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 Last of the Great Art Patrons: What Happens After Leonard Lauder?: https://news.artnet.com/market/leonard-lauder-legacy-2659211
- 9 Must-See Museum Shows Across the U.S.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-shows-summer-2025-2658104
- Jill Magid Mines Her Gallerist’s Congressional Run for a Probing New Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jill-magid-esther-kim-varet-campaign-exhibtion-2656421
- Kids’ Art Stars in the Hamptons’ Coolest Show—and More Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/kids-hamptons-wet-paint-2658876
- Fashion Queen Marie Antoinette’s Iconic Style Lives on a Major New Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marie-antoinette-style-exhibition-va-2658788
- Hew Locke Speaks Out After Belgian City Cancels Sculpture Commission: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hew-locke-belgium-sculpture-cancelled-2658995
- This Rare Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Could Fetch $6 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unique-juvenile-dinosaur-sothebys-2659142
- Archaeologists Identify France’s Deepest Shipwreck: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/france-deepest-shipwreck-camarat-4-2659029
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- 'I'm a container for my own spirit': Nickola Pottinger on her show of sculptures at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/nickola-pottinger-interview-aldrich-contemporary-art-museum-sculpture-exhibition
- Italy’s leading archaeological museum uses young creatives’ press shots without payment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/national-archaeological-museum-naples-photography-open-call-no-compensation
- Knockin’ on Halcyon’s door: Bob Dylan's latest artworks on show in London gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/bob-dylan-exhibition-halcyon-gallery-exhibition-london
- The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/the-legacy-of-the-baghdad-modern-art-group-is-explored-in-first-major-us-show
- Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/climate-protester-splatters-pink-paint-picasso-work-montreal-museum-fine-arts
- The tale of a French psychiatric asylum that harboured Second World War resistance fighters—and where patients became artists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/francesc-tosquelles-asylum-second-word-war-book-review
- Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/pakistan-india-exhibitions-london
- Revealed: how Van Gogh's nephew exchanged two of the artist's drawings for butter and bacon: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/revealed-how-two-van-goghs-drawings-came-to-be-exchanged-for-butter-and-bacon
- Art Basel, human remains in Dutch museums, Eva Hesse—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/art-basel-human-remains-in-dutch-museums-eva-hessepodcast
- Painted Roman plaster discovered in London may reveal name of interior decorator who lived almost 2,000 years ago: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/2000-year-old-painted-plaster-discovered-in-london-may-reveal-name-of-roman-interior-decorator
- London's pre-contemporary art market gets boost from two new summer events: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/new-events-seek-to-boost-londons-historical-art-market
- Gaudi’s original vision for Casa Batlló has been restored: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/casa-batllo-in-barcelona-restored-to-gaudis-original-vision
ARTnews.com
- Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Reclaiming Her Prison Time Through Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/nadya-tolokonnikova-interview-police-state-la-moca-1234745851/
- Is the Rise of Trash Assemblage Art a Recession Indicator?: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/reviews/trash-art-assemblage-the-gatherers-yuji-agematsu-danica-barboza-1234745865/
- Top Spanish Court Orders Heirs to Return Cathedral Statues: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/spanish-court-franco-heirs-return-cathedral-statues-santiago-1234745832/
- ARTnews Polled 10 Digital Art Experts To Find Out Their Favorite Digital Art Works: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/best-digital-art-works-picked-by-experts-1234745683/
- The Best Booths at Liste, From an Eerie Sound Installation to Miniature Industrial Sculptures: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/liste-art-fair-best-booths-1234745820/
- Climate Activist Hurls Pink Paint at Picasso Painting at Montreal Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/climate-activist-hurls-pink-paint-at-picasso-painting-at-montreal-museum-1234745777/
- Curtis Yarvin Details Proposed Titian-Centric ‘Art Hos’ US Pavilion for Venice Biennale: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/curtis-yarvin-us-pavilion-venice-biennale-titian-proposal-1234745778/
- Why Is Velázquez’s Las Meninas So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/diego-velasquezs-las-meninas-why-so-important-1234745600/
- Three Nights in Art Basel’s Ever-Vibrant Social Scene, According to ARTnews’s Correspondents: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-basel-party-june-social-diary-1234745714/
- Takashi Murakami’s Serious Side: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/takashi-murakami-gagosian-art-history-louis-vuitton-1234745739/
Hyperallergic
- Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1021943/curtis-yarvins-venice-biennale-proposal-proves-the-far-right-cant-do-art/
- Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University, for Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1021956/ringling-museum-will-stay-under-florida-state-university-for-now/
- Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal: https://hyperallergic.com/1021857/climate-activists-splash-paint-on-a-picasso-in-montreal/
