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\n\tGUGGENHEIM VS. ASHER<\/strong>\u00a0Two major galleries\u2014Tim Blum\u2019s and Adam Lindemann\u2019s\u2014have shuttered recently. Now, a top-tier art advisory has \u201cimploded,\u201d per\u00a0Artnet News<\/a>. After nearly four decades in business together, the founders of\u00a0Guggenheim Asher Associates<\/strong>,\u00a0Barbara Guggenheim<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Abigail Asher\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>are suing one another in New York Supreme Court, each alleging serious misconduct. \u201cAllegations of fraud, tax evasion, misappropriation of funds, abuse, and exploitation shatter the polished veneer of an ultra-high-end firm whose clients included celebrities like\u00a0Steven Spielberg<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Cruise<\/strong>\u00a0and corporations such as Sony and Coca-Cola,\u201d\u00a0Artnet\u00a0reports. The dispute began quietly last August, when Guggenheim accused Asher of misappropriating more than $20.5 million. Since then, the case has grown to 119 filings\u2014mostly out of public view, until now. Is the bitter breakup a sign of the market\u2019s instability, or just a personal split gone very wrong?<\/p>\n \t\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tNATIONAL TRUST \u2018\u00c0 LA FRAN\u00c7AISE.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s rare for the French to openly take cues from their British neighbors, but France\u2019s culture secretary\u00a0Rachida Dati\u00a0<\/strong>recently floated the idea of creating a National Trust similar to the UK\u2019s, according to the\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/a>. The model was discussed during French President\u00a0Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>\u2019s state visit to the U.K.\u2014the first by a European leader since Brexit. On July 9, Dati and U.K. culture minister\u00a0Chris Bryant\u00a0<\/strong>signed two cooperation agreements focused on film and heritage. That same day,\u00a0Marie Lavandier<\/strong>, president of France\u2019s\u00a0Centre des Monuments Nationaux<\/strong>, signed a declaration of intent with the UK\u2019s National Trust, the\u00a0National Trust for Scotland<\/strong>, and\u00a0English Heritage<\/strong>. The agreement promotes collaboration on conservation practices, sustainable business models, public engagement, and climate-conscious tourism. Lavandier had previously met with the British organizations in April, and the new pact includes plans for a biennial forum on heritage policy. The initiative builds on Lavandier\u2019s July report,\u00a0A French National Trust, a Community Committed to a Living Heritage, presented to Dati.<\/p>\n \t\tThe Digest\t<\/p>\n \n\tA new platform spotlighting art, culture, and ideas from the global majority is set to open in London this October. Called\u00a0Ibraaz<\/strong>\u2014Arabic for \u201cto shine a light on\u201d\u2014it will span six floors and 10,000 square feet in a Grade II listed building at\u00a093 Mortimer Street<\/strong>. A press release calls it \u201ca bold model as a cultural institution championing forthright expression, critical discourse, and collective imagination.\u201d\u00a0[The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tThough small in size, the Netherlands has made an outsized mark on world art, from the 17th-century\u00a0Old Masters<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Van Gogh\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>vibrant works and the bold geometry of 20th-century\u00a0modernism<\/strong>. Amsterdam\u2019s Big Three museums reflect this, but the city has much more to offer. Here are the top 10 museums in the Dutch capital, according to the\u00a0Telegraph.\u00a0[The Telegraph<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tA cache of artwork left in the basement of the\u00a0County Hall<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Kent, UK<\/strong>\u00a0is heading to auction. The 350-piece collection\u2014lithographs, linocuts, screen prints, etchings, and engravings\u2014depicts locales such as Dover, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Sepham Heath. It\u2019s estimated to bring in \u00a345,700 ($61,000).\u00a0[BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tChristie\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0has reported\u00a0$2.1 billion<\/strong>\u00a0in sales for the first half of 2025, matching the total from the same period last year. While luxury sales contributed almost $500 million, Christie\u2019s Global President\u00a0Alex Rotter<\/strong>\u00a0told journalists during a Zoom call that 2025\u2019s plateau was partly down to \u201crenewed interest\u201d in \u201cpockets of 20th- and 21st-century art.\u201d [ArtDependence<\/a>]<\/p>\n \t\tThe Kicker\t<\/p>\n \n\tSUMMER READING MATERIAL.<\/strong>\u00a0Artnet\u2019s staff has revealed its picks for the best art books of all time. \u201cSummer is a great time to revisit the art books we love best. They\u2019re not necessarily best sellers or famous or familiar titles. Our team members each share the one seminal art or art history book they find unforgettable,\u201d the piece reads. The list includes\u00a0Hold Still\u00a0<\/strong>(2015) by\u00a0Sally Mann<\/strong>, which\u00a0Annie Armstrong\u00a0<\/strong>says is \u201cpart account of life in rural Virginia, part reflection on her photographic career (scandals and misinterpretations included), and part intense meditation on family.\u201d \u201cArt lovers will get hooked by her easter eggs about Cy Twombly\u2014like the story of his odyssey through Virginia antique stores to find a childhood painting of a sailboat,\u201d she adds.\u00a0Andrew Russeth<\/strong>\u00a0picked Margot and Rudolf Wittkower\u2019s\u00a0Born Under Saturn<\/strong>\u00a0(1963), writing that it is \u201cso rich with rare information, and so wildly entertaining, that I have been tempted to keep it to myself.\u201d\u00a0Kate Brown<\/strong>\u00a0went withHigh Price\u00a0<\/strong>(2009), written by Isabelle Graw in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. \u201cThe book reads like both diagnosis and warning: the market isn\u2019t just shaping how art is bought and sold\u2014it\u2019s shaping what art is, and what it means,\u201d Brown writes. 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