Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- She Brought Surrealism to America—and Painted Her Own Myth. How Was She Forgotten by History?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lucia-painted-her-own-myth-2657810
- The Art at the Heart of the Nationwide No Kings Protests: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-no-kings-protests-against-trump-2657958
- 5 Artworks to Build a Timeless Art Collection: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5-artworks-lasting-collection-maddox-gallery-2657589
- A New Immersive Experience by Hermès Asks You to Crack an Equestrian Mystery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mystery-at-the-grooms-hermes-immersive-experience-2658381
- Can Arrival, the Hotel Art Fair in the Berkshires, Change the Game?: https://news.artnet.com/market/arrival-hotel-art-fair-change-the-game-2658185
- The Ultra-Contemporary Chinese Artists to Know Now: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chinas-ultra-contemporary-moment-2654176
- Car Driven by Elderly Man Gets Stuck on Spanish Steps in Rome: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/car-stuck-on-spanish-steps-in-rome-2658272
- Ancient DNA Reveals Little-Known Matrilineal Community in China: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worlds-oldest-matrilineal-society-identified-in-china-fujia-2658193
- What Are the Secrets to Cracking the ‘Not Easy’ Chinese Market?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cracking-chinese-art-market-2656679
- Did Damien Hirst Rip Off the Work of This Lesser-Known Artist?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hamad-butt-whitechapel-damien-hirst-2657288
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- What does a so-called ‘buyer’s market’ mean for Art Basel sales?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/what-does-a-so-called-buyers-market-means-for-art-basel-sales
- Koons lobster snapped up amid day two sales at Art Basel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/koons-lobster-snapped-up-amid-day-two-sales-at-art-basel
- Design Miami announces 2025 international events and exhibitions programme: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/design-miami-announces-international-events-and-exhibitions-programme-fo-2025
- Art Basel Diary: star brings K-pop magic, scents and sensibility, and Liam Gallagher’s romantic side: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/art-basel-diary-star-brings-k-pop-magic-scents-and-sensibility-and-liam-gallaghers-romantic-side
- Art Basel and Frieze set their sights on the next generation of visitors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/art-basel-and-frieze-set-their-sights-on-the-next-generation-of-visitors
- Ahead of new fair in 2026, Qatar takes centre stage at Art Basel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/ahead-of-new-fair-in-2026-qatar-takes-centre-stage-at-art-basel
- In pictures: the best of the Liste art fair in Basel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/in-pictures-the-best-of-the-liste-art-fair-in-basel
- Ser Serpas: ‘I’m hoping I can add a bit of what I think is a healthy dose of unease’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/ser-serpas-im-hoping-i-can-add-a-bit-of-what-i-think-is-a-healthy-dose-of-unease
- Tanks, castles and Hodlers: Swiss foundation tackles a fervent collector’s legacy: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/tanks-castles-and-hodlers-swiss-foundation-tackles-a-fervent-collectors-legacy
- ‘I’ve been in the art world long enough to trust my eye’: Suzanne Syz on how she collects: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/ive-been-in-the-art-world-long-enough-to-trust-my-eye-suzanne-syz-on-how-she-collects
- Beyond Surrealism: Basel show explores the many sides of Meret Oppenheim: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/beyond-surrealism-basel-show-explores-the-many-sides-of-meret-oppenheim
- Vitra Design Museum celebrates the enduring influence of egalitarian religious sect, the Shakers: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/vitra-design-museum-celebrates-the-enduring-influence-of-egalitarian-religious-sect-the-shakers
- A brush with… Rudolf Stingel — podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/a-brush-with-rudolf-stingel-podcast
- Tadao Ando’s only building in the Southern Hemisphere gets a five-year lifeline: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/tadao-andos-only-building-in-the-southern-hemisphere-gets-a-five-year-lifeline
- Iran closes museums and moves artefacts to secure storage: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/18/iran-closes-museums-and-moves-artefacts-to-secure-storage
ARTnews.com
- Audemars Piguet Contemporary and Aspen Art Museum Announce Co-Commission of New Sculpture by Adrián Villar Rojas: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/audemars-piguet-contemporary-aspen-art-museum-adrian-villar-rojas-1234745580/
- Design Miami Announces 2025 Programming, Including New Event in Seoul: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/design-miami-announces-2025-programming-new-event-seoul-1234745570/
- Museums in Tehran and Tel Aviv Move to Safeguard Their Collections: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-in-tehran-and-tel-aviv-move-to-safeguard-their-collections-1234745234/
- The Best Booths at Art Basel, from Realistic Cockroaches to a Bronze Ice Cream Cone: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-basel-2025-best-booths-1234745607/
- Jordan Wolfson Makes Puppets of His Viewers with a New Work in Basel: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/jordan-wolfson-little-rooms-basel-fondation-beyeler-review-1234745590/
- Australian Politicians Protest UNESCO Concerns over Ancient Rock Art Near Gas Project: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/murujuga-rock-art-woodside-gas-unesco-concerns-1234745566/
- First US Marcel Duchamp Retrospective in Half a Century to Debut in New York in 2026: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marcel-duchamp-retrospective-2026-moma-philadelphia-museum-1234745333/
- Trump Administration Violated Law By Withholding Institute of Museum and Library Services Funds, Government Agency Reports: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-administration-violated-law-withholding-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-funds-1234745552/
- The Getty Launches Global Art and Sustainability Fellowship Program: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-getty-global-art-and-sustainability-fellowship-launches-1234745313/
- TEFAF Cameos in ‘Just Like That’, Museums Respond to Rising Middle East Conflict, Greek Heritage Damaged by Earthquake: Morning Links for June 18, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tefaf-cameos-in-just-like-that-museums-respond-to-rising-middle-east-conflict-greek-heritage-damaged-by-earthquake-morning-links-for-june-18-2025-1234745553/
Hyperallergic
- For Glenn Ligon, Language Is Material: https://hyperallergic.com/1021704/for-glenn-ligon-language-is-material-brant-foundation/
- 30 NYC Monuments of Black Americans You Should Know: https://hyperallergic.com/1021654/30-nyc-monuments-of-black-americans-you-should-know/
- 11 Juneteenth Events Around New York City: https://hyperallergic.com/1021492/11-juneteenth-2025-events-around-new-york-city/
- Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld: https://hyperallergic.com/1021609/juneteenth-is-the-story-of-a-freedom-withheld/
- The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain: https://hyperallergic.com/1019214/the-queer-history-of-central-park-bethesda-fountain/
