Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Gallerist Olivier Babin on Closing Clearing: ‘We Gave It Our Best Shot, and We Missed’: https://news.artnet.com/market/gallerist-olivier-babin-exit-interview-2675903
- A.I. Art Generator Midjourney Fires Back in Copyright Clash With Disney and Universal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/midjourney-fires-back-disney-and-universal-copyright-suit-2675798
- Meet the Lawyer-Turned-Dealer Opening a Jewel-Box Gallery Uptown—and More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/meet-felix-rodder-aby-rosen-more-juicy-gossip-2674989
- RIP, Clearing Gallery. Here’s What Made It So Special: https://news.artnet.com/market/clearing-gallery-closed-2675559
- These Emerging Korean Artists Want You to Slow Down and Unplug: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/korea-arts-management-services-dialogue-unread-2674884
- Historic Artifacts From Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Saved by Conservancy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wright-price-tower-artifacts-acquired-2675619
- Siena’s Cultural Riches Reveal the Layers of Tuscany’s Art Heartland: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/siena-museum-guide-italy-2669960
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Relocation of popular public sculpture called off after Vancouver residents claim it would block their views: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/vancouver-public-art-dispute-trans-am-rapture
- Mexico City’s Muac damaged during anti-gentrification protest: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/mexico-city-muac-damaged-during-anti-gentrification-protest
- Ancient stone carvings uncovered on Hawaiian beach: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/ancient-stone-carvings-uncovered-on-hawaiian-beach
- 'Abstract art is universal': Nanette Carter on her new career survey at the Wexner Center for the Arts: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/nanette-carter-interview-wexner-center-arts
- Revealed: Picasso’s granddaughter owned a Van Gogh—which she sold at Sotheby’s: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/picassos-granddaughter-has-revealed-she-owns-a-van-goghand-shes-selling-it-at-sothebys
- Survivors resettled in Pompeii after volcanic eruption, archaeologists reveal: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/survivors-resettled-in-pompeii-after-volcanic-eruption-archaeologists-reveal
- After a century in storage, an 18th-century tapestry goes on show at Blenheim Palace: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/18th-century-tapestry-goes-on-show-at-blenheim-palace-after-a-century-in-storage
- A painting of a Russian soldier treating a wounded Ukrainian has been seen hanging in a church in Russia: what does it mean?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/a-painting-of-a-russian-soldier-treating-a-wounded-ukrainian-has-been-seen-hanging-in-a-church-in-russia-what-does-it-mean
- ‘A more complex picture’: Singapore marks 60th anniversary of independence from British rule with slew of cultural offerings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/08/a-more-complex-picture-singapore-marks-60th-anniversary-of-independence-from-british-rule-with-slew-of-cultural-offerings
ARTnews.com
- Legendary Art Collector Sylvio Perlstein Has Died: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/legendary-art-collector-sylvio-perlstein-has-died-1234749167/
- Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Council Building Unearthed in Turkey: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/well-preserved-ancient-roman-council-building-unearthed-in-turkey-1234749164/
- Why Canaletto’s Venice View Sold for $43.9 M., Another Identity Politics vs. Art Article, and More: Morning Links for August 8, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/why-canalettos-venice-view-sold-for-43-9-m-another-identity-politics-vs-art-article-1234749161/
- Why Is Whistler’s Mother So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/feature/james-mcneill-whistler-whistlers-mother-why-so-important-1234747878/
- Deleuze’s Newly Translated Seminars on Painting Are Chaotic and Magnificent: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/deleuze-seminars-painting-1234749008/
Hyperallergic
- Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China: https://hyperallergic.com/1032933/thai-art-center-censors-exhibition-after-pressure-from-china/
- 10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August: https://hyperallergic.com/1032430/10-show-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-august-2025/
- As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo: https://hyperallergic.com/1032202/as-adaas-art-show-changes-course-a-nonprofit-is-left-in-limbo/
- “Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk: https://hyperallergic.com/1032766/alligator-alcatraz-construction-halted-but-native-heritage-remains-at-risk/
