Think of a "A Borderless Past" for Legally Traded Art garyvikan.com/blog/2018/11/2…

If you need to get caught up on the French move to repatriate African art, check out The Current on CBC Radio's new podcast w/ French-Beninese art historian Marie-Cécile Zinsou, Anuraag Saxena of India Pride Project & Gary Vikan, pres. of the Committee for Cultural Policy. bit.ly/2Rg0HVc

I had so much fun working with Gary on this book and following his journey as a real-life Indiana Jones as he unraveled this mystery. Art + history lovers will want to preorder this!

This just in: Tom Mashberg of ⁦The New York Times⁩ reports on next steps for ⁦Museum of the Bible⁩, with insights from the AC, ⁦Dr. Colette Loll⁩, ⁦Gary Vikan⁩, and ⁦Cmte Cultural Policy⁩. nytimes.com/2020/04/05/art…

Woohoo!! My editing client Gary Vikan’s newest book has an ORANGE BANNER. If you love art/religious history you will love this book about one of the world’s biggest hoaxes, from the Black Plague to now. Links for the zon & beyond via Pegasus Books pegasusbooks.com/books/the-holy…

"The Holy Shroud" was featured in Smithsonian Magazine!

I will be joined by Tom Hall for a lively discussion of my newest book, "The Holy Shroud: A Brilliant Hoax in the Time of the Black Death," June 4th at 7 pm, on Zoom. Info here: garyvikan.com/blog/2020/5/7/…

It was wonderful to talk with Tom Hall yesterday on the radio and for a virtual book launch in the evening. Thank you to Tom for hosting and to everyone who tuned in!

I spoke with RNS on "How the Black Plague turned the Shroud of Turin into a Beloved Relic:" religionnews.com/2020/08/11/how… What will emerge to give us comfort and hope during these times of stress?

Medieval history of sacred relics is surprisingly relevant amid pandemic. On my latest RNS article on Gary Vikan's new Turin shroud book mwecker.substack.com/p/medieval-his…

#TheShroudOfTurin became a beloved relic during the #BlackDeath—and the history of relics has a lot to say to the socially distant craving human contact, according to Gary Vikan, author of the new book #TheHolyShroud: religionnews.com/2020/08/11/how… via RNS

On reading this fascinating, sleuthy work from Pegasus Books: “While it’s always a pleasure to read such a fact-based narrative and arrive at that thing called truth, it’s especially appreciated right now.” Gary Vikan

“I could not think of another major relic that entered the world so thoroughly enmeshed in charges of fake and fraud." Gary Vikan Pegasus Books The Walters Art Museum

Former Walters director Gary Vikan chronicles ‘the greatest deception in the history of Christianity’ | COMMENTARY baltimoresun.com/opinion/column…

Thanks for the great review from Dan Rodricks, At Large connecting the Shroud of Turin to the "Russian Hoax" of 2016.

If you're looking for a refreshing read about a hoax that is fully debunked in these times of truthiness, check out my editing client Gary Vikan's newest book. This glowing review from Dan Rodricks, At Large should convince you!