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.
A multi-millionaire on a mission: David Walsh expands his Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-multi-millionaire-on-a-mission-david-walsh-expands-his-museum-of-old-and-new-art
What Sold at Art Basel
https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712
A decade on: Brexit's impact on the UK art market
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-decade-on-brexits-impact-on-the-uk-art-market
Daniel ‘Danny’ Simmons, Artist, Author, and Philanthropist, Has Died at 72
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daniel-danny-simmons-artist-author-philanthropist-dead-72-1234789875/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Henry, Artist Nancy Shaver’s Collectibles Shop in Hudson, New York, Is Closing After 30 Years
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/artist-nancy-shavers-shop-henry-to-close-1234789640/
Julie Mehretu, Claire Valdez, Arthur Jafa
https://hyperallergic.com/julie-mehretu-claire-valdez-arthur-jafa/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Exclusive: an unknown archive of treasures from Van Gogh’s doctor, Paul Gachet
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/exclusive-an-unknown-archive-of-treasures-from-van-goghs-doctor-paul-gachet
Art Basel Is Facing an Unexpected Challenge: Itself
https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-acquired-taste-2782205
New documentary goes behind the scenes of Rashaad Newsome’s biggest project
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/rashaad-newsome-documentary-assembly
Greece’s Parthenon Just Reclaimed a Missing Piece of Its Ancient Silhouette
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/parthenon-restored-pediment-scaffolding-removed-2782546
The Icelandic Collective Turning Perfume Into a Multisensory Art Form
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fischersund-scent-art-music-collective-2782033
Why Is Everyone Obsessed with UFOs Right Now?
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/ufo-obsession-speilberg-disclosure-days-chloe-wise-karla-knight-eliza-douglas-thandi-loewenson-1234789581/
10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood
https://hyperallergic.com/10-contemporary-artists-reckoning-with-fatherhood/
Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer
https://hyperallergic.com/georgia-okeeffe-the-wanderer/
Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself
https://hyperallergic.com/rosalie-favell-and-the-search-for-herself/
Rare Monumental Laocoön Bronze Poised for $4 Million Sale
https://news.artnet.com/market/laocoon-bronze-sothebys-2782104

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/19/obama-presidential-center-chicago-art-filled-campus-museum
New textile museum in Mexico City celebrates Indigenous artistry
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/museo-arte-textil-mexico-city-opens
Inside Refik Anadol's Dataland, the world’s first AI art museum
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/refik-anadol-dataland-opens-los-angeles
Pierre Huyghe pushes the boundaries at the Beyeler
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/pierre-huyghe-pushes-the-boundaries-at-the-beyeler
Art Basel Qatar to move to Herzog & de Meuron-designed venue
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/18/art-basel-qatar-to-have-herzog-de-meuron-designed-home
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches Augmented Reality Project On National Mall
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum-launches-augmented-reality-project-national-mall-1234789791/
A New York Judge Gives Dealer David Nahmad 30 Days To Return Nazi-Looted Modigliani Painting
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-david-nahmad-30-days-return-nazi-looted-modigliani-1234789748/
Helen Cammock Video Work Sparks Controversy Regarding Churchill’s Role in 1943 Bengal Famine
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/helen-cammock-video-national-portrait-gallery-churchill-1234789766/
Artist Gavin Snider Accuses Tik Tok-Famous Artist Devon Rodriguez of Stealing Knicks Artworks
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tik-tok-star-artist-devon-rodriguez-steal-knicks-artworks-1234789700/
Heritage Groups Sue Trump Over “Garden of American Heroes"
https://hyperallergic.com/heritage-groups-sue-trump-over-garden-of-american-heroes/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
