Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Curator · Scholar

Gary Vikan

fl. 1981–2016

Curator and scholar, active 1981–2016. Worked with Thomas R. Kline.

Life and work

  1. May–June 1989
    Expert witness for the plaintiffs (Church of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus) in the Indianapolis federal trial over the Kanakaria mosaics against Peg Goldberg; asked what he would have done with Goldberg's deal he answered 'Walked'.

    IndianapolisHofstadter 1994

  2. 1989
    NamedAppeared as plaintiffs' expert witness, not as a party.

    Hofstadter 1994

  3. 1992
    Paper 'Working the luminous: Modern method-context' (AAMD meeting, New York), cited for 'experiential contextualism' in museum display.

    Stylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, pp. 163-164

Connections

4 people
Peg GoldbergDominique de MenilYanni PetsopoulosThomas R. KlineGary Vikan
DisputesColleagues

Disputes & the law

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Dan Hofstadter (1994). Goldberg's Angel: An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade.
  2. 2.Gary Vikan (2016). Sacred and Stolen.
  3. 3.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.