood-essay-tala-madani-kara-walker-designing-motherhood-1234767620/ Hyperallergic - 15 Landmark Museum Acquisitions in 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/15-landmark-museum-acquisitions-in-2025/ - A Year of Elevating LGBTQ+ Artists: https://hyperallergic.com/a-year-of-elevating-lgbtq-artists/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Is Smell the Next Big Thing in Art?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/power-of-scents-delcy-morelos-madre-2731354 - Titian’s 10 Most Sublime Paintings—Ranked: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/titian-top-10-works-ranked-2716059 - Artists Share Advice on Thriving (and Surviving) in the Art World: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-business-art-2725483 - Henri Rousseau Deserves More Than Our Condescension: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/henri-rousseau-barnes-foundation-2726966 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - And God Created Artists: Brigitte Bardot caught on canvas: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/28/and-god-created-artists-brigitte-bardot-caught-on-canvas - UK government insures Bayeux Tapestry for £800m during loan to British Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/28/uk-government-insures-bayeux-tapestry-for-800m-during-loan-to-british-museum

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - From Taylor Swift to ‘The Gilded Age’—9 Art World-Pop Culture Crossovers in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-pop-culture-crossover-2025-2729394 - David Hockney’s 5 Most Expensive Paintings Sold at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/top-lots-david-hockney-2693373 - Dig This! 10 Discoveries That Stunned Archaeologists in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/2025-archaeology-discoveries-2710629 - The Art World in 2025: Our Favorite Stories of the Year: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-art-world-in-2025-2716064 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Closure of Side gallery quayside space in Newcastle sparks social media backlash: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/closure-of-side-gallery-riverside-space-in-newcastle-sparks-social-media-backlash - Remembering Christian Caujolle, a seminal figure in French photography, who has died aged 72: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/remembering-christian-caujolle-the-french-photographer-who-has-died-aged-72 - How taboo-breaker Robert Crumb’s surreal cartoons mock an absurd world—and himself: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/book-reveals-how-taboo-breaker-robert-crumbs-surreal-cartoons-mock-an-absurd-worldand-himself - Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize draw: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/want-to-win-a-1m-picasso-buy-a-100-raffle-ticket-in-painting-prize-draw Hyperallergic - A Look Back at the Art That Stayed With Us: https://hyperallergic.com/one-last-look-back-at-2025/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - She Is an Icon of Finnish Art. Now Modernist Helene Schjerfbeck Takes a Global Stage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/she-is-an-icon-of-finnish-art-now-modernist-helene-schjerfbeck-takes-a-global-stage-2728018 - From Sharon Stone to Adrien Brody—Here Are the Stars We Interviewed in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/celebrities-art-crossover-interviews-2025-2728129 - The Theft That Made the Mona Lisa Famous: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-mona-lisa-louvre-heist-2708512 - 8 Gulf Artists Defining the Region’s New Cultural Renaissance: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/8-gulf-artists-defining-the-regions-new-cultural-renaissance-2728529 - Untangling the Myths Behind Henri Rousseau’s Eccentric Masterpiece: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/untangling-the-myths-behind-henri-rousseau-eccentric-masterpiece-2724971 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Mexico's Maya Train expansion raises alarm over ecological and archaeological harm: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/mexicos-maya-train-expansion-raises-alarm-over-ecological-and-archaeological-harm - Paris exhibition provides a new canon-busting vision of Minimalism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/paris-exhibition-provides-a-new-canon-busting-vision-of-minimalism - AI helps to reconstruct Cimabue basilica masterpiece shattered by earthquakes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/ai-to-reconstruct-shattered-cimabue-fresco ARTnews.com - Egyptian Archaeologist Vows to Bring Bust of Nefertiti Back from Germany: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nefertiti-bust-egypt-zahi-hawass-demands-return-1234768168/ - Ukraine Demands Extradition of Russian Archaeologist for Illegal Excavations in Crimea: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukraine-demands-extradition-russian-archaeologist-crimea-1234768170/ - Collector Leslie Wexner Denies Being Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Co-Conspirator’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/collector-leslie-wexner-denies-being-jeffrey-epsteins-co-conspirator-1234768161/ - Filmmaker Amos Poe Dies at 76, ‘Red, White, and Blue’ British Museum Ball Invites Controversy, and: Morning Links for December 26, 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/filmmaker-amos-poe-dies-at-76-red-white-and-blue-british-museum-ball-invites-controversy-and-morning-links-for-december-26-2026-1234768167/ - The Most Significant Art World Lawsuits of 2025: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/art-world-lawsuits-1234766960/ Hyperallergic - 10 Artworks That Spoke Truth to Power in 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/10-artworks-that-spoke-truth-to-power-in-2025/ - Hyperallergic’s 20 Most Read Stories of 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/hyperallergics-20-most-read-stories-of-2025/ - A message from our editor-in-chief: https://hyperallergic.com/a-message-from-our-editor-in-chief-2025-12-26/ - A Year in Blue and Green: https://hyperallergic.com/a-year-in-blue-and-green/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Re-Air: How Painters Today Are Reframing… the Frame: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/reframing-the-frame-2711779 - Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/10-top-lots-auction-2025-2723777 - Meet 5 Artists Transforming Photography: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/meet-5-artists-transforming-photography-2731217 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Puzzled presidents bring festive cheer—Merry Christmas!: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/25/puzzled-presidents-bring-festive-cheermerry-christmas ARTnews.com - 10 Must-See Chapels in Italy: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/must-see-chapels-italy-1234768064/ Hyperallergic - Art-World Giants We Lost in 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/art-world-giants-we-lost-in-2025/ - Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-764/ - A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/a-view-from-the-easel-317/ - Merry Christmas From Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/merry-christmas-from-hyperallergic-2025/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Rankles Ancient History Buffs: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christopher-nolan-odyssey-trailer-historical-inaccuracies-2734004 - Archaeologists Unearth Pharaoh’s Lost Temple in Egypt: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/valley-temple-excavation-egypt-2733908 - The Ancient Roman Outpost You’ve Never Heard of—Tucked Away in a Quiet Swiss Town: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-augusta-raurica-ruins-switzerland-2716624 - 7 Must-See Museum Shows on View Across Asia in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/7-must-see-museum-shows-on-view-across-asia-in-2026-2723845 - What Defined 2025? Curators Pick the Year’s Best Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-defined-2025-curators-pick-the-years-best-art-2717370 - These 10 Art Historical Deep Dives Reveal the Hidden Stories Behind Famous Artworks: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/10-art-historical-deep-dives-2715835 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Mexico City's giant Modernist mosaics face uncertain future: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/mexico-citys-giant-modernist-mosaics-face-uncertain-future - Pablo Picasso and Safeya Binzagr headline Sotheby’s second sale in Saudi Arabia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/pablo-picasso-and-safeya-binzagr-headline-sothebys-second-sale-in-saudi-arabia - The waves that disappeared—Art duo Cooking Sections track lost tides in new installation: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/the-waves-that-disappearedart-duo-cooking-sections-track-lost-tides-in-new-installation - Guy Wildenstein steps down as president of Wildenstein & Co. gallery after 35 years: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/guy-wildenstein-steps-down-as-president-of-wildenstein-co-gallery-after-35-years ARTnews.com - The Year in Gallery Closures: A Collapse or a Transition to a Smarter Market?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2025-gallery-closures-collapse-transition-smarter-market-1234765872/ - Christmas Through the Eyes of Photographer Lee Friedlander: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/christmas-lee-friedlander-1234767259/ Hyperallergic - Odd-Shaped Cookie Cutters Spark Community and Creativity: https://hyperallergic.com/odd-shaped-cookie-cutters-spark-community-and-creativity/ - Our Powerless 20 List Is Here: https://hyperallergic.com/our-powerless-20-list-is-here/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Louvre Installs Security Bars on Window Used in Heist: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-installs-bars-on-heist-window-2733943 - The Worst Artworks We Saw in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-worst-art-we-saw-in-2025-2706930 - What’s the Point? New Study Reveals How Old Masters Used Gestures to Steer Our Eye: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pointing-fingers-in-old-master-paintings-study-2733869 - Dries Van Noten’s Next Act? An Arts Foundation in Venice Dedicated to Craftsmanship: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fondazione-dries-van-noten-venice-2733760 - From a Rembrandt in a Drawer to a Dalí at a Yard Sale—2025’s Wildest Art Rediscoveries: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-historical-rediscoveries-2025-2733425 - Picasso Landscape Leads Sotheby’s Second Saudi Arabia Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-saudi-arabian-auction-2026-2733794 - Auction of Pennies Hauls in Record $16.7 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/omega-pennies-set-auction-record-2733714 - 12 Unmissable Museum Shows to See Across Europe in 2026: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-exhibitions-shows-europe-2026-2722038 - Christian Marclay on Why ‘The Clock’ Challenges a Digitally Obsessed Generation: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-clock-christian-marclay-2723438 - What Is ‘Reference Baiting’—and Why Is It Taking Over the Art Market?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-is-reference-baiting-art-market-2732751 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Rwanda boosts culture infrastructure with new non-profit contemporary art centre: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/rwanda-boosts-culture-infrastructure-with-new-non-profit-contemporary-art-centre - Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-returns-three-sculptures-to-cambodia - Robert Mnuchin, the blue-chip gallerist who loved the drama of the auction saleroom, has died aged 92: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/robert-mnuchin-the-blue-chip-gallerist-who-loved-the-drama-of-the-auction-saleroom-has-died-aged-92 ARTnews.com - In Repatriation Ceremony in New York, 43 Antiquities Are Returned to Turkey: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/looted-artworks-returned-turkey-met-museum-manhattan-da-1234768114/ - China Launches Probe Into Alleged Art-Theft Scheme at Nanjing Museum Involving a Former Director: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nanjing-museum-alleged-art-theft-probe-1234768108/ - Paris’s Galerie 1900-2000 Has Closed Its New York Branch: ‘Business Was Quite Slow’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paris-galerie-1900-2000-closed-new-york-branch-1234768084/ - Jessica Silverman Adds