{"id":73647,"date":"2026-05-17T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/did-a-hitman-kill-a-new-york-gallerist-art-world-rocked-by-murder-for-hire-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:56:54","slug":"did-a-hitman-kill-a-new-york-gallerist-art-world-rocked-by-murder-for-hire-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/did-a-hitman-kill-a-new-york-gallerist-art-world-rocked-by-murder-for-hire-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Did a hitman kill a New York gallerist? Art world rocked by murder-for-hire trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Sikkema is accused of hiring someone to kill his husband, Brent Sikkema, amid a divorce and alleged fights over money<\/p>\n<p>In the early morning hours of 14 January 2024, a hitman slipped into the renowned New York City gallerist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/18\/brazil-man-arrested-killing-us-art-dealer-brent-sikkema\">Brent Sikkema<\/a>\u2019s Rio de Janeiro townhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged assassin, Alejandro Triana Prevez, grabbed a kitchen knife and traveled to Sikkema\u2019s upstairs bedroom. An altercation unfolded near the bedroom door. As Sikkema, 75, struggled for his life, Prevez stabbed him, a lawsuit filed in New York state civil court alleges.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/17\/brent-daniel-sikkema-trial-murder-for-hire-trial\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Sikkema is accused of hiring someone to kill his husband, Brent Sikkema, amid a divorce and alleged fights over money In the early morning hours of 14 January 2024, a hitman slipped into the renowned New York City gallerist Brent Sikkema\u2019s Rio de Janeiro townhouse. The alleged assassin, Alejandro Triana Prevez, grabbed a kitchen &#8230; <a title=\"Did a hitman kill a New York gallerist? Art world rocked by murder-for-hire trial\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/did-a-hitman-kill-a-new-york-gallerist-art-world-rocked-by-murder-for-hire-trial\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Did a hitman kill a New York gallerist? Art world rocked by murder-for-hire trial\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}