Adam Schrader

Adam Schrader is the founder of Urgent Matter and a longtime crime and politics reporter. His work has appeared in Artnet News, The Art Newspaper, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and United Press International.

Location New York

Number of Articles 772

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Adam Schrader's Work 772 Articles

Law and Crime - Apr 28, 2026 Right-wing group Judicial Watch sues Justice Department for records in art theft

Ben Stahl is pictured painting Descent from the Cross, one of 14 paintings stolen on April 16, 1969

The records sought pertain to the 1969 theft of paintings by Ben Stahl from the Museum of the Cross in Sarasota, Florida.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Apr 28, 2026 Taiwan’s Supreme Court upholds artist Sakuliu Pavavalong’s rape conviction

The National Culture and Arts Foundation has since revoked the National Award for Arts given to him in 2018.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Apr 27, 2026 Police identify suspect in theft of George Washington painting from Pa. restaurant

Neither the artist nor the painting's value was immediately known.

by Adam Schrader

Shows and Exhibitions - Apr 27, 2026 Exiled Putin critic Marat Guelman opens atomic bomb show at Ethan Cohen

Marat Guelman, exiled from Russia, gestures with his hands in front of an artwork of an atomic bomb in the style of Gerhard Richter

After being labeled an extremist, Marat Guelman turns to A.I.-rendered mushroom clouds to confront nuclear fear.

by Adam Schrader

Shows and Exhibitions - Apr 26, 2026 Lace installation rooted in Ljubelj concentration camp performance lands in New York

Artist Eva Petrič stands in front of her installation Bird of Hope for Peace at the Narthex Gallery of St. Peter’s Church in New York City.

Artist Eva Petrič's 'Bird of Hope for Peace' is on view at the Narthex Gallery of St. Peter’s Church

by Adam Schrader

Shows and Exhibitions - Apr 25, 2026 A museum that doesn’t exist opens in Tribeca

Purses with bricks are seen in an art display in a window.

Adam Himebauch’s NYC MOCA tests what counts as an institution, turning a storefront window into a functioning exhibition space.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Apr 24, 2026 New College says no records exist on art removals as official calls reports 'not news'

After seeking records tied to campus art controversies, New College said Urgent Matter was “trying to create a story that doesn’t exist.”

by Adam Schrader

Apr 24, 2026 Documents: New College of Florida Public Records Response on Campus Art

Records produced by New College of Florida through a public information request.

by Adam Schrader