Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Saint Laurent’s Poetic Men’s Show Drew on Queer Art History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/saint-laurent-spring-2026-mens-show-queer-art-history-2661202
- Ai Weiwei Will Unveil a Major installation in Ukraine Amid Ongoing Conflict: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-major-installation-ukraine-2661107
- Cleveland Museum of Art Snaps Up Last Giambologna Marble in Private Hands: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cleveland-museum-of-art-acquires-giambologna-2660966
- Notre-Dame Welcomes Back Its Beloved Spire Statues: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/notre-dame-cathedral-spire-statues-return-2660990
- Thomas Jefferson Letter Arguing for the Right to Bear Arms May Fetch $90,000: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/letter-thomas-jefferson-right-bear-arms-2660991
- Gilded-Age Tiffany Window Shatters Estimates With $4.2 Million Sale: https://news.artnet.com/market/goddard-tiffany-window-heads-to-auction-2640386
- A Decade of Demna’s Most Iconic Designs Takes Center Stage in Paris: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/balenciaga-decade-of-demna-2660980
- Why Were Hatshepsut’s Statues Destroyed After Her Death? A New Theory Emerges: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hatshepsut-statues-destroyed-research-2660641
- The Surprising Lives of the Women Who Loved Picasso: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/women-who-loved-picasso-book-2654784
- This Artist Is Famous For His ‘Bad Taste’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chen-fei-bad-taste-interview-2657226
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Taste test: artist-made desserts will be shown (and eaten) in New York gallery’s one-night exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/cake-exhibition-artists-desserts-eating-olympia-gallery-new-york
- Getty launches international art and sustainability fellowship: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/getty-global-art-sustainability-fellowship-programme
- Historic condom exhibit at Rijksmuseum sparks protest: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/historic-condom-exhibit-at-rijksmuseum-sparks-protest
- A brush with... Hew Locke—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/a-brush-with-hew-locke-podcast
- Treasure House Fair hopes to be the flagship summer event London desperately needs: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/treasure-house-fair-hopes-to-be-the-flagship-summer-event-london-desperately-needs
- Party time: Cate Blanchett, Beth Ditto, Lily Allen and more light up glitzy Serpentine summer bash: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/party-time-art-stars-sparkle-glitzy-serpentine-summer-party
- ‘A dialogue about rationality and irrationality’: Ai Weiwei to present new installation in Ukraine: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/dialogue-about-rationality-irrationality-ai-weiwei-new-installation-ukraine
ARTnews.com
- Bob Dylan Announces New Art Book ‘Point Blank’ to Release This Fall: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bob-dylan-announces-new-art-book-point-blank-1234746149/
- Hong Kong Real Estate Firm’s Art Lending Deal with Sotheby’s Hits Snag: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-lending-hong-kong-real-estate-sothebys-1234746125/
- Ancient Roman Settlement Discovered in France: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-settlement-ales-france-1234746097/
- Cara Romero’s Indigenous Futurist Lens Resists Erasure Through Humor and Strength: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/cara-romero-photographer-hood-museum-exhibition-1234746099/
- In the Show of the Summer, Rosa Barba Remakes the World: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/rosa-barba-moma-times-square-moynihan-1234746109/
- Ai Weiwei to Stage New Work About ‘War and Peace’ in Ukraine: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-new-artwork-ukraine-russia-1234745896/
Hyperallergic
- The Brief and Illustrious Life of the Telegraph: https://hyperallergic.com/1022501/the-brief-and-illustrious-life-of-the-telegraph/
- Wayne Thiebaud’s Art Is More Than a Piece of Cake: https://hyperallergic.com/1019939/wayne-thiebaud-art-is-more-than-a-piece-of-cake-legion-of-honor/
- Mamdani Memes Remind Us Good Things Can Still Happen: https://hyperallergic.com/1023005/zohran-mamdani-memes-remind-us-good-things-can-still-happen/
- As ICE Raids Stir Fear, My LA Neighborhood Perseveres: https://hyperallergic.com/1023040/as-ice-raids-stir-fear-my-la-neighborhood-perseveres/
- Remembering Arnaldo Pomodoro, Who Uncovered Worlds Within Sculptures: https://hyperallergic.com/1022962/remembering-arnaldo-pomodoro-who-uncovered-worlds-within-sculptures/
