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

Law and Crime   -   May 19, 2026 Norton Museum settles dispute with Verity Partners
Norton Museum settles dispute with Verity Partners

The West Palm Beach museum said the company withheld the PIN needed to transfer its phone service.

Law and Crime   -   May 15, 2026 Bike-riding bandits swipe perfume-bottle vases from Subi Blooms floral art installation
Bike-riding bandits swipe perfume-bottle vases from Subi Blooms floral art installation

The vases were used in a floral art installation for the annual festival in Subiaco, a suburb of Perth.

Art supply chain Michaels, Chicago artist Pose move to settle marketing lawsuit
Law and Crime   -   May 19, 2026 Art supply chain Michaels, Chicago artist Pose move to settle marketing lawsuit

The art supply retailer sued after the artist objected to use of his work in spray-paint marketing.

by Adam Schrader
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Law and Crime   -   May 19, 2026 Art supply chain Michaels, Chicago artist Pose move to settle marketing lawsuit
Art supply chain Michaels, Chicago artist Pose move to settle marketing lawsuit

The art supply retailer sued after the artist objected to use of his work in spray-paint marketing.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 19, 2026 Norton Museum settles dispute with Verity Partners
Norton Museum settles dispute with Verity Partners

The West Palm Beach museum said the company withheld the PIN needed to transfer its phone service.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 15, 2026 Bike-riding bandits swipe perfume-bottle vases from Subi Blooms floral art installation
Bike-riding bandits swipe perfume-bottle vases from Subi Blooms floral art installation

The vases were used in a floral art installation for the annual festival in Subiaco, a suburb of Perth.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 13, 2026 Brent Sikkema murder trial opens as disputed chart details alleged plot
A composite image of three photos. Left is a man holding a crossbow-like weapon, on the right the same man is seen outdoors in Rio de Janeiro. At center is a woman lying down.

The murder-for-hire trial of Daniel Sikkema opened in Manhattan federal court this week while a newly disputed government timeline filed to the court laid out months of messages, money transfers, searches and travel records prosecutors said point to an alleged plot. β€œIn the year 2024, Brent Sikkema was brutally murdered,

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 10, 2026 Reading room with printed copies of the Epstein files opens in New York
Reading room with printed copies of the Epstein files opens in New York

The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room opened Friday in Tribeca.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 10, 2026 Student reaches $125K settlement after school erased her pro-Palestinian art
A collage of two images, on the left a girl sits in a parking spot with her drawing of a watermelon and the text 'Peace Be Upon You. The right is a closeup of that image

The settlement was reached without a non-disclosure agreement or an apology from the school district.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 10, 2026 Photographer Nick Vedros sues Florida design firm for alleged copyright violation
Photographer Nick Vedros sues Florida design firm for alleged copyright violation

Vedros, a commercial and fine art photographer, has had his work shown in recent museum exhibitions.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   May 10, 2026 More artifacts tied to traffickers Subhash Kapoor, Nancy Wiener repatriated to India
A sandstone sculpture of Ganesha is pictured against a black background

The return of the artifacts was announced on April 28 by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg.

by Adam Schrader
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