Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Christie’s Rings Up $126 Million at Well-Crafted 21st-Century Sale, With $19.8 Million Wool in Front: https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-edlis-neeson-sale-126-million-2716072 - Phillips Totals $67.3 Million in Lukewarm Sale, Moving $16 Million Bacon, $5.4 Triceratops: https://news.artnet.com/market/phillips-modern-contemporary-november-dinosaur-2716370 - Guitarist Ronnie Wood’s New Paintings Celebrate His 50th Year With the Rolling Stones: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ronnie-wood-rolling-stones-prints-50th-year-2716249 - Sotheby’s Sold $706 Million of Art in 3 Hours. Here’s a Look at the Numbers: https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-leonard-lauder-contemporary-by-the-numbers-2715607 - Believe It or Not, This Is the Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet: https://news.artnet.com/market/maurizio-cattelan-america-gold-toilet-auction-2707156 - A Treasure Trove of New York Gallery History Is Now Online: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/photo-archive-historic-new-york-gallery-shows-2478822 - Why Are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos Sponsoring the Met Gala?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-bezos-met-gala-2715793 - Massive Bronze Age Settlement in Kazakhstan Reveals Its Secrets: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/semiyarka-kazakhstan-archaeology-bronze-age-city-2715955 - The Met Returns Historic Buddhist Painting to Korea: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-met-returns-historic-buddhist-painting-to-korea-2715943 - Sale of 17th-Century Pascal Invention Halted Over Cultural Heritage Concerns: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pascaline-early-arithmetic-machine-christies-sale-2687208 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan's $12.1m gold toilet is Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/maurizio-cattelan-gold-toilet-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-sothebys - Rijksmuseum to host study exploring potential benefits of art for people with Parkinson’s: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/rijksmuseum-study-exploring-potential-benefits-art-parkinsons-disease - Live conservation reveals hidden surprises of unfinished Spencer painting: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/live-conservation-reveals-hidden-surprises-of-unfinished-spencer-painting - An eerie Renaissance masterpiece, fresh from a four-year restoration process, goes on show in Berlin: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/an-eerie-renaissance-masterpiece-fresh-from-a-four-year-restoration-process-goes-on-show-in-berlin - Louvre closes gallery ‘until further notice’ citing structural problems: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/louvre-closes-gallery-until-further-notice-citing-structural-problems - In his own words: Antwerp museum uses AI to recreate Magritte's voice: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/19/in-his-own-words-antwerp-museum-recreates-magritte-lecture-using-ai ARTnews.com - Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale Sets Auction Records for Three Women Artists: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-21st-century-evening-sale-women-artists-records-1234762523/ - Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale Totals $123.6 M. and Sets A Few Records: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-21st-century-evening-sale-totals-november-2025-1234762509/ - Phillips Modern and Contemporary Sale Nets $67.3 M., Led by $16 M. Francis Bacon Diptych: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/phillips-modern-contemporary-art-auction-report-francis-bacon-1234762505/ - Christie’s Paris Suspends Its Sale of the First Calculating Machine: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-paris-suspends-sale-pascaline-calculating-machine-1234762433/ - Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Revealed as Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s $12.1 M. Gold Toilet: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ripleys-buys-maurizio-cattelan