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 Lana Del Rey-Themed Group Show We Didn’t Know We Needed: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lana-del-rey-group-show-ppow-2653850
- Here’s How the Met Raised $70 Million to Revamp Its African and Oceanic Galleries. (It Wasn’t Easy.): https://news.artnet.com/market/met-revamp-african-and-oceanic-galleries-2651376
- Martine Poppe Taps a Classic Nordic Fairytale for Her Magical Landscapes: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/martine-poppe-taps-a-classic-nordic-fairytale-for-her-magical-landscapes-2652649
- How Four Korean Artists Blazed a Path to Global Recognition—One Letter at a Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/modern-korean-art-book-exhibition-2653829
- Amalia Ulman’s Absurdist Cinema Picks Up Where Her Art Left Off: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amalia-ulman-film-magic-farm-2653735
- San Francisco Art Institute Building—and Its Prized Diego Rivera Mural—Get a New Lease on Life: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/san-francisco-art-institute-casa-arts-center-2653645
- Remains of 2,000-Year-Old Maya Complex Found Hidden in Guatemala Forest: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maya-complex-found-in-guatemala-2653430
- Wet Paint’s 2025 Summer Guide: A Mega-Dealer Wedding, a Greek Odyssey, and a Roman Surprise: https://news.artnet.com/market/wet-paints-summer-guide-2025-2653492
- Rediscovered Turner Masterpiece, Bought For Just $500, Could Sell for $500,000: https://news.artnet.com/market/turner-rediscovered-masterpiece-auction-2653461
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Documentary chronicles decades of work by New York ‘maintenance artist’ Mierle Laderman Ukeles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/mierle-laderman-ukeles-maintenance-artist-documentary-tribeca-film-festival
- Pussy Riot co-founder starts Los Angeles prison performance with existential scream: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/nadya-tolokonnikova-museum-contemporary-art-los-angeles-pussy-riot-prison-performance
- Mexico’s most popular museum reopens after lack of security guards caused it to shutter: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/national-museum-anthropology-mexico-city-reopens-security-shutdown
- Leader of Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum to depart after a decade at the helm: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/royal-ontario-museum-leader-stepping-down-josh-basseches
- Comment | US digital age verification laws are threatening artists’ freedom of expression: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/comment-|-us-digital-age-verification-laws-are-threatening-artists-freedom-of-expression
- Liverpool Biennial 2025 digs deep into its city’s foundations with ‘Bedrock’ theme: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/liverpool-biennial-2025-digs-deep-city-foundations-bedrock-theme
- Two US ambassadors have displayed Van Goghs in their London residence—but Donald Trump's pick for the job seems unlikely to follow suit: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/these-us-ambassadors-have-displayed-van-goghs-in-their-london-residencewill-donald-trumps-pick-for-the-job-do-the-same
- London Gallery Weekend 2025: must-see shows for digital art lovers: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/london-gallery-weekend-2025-shows-to-see-for-digital-art-lovers
- London Gallery Weekend, Brazil’s National Museum, Jane Austen at the Morgan—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/london-gallery-weekend-brazils-national-museum-jane-austen-at-the-morganpodcast
- Saudi Arabia helps cultural businesses reach global audiences: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/saudi-arabia-helps-cultural-businesses-reach-global-audiences
- Amid tariff and economic struggles, the newly rebranded Beijing Art Season persevered: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/rebranded-beijing-art-season-persevered-amid-tariff-and-economic-struggles
- Former Hepworth Wakefield director appointed chief executive of London's Royal Academy: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/simon-wallis-appointed-chief-executive-of-londons-royal-academy
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painting thought to be lost for decades goes on display in Basel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/ernst-ludwig-kirchner-painting-thought-to-be-lost-for-decades-on-display-basel
- How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/how-gretchen-andrews-ai-work-is-revealing-the-societal-scars-of-facetuning
- ‘A true champion of artists’: Victoria Miro's artists celebrate gallery's 40th anniversary: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/a-true-champion-of-artists-victoria-miros-artists-celebrate-gallerys-40th-anniversary
- Which galleries are returning to Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025—and which are not?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/which-galleries-are-returning-to-frieze-london-and-frieze-masters-2025and-which-are-not
- Caroline Roux appointed as editor of The Art Newspaper’s Art of Luxury magazine: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/caroline-roux-appointed-as-editor-of-the-art-newspapers-art-of-luxury-magazine
- ‘The new Napoleon’: collector urges Elon Musk to buy his Bonaparte trove: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/the-new-napoleon-collector-urges-elon-musk-to-buy-his-bonaparte-trove
- Film star Adrien Brody puts his heart into his art—but it's not enough to keep criticism at bay: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/film-star-adrien-brody-puts-his-heart-into-his-artbut-its-not-enough-to-keep-criticism-at-bay
- Show at Civil War-era fort spotlights California’s Black history from the 19th century to today: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/06/for-site-exhibition-fort-point-san-francisco-black-gold
ARTnews.com
- Original Prototype for Jane Birkin’s Iconic Hermès Bag Consigned to Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/original-prototype-jane-birkin-hermes-handbag-sothebys-1234744596/
- UK Art Dealer Sentenced to 2.5 Years In Jail For Selling Art to Suspected Hezbollah Financier: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dealer-oghenochuko-ojiri-jail-sentence-hezbollah-financier-1234744561/
- Once Sold for Less Than £1,000, Newly Attributed Turner Painting Heads to Sale for £300,000: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lost-turner-auction-sothebys-london-1234744537/
- Artists Accuse Dealer Reco Sturgis of Issuing Death Threats and Withholding Payments and Artworks: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hugo-galerie-reco-sturgis-lawsuits-debts-1234744540/
- Klaus Biesenbach Says American Art Scene Is Too Focused on ‘Political Correctness’: ‘It Became Unbearable’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/klaus-biesenbach-american-art-scene-political-correctness-1234744529/
- ‘France’s Most Famous Antiques Collector’ Hoping Elon Musk Buys His Napoleon Collection at Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frances-most-famous-antiques-collector-hoping-elon-musk-buys-his-napoleon-collection-at-sothebys-1234744515/
- Raymond Saunders Deserves to Be Canonized, and Now He Has the Retrospective to Prove It: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/raymond-saunders-carnegie-museum-retrospective-review-1234744492/
- Rachel Ruysch’s Still Lifes, from the Dutch Golden Age, Are Both Sensuous and Scientific: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/rachel-ruyschs-still-lifes-dutch-toledo-pinakothek-munich-mfa-boston-1234744513/
Hyperallergic
- A Trump-Musk Feud That’s Ripe for the Meme-ing: https://hyperallergic.com/1018653/a-trump-musk-feud-thats-ripe-for-the-meme-ing/
- San Francisco Art Institute Becomes Free Experimental Studio Program: https://hyperallergic.com/1018336/san-francisco-art-institute-becomes-free-experimental-studio-program/
