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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 08, 2026 Foreign tourist arrested for stealing $40K statue from Galleries Bartoux in Miami

Stevan Milovanovic also allegedly stole a pricey bottle of wine from Miami restaurant Sexy Fish.

Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 Italy’s Carabinieri recover Medieval wooden sculpture stolen in 1977

A painted wooden Medieval sculpture of the "Madonna and Child"

The sculpture was recovered after investigators found a 2015 scientific study describing it.

Law and Crime - Mar 08, 2026 De Young Museum security guard files sexual harassment lawsuit

Ezra Iturribarria filed the lawsuit against her supervisor, Patrick Smithwick, on February 20 in San Francisco Superior Court.

by Adam Schrader

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Law and Crime - Mar 08, 2026 De Young Museum security guard files sexual harassment lawsuit

Ezra Iturribarria filed the lawsuit against her supervisor, Patrick Smithwick, on February 20 in San Francisco Superior Court.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 08, 2026 Foreign tourist arrested for stealing $40K statue from Galleries Bartoux in Miami

Stevan Milovanovic also allegedly stole a pricey bottle of wine from Miami restaurant Sexy Fish.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 07, 2026 Italy’s Carabinieri recover Medieval wooden sculpture stolen in 1977

The sculpture was recovered after investigators found a 2015 scientific study describing it.

by Adam Schrader

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

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

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

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.

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