Giving and Receiving
Memoirs of an Immigrant Curator and Philanthropist
$61.99
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
A riveting memoir of escape from communist authoritarianism to a life in the arts in America.
“There was no freedom here, no security, very little opportunity, and altogether too much corruption…”
Marica Vilcek was just twelve years old when the Communists took over her country. Her prospects were curtailed, as a result, and when her brother vanished, apparently escaping to Western Europe, her family became blacklisted, reducing her hope for a future career in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781957588384 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1957588381 |
| Author: | Marica Vilcek, Justin Spring |
| Publisher: | Rodin Books |
| Imprint: | Rodin Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 771g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Marica Vilcek
Marica Vilcek worked as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for thirty years and is currently an Honorary Trustee of the Museum, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NYU Institute of Fine Arts. She is co-founder, with Jan Vilcek, of the Vilcek Foundation.
Justin Spring is an award-winning biographer, curator, art historian, and writer on twentieth century American art and culture. His biography Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward was a 2011 Finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship.
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