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

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 - Nov 02, 2025 Climate activist who vandalized National Gallery of Art display case sentenced

Red and black paint is seen smeared on the enclosure and pedestal of a sculpture of a little girl

Timothy Martin, 55, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 02, 2025 Museum of Chinese in America challenges NYC tax bill amid ongoing funding scrutiny

The Museum of Chinese in America is pictured on a sunny morning in 2015

The museum claims city assessors overvalued its Chinatown building by more than four times its worth.

An exterior shot of the Rubin Museum of Art with the museum's name in the windows

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 03, 2025 Rubin Museum, now ‘without walls,’ challenges building’s tax assessment

The filing comes after the museum closed to the public in 2024 and moved to a "global museum" model.

by Adam Schrader

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Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 03, 2025 Rubin Museum, now ‘without walls,’ challenges building’s tax assessment

The filing comes after the museum closed to the public in 2024 and moved to a "global museum" model.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Nov 02, 2025 Climate activist who vandalized National Gallery of Art display case sentenced

Timothy Martin, 55, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

by Adam Schrader

Government and Cultural Heritage - Nov 02, 2025 Museum of Chinese in America challenges NYC tax bill amid ongoing funding scrutiny

The museum claims city assessors overvalued its Chinatown building by more than four times its worth.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 31, 2025 Investigators believe Oakland Museum of California heist was ‘crime of opportunity’

Left: Scrimshaw engraving of a person. Top right: Necklace with large circular gemstone and smaller orange bead on a black cord. Bottom right: metallic necklace

The burglars broke into the Oakland Museum’s off-site storage facility just before 3:30 a.m. local time on October 15.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 31, 2025 Just Stop Oil activists acquitted over Stonehenge cornstarch protest

Three people stand outside against a tan brick wall in sunlight, smiling with their arms around each other.

The orange cornstarch powder was washed off the same day at a cost of about $815.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 Norwegian woman sues MoMA PS1 after injury from falling panel

Court documents show she is seeking monetary damages exceeding $150,000 for physical injury, including an acute concussion and chronic post-concussion syndrome.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 Thieves steal over 1,000 Native American artifacts from Oakland Museum

The burglars broke into the Oakland Museum’s off-site storage facility just before 3:30 a.m. local time on October 15.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Oct 30, 2025 German police bust crime ring selling forged Picasso, Old Master paintings

Framed artwork resembling Pablo Picasso’s portrait “Marie-Thérèse Walter,” displayed on an easel with a label indicating it was offered for sale at €35–60 million

Police raided locations across Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein earlier this month and seized "a large number" of works.

by Adam Schrader