Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- The Art World’s Octopus Teacher: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/miriam-simun-octopus-teacher-2650767
- Artist Saya Woolfalk’s Retrospective Is a Portal to a New Dimension: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/saya-woolfalk-empathic-universe-2652512
- A Forgotten Woman Architect Finally Takes Her Place at the Venice Biennale: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lisbeth-sachs-switzerland-pavilion-venice-architecture-biennale-2652948
- Frieze Seoul Sees Major Uptake From Asian Galleries—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World: https://news.artnet.com/market/frieze-seoul-asian-galleries-asia-pivot-2652323
- Diane Arbus’s Darkroom Confidant Walks Us Through Her Haunting New Retrospective: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/diane-arbus-haunting-new-retrospective-2653004
- The Moomins Changed Children’s Literature Forever. Now They’re Getting a Major U.S. Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-moomins-brooklyn-library-2647363
- Marie Antoinette’s Fabulous Pink Diamond Could Be Yours for $3 Million: https://news.artnet.com/market/marie-antoinette-pink-diamond-christies-2653190
- U.K. Launches Fundraising Campaign to Keep Iconic Barbara Hepworth Sculpture: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-export-bar-fundraising-2652946
- Historic Paris Art Schools Where Balthus and Modigliani Trained Face Closure: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/historic-paris-art-schools-risk-development-2652974
- The New Hayden Planetarium Space Show Is Filled With Stars—Including Pedro Pascal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amnh-pedro-pascal-hayden-planetarium-show-2652279
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Pompeii visits being spoiled by soaring visitor numbers, tour guides say: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/pompeii-tour-guides-decry-lengthy-queues-as-visitor-numbers-soar
- Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi painting offered for sale in London for £1m to £2m: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/rediscovered-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-offered-for-sale-in-london-for-£1m-to-£2m
- New museum of contemporary art, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, to open in Slovenian mountains: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/new-museum-of-contemporary-art-designed-by-british-architect-david-chipperfield-to-open-in-slovenia
- Chinese museum visitors accuse artist Heman Chong of ‘cyber harassment’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/chinese-museum-visitors-accuse-heman-chong-cyber-harassment
- Anish Kapoor and Rachel Whiteread back campaign to keep Barbara Hepworth sculpture in the UK: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/anish-kapoor-and-rachel-whiteread-back-campaign-to-keep-barbara-hepworth-sculpture-in-the-uk
Art Business News
- The Fossilized Passions of Da Vinci: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/06/the-fossilized-passions-of-da-vinci/
ARTnews.com
- Closed SFAI Campus to Be Converted into Artist Residency Center: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/closed-sfai-campus-casa-artist-residency-center-1234744493/
- Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Peddling Fake Picasso, Basquiat Works: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pennsylvania-man-pleads-guilty-fake-picasso-basquiat-1234744466/
- AI May Have Exposed the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Real Age—And its Much Older Than Previously Thought: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dead-sea-scrolls-age-artificial-intelligence-1234744436/
- Adrien Brody’s Art Is Horrendous. Why Are Some People Pretending It Isn’t?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/adrien-brody-art-eden-gallery-1234744419/
- Frieze Names More Than 280 Exhibitors for London and Masters Fairs in October: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/frieze-london-frieze-masters-2025-exhibitor-lists-1234744374/
- The Middle East Art Fair Race: Doha Steps in Front of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Thanks to Art Basel: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/middle-east-art-fair-race-doha-dubai-and-abu-dhabi-art-basel-1234744406/
- National Portrait Gallery Director Reports to Work After Trump Said He Fired Her: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-portrait-gallery-director-report-work-trump-firing-1234744385/
- Influential French Gallerist Daniel Lelong Dies at 92: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/influential-french-gallerist-daniel-lelong-dies-92-1234744325/
- Museum Launches Public Appeal to Raise $5 M. to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture on British Soil: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museum-launches-public-appeal-to-buy-rare-barbara-hepworth-sculpture-1234744353/
- Collectors Igor and Mojca Lah to Open New Contemporary Art Museum in Foothills of Slovenian Mountains: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/collectors-igor-and-mojca-lah-open-contemporary-art-museum-slovenian-mountains-1234744346/
Hyperallergic
- Apocalypse Art Has Never Been More Relevant: https://hyperallergic.com/1016223/apocalypse-art-has-never-been-more-relevant-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/
- Art Dealer Daniel Lelong Dies at 92: https://hyperallergic.com/1018375/art-dealer-daniel-lelong-dies-at-92/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1018195/required-reading-736/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1017932/a-view-from-the-easel-288/
- Pride Gets a Medieval Twist at NYC’s St. John Cathedral: https://hyperallergic.com/1017871/pride-gets-a-medieval-twist-at-greedy-peasant-nyc-st-john-cathedral/
- Announcing the 2025 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows: https://hyperallergic.com/1017956/2025-mcknight-visual-artist-fellows/
- Pérez Art Museum Miami Launches Open Call For Digital Art Commissions: https://hyperallergic.com/1017850/perez-art-museum-miami-launches-open-call-for-digital-art-commissions/
