In the Spring of 2013, master painter Harold Garde - at the age of ninety - returned to the place he was born in and continues to be inspired by NYC. The film, GARDE NY, is a cinematic chronicle of an artist stepping back into his creative history. From a poignant tour of the original Whitney Museum on 8th Street, to the courtyard where Ethel Rosenberg once sang to him, Garde takes us inside his process and explains how 'painting is a great catalyst for seeing something as it actually is'. As the city reveals itself to him, he reveals himself to us and we are left with a deep understanding of the contradictions and humility that characterize both the man and his work .