Books at the Barrick  

The UNLV Barrick Museum announces the launch of its new book club, Books at the Barrick. On the second Thursday of each month, we will gather at the museum to discuss books about museums and the art world.


Book List and Schedule

April 14, 2011
Edward Dolnick, The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

May 12, 2011
Philip Mould, The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

June 16, 2011
Sarah Thornton, Seven Days in the Art World

July 14, 2011
Guerilla Girls, The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

August 11, 2011
Thomas Hoving, Master Pieces: The Curator's Game

September 14, 2011
Edward Dolnick, The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

October 12, 2011
Paul Werner, Museum, Inc.: Inside the Global Art World

November 16, 2011
Douglas J. Preston, Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History

December 14, 2011
Laney Salisbury, Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

January 12, 2012
Lynn H. Nicholas, The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War

February 9, 2012
Lawrence Weschler, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology

March 18, 2012
R.A. Scotti, Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa

For more information:
Dustin Wax
702.895.3381
Dustin.Wax@unlv.edu