Daily Art Download — 2025-06-25

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Artnet News - Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel in Basel 2025: https://news.artnet.com/market/price-check-art-basel-basel-2025-2660511 - Jordan Wolfson’s New Virtual Reality Is Peak Body Horror: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jordan-wolfson-little-room-2659690 - Who Was the Black Figure in This 17th-Century Portrait? A Rare Letter Holds Answers: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-portraiture-peregrine-tyam-letter-2657422 - Rare, Mind-Bending M.C. Escher Works Are Up for Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/rare-m-c-escher-works-auction-2660493 - Elizabeth Peyton’s Oasis Portrait Falls Flat at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-elizabeth-peytons-liam-noel-2659187 - I Have Seen the ‘Dark Enlightenment Art World’ and It Is Extremely Dorky: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curtis-yarvin-venice-biennale-2660020 - Werner Herzog Anchors Aspen Art Museum’s Bold New Summit: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/aspen-art-museum-air-werner-herzog-2660181 - The Long-Overlooked ‘Queer Queen of Abstraction’ Reclaims the Spotlight: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louise-fishman-van-doren-waxter-2659448 - Lady Pink Transforms MoMA PS1’s Facade Into a Tribute to Graffiti History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lady-pink-moma-ps1-mural-2660027 - How Curator Andrea von Goetz Built a Creative Haven in the Alps: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curator-andrea-von-goetz-alps-2659767 The Art Newspaper - International art news and events - Nudes by Tamara de Lempicka and Jenny Saville lead quiet Sotheby’s Modern and contemporary sale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/25/nudes-by-tamara-de-lempicka-and-jenny-saville-lead-quiet-sothebys-modern-and-contemporary-sale - Missing Tom Thomson painting at centre of $8m lawsuit returned to owner: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/missing-tom-thomson-painting-waddingtons-auction-lawsuit - Innovative London drawing fair with no stands stages its second edition: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/the-innovative-london-drawing-fair-that-has-no-stands-stages-its-second-edition - Art Gallery of Ontario acquires more than 200 Peter Hujar photographs: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/art-gallery-ontario-acquires-peter-hujar-photographs - Ukrainian Railways and US billionaire Howard Buffett team up to create ‘art train’ exploring war-time resilience: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/ukrainian-railways-us-billionaire-howard-buffett-team-up-art-train-exploring-war-time-resilience - Nick Hedges, photographer who changed the way we see homelessness, has died aged 82: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/nick-hedges-photographer-who-changed-the-way-we-see-homelessness-has-died-aged-82 - Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare Giambologna marble sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/cleveland-museum-art-acquires-giambologna-marble-sculpture - Amid protests over his extravagant Venetian wedding, Jeff Bezos donates €3m to organisations involved in protecting the city and its ecosystem: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/amid-protests-over-extravagant-venetian-wedding-jeff-bezos-donates-3m-to-organisations-protecting-the-city-and-ecosystem - London’s Queen Elizabeth II memorial to feature contemplative Yinka Shonibare sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/londons-queen-elizabeth-ii-memorial-to-feature-contemplative-yinka-shonibare-sculpture - As art market regulations tighten, international dealer association calls for 'unity' across trade: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/as-art-market-regulations-tighten-international-dealer-association-calls-for-unity-across-trade Art Business News - Art Santa Fe 2025 Spotlights Five Innovative Artists for 25th Anniversary Celebration: https://artbusinessnews.com/2025/06/art-santa-fe-2025-spotlights-five-innovative-ar