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Sacred and stolen
confessions of a museum director
First edition.
by Gary Vikan
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"Memoir by former Director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore reveals what goes on behind the scenes. Shocking and comical backstories include tales of failed exhibitions, looted antiquities, fakes, and inside jobs of theft and bribery among a cast of crooked dealers, deluded collectors, and duplicitous public officials"--
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Art museum directors, Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.), Biography, History, Museums, united states, Museums, administrationPeople
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Sacred and stolen: confessions of a museum director
2016, SelectBooks
in English
- First edition.
1590793935 9781590793930
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Table of Contents
Finding my religion
Refrigerator trumps cathedral
Sailing to Byzantium, through Bucharest
Saving a God key from the toilet
Trouble with fakes
Seduced by Saint Peter
"Call after midnight, Paris time"
Working the numinous
"I loved to fondle it"
"All the red flags are up"
The men who knew too much
"They're vomiting blood!"
What's with the new suit?
Ready to explode
Getting beat up with Eduard Shevardnadze
A mitzvah acquisition
"They'll scare the rich old ladies away"
Living with loot
The mysterious Mr. Egrette.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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