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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
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
Law and Crime   -   Oct 28, 2025 ‘Real Housewives’ star sues artist Mickalene Thomas over ‘abusive work environment’
A screenshot of a photograph and artwork depicting Racquel Chevremont as seen in a lawsuit she filed against artist Mickalene Thomas alleging an abusive work environment.

Racquel Chevremont alleges that she was subjected to domestic violence, years of verbal abuse and financial exploitation by her ex-fiancée.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Oct 28, 2025 Chrysler Museum's Susan Watkins show explores how women forged art careers
Two women sit at a sunlit table having tea beside an open doorway, with one woman leaning on her hand and listening as the other smiles and holds a teacup.

A new exhibition reveals how Susan Watkins harnessed discipline and self-promotion as survival tools in the early 20th-century art world.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 27, 2025 Tracking art lawsuits and legal disputes: The Urgent Matter database
A bird flies past the scales of Lady Justice atop a courthouse dome

A running record of lawsuits shaping the art world, maintained by Urgent Matter.

by Adam Schrader
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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
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
Law and Crime   -   Oct 28, 2025 ‘Real Housewives’ star sues artist Mickalene Thomas over ‘abusive work environment’
A screenshot of a photograph and artwork depicting Racquel Chevremont as seen in a lawsuit she filed against artist Mickalene Thomas alleging an abusive work environment.

Racquel Chevremont alleges that she was subjected to domestic violence, years of verbal abuse and financial exploitation by her ex-fiancée.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Oct 28, 2025 Chrysler Museum's Susan Watkins show explores how women forged art careers
Two women sit at a sunlit table having tea beside an open doorway, with one woman leaning on her hand and listening as the other smiles and holds a teacup.

A new exhibition reveals how Susan Watkins harnessed discipline and self-promotion as survival tools in the early 20th-century art world.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 27, 2025 Tracking art lawsuits and legal disputes: The Urgent Matter database
A bird flies past the scales of Lady Justice atop a courthouse dome

A running record of lawsuits shaping the art world, maintained by Urgent Matter.

by Adam Schrader
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