Daily Art Download

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Prominent Art Advisory Implodes After 37 Years, as Ex-Partners Fire Off Lawsuits: https://news.artnet.com/market/prominent-art-advisory-implodes-after-37-years-as-ex-partners-fire-off-lawsuits-2667729
- KAWS’s Colossal Figures Are Taking Root at the New York Botanical Garden: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kaws-take-over-new-york-botanical-garden-2668006
- Is Bernini’s Baroque Masterpiece the Most Controversial Religious Artwork of All Time?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bernini-the-ecstasy-of-saint-teresa-2659785
- A Risqué Pompeii Mosaic Returns Home Decades After Wartime Theft: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/risque-pompeii-mosaic-looted-german-restituted-2668012
- More Than 500 Designs by Rei Kawakubo Hit the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rei-kawakubo-comme-des-garcons-piasa-auction-2667989
- Christie’s Reports Flat First-Half Total, Following Last Year’s Steep Drop: https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-first-half-results-2025-2667914
- In Surprise Move, New York Dealer Harper Levine Plots Bangkok Expansion: https://news.artnet.com/market/harpers-gallery-bangkok-2667721
- A Piece of Japan’s Most Iconic Futurist Tower Just Landed at MoMA: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nagakin-capsule-tower-moma-2667631
- What’s Behind the Dramatic Price Surge for This Édouard Vuillard Painting?: https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-edouard-vuillard-2667374
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- ‘Free art, with strings attached’: Zero Art Fair’s first edition in New York City puts a new spin on the old fair format: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/free-art-with-strings-attached-zero-art-fairs-first-edition-in-new-york-city-puts-a-new-spin-on-the-old-fair-format
- Marina Abramović and Peter Doig win £77,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/marina-abramovic-peter-doig-win-praemium-imperiale-prizes
- National Trust à la française? French culture minister considers plans for new heritage body based on UK model: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/national-trust-a-la-francaise-french-culture-minister-considers-plans-for-new-heritage-body-based-on-uk-model
- Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/christies-celebrates-the-late-syrian-artist-marwan-with-non-selling-show-in-london
- Millais treasure trove goes on long-term loan to Scottish gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/hundreds-strong-millais-treasure-trove-goes-on-long-term-loan-to-scottish-gallery
- New photography venue to open in Dublin’s gentrifying east docklands: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/new-photography-venue-opens-dublin-gentrifying-east-docklands
- London urban oasis hosts artist’s multimedia investigation into plants’ resilience in the face of climate crisis: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/london-urban-oasis-hosts-an-artists-multimedia-investigation-of-plants-resilience-in-the-face-of-climate-crisis
ARTnews.com
- Justin Sun, Billionaire Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s Banana, Is Purchasing $100 M. of Trump’s Memecoin: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/justin-sun-maurizio-cattelan-banana-trump-memecoin-1234747455/
- WeTransfer Changes Terms of Service After Criticism About Updates to Licensing Rights: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wetransfer-changes-terms-licensing-rights-ai-1234747368/
- French Art Galleries Struggle Amid Wavering Art Market, Survey Reveals: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/french-art-galleries-struggle-amid-wavering-art-market-survey-reveals-1234747374/
- A Cleveland Artist Is Transforming a Trashed Greyhound Bus into a Museum of Migration: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-cleveland-artist-is-transforming-a-trashed-greyhound-bus-into-a-museum-of-migration-1234747377/
- The Art World Figures Who Donated to Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaigns (So Far): https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-mayoral-campaign-donations-1234747350/
- Phillips Accuses Billionaire’s Son of Failing to Pay for Jackson Pollock Painting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phillips-pollock-painting-lawsuit-david-mimran-1234747383/
Hyperallergic
- 10 Upstate Art Weekend Destinations Worth the Trip: https://hyperallergic.com/1027811/10-new-york-upstate-art-weekend-2025-destinations-worth-the-trip/
