Events from the year 1518 in art.

• Titian begins painting The Worship of Venus (Madrid, Museo del Prado) during 1518-1519 and completes his large Assumption of the Virgin (1516-1518) for the altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, his first major commission in the city.
• Bernard van Orley probably makes four tapestry cartoons for the Legend of Our Lady on the Zavel during 1516-1518.

• Albrecht Altdorfer - Sebastian Altar in St. Florian's Priory, Sankt Florian, near Linz, Upper Austria
• Albrecht Dürer - Maria Praying
• Adriaen Isenbrandt
  • Bröhmse triptych with Adoration of the Magi (St. Mary's Church, Lübeck; destroyed 1942)
  • Portrait of Paulus de Nigro
• Raphael (some dates approximate)
  • Ezekiel's Vision
  • Self-portrait with a friend
  • St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
  • The Holy Family of Francis I
• Titian - Assumption of the Virgin

• September 29 – Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin), Italian painter of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance (died 1594) ^[1]
• date unknown
  • Antonio Badile, Italian painter from Verona (died 1560)
  • Hieronymus Cock, Flemish painter, etcher and publisher of prints (died 1570)
  • Étienne Delaune, French engraver and goldsmith (died 1595)
  • Mayken Verhulst, Flemish miniature, tempera and watercolor painter (died 1599)
  • Marx Weiß, German Gothic painter (died 1580)

• January 5 (or 1517) – Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist (born 1450)^[2]
• date unknown
  • Lorenzo Fasolo, Lombard painter (born 1463)
  • Francisco Henriques, Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal (b. unknown)^[3]
  • Guido Mazzoni, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1445)^[4]
  • Domenico Morone, Italian painter from Verona (born 1442)
  • Rodrigo de Osona - Spanish Renaissance painter (born 1440)
  • Bartolomeo Sanvito, calligrapher (born 1435)