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Peter Doig Wins Bizarre Authentication Trial
Peter Doig has won the bizarre authentication trial in which he was accused of disavowing a painting that the plaintiffs, art dealer Peter Bartlow and a former corrections officer Robert Fletcher, claimed he had painted as a teen.
Peter Doig in Chicago Court
“To Peter Doig, this painting is kryptonite,” Chicago art dealer Peter Bartlow testified in United States District Court for Northern Illinois on Thursday, in the unusual case that aims to prove whether the Scottish artist created a 40-year-old canvas signed “Peter Doige 1976.” Doig denies having painted the desert landscape, which its owner, Robert Fletcher, claims to have purchased from him for $100 in the late ’70s.
Japanese Whisky's Big Moment
The whisky world was stunned when Suntory's 2013 Yamazaki Sherry Cast Single Malt was named the best whisky in the world by Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, the first time that honor had gone to a Japanese whisky. But Japanese whisky's ascendancy was a long time in the making.
Why Nick Offerman Doesn’t Miss Ron Swanson
In his 2015 book, Gumption, Nick Offerman wrote, "Now, as long as anyone is listening, I will holler about Wendell Berry." For those that don't know, Wendell Berry is a farmer, environmental activist, novelist, essayist, and poet who lives and works on the tobacco farm he grew up on in Henry County, Kentucky, and Offerman's favorite writer.
Callan Wink's 'Dog Run Moon': Where Fly-Fishing and Cormac McCarthy Meet
Callan Wink, a 32-year-old Michigan native, has called Montana home since almost the minute he moved there for college. The avid outdoorsman has lived there ever since, graduating from Montana State in Bozeman and then pursuing an MFA at the University of Wyoming, and spending his summers as a fishing guide on the Yellowstone River. These days he splits his years between the two — guiding during the summer fishing season and writing the rest of the year.
The Ribeye Guide: How to Make the Perfect Steak
Often the crown jewel of the steakhouse menu, a well-prepared ribeye steak is a beautiful thing. We spoke with Dino Tsaknis, Executive Chef at David Burke's Primehouse at The James Chicago, about what makes it uniquely delicious, and how the amateur cook can tackle it at home. The ribeye come from the loin muscle (longissimus dorsi), a long muscle that stretches along the spine from the base of the neck to the hip, outside of the rib cage.
A Guide to This Year's Lifetime Christmas Movies
Lifetime Christmas movies take place in a magical universe full of perfect single men where everyone turns their Christmas decorations up to eleven, and every small town has an eatery called Millie’s or Dinky’s or Flopsy’s or Boopy’s that’s “famous” for a food that’s perfectly easy to make well, like pancakes or coffee.
The Best Books Of 2014
The Best Books Of 2014 “All the Light We Cannot See,” “Fourth of July Creek,” “Another Great Day at Sea” and more. The best books of 2014. It’s been a strong year for books. And no matter what the form— bound pages or pure digital— this year’s reads inspire, challenge, and transport us. This year’s crop is plentiful. From a backwater town in Ireland to a little house on the prairie. Great expeditions to the North Pole and deep soul searching. Back to World War Two and the Iraq War.
Chicagoans of the Year 2014: Stuart Dybek
For more than four decades, Stuart Dybek, a second-generation Polish American, has written stories and poems based on the Chicago he remembers from his youth: Polish Pilsen, gritty Bronzeville. His fiction (including 1990’s critically acclaimed The Coast of Chicago) is grounded in visceral details of the city, be it Lake Michigan’s lifeguard towers or the rumbling of el cars.
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