FEATURES

What’s In Store? - 3x1

By Tom Ran
Scott Morrison, founding partner of 3x1.

Photo: Daniel Bernauer

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…

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What’s In Store? - Saturdays Surf

By Tom Ran
The Saturdays Surf crew, left to right: Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen, and Colin Tunstall

Photo: Tuukka Koski

For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….

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Behind the Bar - Karlsson’s Batch 2008

By Craig Cavallo
A family affair, Bertil Gunnarsson with his son Bo Gunnarsson.

Photo: Stefan Andersson

Potatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…

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RESULTS FOR "Art"

Retail

Bright Lyons

Photo: Mindy Best

Bright Lyons

Bright Lyons is a colorful mixture of art and furniture, specializing in mid-century modern furniture. Owner Paul Bright was a former gallery owner from Ontario Canada dealing in art and… read more »

Goose Barnacle

Photo: Mindy Best

Goose Barnacle

Shop owner David Alperin is rooted in his family’s heritage. Being a 4th generation Brooklyn Heights man, he decided to open his new concept shop in the neighborhood and gave… read more »

Photo: Staff

Scandinavian Grace

The Scandanavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway have long traditions of creating stunning objects for living. You can see how these techniques have evolved from their folk… read more »

Dining / Bars

Photo: Courtesty of Flatiron Lounge

Flatiron Lounge

Step back in time at the Art Deco-styled Flatiron Lounge for classic cocktails using fresh juices and quality ingredients, mixed by knowledgeable bartenders. read more »

Features

Multiple Visions A Common Bond exhibit

Photo: Dana Johnston

El Encanto de un Pueblo (The Magic of People)

Brooklyn welcomed Dana and me on November 7th, 2004 to a sublet apartment with a sheet-less bed and the haunting noise of radiator piping. We arrived with 2 suitcases and… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Joshua Vogel in his studio in Kingston, New York

Photo: Rose Callahan

Of Life and Limb

Joshua Vogel’s relationship with wood is nearly symbiotic. As a sculptor he listens to its sounds, knows the story of each piece intimately, and understands how different species behave. In… read more »

Videos

Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co.

Photo: Mindy Best

Josh Vogel

We visited Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. in late 2010 and kick started this year with a feature on the wood sculptor based in Kingston, New York. read more »

Events

No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents

Photo: Javier Jaen Benavides; X Initiative

No Soul For Sale

X Initiative opens the second of its seasonal phases, No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents, to the public today. The event is the product of inviting… read more »

<i>MONUMENT, 2008</i>

Photo: Vassilij Gureev; Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art

Jenny Holzer: Protect Protect

Jenny Holzer’s pioneering approach to language as a carrier of content and her use of nontraditional media and public settings as vehicles for that content make her one of the… read more »

The Devil and Daniel Johnston, by Jeff Feuerzeig

Photo: Courtesy of Arts In Mind

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Join the award-winning documentary filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig for a screening of his film The Devil and Daniel Johnston, followed by conversation and Q&A. The film portrays a musician and outsider… read more »

Blog

Art Barter New York

Photo: Art Barter

Art Barter

We recently started seeing bartering as a means of transaction. Last month during Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair we witnessed several publishers and the graphic design school from the Netherlands,… read more »

VIP Art Fair

Photo: VIP Art Fair

VIP Art Fair

The VIP Art Fair, launching this Saturday, will be the first art fair of its kind. For one week only, art collectors from around the world are welcome… read more »

The Standard / OHWOW shop

Photo: The Standard Hotel

Art Basel Miami 2010

Art dealers, buyers, writers and designers are all flocking south this week to Art Basel Miami and Design Miami. For the next 5 days the city will be hosting two… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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