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.

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Adam Schrader's Work 575 Articles

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 04, 2025 Britain seizes 185 artifacts as Iraq seeks return of looted items

A man in a dark suit and blue tie stands beside an Iraqi flag, holding an ancient clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script inside a marble hall.

The news came after Iraqi officials said in July that more than 40,000 artifacts had been repatriated to the country in recent years.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Nov 04, 2025 Global Art Crime Tracker: A ledger of art theft, vandalism and cultural heritage crime

An NYPD police van is pictured on the sidewalk in Central Park in New York City. The grass is green and the leaves are colorful, indicating fall

Urgent Matter’s tracker follows major crimes targeting cultural property, from museum heists and forgeries to activist vandalism globally.

by Adam Schrader

Shows and Exhibitions - Nov 03, 2025 Global art fairs calendar: what’s coming through 2026

An external view of the Design Miami fair in 2023 as people walk past sculptures outside the tent.

New markets are opening as the art-fair economy adjusts to higher costs and slower top-end sales.

by Adam Schrader

Labor and Capital - Nov 03, 2025 Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery gets $3M donation for free admission endowment

the text naming the Memorial Art Gallery is pictured outside of the building

The idea of “free for all forever” echoes a wider push in university art museums to rebuild public trust and attendance after years of pandemic-era decline and financial restructuring.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Nov 03, 2025 How climate activists are leaving museums behind

Authorities are seen detaining a protester who threw black paint onto a Gustav Klimt painting while the hand of another is pictured glued to the glass protecting it

Facing tougher laws, rising costs, and waning support, climate activists are quietly ending the museum protests that once shocked the art world.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 03, 2025 Rubin Museum, now ‘without walls,’ challenges building’s tax assessment

An exterior shot of the Rubin Museum of Art with the museum's name in the windows

The filing comes after the museum closed to the public in 2024 and moved to a "global museum" model.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Nov 02, 2025 Climate activist who vandalized National Gallery of Art display case sentenced

Red and black paint is seen smeared on the enclosure and pedestal of a sculpture of a little girl

Timothy Martin, 55, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 02, 2025 Museum of Chinese in America challenges NYC tax bill amid ongoing funding scrutiny

The Museum of Chinese in America is pictured on a sunny morning in 2015

The museum claims city assessors overvalued its Chinatown building by more than four times its worth.

by Adam Schrader