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 778

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Adam Schrader's Work 778 Articles

Law and Crime - Feb 18, 2026 Les Wexner testifies before House panel in closed-door Epstein deposition

Les Wexner is pictured speaking during a Woodrow Wilson Award ceremony in July 2008

Wexner denied knowledge of Epstein's crimes and admitted to visiting his infamous private island Little St. James “only once.”

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Feb 18, 2026 Federal judge cites Orwell, gives Trump admin deadline to reinstate slavery exhibit

The Trump administration was given a deadline of 5 p.m. on Friday to reinstate the exhibit.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Feb 18, 2026 Brooklyn gallery sued over Jay-Z figurines now faces eviction

Side-by-side image of Timothy White’s portrait of Jay-Z in red-and-navy stripes and gold chains and AM:PM Gallery’s “Jaybois” figurines allegedly based on the photo,

AM:PM Gallery, accused of copying a Jay-Z portrait, has not filed a response in its federal case.

by Adam Schrader

Shows and Exhibitions - Feb 17, 2026 Artist Rinus Van de Velde to release second volume of his ‘fictional autobiography’

It is out April 14 from Hannibal Books.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Feb 17, 2026 Idaho man sentenced for theft of artifacts from Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

A historic pistol that was stolen from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center is pictured

Roger Edward Hawkes, 71, initially pleaded not guilty but asked a federal judge earlier this month to change his plea.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Feb 17, 2026 ‘Black Panther’ specialty jeweler Douriean Fletcher gets major solo show at MAD

Mannequin dressed in a regal purple Wakanda gown and ornate headpiece on display in a museum gallery, with a large portrait of the character in the background and additional costumes nearby.

The show, titled “Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture,” is on view at MAD through March 15.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Feb 16, 2026 U.K. Lawyers for Israel pressures British Museum to alter texts referencing Palestine

Supporters of modern Palestinians have criticized the change, saying that alterations, in turn, erase their history and heritage.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Feb 16, 2026 Treasurer of Wisconsin museum charged with $70,000 theft

Steven E. Jahnke, 67, was charged February 11 in Outagamie County Circuit Court.

by Adam Schrader