Gary Vikan: 2 books
From The Holy Land To Graceland
Sacred People, Places and Things In Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Graceland is much more than a wildly popular historic house and tourist destination associated with a famous entertainer, and Elvis Presley is much more than the King of Rock ‘n' Roll. As former Walters Art Museum director and medievalist Gary Vikan shows us in his fascinating new book, Graceland,...
Sacred and Stolen
Confessions of a Museum Director
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
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....