Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Viking Gold Uncovered by Metal Detectorist Officially Deemed Treasure: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/viking-gold-metal-detectorist-declared-treasure-2652917
- Can Art Act as ‘Silent Diplomacy’? These Sculptors Think So: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/can-art-act-as-silent-diplomacy-these-sculptors-think-so-2652392
- Historic Frank Lloyd Wright Home Outside Chicago Hits the Market: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wright-rollin-furbeck-home-2652800
- Charles and Ray Eames’s Overlooked Final Decade Takes Center Stage in San Francisco: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eames-past-prologue-san-francisco-2652781
- A Dessert-Themed Exhibition Lets You Have Your Art—and Eat It, Too: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-dessert-themed-exhibition-lets-you-have-your-art-and-eat-it-too-2634437
- From the Doors to Joni Mitchell—a Legendary Album Cover Artist’s Archive Heads to Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gary-burden-album-cover-artist-gary-auction-2652741
- Veteran Painter Carroll Dunham Joins an Up-and-Coming Gallery: https://news.artnet.com/market/carroll-dunham-matthew-brown-2652485
- Trump Swaps Official Portrait After Mugshot Comparison: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-arts-impact-2639197
- The ‘Speculative Fervor’ Is Gone in the Asian Art Market. Smart Collectors Are Staying Patient: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-view-from-jonathan-crockett-2652288
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Taylor Swift's former neighbour pleads guilty to selling fake Basquiat, Warhol and Picasso works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/taylor-swift-neighbour-pleads-guilty-selling-forged-art
- Whitney Museum pauses Independent Study Program amid accusations of censorship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/whitney-museum-pauses-independent-study-program-amid-accusations-of-censorship
- The new cultural space by Sanlorenzo Arts where design, creativity and sustainability meet: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/the-new-cultural-space-by-sanlorenzo-arts-where-design-creativity-and-sustainability-meet
- Paris gallery directors join forces to launch ‘open-ended’ advisory: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/paris-gallery-directors-join-forces-launch-open-ended-advisory
- ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Georg Baselitz incorporates his wheelchair into his art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way-georg-baselitz-incorporates-his-wheelchair-into-his-art
- UK national museums back call for end to ‘relentless negativity’ around corporate arts sponsorship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/uk-national-museums-back-call-for-end-to-relentless-negativity-around-corporate-arts-sponsorship
- Rachel Whiteread in a West Sussex woodland: UK’s Goodwood Art Foundation opens: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/rachel-whiteread-west-sussex-woodland-uk-goodwood-art-foundation-opens
- Wereldmuseum Amsterdam ponders space to ‘respectfully’ house human remains: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/wereldmuseum-amsterdam-suggests-new-ways-to-respectfully-house-human-remains
- A brush with… Huma Bhabha — podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/a-brush-with-huma-bhabha-podcast
- Rijksmuseum to display 200-year-old condom featuring half-naked nun: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/04/rijksmuseum-to-display-200-year-old-condom-featuring-racing-etching
ARTnews.com
- UK Museums Defend Corporate Funding Amid ‘Relentless Negativity’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-museums-defend-corporate-funding-1234744286/
- Former US Ambassador Buys Marc Glimcher’s Palm Beach ‘Boat House’ for $19.2 M.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marc-glimcher-palm-beach-home-sells-ambassador-1234744275/
- The White House Drops a New Presidential Portrait of Donald Trump: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/white-house-drops-new-presidential-portrait-donald-trump-1234744242/
- New Regulation Around EU Import Law Promises Art Market Shakeup: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-regulation-around-eu-import-law-promises-art-market-shakeup-1234744257/
- Adam Pendleton’s Painterly Language Encourages Close Inspection and Deep Introspection: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/adam-pendletons-hirshhorn-museum-exhibition-1234740966/
- The Holes in Hito Steyerl’s Political Thinking: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/hito-steyerl-medium-hot-images-heat-verso-1234744204/
Hyperallergic
- Asian Diasporic Artists Ask How We Create Our Self-Images: https://hyperallergic.com/1015060/asian-diasporic-artists-ask-how-we-create-our-self-images-armory-center-pasadena/
- Artist Covers Transphobic Billboard With Giant Dachshund Drawing: https://hyperallergic.com/1016451/artist-covers-transphobic-billboard-with-giant-dachshund-drawing/
- 15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summer: https://hyperallergic.com/1014867/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-summer-2025/
- Man Smashes Ancient Terracotta Warriors in China: https://hyperallergic.com/1018153/man-smashes-ancient-terracotta-warriors-in-china/
- The American Street Photographer Who Queered the Victorian Era: https://hyperallergic.com/1017825/alice-austen-american-street-photographer-who-queered-the-victorian-era/
- What Galleries Need to Know Now: Four Key Insights from Artlogic’s New Report: https://hyperallergic.com/1017111/what-galleries-need-to-know-now-four-key-insights-from-artlogics-new-report/
