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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
Labor and Capital   -   Dec 16, 2025 SVA moves MFA Art Practice program fully online, cuts tuition
Wire sculpture of galloping horses suspended across a white gallery wall in an SVA MFA exhibition.

SVA is removing mandatory summer residencies and lowering per-credit tuition.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 16, 2025 Artist pleads not guilty in Art Basel Miami Beach graffiti case
Cropped screenshot from an Instagram video showing chalk spray writing on a glass window at the Miami Beach Convention Center during Art Basel in Miami Beach.

The misdemeanor case centers on damage valued at about $400.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Dec 16, 2025 France returns looted Tarbosaurus skeleton, hundreds of fossils to Mongolia
Unmounted Tarbosaurus bataar foot bones stored in a transport crate during a French customs restitution ceremony.

Customs records show how separate fossil seizures were later linked through a single investigation.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 15, 2025 Police release photos after at least 600 artifacts stolen from Bristol museum storage
CCTV images of four burglary suspects linked to the theft of more than 600 artifacts from a Bristol museum storage facility.

The theft happened in September, but police delayed announcing it to fully audit what was taken.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 14, 2025 Ousted Philadelphia Art Museum director Sasha Suda seeks jury trial
Ousted Philadelphia Art Museum director Sasha Suda seeks jury trial

A new court filing challenges the museum’s bid to force arbitration, arguing the dispute belongs in open court under the terms of Suda’s contract.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Dec 14, 2025 VMFA repatriates 41 ancient reliefs to Turkey after looting investigation
Ancient polychrome terracotta relief fragment with geometric pattern, looted from a Phrygian temple in Turkey and repatriated by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Prosecutors and the museum outlined seemingly different triggers for the restitution.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 14, 2025 Suspect identified in São Paulo library heist involving Matisse prints
Colorful abstract print by Henri Matisse featuring a stylized white figure on a yellow background, surrounded by bold black shapes and red slashes.

Felipe dos Santos Fernandes Quadra was arrested last week in connection with the theft of works by Matisse and Portinari.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Dec 14, 2025 Aga Khan Trust for Culture denies reported Syria museum project
Historic Saraya building in Jableh, Syria, showing an interior courtyard with arches above and an exterior nighttime view of the stone structure below.

The denial follows a government-linked claim about restoring a historic building.

by Adam Schrader
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