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Reporting on the legal and criminal dimensions of the art world — from restitution and forgery to fraud, theft, censorship, and court filings that shape cultural accountability.

Law and Crime

Reporting on the legal and criminal dimensions of the art world — from restitution and forgery to fraud, theft, censorship, and court filings that shape cultural accountability.

Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 British Museum faced previously undisclosed 1991 theft, new book reveals

Gold disc pendant from the Asante region of Ghana is seen against a black background

Historian Barnaby Phillips’s book also recounts a separate case in which a museum employee stole more than 350 artworks.

Law and Crime - Mar 05, 2026 Yves Bouvier points to resurfaced Swiss testimony in battle over $100M art trove

The declaration cites 2022 statements given to Swiss prosecutors by Jean-Marc Peretti.

A screenshot of the Aicon Gallery website showing the division of Aicon Art and Aicon Contemporary.

Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 Aicon gallery dispute erupts into assault accusations and arrest claims

Harry Hutchison, who co-owns Aicon Art with Prajit Dutta, accused Projjal Dutta and his Aicon Contemporary gallery of assault.

by Adam Schrader

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Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 Aicon gallery dispute erupts into assault accusations and arrest claims

Harry Hutchison, who co-owns Aicon Art with Prajit Dutta, accused Projjal Dutta and his Aicon Contemporary gallery of assault.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 British Museum faced previously undisclosed 1991 theft, new book reveals

Historian Barnaby Phillips’s book also recounts a separate case in which a museum employee stole more than 350 artworks.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 05, 2026 Yves Bouvier points to resurfaced Swiss testimony in battle over $100M art trove

The declaration cites 2022 statements given to Swiss prosecutors by Jean-Marc Peretti.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 05, 2026 Swiss testimony surfaces on Bouvier deal for ‘Salvator Mundi,’ painting later referenced by Epstein

Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, a portrait of Christ holding a crystal orb, is pictured against a blue background

Court documents reveal how a Paris dinner helped seal the painting's 2013 private sale.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 04, 2026 MoMA PS1 lawsuit over falling panel settled and dismissed

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 04, 2026 Beanie Babies billionaire appeals dismissal of lawsuit against Santa Barbara museum

The Ty Warner Sea Center on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, California, pictured before the museum removed Warner’s name in 2014.

Warner filed a notice of appeal on February 2, seeking review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 02, 2026 Egyptian tour guide who drew on pyramid arrested

A tour guide and chalk drawings are seen on a pyramid in egypt

The tour guide apologized for drawing in chalk on the exterior surface of the Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 01, 2026 Bronze-Age swords, arrowheads seized in Philadelphia after UAE shipment

Bronze-age swords are pictured after being seized by CBP

The artifacts arrived on an express delivery flight from UAE on October 16 and were bound for an address in Jacksonville, Florida.

by Adam Schrader