- Bas Jan Ader Made Fate Into an Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1023651/bas-jan-ader-made-fate-into-an-art/
- Stripper Collective’s Life Drawing Merges Sex Work and Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1027036/london-stripper-collective-life-drawing-merges-sex-work-and-art/
- 10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Summer: https://hyperallergic.com/1027772/10-exhibitions-to-see-in-chicago-summer-2025/
- Can an Artist’s DNA Help Detect Forgeries?: https://hyperallergic.com/1027617/can-an-artists-dna-help-detect-forgeries/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Experts Uncover the First Royal Tomb at Ancient Maya City in Belize: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-royal-tomb-maya-caracol-belize-2667767
- Phillips Sues Sugar Magnate’s Son After $15 Million Pollock Guarantee Goes Awry: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/phillips-david-mimran-15-million-pollock-guarantee-2667618
- How Textile Artist Maria Lai Turned ‘Women’s Work’ Into Avant-Garde Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maria-lai-magazzino-2665363
- Which Art Gallery Is Going to Close Next? And More Juicy Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-galleries-closing-museum-restaurants-wet-paint-2667206
- How Paris’s Art Absolument is Reimagining the Contemporary Art Experience: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-absolument-paris-2666938
- From French Stonehenge to Fairytale Castles, These 32 Sites Just Earned World Heritage Status: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unesco-world-heritage-2025-2667612
- Man in Kilt Breaks Glass Protecting the Stone of Destiny at Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/man-arrested-stone-of-destiny-scottish-museum-2667564
- Abu Dhabi Announces Another Mega Museum—and More Art Industry News: https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-jul-14-2667315
- What’s Next for the Middle East’s Market?: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-jul-14-2667293
- The Best Art Books of All Time (According to Us): https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-best-art-books-of-all-time-according-to-us-2660987
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed by wildfire: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/historic-grand-canyon-lodge-destroyed-by-wildfire
- A Cleveland artist turns an historic Greyhound bus into a museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/cleveland-artist-turns-historic-greyhound-bus-into-a-museum
- Blood, skeletons and syphilis: the story of Edvard Munch’s obsession with health: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/blood-skeletons-syphilis-edvard-munch-obsession-health
- Justin Sun goes bananas for $Trump cryptocurrency: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/justin-sun-goes-bananas-for-trump
- Amid crackdowns on dissent, Russia’s private museums are threatened: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/amid-cracks-down-on-dissent-russias-beleaguered-private-museums-fight-to-survive
- Portraits of Windrush generation to be shown in UK government department following vandalism: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/restored-windrush-portraits-to-be-shown-in-uk-government-department-after-vandalism
ARTnews.com
- Murujuga Rock Art in Australia Receives UNESCO World Heritage Status: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/murujuga-rock-art-australia-receives-unesco-world-heritage-status-1234747309/
- Bill Dilworth, Artist Who Watched Over Walter De Maria’s ‘Earth Room,’ Dies at 70: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bill-dilworth-new-york-earth-room-caretaker-dead-1234747310/
- The Real Housewives‘s Racquel Chevremont on Democratizing Art and Showcasing Black Excellence on And Just Like That…: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/racquel-chevremont-interview-and-just-like-that-1234747299/
- Who Was J.M.W. Turner and Why Was He So Important?: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/who-was-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/
Hyperallergic
- Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now: https://hyperallergic.com/1027523/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-july-14-2025/
- Artists Decry Centre Pompidou’s Cancellation of Caribbean Art Exhibition: https://hyperallergic.com/1027677/artists-decry-centre-pompidous-cancellation-of-caribbean-art-exhibition/
