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 778 Articles

Pop Culture - Oct 30, 2025 Dolly Parton museum opens online ticket sales for June 2026

Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum will open on the third floor of her new SongTeller Hotel in Nashville in June 2026.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 Thieves steal over 1,000 Native American artifacts from Oakland Museum

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

Labor and Capital - Oct 30, 2025 LACMA workers form union seeking fairer pay and benefits

Eight Los Angeles County Museum of Art employees smile and hold signs reading “LACMA United,” “Recognize Our Union,” and “Stronger Together” inside a museum workspace.

The workers have asked LACMA leadership to voluntarily recognize their union by November 5.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 German police bust crime ring selling forged Picasso, Old Master paintings

Framed artwork resembling Pablo Picasso’s portrait “Marie-Thérèse Walter,” displayed on an easel with a label indicating it was offered for sale at €35–60 million

Police raided locations across Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein earlier this month and seized "a large number" of works.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Oct 29, 2025 National Gallery of Jamaica gives tips on protecting art studios from Hurricane Melissa

Satellite image shows Hurricane Melissa as a large, organized storm over the Bahamas on October 29, 2025, with its dense cloud mass extending toward Florida, Cuba, and Hispaniola.

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a strong Category 5 storm Tuesday before making its way to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing dozens of people.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Oct 29, 2025 Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire Shira Perlmutter

Donald Trump sits at a desk in the Oval Office, reading a document with an American flag and presidential seal visible behind him.

The dispute determines who ultimately guides copyright policies impacting artists and leads the agency forward in the age of artificial intelligence.

by Adam Schrader

Labor and Capital - Oct 29, 2025 Burned out and underpaid: Study shows museums struggling to keep workers

Nearly half of U.S. museum workers have job-hunted this year, a new study finds, as burnout rises despite modest morale gains.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 28, 2025 Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner sues Santa Barbara museum

Exterior view of the Ty Warner Sea Center, a two-story light blue building on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, with “Ty Warner Sea Center” signage visible above the pier.

Warner was allegedly told his name would be removed from the Ty Warner Sea Center after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2013.

by Adam Schrader