First Swiss edition of Zero 10, Art Basel’s digital art initiative, explores medium’s ‘historical arc’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/first-swiss-edition-of-zero-10-art-basels-digital-art-initiative-opens
Cao Fei: ‘The scenarios in many of my works have come true later’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/cao-fei-the-scenarios-in-many-of-my-works-have-come-true-later
Dealer David Nahmad given 30 days to return Nazi-looted Modigliani painting
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/david-nahmad-given-30-days-return-nazi-looted-modigliani
Mexican authorities urge Sotheby’s to stop sale of two pre-Columbian artefacts
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/mexico-opposes-sothebys-auction-pre-columbian-artefacts
‘Everything indicates’ murder of Russian dissident artist in Poland was a political killing
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/russian-dissident-artist-robert-kuzovkov-semyon-skrepetsky-murder-poland
Right-wing politician’s complaint against Masp exhibition dismissed in Brazil
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/17/brasil-complaint-masp-exhibition-la-chola-poblete-censorship-dismissed
Louvre President Tells French Senate Museum Is ‘at the End of Its Rope’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christophe-leribault-louvre-president-french-senate-warning-1234789495/
Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Detention in First Durational Performance
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-jail-performance-manchester-2781925
Menil Collection Launches New Commission Program, with Teresita Fernández as Inaugural Artist
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/menil-collection-teresita-fernandez-commission-1234789631/
US House Appropriations Committee Proposes Cutting Department of Education’s Only Arts Grant Program
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/house-committee-proposes-cutting-arts-grant-1234789505/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
At Art Basel, Everyone Is Playing It Safe, Eying Market Recovery
https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-2026-sales-2781637
Exhibition examines new vocabulary that gave same-sex desire a place in art
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/exhibition-examines-new-vocabulary-that-gave-same-sex-desire-a-place-in-art
Mauritshuis able to keep its Rembrandts following legal dispute
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/mauritshuis-able-to-keep-its-rembrandts-following-legal-dispute
Refik Anadol’s Dataland Leaves Contemporary Art in the Dust
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/refik-anadol-dataland-review-2-2781630
Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program
https://hyperallergic.com/whitney-names-new-director-of-independent-study-program/
New documentary captures two art critics at a turning point
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/16/jerry-saltz-roberta-smith-art-criticism-documentary-tribeca-film-festival
In Our Current Climate Crisis, Angelica Mesiti Asks How Can We Re-Tune Ourselves
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/angelica-mesiti-museum-tinguely-basel-1234789339/
See Obama Center’s Newest Artistic Commissions, Including Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Portrait of the Former First Couple
https://www.artnews.com/list/artnews/news/see-obama-centers-newest-artistic-commissions-including-njideka-akunyili-crosbys-portrait-of-the-former-first-couple-1234789425/
D.C. Preservationists Sue to Halt Trump’s Sculpture ‘Garden of American Heroes’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preservationists-sue-trumps-scultpure-garden-of-heroes-1234789350/
“Helter Skelter” Can’t Look America in the Eye
https://hyperallergic.com/helter-skelter-cant-look-america-in-the-eye/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Tea company's collection of South Asian Modern art soars at Christie's London
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/tea-companys-south-asian-collection-soars-at-christies-london
Anish Kapoor: ‘Just because a thing is big, it doesn’t mean it’s of any interest or even good’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/anish-kapoor-just-because-a-thing-is-big-it-doesnt-mean-its-of-any-interest-or-even-good
Russian Strike Damages Ukrainian Monastery, Art Museum
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kyiv-pechersk-lavra-fire-damage-attack-2781338
What’s Going on With the Met’s Odd New Giacometti Show?