- 150 Years of American Art Comes to Life: https://hyperallergic.com/1027625/150-years-art-students-league-new-york/
- For Chloe Dzubilo, Art and Advocacy Were Inseparable: https://hyperallergic.com/1027627/for-chloe-dzubilo-art-and-advocacy-were-inseparable/
- The Brilliance and Privilege of Jane Austen and Julia Margaret Cameron: https://hyperallergic.com/1027123/the-brilliance-and-privilege-of-jane-austen-and-julia-margaret-cameron-morgan-library/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Hyperallergic
- The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House: https://hyperallergic.com/1023465/edith-farnsworth-woman-behind-the-iconic-glass-house-nora-wendl/
- Ancient Egyptian Coffin Paintings Suggest Awareness of Milky Way: https://hyperallergic.com/1024440/ancient-egyptian-coffin-paintings-suggest-awareness-of-milky-way/
- Bayeux Tapestry to Return to UK After Nearly 1,000 Years: https://hyperallergic.com/1026805/bayeux-tapestry-to-return-to-uk-after-nearly-1000-years/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Walter Paul Bebirian Is Reigning Over His Self-Made Kingdom of Digital Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/volord-kingdom-art-collection-2666536
- A Dinosaur Fossil Was Just Found Right Under Denver’s Natural History Museum: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/denver-museum-nature-science-dinosaur-fossil-2667003
ARTnews.com
- Vija Celmins’s Retrospective Is Spectacularly Subdued: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/vija-celmins-retrospective-beyeler-basel-foundation-switzerland-1234747135/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Famed Oak Park Home Hits the Small Screen on ‘The Bear’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wrights-oak-park-the-bear-2666943
- Beyond Paradise: Artists Are Reclaiming the Pastoral Tradition: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/beyond-paradise-para-pastoral-2666209
- Backlash Erupts Over Right-Wing Group’s Attempt to Block Parthenon Marbles Deal: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/right-wing-group-great-british-pac-block-parthenon-marbles-2666826
- Why Collectors Turn, and Return, to Miami’s Rosenfeld Gallery: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rosenfeld-gallery-miami-2666270
- Surrealist Fashion Icon Elsa Schiaparelli Lands Her First U.K. Museum Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/elsa-schiaparelli-va-museum-show-2666832
- Easter Island Was Far Less Isolated Than Previously Believed, Study Reveals: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/easter-island-less-isolated-study-2666678
- How Jenny Saville Reclaimed the Female Nude: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jenny-saville-national-portrait-gallery-2663035
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Jane Birkin’s original namesake Hermès bag sells for record-breaking €8.6m at Sotheby’s Paris: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/jane-birkins-original-namesake-hermes-bag-sells-for-recording-breaking-86m-at-sothebys-paris
- Bronx Museum of the Arts appoints Shamim M. Momin as director and chief curator: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/bronx-museum-appoints-shamim-momin-director
- Former UK prime minister Liz Truss signs letter criticising ‘secretive’ campaign to return Parthenon Marbles to Greece: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/former-uk-prime-minister-liz-truss-signs-letter-criticising-secretive-campaign-to-return-parthenon-marbles-greece
- Job cuts at National Trust could pose threat to charity's mission, union says: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/job-cuts-at-national-trust-could-pose-threat-to-charitys-mission-union-says
- Mysterious megalithic sites in Carnac, France may be among the oldest in Europe, archaeologists discover: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/mysterious-megalithic-sites-carnac-france-may-be-among-the-oldest-in-europe-archaeologists-discover
- Capitalism, cityscapes and the climate crisis take centre stage at Luma Arles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/capitalism-cityscapes-and-the-climate-crisis-take-centre-stage-at-luma-arles
- Crystal Bridges Museum and Art Bridges receive 90 works of contemporary Indigenous art in landmark acquisition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/crystal-bridges-museum-and-art-bridges-receive-90-works-of-contemporary-indigenous-art
- Why ‘devastating’ climate control rules for museum collections need a rethink: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/why-devastating-climate-control-rules-for-museum-collections-need-a-rethink
