Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Artist Shilpa Gupta Maps the Margins of Freedom: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/galleria-continua-shilpa-gupta-2655173
- Lalanne Rhinoceros Desk Ropes in a Whopping $16.4 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/francois-xavier-lalanne-rhinoceros-bar-sothebys-2656054
- Ancient Roman Villa—One of the Largest in Gaul—Turns Up in France: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vast-roman-villa-under-excavation-in-france-2656060
- Where Do the 2025 New York Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Arts?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-mayoral-candidates-arts-2025-2655110
- 8 Unmissable Exhibitions in Basel: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shows-to-see-art-basel-2651674
- Günther Uecker, German Artist Who Sculpted With Nails, Has Died: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gunther-uecker-german-artist-died-2655707
- Lionel Messi’s Favorite Goal Gets the Refik Anadol Treatment in New A.I. Artwork: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/refik-anadol-lionel-messi-favorite-goal-ai-data-sculpture-2655552
- The Odd Experiment of A.I. Art Summaries in Venice: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-i-art-summary-venice-intelligens-2654713
- A Legendary Collector’s $81 Million Trove of Surrealist Art Heads to Sotheby’s: https://news.artnet.com/market/pauline-karpidas-collection-sothebys-2655090
- Frieze’s New Seoul Space Signals Big Bet on Asian Art Scene: https://news.artnet.com/market/frieze-launches-new-seoul-space-2654820
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Donald Judd campus in Marfa, Texas added to US's National Register of Historic Places: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/donald-judd-campus-marfa-texas-us-national-register-historic-places
- US National Gallery of Art receives trove of Modern and contemporary drawings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/national-gallery-art-gift-drawings-lenore-bernard-greenberg
- A brush with… Lubaina Himid — podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/a-brush-with-lubaina-himid
- Tate Liverpool receives £12m from UK government to support delayed revamp: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/tate-liverpool-gets-£12m-from-uk-government-to-support-delayed-revamp
- Is Ari Emanuel getting a good deal with his purchase of Frieze?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/comment-|-is-ari-emanuel-getting-a-good-deal-with-his-purchase-of-frieze
- All aboard: murals celebrate 200th anniversary of two of the world's most historic train stations: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/all-aboard-murals-celebrate-200th-anniversary-of-two-of-the-worlds-most-historic-train-stations
- Have we reached peak painting?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/have-we-reached-peak-painting
- Pauline Karpidas collection estimated to make £60m at Sotheby's: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/11/sothebys-sale-of-pauline-karpidass-london-collection-estimated-to-make-£60m
ARTnews.com
- Amid Anti-ICE Protests, MOCA Los Angeles’s Geffen Contemporary Remains Closed: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/moca-los-angeles-closed-anti-ice-protests-1234744990/
- Life-Size Bronze Rhinoceros Desk by François-Xavier Lalanne Sells for $16.4 M. at Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/bronze-rhinoceros-desk-francois-xavier-lalanne-sothebys-1234744810/
- Frieze to Launch New Seoul Exhibition Space Ahead of September Fair: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frieze-seoul-house-september-fair-2025-1234744950/
- Disney, Universal Launch AI Legal Battle, Sue Midjourney Over Copyright Claims: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/disney-universal-sue-midjourney-over-copyright-claims-ai-1234744967/
- Massive Ancient Roman Villa Unearthed in France Opens to the Public: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-villa-sainte-nitasse-france-1234744910/
- Korean Art History Infiltrates New York’s Galleries and Museums: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/reviews/korean-art-history-new-york-chang-ucchin-1234744920/
- A First Look at the Big-Ticket Artworks that Galleries Are Bringing to Art Basel 2025: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-basel-2025-top-artworks-on-sale-1234744840/
- 2025 Bienal de São Paulo Lines Up 120 Artists, Including Olu Oguibe, Firelei Báez, Precious Okoyomon, and Forensic Architecture: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2025-bienal-de-sao-paulo-artist-list-1234744762/
- Sotheby’s London to Sell ‘Greatest Collection of Surrealism to Emerge in Recent History’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-london-to-sell-greatest-collection-of-surrealism-to-emerge-in-recent-history-in-september-1234744885/
- Libasse Ka’s Abstractions Channel Chaos and Calm: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/libasse-kas-abstraction-profile-painter-1234744712/
Hyperallergic
- LA Artists and Orgs Stand in Solidarity With Anti-ICE Protesters: https://hyperallergic.com/1019720/los-angeles-artists-and-orgs-stand-in-solidarity-with-anti-ice-protesters/
- Indian Craft Shop Closure Leaves Complicated Legacy: https://hyperallergic.com/1018335/indian-craft-shop-closure-leaves-complicated-legacy/
- John Wilson Spent a Lifetime Making Blackness Visible: https://hyperallergic.com/1019656/john-wilson-spent-a-lifetime-making-blackness-visible/
- Edvard Munch Was a Magician of Light: https://hyperallergic.com/1018344/edvard-munch-was-a-magician-of-light-national-portrait-gallery-london/
- From a Soho Loft to the World’s First LGBTQ+ Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1018132/from-a-soho-loft-to-the-world-first-lgbtq-art-leslie-lohman-museum/
- Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… Is on View Now at MASS MoCA: https://hyperallergic.com/1019200/vincent-valdez-just-a-dream-mass-moca/
- Moss Galleries Presents Beate Wheeler’s Abstract Rhythms: 1960s on 10th Street: https://hyperallergic.com/1019071/moss-galleries-presents-beate-wheelers-abstract-rhythms-1960s-on-10th-street/
