Murder in Rio

In the early morning of January 14, 2024, Brent Sikkema was stabbed to death by an intruder in his Rio de Janeiro town house.

The art world is reeling over a murder-for-hire trial accusing famed New York gallerist Brent Sikkema’s husband of his killing, over an alimony dispute involving sex, drugs, and parties

By Stuart Heritage

Divorce is rarely amicable. Given all the heartbreak, frustration, and unending financial attrition, one would expect a little bad feeling to seep out from time to time. However, in the case of famed New York gallerist Brent Sikkema, there is a possibility that things got out of hand. For Sikkema was stabbed to death in 2024, and his estranged husband now finds himself at the center of a salacious murder-for-hire trial.

Sikkema was a well-known figure on the art circuit, counting the Obamas as friends. Championing diverse contemporary artists from his Chelsea gallery, Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, long before the READ ON