- The good, the bad and the simply ‘tone deaf’: a roll call of celebrity art: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/the-good-the-bad-and-the-simply-tone-deaf-a-roll-call-of-celebrity-art
- Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/why-artificial-intelligence-artists-can-be-seen-as-builders-breakersor-both-at-once
- Ancient art on wheels: how Mumbai's leading museum is sending miniature exhibitions by bus into the Indian countryside: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/ancient-art-on-wheels-how-mumbais-leading-museum-is-sending-miniature-exhibitions-by-bus-into-the-indian-countryside
ARTnews.com
- Amazon Prime Day Deals on Tech for Artists, Writers, and Craftspeople Ending Tonight: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/product-recommendations/prime-day-sales-on-studio-basics-1234573495/
- Homeland Security Targets Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-museum-of-puerto-rican-arts-and-culture-homeland-security-1234747283/
- Ancient Mayan Tomb of Caracol’s Founding King Unearthed in Belize: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/maya-tomb-caracol-belize-discovery-1234747277/
- Centre Pompidou’s Cancelation of Caribbean Art Show Raises Questions in France: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidou-metz-cancels-caribbean-art-show-1234747270/
- UAE to Open Massive Museum in December that ‘Reflects Historical Trajectory of the Country’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uae-to-open-massive-museum-in-december-that-reflects-historical-trajectory-of-the-country-1234747253/
Hyperallergic
- Buffalo Museum Cancels Event After Backlash Against Texas Flood Cartoon: https://hyperallergic.com/1027347/buffalo-museum-cancels-event-after-backlash-against-texas-flood-cartoon/
- Shamim M. Momin Is the Bronx Museum’s New Director: https://hyperallergic.com/1027302/shamim-momin-bronx-museum-new-director/
- Annie Leibovitz Shoots Fifty Shades of Anne Hathaway: https://hyperallergic.com/1027264/annie-leibovitz-shoots-fifty-shades-of-anne-hathaway/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Digital Art and the Post-Pandemic Generation: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/maya-man-art-2662314
- Lilian Martinez’s New Print Captures the Essence of Summer: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lincoln-center-editions-lilian-martinez-2666103
- Homeland Security Officials Descended On a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/homeland-security-puerto-rican-museum-chicago-2666579
- A Long-Hidden Detail in Vermeer’s Quiet Street Scene Emerges: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vermeer-the-street-new-research-2666535
- Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Bag Just Made History at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hermes-birkin-bag-sale-sothebys-2666475
- The Five Friends Who Defined Post-War Art, Seen Together for the First Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/five-friends-museum-brandhorst-rauschenberg-2665217
- Ancient Egyptian DNA Fully Sequenced for the First Time: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-ancient-egyptian-genome-dna-sequence-2666293
- Historic Galileo Manuscript Just Set a New Auction Record: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/galileo-1-5-million-sale-auction-record-2666349
- Johnny Depp’s New Film Attempts a Portrait of Modigliani—But Is It Just Another Sketch?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/modi-johnny-depp-modigliani-film-2665696
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- New York City art schools see surge in Gen Z applications: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/new-york-city-art-schools-see-surge-in-gen-z-applications
- Influential New York gallery Venus Over Manhattan will close after 13 years: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/venus-over-manhattan-will-close-after-13-years
- Prospect New Orleans will not take place in 2027: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/prospect-new-orleans-will-not-take-place-in-2027
- Hoard of stolen documents—including logbook of the ‘saviour of the Netherlands’—recovered by art detective: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/horde-of-stolen-documentsincluding-logbook-saviour-netherlands-recovered-art-detective
- ‘Why don’t you talk about the hostages?’: Nan Goldin interrupted by protester during Gaza-focused speech at Rencontres d’Arles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/why-dont-you-talk-about-the-hostages-nan-goldin-confronted-by-protester-during-gaza-focused-acceptance-speech-at-rencontres-darles
