Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Basel on a Budget! Here Are 5 Works Under $5,000 at the Luxe Swiss Fairs: https://news.artnet.com/market/basel-on-a-budget-labubu-georg-baselitz-art-basel-2025-2656288
- Why Does Culture Feel Stuck?: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/sean-monahan-2651867
- Asian Dealers Showed Up in Basel. Did Buyers?: https://news.artnet.com/market/asian-collectors-and-dealers-art-basel-2658723
- A ‘Titanic Puzzle’ of Ancient Roman Fresco Fragments Marks Thrilling Discovery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/puzzle-roman-fresco-london-2658842
- Casa Batlló’s Rear Façade Makes a Breathtaking Return After 100 Years: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/casa-batllo-restores-back-facade-courtyard-2658852
- Jeff Bezos’s Lavish Wedding Plans Spark Outrage in Venice: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-protests-jeff-bezos-wedding-2658808
- A River Runs Through It! In Basel, Art Types Hit the Water to Unwind: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-basel-swimming-rhine-river-2658680
- David Lynch’s Personal Collection Stuns at Auction, Hauls in More Than $4 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-lynch-collection-auction-2650551
- Viking Burial Site With Royal Connections Unearthed in Denmark: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/viking-burial-site-royal-connections-denmark-aarhus-2658552
- Harriet Tubman’s Daring Military Raid Comes to Life Through Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/harriet-tubman-river-raid-exhibition-2658336
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- No more business-as-usual: Art Basel demonstrates how dealers can adapt to thrive: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/no-more-business-as-usual-art-basel-demonstrates-how-dealers-can-adapt-to-thrive
- In Basel, alternative art fairs spring up in new places: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/in-basel-alternative-art-fairs-spring-up-in-new-places
- Art Basel Diary: guests unwind in the Rhine, puppets rest in bunk beds and Bezos’s yacht gets hot: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/art-basel-diary-guests-unwind-in-the-rhine-puppets-rest-in-bunk-beds-and-bezoss-yacht-gets-hot
- Edward Burtynsky’s photographs convey the force of mankind’s reordering of the environment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/edward-burtynsky-great-acceleration-international-center-photography
- Lesia Vasylchenko wins the PinchukArtCentre Prize: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/lesia-vasylchenko-wins-pinchukartcentre-prize
- In pictures: meet the newcomer galleries debuting at Art Basel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/in-pictures-meet-the-newcomer-galleries-debuting-at-art-basel
- Francesco Bonami: ‘I like Basel as a city, everything is on a human scale’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/curator-francesco-bonami-on-art-fairs-33-waste-of-time-and-10-boring
- Julian Charrière: ‘The deep sea is a phantasmagorical space’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/julian-charriere-the-deep-sea-is-a-phantasmagorical-space
- So, after visiting Art Basel, you want to move to Switzerland—what next?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/so-after-visiting-art-basel-you-want-to-move-to-switzerlandwhat-next
- ‘To this day, I can’t get it out of my mind’: Tobias van Gils on missing out on Maurizio Cattelan's orchid: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/to-this-day-i-cant-get-it-out-of-my-mind-tobias-van-gils-on-missing-out-on-maurizio-cattelans-orchid
- Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/renewed-bern-kunsthalle-works-to-reframe-switzerlands-history
- Taxidermists—prized by Damien Hirst—open museum in Amsterdam: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/taxidermists-prized-by-damien-hirst-open-museum-in-amsterdam
- Archaeologists confirm that limestone 'Venus of Kołobrzeg' found by a farmer in Poland is 6,000 years old: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/archaeologists-confirm-that-limestone-venus-found-by-a-farmer-in-poland-is-6000-years-old
- Climate change is destroying Maine’s historic lighthouses: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/climate-change-is-destroying-maines-historic-lighthouses
- Anxious collectors are increasingly turning to freeport havens, experts say: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/anxious-collectors-are-increasingly-turning-to-freeport-havens-experts-say
- Pompidou moves in as Grand Palais reopens after £395m revamp: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/pompidou-moves-in-as-grand-palais-reopens-after-£395m-revamp
ARTnews.com
- Basel Social Club Is a Beautiful Mess—and That’s the Point: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/basel-social-club-is-a-beautiful-mess-art-basel-1234745671/
- Justin Allen Invents His Own Language, Alphabet and All: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/justin-allen-new-language-wendys-subway-1234745677/
Hyperallergic
- Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze: https://hyperallergic.com/1021154/alice-austen-pioneering-lesbian-gaze/
- An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1021005/the-box-los-angeles-show-breathes-new-life-into-fire-damaged-art/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1021482/required-reading-738/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1020197/a-view-from-the-easel-290/
- Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment: https://hyperallergic.com/1019613/scientists-recreate-ancient-egypt-prized-blue-pigment/
