Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Museum Visitor Breaks Swarovski-Covered ‘Van Gogh’ Chair: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/visitor-breaks-swarovski-crystal-van-gogh-chair-2657594
- Famed Rosebud Sled From ‘Citizen Kane’—One of the Last Surviving—Up for Grabs: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/citizen-kane-rosebud-sled-auction-2657602
- A 2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Garden Springs Back to Life: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-garden-of-hercules-restoration-2657556
- Louvre’s Surprise Closure Sparks Tourist Outrage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-closes-strike-2657488
- Think You Know Meret Oppenheim? A New Basel Exhibition Rewrites Her Legacy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/meret-oppenheim-basel-2657245
- 7 Defining Images That Reveal How One Camera Revolutionized Photojournalism: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iconic-photos-leica-photojournalism-2654829
- Gallerist Kamel Mennour Donates 180 Artworks to Paris Museum—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-jun-16-2657309
- Your Basel Preview: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-jun-16-2657259
- Two Men Jailed for Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.1 Million Gold Toilet: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-gold-toilet-trial-theft-video-2613738
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- New dealer-run fair aims to fill gap left by Design Miami: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/new-dealer-run-fair-aims-to-fill-gap-left-by-design-miami
- Limited-edition Labubu causes bedlam at Art Basel Shop: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/limited-edition-labubu-causes-bedlam-at-the-art-basel-shop
- Liste and Volta, both stalwart Basel satellite fairs, celebrate major anniversaries: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/basel-satellite-stalwarts-liste-and-volta-celebrate-major-anniversaries
- Art Basel gets go-going at Hauser & Wirth’s stand: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/art-basel-gets-go-going-at-hauser-wirths-stand
- In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/in-tough-times-for-dealers-art-basel-debuts-a-section-for-new-works
- Uovo planning second, larger art storage facility in Brooklyn: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/uovo-art-storage-facility-bushwick-brooklyn
- In pictures: highlights from Art Basel's city-wide exhibition, Parcours: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/in-pictures-highlights-from-art-basels-city-wide-exhibition-parcours
- Orange County Museum of Art in talks to merge with University of California, Irvine: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/orange-county-museum-art-possible-merger-university-california-irvine
- Katharina Grosse: ‘Imagination doesn’t have a scale’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/katharina-grosse-imagination-doesnt-have-a-scale
- Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/comment-|-the-next-generation-of-collectors-are-not-like-the-lastheres-what-research-has-taught-me-about-them
- ‘The works I add to my collection need to give me goosebumps’: Nicola Erni on the art she collects and why: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/the-works-i-add-to-my-collection-need-to-give-me-goosebumps-nicola-erni-on-the-art-she-collects-and-why
- Basel native Irène Zurkinden makes a long-overdue return: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/basel-native-irene-zurkinden-makes-a-long-overdue-return
- With a new exhibition, Fondation Beyeler celebrates the 60-year career of Vija Celmins: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/with-a-new-exhibition-fondation-beyeler-celebrates-the-60-year-career-of-vija-celmins
- National Gallery of Canada receives gift of 61 works valued at $16.8m: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/national-gallery-canada-gift-bob-rennie-61-works
- Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed again due to 'current regional developments': https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/grand-egyptian-museum-opening-delayed-due-to-current-regional-developments
- One of the last surviving Union flags from the Battle of Trafalgar to come up for sale at Treasure House Fair: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/one-of-the-last-surviving-union-flags-from-the-battle-of-trafalgar-to-come-up-for-sale-at-treasure-house-fair
- Tate and V&A chiefs awarded in King’s Birthday Honours: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/tate-and-va-chiefs-knighted-in-kings-birthday-honours
- In the can: two men jailed for Cattelan gold toilet theft: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/two-men-jailed-for-cattelan-gold-toilet-theft
ARTnews.com
- Kim Kardashian Receives Authentic Donald Judd Furniture Following Lawsuit Over Knockoffs: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kim-kardashian-gets-authentic-donald-judd-furniture-lawsuit-1234745219/
- The Louvre Closed Monday Due to an Impromptu Staff Strike Over ‘Untenable’ Working Conditions: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-paris-closed-monday-due-to-strike-working-conditions-1234745223/
- Archaeologists Uncover Dozens of 2,000-Year-Old Tombs in China: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-75-ancient-tombs-anqing-china-1234745214/
- Grand Egyptian Museum Delays Grand Opening Again Due to ‘Current Regional Developments’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/grand-egyptian-museum-delays-grand-opening-again-egypt-1234745204/
- Leonard Lauder and Joel Shapiro Both Pass Away, National Gallery’s Rubens Painting Questioned, Lenin Statue Removed from City of Osh: Morning Links For June 16, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonard-lauder-and-joel-shapiro-both-pass-away-national-gallerys-rubens-painting-questioned-lenin-statue-removed-from-city-of-osh-morning-links-for-june-16-2025-1234745198/
- Man Sits On and Breaks Crystal-Encrusted ‘Van Gogh’ Chair in Italian Museum Before Fleeing: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/man-sits-on-and-breaks-crystal-encrusted-van-gogh-chair-in-italian-museum-before-fleeing-1234745181/
Hyperallergic
- Louvre Museum Shutters as “Exhausted” Staff Go on Strike: https://hyperallergic.com/1020952/louvre-museum-shutters-as-exhausted-staff-go-on-strike/
- 20 Must-See Art Shows in New York City This Summer: https://hyperallergic.com/1020658/20-must-see-art-shows-in-new-york-city-summer-2025/
- Museum Visitors Sit on and Crush “Van Gogh Chair”: https://hyperallergic.com/1020874/museum-visitors-sit-on-and-crush-nicola-bolla-van-gogh-chair/
- Joel Shapiro, Sculptor of Emotive Figures, Dies at 83: https://hyperallergic.com/1020650/joel-shapiro-sculptor-of-emotive-figures-dies-at-83/
- Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: June 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1019618/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-june-2025/
- Cosmetics Billionaire and Arts Patron Leonard Lauder Dies at 92: https://hyperallergic.com/1020756/cosmetics-billionaire-and-arts-patron-leonard-lauder-dies-at-92/
- Photos Capture Millions Marching in Epic “No Kings” Protests: https://hyperallergic.com/1020681/photos-capture-millions-marching-in-epic-no-kings-protests/
