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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   -   Oct 06, 2026 Judge sets conditions for lawyer defending collector in Eden Fine Art lawsuit
Judge sets conditions for lawyer defending collector in Eden Fine Art lawsuit

A federal magistrate judge admitted the attorney to the case on October 1 but wrote that the court could revoke that permission.

Law and Crime   -   Oct 06, 2026 Deputies say Sinema's ex-bodyguard sank $123,015 in paintings in her pool
Deputies say Sinema's ex-bodyguard sank $123,015 in paintings in her pool

Ammel allegedly threw the paintings into the pool, smashed bottles of expensive liquor and shattered a large wall-mounted mirror.

Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections
Law and Crime   -   Oct 07, 2026 Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections

Activists outside the museum said its financial ties to trustee Leon Black, who denies abuse allegations, make him hard to drop.

by Adam Schrader
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Law and Crime   -   Oct 07, 2026 Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections
Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections

Activists outside the museum said its financial ties to trustee Leon Black, who denies abuse allegations, make him hard to drop.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 06, 2026 Judge sets conditions for lawyer defending collector in Eden Fine Art lawsuit
Judge sets conditions for lawyer defending collector in Eden Fine Art lawsuit

A federal magistrate judge admitted the attorney to the case on October 1 but wrote that the court could revoke that permission.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 06, 2026 Deputies say Sinema's ex-bodyguard sank $123,015 in paintings in her pool
Deputies say Sinema's ex-bodyguard sank $123,015 in paintings in her pool

Ammel allegedly threw the paintings into the pool, smashed bottles of expensive liquor and shattered a large wall-mounted mirror.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 05, 2026 Widow seeks Sandy Heller’s records on $29.6M drop in late husband’s art collection
Widow seeks Sandy Heller’s records on $29.6M drop in late husband’s art collection

Tracey Amon asks a federal judge to make art advisor Sandy Heller hand over records behind a 2019 valuation of her late husband's art.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Oct 04, 2026 Santa Barbara museum says Beanie Babies billionaire waited too long to sue
Santa Barbara museum says Beanie Babies billionaire waited too long to sue

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History told the Ninth Circuit that Ty Warner did nothing for a decade after it removed his name in 2014.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Sep 22, 2026 A bronze faun stolen from a French zoo in 1993 turns up at a U.S. auction house
A bronze faun stolen from a French zoo in 1993 turns up at a U.S. auction house

The sculpture, owned by the French state, is back at the Musée de Picardie after its American owner gave it up without payment.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Sep 20, 2026 House holds art collector Leon Black in contempt over Epstein subpoenas
House holds art collector Leon Black in contempt over Epstein subpoenas

The ex-MoMA board chairman sat for one interview, produced a single NDA, then sued the committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Sep 11, 2026 Aicon Art drops the disputed name, rebrands as AINA Gallery
Aicon Art drops the disputed name, rebrands as AINA Gallery

The move to Chelsea comes as the founder's brother alleges in court that the two fought over who would keep their shared gallery space.

by Adam Schrader
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