Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Re-Air: The Rise of the Red Chip Art World: https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/re-air-the-rise-of-the-red-chip-art-world-2660367
- Karl Lagerfeld’s Low-Key Villa Outside Paris Just Sold for $5.5 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/karl-lagerfeld-villa-outside-paris-sells-for-5-5-million-2664417
- Of All Things, U.S. Homeland Security Just Shared a Thomas Kinkade Painting: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/department-of-homeland-security-thomas-kinkade-2664233
- Who Was Diana de Rosa? The Baroque Prodigy Just Smashed Records at Auction: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/diana-de-rosa-2663957
- For Asia’s Art Market, 2025 Has Been About Rapid-Fire Change: https://news.artnet.com/market/for-asias-art-market-2025-has-been-about-rapid-fire-change-2662988
- In Venice, Two Artists Tackle Structural and Metaphorical Grids: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/193-gallery-bricks-and-grids-2663799
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mississippi Masterpiece Lists for $2.5 Million: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-home-jackson-mississippi-2663742
- 4,000-Year-Old Walled Oases Shed Light on Ancient Life in the Saudi Arabian Desert: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/saudi-arabia-desert-walled-oases-2663904
- Paris Museum Sued for ‘Erasing’ Tibet from Gallery Name: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/french-museums-open-letter-2531117
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Trump seeks to defund Institute of American Indian Arts: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/trump-budget-proposal-defunding-institute-american-indian-arts
- Ford Foundation taps dean of Yale Law School as next president: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/ford-foundation-heather-gerken-new-president
- Pennsylvania college moves to sell its entire art collection amid $20m budget shortfall: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/albright-college-deaccession-art-collection-auction
- Artist Sean Scully gets Beckett-themed birthday bash on London's Hampstead Heath: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/artist-sean-scully-gets-beckett-themed-birthday-bash-on-londons-hampstead-heath
- Are art dealers’ August holidays a thing of the past?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/are-art-dealers-august-holidays-a-thing-the-past
- Tate chair floats selling Turbine Hall naming rights for ‘a minimum of £50m’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/tate-chair-floats-selling-turbine-hall-naming-rights-minimum-£50m
- ‘Our biggest heritage crisis’: why Britain’s churches are in danger: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/our-biggest-heritage-crisis-why-britains-churches-are-in-danger
- Artist and curator Jean-Marc Bustamante to launch foundation in Arles culture hub: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/03/artist-and-curator-jean-marc-bustamante-to-launch-foundation-in-arles-culture-hub
ARTnews.com
- London’s Old Masters Week Sees Cross-Catagory Bidding and Strong Interest in High-Grade Works: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/londons-old-masters-week-sees-rare-works-sell-and-mid-market-paintings-struggle-1234746818/
- MFA Boston Restitutes Two Gifted Artifacts to Kingdom of Benin: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mfa-boston-returns-benin-bronze-robert-owen-lehman-1234746813/
- Tate Chair Considers Selling Naming Rights to Turbine Hall to Fund New Endowment: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tates-turbine-hall-could-be-named-for-a-donor-1234746809/
- Canadian Art Schools See Growth in Interest, Applications, and Enrollment from the US: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/canadian-art-schools-nscad-enrollment-application-growth-1234738069/
- Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art Announces Public Opening Date for November: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nigerias-museum-of-west-african-art-announces-public-opening-1234746759/
- Galleries’ Reporting Seems to Show Sale