Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- A Forgotten Fra Angelico Fresco Has Been Restored After Centuries of Neglect: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fra-angelico-fresco-restored-2629896
- Dealer Nikolaus Leskovar on Pop Art Master Roy Lichtenstein’s Enduring Appeal for Collectors: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leskovar-fine-art-roy-lichtenstein-2664027
- Ancient Babylonian Hymn, Overflowing With Praise, Resurfaces After Millennia: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/babylonian-hymn-resurfaces-ai-2664269
- Billionaire Breakup at Glenstone! And José Freire’s Latest Art-World Melee—Kenny Schachter Reports: https://news.artnet.com/market/glenstone-divorce-mitch-emily-rales-2664537
- An Attic Discovery Reveals the Moment Man Ray Went Avant-Garde: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/man-ray-rediscovered-2663935
- Countdown to America’s 250th: The Museum Shows Mapping the Country’s Past—and Future: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/america-250th-anniversary-exhibitions-2662919
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- From a football feast to deceitful dolphins: three art exhibitions not to miss at the Manchester International Festival: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/from-a-football-feast-todeceitful-dolphins-three-art-exhibitions-not-to-miss-at-the-manchester-international-festival
- Amid a wave of global crises, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s Ship of Tolerance sets sail again—with added potency: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/amid-a-wave-of-global-crises-ilya-and-emilia-kabakovs-ship-of-tolerance-sets-sail-againwith-added-potency
- Comment | Now is the time to fight for US arts funding: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/comment-|-now-is-the-time-to-fight-for-us-arts-funding
- Mechanical engineer develops AI-generated digital masks to restore damaged paintings: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/mechanical-engineer-develops-ai-generated-digital-masks-to-restore-damaged-paintings
- As North America’s oldest company faces bankruptcy, the sale of its collection raises fears among Indigenous communities: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/canada-first-nations-heritage-comes-up-for-grabs-in-hudsons-bay-bankruptcy-auction
- Ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship to be debated by UK parliament: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/ban-on-fossil-fuel-advertising-and-sponsorship-to-be-debated-by-uk-parliament
- Glastonbury is over—but what might it look like in the future? Artists are proposing a sustainable model: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/glastonbury-is-over-but-what-might-it-look-like-in-future-artists-proposing-sustainable-model
- Turner painting bought last year for £500 sells for almost £2m at Sotheby's: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/£500-turner-painting-sells-for-almost-£2m-in-sothebys-old-master-sale
- Art’s new hybrid economy: who is making creative waves in a sector where analogue and digital media exist together?: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/arts-new-hybrid-economy-who-is-making-creative-waves-in-a-sector-where-analogue-and-digital-media-exist-together
- The power of transformation: an immersive, thrillingly layered, journey into William Kentridge’s sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/an-immersive-journey-into-william-kentridges-sculpture-yorkshire-sculpture-park
- Remembering Sebastião Salgado, world builder, photographer of collective humanity and prophet of possibility: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/remembering-sebastiao-salgado-world-builder-photographer-of-collective-humanity-and-prophet-of-possibility
- The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/04/the-magic-of-troy-hill-art-house-installations-in-pittsburgh
- Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air: https://www.theartnewspaper.c