- Phillips claims stake in South Asian market with London exhibition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/phillips-claims-stake-in-south-asian-market-with-london-group-show
- Resistance is febrile at this summer's Rencontres d’Arles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/resistance-is-febrile-at-this-summers-rencontres-darles
- France resisted loan of Bayeux Tapestry for ‘decades’, Macron says during British Museum visit: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/france-resisted-loan-of-bayeux-tapestry-for-decades-says-macron
- Turkish power plant reborn as regional cultural hub: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/turkish-power-plant-reborn-as-regional-cultural-hub
- Syria, Ukraine and Gaza among countries to receive heritage funds from Aliph: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/syria-ukraine-and-gaza-are-among-countries-to-receive-heritage-funds-from-aliph
- ‘Research powerhouse’: Abu Dhabi's Zayed National Museum confirms 2025 opening: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/research-powerhouse-abu-dhabis-zayed-national-museum-confirms-2025-opening
ARTnews.com
- Amazon Prime Day Deals on Tech for Artists, Writers, and Craftspeople Continue This Evening: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/product-recommendations/prime-day-sales-on-studio-basics-1234573495/
- Original Birkin Bag Sells For Record-Breaking $8.2 M at Sotheby’s Paris to Japanese Buyer: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/birkin-bag-sale-record-sothebys-paris-1234747227/
- ‘Art Detective’ Arthur Brand Recovers Trove Of Documents Stolen from Dutch National Archive: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-detective-arthur-brand-netherlands-national-archives-1234747215/
- Bronx Museum Names Shamim M. Momin as Next Director: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/shamim-m-momin-bronx-museum-director-1234747212/
- Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mars-meteorite-sothebys-auction-1234747203/
- Rahul Mishra’s Fall 2025 Collection is Inspired by Gustav Klimt: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rahul-mishra-channels-gustav-klimt-1234747134/
- Bonhams to Auction ‘Downton Abbey’ Costumes, Props Ahead of Final Film Release: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bonhams-downton-abbey-costumes-props-auction-1234747179/
- Nan Goldin Addresses Israel’s War in Gaza During Arles Talk: ‘Whose Lives Matter?’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nan-goldin-israel-gaza-rencontres-darles-talk-1234747158/
- Independent 20th Century Names 30 Exhibitors for 2025 Edition in September: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/independent-20th-century-names-31-exhibitors-for-2025-edition-in-september-1234747150/
- Sue Williamson Traces South Africa’s History, Sidestepping Memorials and Myths: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/sue-williamson-retrospective-iziko-south-africa-1234747138/
Hyperallergic
- What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?: https://hyperallergic.com/1027159/what-were-federal-agents-doing-at-a-puerto-rican-museum-in-chicago/
- Required Reading: https://hyperallergic.com/1026402/required-reading-741/
- A View From the Easel: https://hyperallergic.com/1025309/a-view-from-the-easel-293/
- The Pliable Philosophy of Brazilian Geometric Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1027113/the-pliable-philosophy-of-brazilian-geometric-art-sao-paolo-museum/
- Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Roman “Jigsaw Puzzle”: https://hyperallergic.com/1025468/archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-roman-jigsaw-puzzle/
- Why Take a Selfie in 2025?: https://hyperallergic.com/1025225/why-take-a-selfie-in-2025/
- Mitchell Johnson Exhibits New Paris Paintings: https://hyperallergic.com/1026745/mitchell-johnson-exhibits-new-paris-paintings/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Arty Treasures From Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein’s Beach House Come to Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roy-dorothy-lichtenstein-beach-house-artworks-auction-2666069
- Artist Jacky Tsai’s Painting Launches Into Space—Literally: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-jacky-tsais-painting-launches-into-space-literally-2665051
- Want Art But Have No Money? This Art Fair Is for You: https://news.artnet.com/market/zero-art-fair-new-york-free-art-2665995
