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 Heist: Suspects Face Theft and Conspiracy Charges: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-robbery-2701689
- Heirs of Jewish Family Sue the Met, Greek Foundation, Over Looted Vincent van Gogh Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-van-gogh-met-lawsuit-2705661
- Long-Lost Baroque Painting Revealed as Rare Alchemical Masterpiece: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fedele-fischetti-triumph-of-night-christopher-bishop-2706041
- Canaletto Fever Continues as a $30 Million Venetian Scene Heads to Christie’s: https://news.artnet.com/market/30-million-venetian-scene-canaletto-christies-2706015
- Sole Surviving Titanic First-Class Passenger List Expected to Sell for Over $100,000: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/titanic-first-class-passenger-list-auction-2706205
- Classical Indian Painting Sells for $13.6 Million, Smashing Estimate and Setting Record: https://news.artnet.com/market/basawan-auction-record-2705792
- An Alabama College Sells Its Famed Hale Woodruff Murals—While Preserving Public Access: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/talladega-alabama-college-sells-hale-woodruff-murals-2705997
- Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Frieze London, Frieze Masters, and Art Basel Paris: https://news.artnet.com/market/price-check-frieze-london-art-basel-paris-2704079
- Dubai Reveals Plans for Art Museum Designed by Star Architect Tadao Ando: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dubai-museum-of-art-design-tadao-ando-2705831
- Europe’s Top 8 Must-See Shows, From Forgotten Masters to Living Legends: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/must-see-shows-europe-2689860
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Princeton University Art Museum graduates to expansive new home: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/princeton-university-art-museum-graduates-to-expansive-new-home
- In historic move, MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/mfa-boston-returns-david-drake-pottery-heirs
- Trump fires all members of fine arts commission that reviews construction projects in Washington, DC: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/president-trump-fires-commission-fine-arts-members
- With the help of exhibitions, Jeanne Lanvin's eponymous fashion house is keeping her legacy alive: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/louvre-curators-on-the-legacy-of-fashion-legend-jeanne-lanvin
- Inside Albert Barnes’ extraordinary collection—born from a tough-talking business brain and an egalitarian ethos: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/inside-albert-barnes-extraordinary-collectionborn-from-a-tough-talking-business-brain-and-an-egalitarian-ethos
- Chinese prints and a rare stringed wood carving by Barbara Hepworth: the latest museum acquisitions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/chinese-prints-and-a-rare-stringed-wood-carving-by-barbara-hepworth-the-latest-museum-acquisitions
- In Prague, the long-term future of Alphonse Mucha’s ‘Slav Epic’ hangs in the balance: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/in-prague-the-long-term-future-of-alphonse-muchas-slav-epic-hangs-in-the-balance
- Led by £10.2m cheetah miniature, Aga Khan collection breaks all-time record for South Asian art sale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/led-by-£10m-cheetah-miniature-aga-khan-collection-breaks-record-for-south-asian-art-sale
- World Monuments Fund launches campaign to raise $60m endowment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/world-monuments-fund-60m-endowment-fund-campaign-suzanne-deal-booth
- Dubai’s first art museum to include ‘space for fairs’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/dubai-first-art-museum-space-for-art-fairs
- Twisting tale of ‘Henry VIII’s lost dagger’ to be told in London exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/henry-viii-lost-dagger-lond
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