Crime
The Groucho Club to reopen in January following rape accusation
The London private members club, owned by the founders of Hauser & Wirth gallery, was shut down by police in November following a “serious crime” at the Soho venue
London art world haunt Groucho Club closed as police investigate ‘serious crime’ on premises
The private members club was bought by Hauser & Wirth's founders in 2022
Three climate activists charged following Stonehenge paint protest
The members of Just Stop Oil are set to appear in court next month
Hate crime charges for three suspects in vandalism at Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes
The alleged vandals are said to have targeted the homes of board members with “Jewish-sounding names”
Co-creator of UndeadApes NFTs found guilty of fraud and money laundering in 'rug pull' scheme
Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr, known in the NFT community as "Repulse" and “Zayous”, faces up to five years in federal prison
Former Trump adviser—and Russian state TV commentator—charged with money laundering through art and antiques
Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia have been charged with three counts of violating US sanctions, including money laundering through the acquisition of art
Activist and journalist charged with hate crimes over vandalism at Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes
The charges stem from incidents in June, when activists sprayed red paint on the museum officials’ homes as a pro-Palestine protest
US authorities charge three UK nationals in Evolved Apes NFT fraud scheme
The charges, brought by the office of the Attorney for the Southern District of New York, signal a commitment to pursuing wide-ranging cryptocurrency cases
Hackers claim responsibility for Christie's cyberattack and threaten to release client data
The group RansomHub say they are behind the attack that took down the auction house's website earlier this month
US authorities return 30 antiquities recovered during trafficking investigations to Cambodia and Indonesia
The antiquities, collectively valued at $3m, include a bronze “Shiva Triad” from Cambodia that the dealer Nancy Wiener donated to the Denver Art Museum after failing to find a buyer for it
UK government should intervene to prevent museum thefts, says expert after reports of missing objects across the country
Art detective Christopher Marinello believes more action is needed after an investigation by the Independent newspaper revealed thefts at the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum and others
Inigo Philbrick, art dealer who went to prison for fraud, is free
In 2022, Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to an $86m fraud
Ex-husband of murdered gallerist Brent Sikkema arrested in New York
Daniel Sikkema has been accused of planning and paying for his ex-husband’s murder in Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian authorities seeking arrest of Brent Sikkema’s husband for possible role in dealer’s murder
The alleged suspect in the murder has claimed Sikkema’s husband offered him $200,000 to carry out the killing, according to Brazilian media reports
Suspect arrested in murder of dealer Brent Sikkema
A detective told local media that police are investigating theft leading to homicide
Death of New York dealer Brent Sikkema in Brazil being investigated as a homicide
The founder of Chelsea's Sikkema Jenkins & Co was 75 years old
Suspect arrested on gallery rooftop during attempted theft of works by Picasso and Warhol
Police in Scottsdale, Arizona, located the suspect using a drone
Final suspect in string of art and memorabilia heists that nabbed works by Pollock and Warhol surrenders
All nine suspects in the string of heists, which spanned 20 years, are now in federal custody
Kentucky man who defrauded local art organisations gets prison time
The FBI apprehended the man, who took $340,000 from the ArtWorks Community Arts Education Center and Russell County Arts Council, as he disembarked from a cruise ship in 2022
California police officer took bribes from Colombian art dealer for years in exchange for immigration help
A former police officer in California has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes over the course of seven years from an unnamed Colombian gallerist
Former OpenSea employee sentenced to three months in prison in first-ever NFT insider-trading case
Nathaniel Chastain's landmark case has come to a close, setting a new precedent in the realm of digital assets
Leon Black faces questions from US Senate Finance Committee over Jeffrey Epstein and his $1bn art collection
The committee chairperson has asked for more details by 1 September about the $158m Black allegedly paid Epstein over the years
'Knife attack' leads to evacuation of the British Museum in London
Police confirm a man was stabbed close to the entrance on Tuesday morning
Swiss court sentences former museum cashier for embezzling more than $1m
The 54-year-old woman used ticket-sale tricks at the Fondation Beyeler near Basel to fund luxury cars and holidays
Suspects arrested in theft of gold coins from German museum
The trove stolen from the Kelten Römer Museum near Munich was the biggest Celtic gold find of the 20th century
San Francisco gallerist filmed hosing down unhoused woman strikes deal to have battery charges dismissed
Collier Gwin, who was facing up to six months in prison if his case had gone to trial, will complete 35 hours of volunteer work
Claude Lévêque charged with rape and sexual assault of minors
The French neon artist was previously under investigation for allegations dating back to the 1980s
California man on trial for allegedly importing Roman mosaic looted during Syrian civil war to US
Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi is accused of misrepresenting the true value of a mosaic that was looted from Syria in 2015
Italy to open new mafia museum—complete with smells and sounds
The first site in Palermo is scheduled to open this spring
Antiquities trafficking investigator appointed president of Harvard Law Review—a position once held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Barack Obama
Apsara Iyer says looting of Indian temples was a "wake-up call" to understanding how cultural heritage and crime intersect