Rebecca Manson, Rubin Acquisitions, and More: Industry Moves for December 23, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/jessica-silverman-adds-rebecca-manson-rubin-acquisitions-industry-moves-1234767693/ - Rome Introduces Entry Fee to See Famous Trevi Fountain: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trevi-fountain-tourist-fee-rome-1234768051/ - Louvre Installs Bars on Notorious Window at Center of Art Heist: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-installs-bars-window-heist-galerie-dapollon-1234768050/ - Stop Making Sense: 2025 Was the Year No One Could Figure Out the Art Market: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/stop-making-sense-2025-art-market-analysis-1234767291/ - MoMA Adds CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles to Its Collection, Becoming Latest Major Museum to Acquire Onchain Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/moma-cryptopunks-chromie-squiggles-acquisitions-1234768035/ - Digital Art’s Narcissism Problem, Sotheby’s to Host Second Saudi Auction, Smithsonian Returns 3 Statues to Cambodia: Morning Links for December 23, 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Rome’s Trevi Fountain Introduces Entrance Fee for Tourists: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rome-charges-fee-for-trevi-fountain-2733686 - The Best Artworks We Saw in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/best-artworks-2025-2706925 - Banksy’s New Mural of Stargazing Children Pops Up in London: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/banksy-new-mural-queens-mews-centrepoint-london-2733570 - Jeff Koons on Mining the Past for His New Porcelains: ‘Time Is Very Important’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-porcelain-series-gagosian-2732756 - First-Edition ‘Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Sets New Tolkien Auction Record: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-edition-unsigned-lotr-tolkien-auction-2733229 - White House Pressures Smithsonian to Comply With Review or Risk Funding Loss: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197 - Archaeologists at Pompeii Unearth Lavish Frescoes Linked to Nero’s Wife: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/villa-de-poppea-frescoes-2733430 - Drapery Isn’t Just for Old Masters. How Contemporary Artists Are Reimagining an Ancient Motif: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/drapery-contemporary-artists-2731349 - The Legendary Persian City Alexander the Great Tried—and Failed—to Destroy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-persepolis-destruction-2718329 - Grid Addicts: Gallerist Todd von Ammon on the Art Business’s Contradictions: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/todd-von-ammon-grids-galleries-fairs-column-2730883 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Guatemala’s Bienal de Arte Paiz nurtures connections across geography and history: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/guatemala-24th-bienal-de-arte-paiz-the-world-tree - Comment | Digital art today has a narcissism problem: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/digital-art-2025-narcissism-problem-critical-feedback - We are all in the gutter but Banksy’s Christmas kids are looking at the stars: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/we-are-all-in-the-gutter-but-banksys-christmas-kids-are-looking-at-the-stars - Late UK artist Sarah Cunningham honoured with Nottingham Contemporary show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/late-uk-artist-sarah-cunningham-honoured-with-nottingham-contemporary-show - Arnulf Rainer, a revolutionary figure in postwar Austrian art, has died aged 96: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/arnulf-rainer-a-revolutionary-figure-in-postwar-austrian-art-has-died-aged-96 - A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desert: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/a-museum-packed-with-once-banned-art-is-flourishing-in-the-uzbek-desert - Spirited art—Sharon Stone looks to the afterlife for her latest paintings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/spirited-artsharon-stone-looks-to-the-afterlife-for-her-latest-paintings Art Business News - Art Week Miami 2025 Review: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/12/art-week-miami-2025-review/ ARTnews.com - New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Signs Open Letter Supporting Met Museum Union: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zohran-mamdani-signs-open-letter-met-museum-union-1234767978/ - Artists Denounced Jeffrey Epstein’s Behavior Nearly 20 Years Ago—and Other Art-Related Reveals from the Newly Released Files: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/jeffrey-epstein-files-art-reveals-1234767764/ - Uruguay’s Only Art Fair Wagers That It Can Create a New Regional Market Force: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uruguays-only-art-fair-wagers-that-it-can-create-a-new-regional-market-force-1234767795/ - Just in Time for Christmas, Identical New Banksy Murals Look to the Stars But Point to Problems on the Ground: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christmas-identical-new-banksy-murals-london-housing-crisis-1234767781/ - An Inherited Mess: How a High-Growth Fantasy Is

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 Artissima’s Continued Growth Signals a Renaissance in the Italian Art Market: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/global-reach-and-local-appeal-defined-artissimas-latest-edition-2731247 - Pour One Out for the Galleries That Closed in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/contemporary-art-galleries-2025-2731623 - In Memoriam: The Artists and Art Luminaries We Lost in 2025: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/2025-art-obituaries-2598474 - Sargent’s Early Portraits of Monet and Rodin Reveal a Rising Art Star: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sargent-monet-rodin-2718390 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Heidi Lau and Wong Ping both win M+ Sigg Prize: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/21/heidi-lau-and-wong-pong-both-win-m-sigg-prize ARTnews.com - Arnulf Rainer, Austrian Artist Known for His ‘Overpaintings,’ Dies at 96: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/arnulf-rainer-dead-1234767718/