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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 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.

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.

The Ty Warner Sea Center on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, California, pictured before the museum removed Warner’s name in 2014.
Law and Crime   -   Mar 04, 2026 Beanie Babies billionaire appeals dismissal of lawsuit against Santa Barbara museum

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
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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
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Rep. Ro Khanna says Dartmouth students upset over Leon Black building
Ro Khanna is pictured inside the Black Family Visual Arts Center at Dartmouth College

Black, a graduate of the Ivy League university, donated $48 million for the completion of the building in 2012.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 U.S. appeals court ends Herzog heirs’ battle for Nazi-looted art in Hungary
A cropped photo of Saint Andrew by Francisco de Zurbarán

The D.C. Circuit ruled U.S. courts cannot hear the heirs’ Holocaust-era restitution claims against Hungary.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Three men arrested by Greek police for antiquities theft
An illegal dig site is pictured in Greece

The men were hit with charges including organized crime, weapons charges and violating protections for antiquities and cultural heritage.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Feb 26, 2026 Sperone Westwater parties propose referee as Westwater seeks dismissal of lawsuit
The Foster Building rises above neighboring brick structures in Manhattan at dusk. The glass-fronted gallery space, long home to Sperone Westwater, is seen amid evening traffic

A February court filing says the co-owners have agreed in principle to appoint a neutral third party.

by Adam Schrader
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