Category Archives: authenticity

Museums Seek Clarity, Face Challenges to Budgets and Relevance

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Nicholas Merkelson

Lately I’ve been taking advantage of the comp museum admission perk through my employment with New-York Historical Society.  I’ve saved a pretty good amount of cash at some of New York’s premier cultural institutions ($25, MoMA; $20, Frick Collection; $22, … Continue reading →

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Frames Upon Frames At Collector’s Showroom

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Nicholas Merkelson

Today I went to Diego Salazar Antique Frames in Long Island City, New York.  It’s a place well known in the frame game (Merkelson 2013), but I surprisingly found it hidden among steel-doored warehouses just south of Queens Boulevard.  Having … Continue reading →

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Harris Tweed is Back!…or Never Really Went Anywhere

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Nicholas Merkelson

Mills producing Harris Tweed dot the landscape at Ballalan, Outer Hebrides, date unknown (photo credit: Harris Tweed Authority Archive) Three years ago I wrote a piece about the apparent decline of the Harris Tweed weaving industry in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides (see: … Continue reading →

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African Dance, Heritage on Display in Brooklyn

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Nicholas Merkelson

An interesting cultural heritage article, “So, You Think It’s African Dance?” by Alastair Macaulay, appeared in the Arts section of the New York Times last week (18 May 2010). Macaulay takes as his starting point the upcoming DanceAfrica festival, held annually by the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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