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Labor and Capital   -   Jul 27, 2026 Labor charge accuses Toledo Museum of Art of firing guards over union activity
Labor charge accuses Toledo Museum of Art of firing guards over union activity

The charge was filed on May 6 and the case remains open.

by Adam Schrader
Jul 27, 2026 FOIA Documents: NLRB records in the Toledo Museum of Art guard discharge charge

Eleven pages released by the NLRB on July 27, 2026, in response to Urgent Matter's FOIA request.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 26, 2026 Seoul’s Kansong museum hands a pair of Qing dynasty lions back to China

The marble guardians, bought at a 1933 Yamanaka & Co. auction in Osaka, had flanked the entrance to Bohwagak since 1938.

by Adam Schrader
Market and Money   -   Jul 26, 2026 Chris Sharp calls Art Basel and Frieze a 'duopoly,' opens a $6,000 fair down the street
Chris Sharp calls Art Basel and Frieze a 'duopoly,' opens a $6,000 fair down the street

Post-Fair is opening its first edition outside Los Angeles, running October 19-24 at two buildings on Rue du Temple in Paris.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 25, 2026 Painter fills a Lower East Side gallery with the clothing of Iran’s imprisoned women
Painter fills a Lower East Side gallery with the clothing of Iran’s imprisoned women

Haleh Atabeigi also holds roughly 100 handmade objects bought out of Evin prison, which she has painted.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Jul 24, 2026 Denver Art Museum rescinds ‘overly broad’ confidentiality rule to settle union-drive charge
Denver Art Museum rescinds ‘overly broad’ confidentiality rule to settle union-drive charge

The museum posted a workers' rights notice for 60 days, and the NLRB closed the case days before the union announced its first contract.

by Adam Schrader
Jul 24, 2026 FOIA Documents: Denver Art Museum's NLRB settlement file

The formal NLRB case file for Denver Art Museum, obtained by Urgent Matter through FOIA request.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 24, 2026 Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos
Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos

Barbara Karant says the artist copied more than a dozen of her Johnson Publishing Company interiors for installations and collages.

by Adam Schrader
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Labor and Capital   -   Jul 27, 2026 Labor charge accuses Toledo Museum of Art of firing guards over union activity
Labor charge accuses Toledo Museum of Art of firing guards over union activity

The charge was filed on May 6 and the case remains open.

by Adam Schrader
Jul 27, 2026 FOIA Documents: NLRB records in the Toledo Museum of Art guard discharge charge

Eleven pages released by the NLRB on July 27, 2026, in response to Urgent Matter's FOIA request.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 26, 2026 Seoul’s Kansong museum hands a pair of Qing dynasty lions back to China

The marble guardians, bought at a 1933 Yamanaka & Co. auction in Osaka, had flanked the entrance to Bohwagak since 1938.

by Adam Schrader
Market and Money   -   Jul 26, 2026 Chris Sharp calls Art Basel and Frieze a 'duopoly,' opens a $6,000 fair down the street
Chris Sharp calls Art Basel and Frieze a 'duopoly,' opens a $6,000 fair down the street

Post-Fair is opening its first edition outside Los Angeles, running October 19-24 at two buildings on Rue du Temple in Paris.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 25, 2026 Painter fills a Lower East Side gallery with the clothing of Iran’s imprisoned women
Painter fills a Lower East Side gallery with the clothing of Iran’s imprisoned women

Haleh Atabeigi also holds roughly 100 handmade objects bought out of Evin prison, which she has painted.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Jul 24, 2026 Denver Art Museum rescinds ‘overly broad’ confidentiality rule to settle union-drive charge
Denver Art Museum rescinds ‘overly broad’ confidentiality rule to settle union-drive charge

The museum posted a workers' rights notice for 60 days, and the NLRB closed the case days before the union announced its first contract.

by Adam Schrader
Jul 24, 2026 FOIA Documents: Denver Art Museum's NLRB settlement file

The formal NLRB case file for Denver Art Museum, obtained by Urgent Matter through FOIA request.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 24, 2026 Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos
Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos

Barbara Karant says the artist copied more than a dozen of her Johnson Publishing Company interiors for installations and collages.

by Adam Schrader
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