Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director

by Gary Vikan

Book Overview

Sacred and Stolen is the memoir of an art museum director with the courage to reveal what goes on behind the scenes. It lays bare the messy part of museums: looted antiquities, crooked dealers, deluded collectors, duplicitous public officials, fakes, inside thefts, bribery, and failed exhibitions. These back stories, at once shocking and comical, reveal a man with a taste for adventure, an eagerness to fan the flames of excitement, and comfort with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590793935
• ISBN13: 9781590793930
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Select Books (NY)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"