- Is This a Lost Pollock? No, It’s Ed Sheeran’s Splashy Painting Debut: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ed-sheeran-heni-show-sale-pollock-2666064
- Is It Time To Reconsider the Artistic Value of Ice Age Artifacts?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ice-age-art-2664711
- Good-Bye to All That: I Am Closing My Gallery and Returning to Collecting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-over-manhattan-closing-adam-lindemann-2665314
- Archaeologists Recover Remnants of a Long-Lost Ancient Wonder: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lighthouse-of-alexandria-blocks-recovered-2665823
- Wael Shawky Named Artistic Director of Inaugural Art Basel Qatar: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-qatar-wael-shawky-2664869
- David Hockney Turns 88. He’s Still Smoking, Painting, and Breaking Rules: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/8-times-david-hockney-broke-rules-2638563
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Your weekly dose of wonder: introducing The Specialist, a new podcast by Sotheby's: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/your-weekly-dose-of-wonder-introducing-the-specialist-a-new-podcast-by-sothebys
- Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/anonymous-image-makers-new-york-nights-and-confronting-the-colonial-three-photography-shows-to-see-at-les-rencontres-darles
- A sale as old as time: Natural History Museum to display £450,000 dinosaur fossil after London gallery helps secure buyer: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/natural-history-museum-to-display-dinosaur-fossil-after-london-gallery-helps-secure-buyer
- Art Basel Qatar names Wael Shawky as artistic director of unconventional inaugural edition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/art-basel-qatar-names-wael-shawky-as-artistic-director-of-unconventional-inaugural-edition
- Sunstroke and protocol faux pas: works by royal tour artists go on show at Buckingham Palace: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/sunstroke-and-protocol-faux-pas-works-by-royal-tour-artists-go-on-show-at-buckingham-palace
- 'The idea is to breathe new life into the space': Didier Fusillier, the president of the newly reopened Grand Palais, on his vision for the Parisian institution: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/the-idea-is-to-breathe-new-life-into-the-space-didier-fusillier-the-president-of-the-newly-reopened-grand-palais-on-his-vision-for-the-parisian-institution
- Kew Gardens to host largest-ever open-air Henry Moore show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/kew-gardens-to-host-largest-ever-open-air-henry-moore-show
- Remembering Thomas Neurath, who brought single-minded energy and intellectual bravura to leading the publishers Thames & Hudson: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/remembering-thomas-neurath-who-brought-single-minded-energy-and-intellectual-bravura-to-leading-the-publishers-thames-hudson
- ‘Our pattern, our document’: this Indigenous Australian community is using design to assert its rights: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/09/our-pattern-our-document-indigenous-australian-community-using-design-assert-rights
ARTnews.com
- Amazon Prime Day Deals on Tools for Artists, Writers, and Craftspeople: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/product-recommendations/prime-day-sales-on-studio-basics-1234573495/
- The Summer Group Show Isn’t Dead—But the Calculus Around It Is Changing: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-summer-group-shows-new-york-city-1234747129/
- Supreme Court Ruling Advances Trump’s Plan for Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/supreme-court-ruling-advances-trumps-plan-for-mass-layoffs-of-federal-workers-1234747084/
- Adam Lindemann to Close His Venus Over Manhattan Gallery to Focus on Collecting: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/adam-lindeman-to-close-venus-over-manhattan-1234747091/
- Ed Sheeran Is Selling Prints of His Jackson Pollock Rip-Off Paintings for $1,200 Each: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ed-sheeran-paintings-jackson-pollock-heni-1234747085/
- Crystal Bridges and Art Bridges Acquire 90 Works of Contemporary Native Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/crystal-bridges-art-bridges-horseman-collection-native-art-1234747066/
- Art Basel Selects Artist Wael Shawky to Lead Forthcoming Qatar Fair: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-basel-qatar-wael-shawky-artistic-director-1234747075/
