Daily Art Download — 2025-06-21

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - The Last of the Great Art Patrons: What Happens After Leonard Lauder?: https://news.artnet.com/market/leonard-lauder-legacy-2659211 - 9 Must-See Museum Shows Across the U.S.: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-shows-summer-2025-2658104 - Jill Magid Mines Her Gallerist’s Congressional Run for a Probing New Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jill-magid-esther-kim-varet-campaign-exhibtion-2656421 - Kids’ Art Stars in the Hamptons’ Coolest Show—and More Art World Gossip: https://news.artnet.com/market/kids-hamptons-wet-paint-2658876 - Fashion Queen Marie Antoinette’s Iconic Style Lives on a Major New Show: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marie-antoinette-style-exhibition-va-2658788 - Hew Locke Speaks Out After Belgian City Cancels Sculpture Commission: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hew-locke-belgium-sculpture-cancelled-2658995 - This Rare Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Could Fetch $6 Million at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unique-juvenile-dinosaur-sothebys-2659142 - Archaeologists Identify France’s Deepest Shipwreck: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/france-deepest-shipwreck-camarat-4-2659029 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - 'I'm a container for my own spirit': Nickola Pottinger on her show of sculptures at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/nickola-pottinger-interview-aldrich-contemporary-art-museum-sculpture-exhibition - Italy’s leading archaeological museum uses young creatives’ press shots without payment: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/national-archaeological-museum-naples-photography-open-call-no-compensation - Knockin’ on Halcyon’s door: Bob Dylan's latest artworks on show in London gallery: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/bob-dylan-exhibition-halcyon-gallery-exhibition-london - The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/the-legacy-of-the-baghdad-modern-art-group-is-explored-in-first-major-us-show - Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/climate-protester-splatters-pink-paint-picasso-work-montreal-museum-fine-arts - The tale of a French psychiatric asylum that harboured Second World War resistance fighters—and where patients became artists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/francesc-tosquelles-asylum-second-word-war-book-review - Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/pakistan-india-exhibitions-london - Revealed: how Van Gogh's nephew exchanged two of the artist's drawings for butter and bacon: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/revealed-how-two-van-goghs-drawings-came-to-be-exchanged-for-butter-and-bacon - Art Basel, human remains in Dutch museums, Eva Hesse—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/art-basel-human-remains-in-dutch-museums-eva-hessepodcast - Painted Roman plaster discovered in London may reveal name of interior decorator who lived almost 2,000 years ago: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/2000-year-old-painted-plaster-discovered-in-london-may-reveal-name-of-roman-interior-decorator - London's pre-contemporary art market gets boost from two new summer events: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/new-events-seek-to-boost-londons-historical-art-market - Gaudi’s original vision for Casa Batlló has been restored: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/20/casa-batllo-in-barcelona-restored-to-gaudis-original-vision ARTnews.com - Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Reclaiming Her Prison Time Through Art: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/nadya-tolokonnikova-interview-police-state-la-moca-1234745851/ - Is the Rise of Trash Assemblage Art a Recession Indicator?: http