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/giacometti-in-the-temple-of-dendur-2781077
Ibrahim Mahama: ‘All these things are the stains; they are part of the story’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/ibrahim-mahama-all-these-things-are-the-stains-they-are-part-of-the-story
Shuang Li shows how wild weather mirrors our fractured world
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/shuang-li-shows-how-wild-weather-mirrors-our-fractured-world
The art world honours David Hockney, ‘who flew the flag higher than any other British artist’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/the-art-world-honours-david-hockney-who-flew-the-flag-higher-than-any-other-british-artist
Russian drone attack on Ukraine damages several cultural sites
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/15/russian-drone-attack-on-ukraine-damages-several-cultural-sites
The Obamas Unveil First-Ever Official Dual Portrait
https://hyperallergic.com/the-obamas-unveil-first-ever-official-dual-portrait/
Leonardo Drew Joins Hauser & Wirth for Worldwide Representation
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonardo-drew-joins-hauser-and-wirth-1234788673/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Almine Rech Announces Collaboration with the Consejo Leonora Carrington and rossogranada
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/almine-rech-now-represents-leonora-carrington-1234789226/
Obama Center, Nayland Blake, Danielle Mckinney
https://hyperallergic.com/obama-center-nayland-blake-danielle-mckinney/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
David Hockney, an artist of brio and versatility, with global recognition beyond the art world, has died, aged 88
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/12/david-hockney-an-artist-of-brio-and-versatility-with-global-recognition-beyond-the-art-world-has-died-aged-88
Duane Michals, Who Expanded Photography’s Boundaries With Élan, Dies at 94
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/photographer-duane-michals-died-obituary-2780563
What Comes After Grow-or-Go? How Goodman Gallery Changed Course
https://news.artnet.com/market/goodman-gallery-business-model-art-market-downturn-2779450
Mauritshuis Museum Can Keep Contested Rembrandts, Fallout From Viral Artist Residency ‘Scandal,’ and More: Morning Links for June 12, 2026
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mauritshuis-museum-contested-rembrandts-morning-links-1234789023/
Francesca Casadio Named Director of Getty Conservation Institute, GRIMM Opens Amsterdam Space, and More: Industry Moves for June 12, 2026
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/francesca-casadio-director-of-getty-conservation-institute-1234789046/
Cleveland Museum of Art Plans $600 M. Fundraising Campaign to Sustain Museum’s Long-Term Health
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cleveland-museum-of-art-600-million-fundraising-campaign-1234789009/
Christie’s London Sale Confirms Growing Appetite for South Asian Art
https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-record-sale-south-asian-market-2780652
AI Just Helped Identify a Long-Lost F.C.B. Cadell Painting Bought for Under $100
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-identifies-lost-cadell-painting-bought-for-100-dollars-1234789159/
Construction of Trump’s Washington, DC arch could put archaeological sites at risk
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/12/trump-washington-dc-arch-construction-archaeological-site-risks
The War Against Imagination
https://hyperallergic.com/the-war-against-imagination/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Comment | Georg Baselitz's final exhibition is a warning that history is repeating itself
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/11/comment-|-georg-baselitzs-final-exhibition-is-a-warning-that-history-is-repeating-itself
Inside the Artist Residency ‘Scandal’ Dividing the Internet
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/abstract-magazine-summer-residency-2780124
Crimean Museum Struck by Ukrainian Drone, Reportedly Damaging Collection
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sevastopol-art-museum-crimea-ukrainian-drone-strike-1234788875/
How A.I. Helped Identify a Lost Scottish Masterpiece
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-a-i-helped-identify-a-lost-scottish-masterpiece-2780288
Metropolitan Museum of Art Repatriates Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-repatriates-khmer-sculptures-cambodia-1234788927/
Citing Financial Trouble, Charleston’s International African American Museum to Furlough Staff
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/international-african-american-museum-charleston-furloughs-1234788931/
Painting “Intentionally” Defaced at Museum of African American Culture
https://hyperallergic.com/painting-intentionally-defaced-at-museum-of-african-american-culture/
See Never-Before-Shown Martin Wong Works, Now On View in a Show Of His Chinatown Paintings
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/never-before-shown-martin-wong-paintings-wrightwood-1234788750/
Duane Michals, Maker of Enigmatic Sequences of Images That Defied Photography’s Conventions, Dies at 94
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/duane-michals-photographer-dead-1234788848/
Carmen Maria Machado on Power
https://hyperallergic.com/carmen-maria-machado-on-power/