Hyperallergic
- Penn Museum Workers Vote to Authorize Strike: https://hyperallergic.com/1026904/penn-museum-workers-vote-to-authorize-strike/
- Gao Zhen, Chinese Artist Detained for “Defaming” Mao, Looks Ahead to Trial: https://hyperallergic.com/1026680/gao-zhen-chinese-artist-detained-for-defaming-mao-looks-ahead-to-trial/
- In a Culture of Silence, a Berlin Initiative Speaks Up for Palestine: https://hyperallergic.com/1023064/in-a-culture-of-silence-the-spore-initiative-berlin-speaks-up-for-palestine/
- The Wild, Inclusive Brilliance of New York’s Pyramid Club: https://hyperallergic.com/1026875/the-wild-inclusive-brilliance-of-new-york-pyramid-cocktail-lounge/
- How the Roman Empire Saw the World Through Art: https://hyperallergic.com/1026779/how-the-roman-empire-saw-the-world-through-art/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Researchers Unearth 3,500-Year Old Peruvian City With an Illustrious History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/3500-year-old-peruvian-city-penico-2665146
- A New Paris Museum Will Honor the Designer of Its Iconic Art Nouveau Métro Entrances: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hector-guimard-paris-metro-museum-2664951
- Why This French City Just Trademarked ‘Cézanne’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-this-french-city-just-trademarked-cezanne-2664940
- The Hamptons Jewelry Show Is a Sparkling Summer Draw: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hamptons-jewelry-show-2025-2664210
- Romare Bearden’s Catalogue Raisonné Makes Digital Debut: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/romare-bearden-catalogue-raisonne-2663648
- What These 4 Trends in Painting Reveal About Our Image-Saturated Age: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/contemporary-painting-trends-2025-2659653
- Why Jack Whitten’s Work Is Hard To Buy: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-market-minute-jul-7-2664609
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Art market bites back as estimates fail to score: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/market-bites-back-as-estimates-fail-to-score
- New fair for women-led galleries to launch during London's Frieze Week: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/new-fair-for-women-led-galleries-to-launch-during-londons-frieze-week
- Comment | Artnet sale underscores its impact on the industry—and its limitations in today's landscape: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/artnet-sale-shows-that-landscape-of-market-disruption-has-transformed
- Revamped Holocaust recovery bill to scupper powerful legal defences: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/revamped-holocaust-recovery-bill-to-scupper-powerful-legal-defences
- Photo London, the UK’s leading photography fair, is relocating: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/photo-london-uk-leading-photography-fair-relocating
- Cash as art: the famous artists who have made their mark on banknotes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/cash-as-art-famous-artists-made-mark-banknotes
- Somerset House to mark 25 years as a public space with weekend of free events: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/somerset-house-to-mark-25-years-as-a-public-space-with-weekend-of-free-events
- Less than two years after opening, the Museum of Censored Art in Barcelona has closed its doors: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/less-than-two-years-after-opening-the-museum-of-censored-art-in-barcelona-has-closed-its-doors
- Gustave Caillebotte blockbuster that sparked controversy in France opens in Chicago—with one key difference: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/gustave-caillebotte-blockbuster-that-sparked-controversy-in-france-opens-chicago-one-key-difference
- Danae Stratou wins G&A Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize 2025: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/danae-stratou-wins-ga-mamidakis-foundation-art-prize-2025
- Remembering John Sailer, the gallerist and champion of Austrian art, who has died, aged 87: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/remembering-john-sailer-the-gallerist-and-champion-of-austrian-art-who-has-died-aged-87
- UK Heritage Department feared ‘mass restitutions’ when Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/uk-heritage-department-feared-mass-restitutions-when-stone-of-scone-was-returned-to-scotland
