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Nature Conservancy sues Adam Lindemann over Schnabel sculpture on Montauk preserve

PACER/CourtListener docket The Nature Conservancy v. Lindemann (2:26-cv-05128, E.D.N.Y.) shows a complaint filed August 20, 2026. ARTnews reports the conservancy alleges dealer Adam Lindemann (Venus Over Manhattan) trespassed on the Andy Warhol Visual Arts Preserve in Montauk and installed Julian Schnabel’s sculpture Ahab without permission, refusing repeated removal demands after December 2024–2026 correspondence. Newsday broke the suit Thursday; ARTnews followed September 4.

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