New York City of Trees

Photographer and Parks Department veteran Benjamin Swett catalogues the city's majestic branches

As spring tries to battle off the last bouts of winter in NYC, we are all anxious to get back to our favorite outdoor spots and explore some new ones. Just in time to answer that itch is Benajmin Swett’s newest release, “New York City of Trees“. The writer and photographer spent the past 13 years in the New York City Parks Department, where he …

Paul Pretzer

Uncanny simians star in the painter's latest solo show at Marc Straus

Currently on view at Marc Straus Gallery in NYC, an exhibition by Paul Pretzer brings primates, cardinals and painterly expression together for a carnivalesque look at the history of art. Riffing off of classical compositions—most notably Spanish masters Velázquez and Goya—the Dresden-born artist takes an attitude of irreverence along with impressive skill and respect for traditional technique. The works on display mostly focus on still …

Scooter LaForge and Johnny Rozsa

Two East Village artists meet us for a breakfast over sketches

Finding refuge in the charm and quiet of Cafe Mogador in NYC’s East Village, artists and friends Scooter LaForge and Johnny Rozsa meet almost every morning for a cup of Moroccan mint tea and a portrait. It is a routine that has become almost ritualistic for the artists in the last three years and, thanks to their ever-growing collection LaForge’s sketches of Rozsa, it is …