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‘A very Rothschild type of display’ – Waddesdon’s new gallery, reviewed

Amber casket in the shape of a three-story monument containing ivory figures, (c. 1660). Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. Photo: Waddesdon Image Library/Mike Fear

The new permanent gallery presents all kinds of exquisite pieces with special family associations

‘An important work by Titian has been hiding in plain sight’

Portrait of Pietro Aretino (detail), (1527), here attributed to Titian. Kunstmuseum Basel

A lost portrait of the 16th-century writer Pietro Aretino may have been at the Kunstmuseum Basel for the last hundred years

South Africa’s most established art fair has undergone a rapid rebirth

A sophisticated revamp means that Art Joburg is now a smaller, sleeker affair

The scientific revolution gets the royal treatment

Group of quadrants in ‘Science City 1550–1800’ at the Science Museum, London. Photo: © Jody Kingzett, Science Museum Group

The Science Museum’s new gallery makes subtle links between royal patronage, scientific progress and earthly conquest

Director of Mori Art Museum to retire

Fumio Nanjo in 2007.

Art news daily: 19 September

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry should be a working factory, not a boutique hotel

Interior of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London, photographed in 2014.

Why is Historic England supporting a developer’s plans when there’s a better proposal waiting in the wings?

Getty Trust announces $100m world heritage programme

Art news daily: 18 September

Polar bare – how climate change is destroying archaeologically rich sites in the Arctic

A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost at Drew Point, north Alaska.

Thawing permafrost means the near-perfect preservation of ancient material in the Arctic will soon be a thing of the past

The quiz wizards of the Courtauld

At last – a Courtauld University Challenge team to be reckoned with

Stephen Deuchar to step down as director of Art Fund

Stephen Deuchar.

Art news daily: 17 September

Florence’s art and antiques fair returns to its roots

The Redentore, Venice (detail; c. 1746), Canaletto.

Exceptional Italian artworks should prove a big draw at the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence

Maurizio Cattelan sculpture stolen from Blenheim Palace

AMERICA (2016), Maurizio Cattelan.

Art news daily: 16 September

Pauline Curnier Jardin has been awarded the Preis der Nationalgalerie

Pauline Curnier Jardin, winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2019.

Art news daily: 13 September

Make your own Smithsonian at home

The all-American interior, of sorts, courtesy of the Smithsonian and a 3D printer

A tour of Titania’s Palace

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The fairy-tale doll’s house, now at Egeskov Castle in Denmark, still has the power to beguile with its miniature marvels and deceptions

Battle lines – the tortured genius of Antoine-Jean Gros

Alexander taming Bucephalus (c. 1800), Antoine-Jean Gros. Photo: © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Michel Urtado

An exhibition of drawings at the Louvre reflects the artist’s struggle between his warring inclinations

Helen Whately appointed UK minister for arts, heritage and tourism

Helen Whately MP

Art news daily: 12 September

The closure of Nerve Visual in Derry is a real loss for the region

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Nerve Visual Gallery in Derry

The building that once played host to the Turner Prize now stands empty. Where does this news leave Derry?

A forgotten Portuguese modernist finally has her moment

My Self-portrait (detail; 1927), Sarah Affonso.

Although she struggled to forge a career, Sarah Affonso never gave up making art, as two overlapping exhibitions in Lisbon reveal

For the record – collecting gallery papers at the Archives of American Art

Leo Castelli in a room of the Jasper Johns exhibit at the Castelli Gallery, New York, 1958. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

From inventories to installation shots – Liza Kirwin discusses the crucial role of gallery records in documenting art history

Sackler family reportedly ready to give up ownership of Purdue Pharma

One Stamford Forum, Connecticut, containing the headquarters of Purdue Pharma.

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Sackler family reportedly ready to give up ownership of Purdue Pharma |…

Robert Frank (1924–2019)

Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographed in 2014.

Art news daily: 10 September

Acquisitions of the month: August 2019

Jane Seymour (detail; c. 1537), after Hans Holbein the Younger.

This month’s highlights include paintings of Henry VIII’s favourite wife and Dorothea Tanning’s much-loved dog

Francisco Toledo (1940–2019)

Francisco Toledo, photographed in 2015.

Art news daily: 9 September