Chappaqua Library Hosts Author Talk: Sacred and Stolen

From the Chappaqua Library:

CHAPPAQUA, NY - The Chappaqua Library will host Author Talk: Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director with Gary Vikan November 4 at 7:00 p.m.

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 the chaos that often ensued.

Author Gary Vikan was Director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore from 1994 to 2013; from 1985 to 1994, he was the museum’s Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Medieval Art.

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