Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - This Iconic David Bowie Album Cover Just Made Auction History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-bowie-brian-duffy-aladdin-sane-auction-2709007 - Were Neanderthals Artists? Ochre Fragments Reveal Signs of Creative Expression: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/neanderthals-ochre-fragments-art-study-2708973 - Photorealist Painter Joanne Tod Wants Us to Question What We See: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/caviar20-joanne-tod-interiors-and-decoration-2708487 - Alongside Shanghai’s Stalwart Art Fairs, Locals Plot Ambitious Alternative: https://news.artnet.com/market/hang-over-shanghai-fair-2708486 - Pompeii’s Elite Topped Their Villas With Giant Towers, Now Reconstructed in 3D: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-villa-towers-elite-3d-model-2708877 - Rare David Hockney Watercolor Debuts at Auction With $1.8 Million Estimate: https://news.artnet.com/market/david-hockney-alhambra-watercolor-bonhams-auction-2708806 - Monet, Degas, and Cézanne Star in Landmark Exhibition of Germany’s Finest Art Trove: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scharf-collection-monet-degas-cezanne-berlin-exhibition-2707657 - Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-carolingen-gospel-auction-2708571 - The Fabulous Story Behind Calder’s Circus, the Tiny Big Top That Set His Art in Motion: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alexander-calder-circus-100-whitney-2708618 - San Francisco’s Controversial Brutalist Fountain Slated for Removal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vaillancourt-fountain-recreation-parks-department-controversy-2699795 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Crypto entrepreneur proposes colossal, $450m statue of Prometheus for San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/450m-giant-promethus-statue-alcatraz-island-san-francisco - Inside the Jewish Museum’s $14.5m renovation in New York City: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/jewish-museum-renovation-new-york-city - First Americans may have sailed from north-east Asia: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/first-americans-may-have-sailed-from-asia - Five must-see shows this Dublin Gallery Weekend: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/five-must-see-shows-this-dublin-gallery-weekend - A centenary of style: why Art Deco's market appeal is evergreen: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/a-centenary-of-style-art-decos-evergreen-market-appeal - Opening date for London’s V&A East Museum announced: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/opening-date-london-victoria-albert-east-museum-announced - Comment | Time is running out for justice on Nazi-looted art—but it is not yet too late for museums to act: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/comment-|-time-is-running-out-for-justice-on-nazi-looted-artbut-its-not-yet-too-late-for-museums-to-act - As Art X Lagos opens, Nigeria's next generation of artists emerges: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/art-x-lagos-opens-nigerias-next-generation-of-artists-emerges - UK government set to scrap English baccalaureate, which made arts education ‘the preserve of a privileged few’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/05/campaigners-welcome-end-to-english-baccalaureate-which-made-arts-the-preserve-of-a-privileged-few ARTnews.com - San Francisco’s Brutalist Vaillancourt Fountain Will Be Dismantled: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vaillancourt-fountain-will-be-dismantled-san-francisco-1234760284/ - US Antiques and Decorative Arts Hit Hard By Trump Tariffs: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-antiques-and-decorative-arts-hit-hard-by-trump-tariffs-1234760257/ - V&A East Museum Will Open in London’s Olympic Park in April 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/victoria-albert-east-museum-to-open-olympic-park-london-123476