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

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Adam Schrader's Work 778 Articles

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

Pop Culture - Oct 31, 2025 Italian fraternity stages mock art theft after Louvre Museum heist

Students in high-visibility vests carry a replica of Simone Martini’s Guidoriccio da Fogliano as Mayor Nicoletta Fabio gestures in mock surprise during a staged prank.

The "thieves" wore high-visibility vests to make off with a fresco by Simone Martini.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 31, 2025 Investigators believe Oakland Museum of California heist was ‘crime of opportunity’

Left: Scrimshaw engraving of a person. Top right: Necklace with large circular gemstone and smaller orange bead on a black cord. Bottom right: metallic necklace

The burglars broke into the Oakland Museum’s off-site storage facility just before 3:30 a.m. local time on October 15.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 31, 2025 Just Stop Oil activists acquitted over Stonehenge cornstarch protest

Three people stand outside against a tan brick wall in sunlight, smiling with their arms around each other.

The orange cornstarch powder was washed off the same day at a cost of about $815.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Oct 31, 2025 Artist Gao Zhen, detained in China, is in poor health

Chrome bust of Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in West Hollywood, California

Gao fainted in September and may have arteriosclerosis, putting him at risk for a stroke.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 Norwegian woman sues MoMA PS1 after injury from falling panel

Court documents show she is seeking monetary damages exceeding $150,000 for physical injury, including an acute concussion and chronic post-concussion syndrome.

by Adam Schrader