Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Kate Middleton’s Curated Display at V&A East Celebrates the Art of Making: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kate-middleton-curates-display-va-east-2672858
- Sacred Buddha Gems Pulled From Sotheby’s Sale Are Returned to India: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/buddha-gems-returned-sothebys-2672769
- Brazen Paris Museum Heist Triggers $4 Million Insurance Payout: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/axe-wielding-thieves-stage-shock-heist-at-paris-museum-2573360
- Lucy Sparrow Serves Up a Felted Fish and Chip Shop in London: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lucy-sparrow-fish-and-chips-london-2672795
- How a Fake Philanthropist Fooled the Frick: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matthew-pietras-frick-2672502
- 14th-Century Fortress Found Hidden Under Iconic Ukrainian Square: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fortress-potemkin-square-odesa-2672610
- Don’t Try to Understand This Artist’s Paintings. He Wouldn’t Want You To: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/claus-bertermann-2672490
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- George Lucas offers new details of Los Angeles museum at Comic-Con panel: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/george-lucas-details-narrative-art-museum-comic-con-panel
- Can Hauser & Wirth's new Palo Alto space achieve what its rivals failed to?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/can-hauser-wirths-new-palo-alto-space-achieve-what-others-failed-to
- 'Slowing the process down': how a bohemian Somerset art gallery is forging its own path: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/the-somerset-gallery-forging-its-own-path
- French government adopts bill for restitution of colonial-era objects: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/french-government-adopts-bill-restitution-colonial-era-objects
- Comment | From restitution to confronting authoritarian regimes, here are five ways museums can be more ethical: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/from-restitution-of-employee-activism-heres-five-ways-museums-can-be-more-ethical
- It's hard for green-themed art shows to garner credibility—the Helsinki Biennial deserves more than most: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/30/its-hard-for-green-themed-art-shows-to-garner-credibilitythe-helsinki-biennial-deserves-more-than-most
ARTnews.com
- Person Dies After Jumping from Whitney Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/whitney-museum-person-jumps-staff-email-1234748609/
- Move Over! There’s a New Gallery and Art Fair in Town Operating from a Familiar Transport Van: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/uhaul-gallery-and-art-fair-new-york-1234748442/
- At Aspen Art Week, Bigger Fairs and Serious Collectors Make for a High-Altitude Market Bet: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/aspen-art-week-fair-collectors-sales-report-1234748586/
- Critics Blame Tate’s Programing for Footfall Decline, But ‘Socioeconomic Factors and Brexit Also to Blame’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-reports-budget-deficit-critics-respond-1234748568/
- Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Orders Air and Space Museum to Relocate Discovery Shuttle to Houston: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-big-beautiful-bill-space-shuttle-discovery-museum-houston-1234748545/
- First-Ever Exhibition Pairing René Magritte and Les Lalannes Will Open in New York in October: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/rene-magritte-les-lalannes-exhibition-di-donna-galleries-1234748525/
- Thomas Kinkade Foundation Denounces DHS’s Usage of Painting to Promote ‘Division and Xenophobia’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thomas-kinkade-foundation-responds-dhs-morning-pledge-post-1234748544/
- Three Men Convicted for Stealing 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Gold Coins from German Museum: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/three-men-convicted-celtic-gold-coins-theft-germany-1234748543/
- Bernard Arnault Defends US-EU Trade Deal as ‘Necessary’ Agreement: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bernard-arnault-defends-us-eu-trade-deal-1234748540/
- Millennial and Gen Z Gallerists Looking to ‘Redefine Success’, Hauser & Wirth to Open New Gallery in Palo Alto: Morning Links for July 30, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/morning-links-july-30-2025-1234748534/
Hyperallergic
- How My Museum’s Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday Got Complicated: https://hyperallergic.com/1030987/how-my-museums-celebration-of-americas-250th-birthday-got-complicated-new-york-historical-society/
- The Berlin Biennale’s Complicit Silence: https://hyperallergic.com/1030947/berlin-biennale-complicit-silence/
- Anti-Gentrification Protest Targets Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/1030872/anti-gentrification-protest-targets-mexico-city-contemporary-art-museum/
- No Other Land Contributor Killed by Israeli Settler: https://hyperallergic.com/1030877/no-other-land-contributor-killed-by-israeli-settler/
- Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic: https://hyperallergic.com/1030620/ruth-asawa-proved-that-mothering-is-inherently-artistic/
