Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- 40,000-Year-Old Boomerang Doesn’t Boomerang at All: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mammoth-tusk-boomerang-worlds-oldest-2663430
- Blum, a Market Force for Three Decades, Will Close Galleries: https://news.artnet.com/market/blum-a-market-force-for-three-decades-will-close-galleries-2663456
- Historic Canaletto Masterpiece Shatters the Painter’s Auction Record: https://news.artnet.com/market/canaletto-walpole-heads-to-christies-auction-2643675
- Maja Ruznic Reimagines Colonial Paintings for Site Santa Fe International: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maja-ruznic-site-santa-fe-2661296
- Massive Formula 1 Memorabilia Auction Roars to Life: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/formula-1-memorabilia-auction-sothebys-rm-2663229
- A Dentist Uncovers Surprising Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardo-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-secrets-dentist-2663052
- How One San Francisco Space Helped Define the Course of Photo and Video Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rena-bransten-gallery-2661954
- Small Galleries Suffer When Star Artists Depart. Has This Dealer Found a Fix?: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-dealer-provocative-solution-poaching-problem-2655240
- Will Art Lovers Flock to a Tiny New York Village? This New Triennial Hopes So: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medina-triennial-western-new-york-2661153
- The Subtly Unsettling Logic of This Prize-Winning A.I. Film: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/total-pixel-space-jacob-adler-a-i-film-festival-2662774
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Collector Ken Griffin spends $18.1m on historic US documents signed by Abraham Lincoln: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/collector-ken-griffin-buyer-thirteenth-amendment-emancipation-proclamation-sothebys
- Trump’s bill to cut taxes and social safety net programmes includes $40m for patriotic sculpture park: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/trump-spending-bill-funding-garden-american-heroes
- New world record for Canaletto as view of Venice sells for £31.9m: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/canaletto-painting-of-venice-sells-for-record-£319m
- US government’s attempts to solicit National Park visitors’ feedback on historical depictions backfires: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/national-park-service-snitch-signs-backfire
- Why Helen Chadwick’s earthy, provocative art remains as vital as ever: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/why-helen-chadwick-earthy-provocative-art-remains-as-vital-as-ever
- Why sociologists believe that culture might be bad for you: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/why-sociologists-believe-that-culture-is-bad-for-you
- An expansive monograph of Celia Paul paints a portrait of a single-minded, singular artist: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/an-expansive-monograph-of-celia-paul-paints-a-portrait-of-a-single-minded-singular-artist
- July Book Bag: from a monograph of Vincent Namatjira’s headline-grabbing portraits to a book of Chinese art heists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/july-book-bag-from-a-monograph-of-vincent-namatjira-headline-grabbing-paintings-to-curious-cases-of-chinese-art-heists
- Arshile Gorky’s experience as an immigrant to the US and the painting that defined it: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/arshile-gorkys-experience-as-an-immigrant-to-the-us-and-the-painting-that-defined-it
- Penis envy? 35-foot appendage at UK heritage site was almost covered up: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/penis-envy-35-foot-appendage-uk-heritage-site-almost-covered-up
- Illustrator Clive Hicks-Jenkins on dealing with violent imagery and finding ways of ‘showing the impossible’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/illustrator-clive-hicks-jenkins-on-dealing-with-violent-imagery-and-finding-ways-of-showing-the-impossible
- Raphael’s experiments with innovative painting technique revealed by Vatican Museums restoration: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/raphaels-experiments-with-innovative-painting-technique-revealed-by-vatican-museums-restoration
- Two artists killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza cafe: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/two-artists-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-on-gaza-cafe
- Amid a cost of living crisis for London’s artists, a charity has secured dozens of affordable studio spaces: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/amid-cost-of-living-crisis-london-artists-charity-secured-dozens-affordable-studio-spaces
- Profile of a ruler: how Sheikh Sultan shaped Sharjah’s art scene: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/profile-of-a-ruler-how-sheikh-sultan-shaped-sharjahs-art-scene
- An expert’s guide to Edvard Munch: five must-read books on the Norwegian Expressionist: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/01/an-experts-guide-to-edvard-munch-five-must-read-books-on-the-norwegian-expressionist
ARTnews.com
- After 30 Years in Business, Tim Blum Is ‘Sunsetting’ His Gallery, Pursuing New Model: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tim-blum-unplugs-from-the-gallery-machine-1234746678/
- Hauser & Wirth Owners Relocate to Switzerland Amid UK Wealth Retreat: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hauser-amp-wirth-owners-relocate-switzerland-from-uk-1234746659/
- The Famous Cerne Abbas Giant’s Giant Stick was Nearly Censored By Foliage: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cerne-abbas-giant-genitalia-almost-covered-by-trees-1930s-1234746614/
- Eiffel Tower’s Top Floor is Closed Through Wednesday Due to Europe’s Heatwave: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heat-wave-shuts-down-eiffel-tower-summit-1234746633/
- President Trump’s Budget Bill Includes $40 M. for Statues at New National Garden of Heroes: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/president-trumps-budget-bill-includes-40-m-for-statues-at-new-national-garden-of-heroes-1234746576/
- Michèle Lamy Reveals Her Top Five Recent Obsessions: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/interviews/michele-lamy-top-five-recent-obsessions-1234746585/
- Ford Foundation Names Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as Next President: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ford-foundation-heather-gerken-next-president-1234746580/
- Director of São Paulo’s Museu Afro Brasil Dismissed After Less Than Two Years: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/director-of-sao-paulos-museu-afro-brasil-dismissed-after-less-than-two-years-1234746575/
Hyperallergic
- A Mother and Daughter’s Lifelong Art Collaboration: https://hyperallergic.com/1023756/mother-daughter-nora-eliza-naranjo-morse-lifelong-art-collaboration-blanton-museum-austin/
- Lorde Shocks Fans With Nude Vulva Photo by Talia Chetrit: https://hyperallergic.com/1024418/lorde-shocks-fans-with-nude-vulva-photo-by-talia-chetrit/
- Revealing the Secrets Within a Hulking Tony Smith Sculpture: https://hyperallergic.com/1024111/revealing-the-secrets-within-a-hulking-tony-smith-sculpture-lacma/
- Opportunities in July 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1023037/opportunities-july-2025/
- Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1024143/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-july-1-2025/
- Pullman Yards Launches New Residency for Film, Visual Arts, and New Media: https://hyperallergic.com/1023823/pullman-yards-launches-new-residency-for-film-visual-arts-and-new-media/
- After Pressure, City Saves Jobs at Brooklyn Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1024413/after-pressure-city-saves-jobs-at-brooklyn-museum/