- Remembering Peter Phillips, the pioneering British Pop artist, who has died, aged 86: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/remembering-peter-phillips-the-pioneering-british-pop-artist-who-has-died-aged-86
ARTnews.com
- Lumin Wakoa, Painter Who Let Her Art Teach Her How to See, Dies at 43: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lumin-wakoa-painter-dead-1234747006/
- Confederate Heritage Group Sues Over Stone Mountain Exhibition: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/confederate-heritage-group-sues-stone-mountain-exhibition-1234746944/
- Galerie Sardine’s Valentina Akerman Talks Building an Experimental Gallery in the Hamptons: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/newsmakers-valentina-akerman-gallery-sardine-hamptons-1234746928/
- Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Under Review by the White House: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-white-house-national-museum-american-history-1234746903/
- Paris Museum Faces Lawsuit Over Attempt to ‘Erase the Existence of Tibet’: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/musee-guimet-tibet-lawsuit-himalayan-world-gallery-1234746919/
- A Posthumous Kaari Upson Retrospective Asks You to Confront Your Tenderness and Your Cruelty: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/posthumous-kaari-upson-retrospective-copehnagen-louisiana-museum-denmark-1234746923/
- 22 Massive Stone Blocks from Alexandria’s Ancient Lighthouse Lifted from Seafloor: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/22-stone-blocks-alexandria-ancient-lighthouse-seafloor-1234746900/
- UK Parliament to Debate Whether to Ban Sponsorship and Advertising by Fossil Fuel Companies: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mps-to-debate-whether-sponsorship-and-advertizing-by-fossil-fuel-companies-should-be-banned-in-uk-1234746884/
Hyperallergic
- The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: July 2025: https://hyperallergic.com/1025328/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-july-2025/
- Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument: https://hyperallergic.com/1026145/slain-palestinian-boy-wadee-alfayoumi-honored-in-illinois-playground-monument/
- When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants: https://hyperallergic.com/1026096/when-hilma-af-klint-found-the-soul-in-plants/
- A God’s-Eye-View of Earth’s Destruction: https://hyperallergic.com/1025332/edward-burtynsky-gods-eye-view-of-earths-destruction/
- Massive Mural of Ashamed Statue of Liberty Emerges in France: https://hyperallergic.com/1026078/judith-de-leeuw-massive-ashamed-statue-of-liberty-mural-emerges-in-france/
- Mavis Pusey’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Spotlights Her Work in Geometric Abstraction: https://hyperallergic.com/1024781/mavis-pusey-first-solo-museum-exhibition-geometric-abstraction/
- Bard MFA Presents the Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: https://hyperallergic.com/1024423/bard-mfa-presents-the-class-of-2026-thesis-exhibition/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- How John Singer Sargent Found His Way Onto Hit Period Drama ‘The Gilded Age’: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/john-singer-sargent-the-gilded-age-hbo-2660432
- How Did Van Gogh Influence Matisse?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811
Hyperallergic
- 10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This July: https://hyperallergic.com/1025686/10-art-shows-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-july-2025/
- The Sensual Irreverence of Milly Thompson: https://hyperallergic.com/1021472/the-sensual-irreverence-of-milly-thompson-goldsmiths-centre/
- The Fraught Rapture of Seeing Other Women Onscreen: https://hyperallergic.com/1021525/feminism-cinema-experience-lori-jo-marso/
- Chaco Canyon in Danger Under Trump Administration: https://hyperallergic.com/1023751/chaco-canyon-in-danger-under-trump-administration/
- New Meta AI Feature Raises Photo Privacy Concerns: https://hyperallergic.com/1025371/new-meta-ai-feature-raises-photo-privacy-concerns/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Blanche Lazzell Carved a Path for American Abstraction—Then Faded From View: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/blanche-lazzell-lincoln-glenn-2663405
- Why This Photographer Has Turned His Lens From Food to African Wildlife: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nathan-myhrvold-modernist-cuisine-2663678
- Emily Sargent’s Long-Hidden Watercolors Debut at the Met: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/emily-sargent-exhibition-metropolitan-museum-of-art-2660505