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Online gallery offers affordable art for first-time buyers

July 26, 2019 at 2:44 p.m.

Home design enthusiasts know the Internet is a treasure trove of inspirational images. Alas, all too often images are blogged and reblogged without proper attribution. This means you're left in...

"Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande makes the case for demedicalizing dying.

Atul Gawande on ‘Being Mortal’

May 9, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Most of us aren't fond of even thinking about, let alone discussing, the details of our denouement: aging, frailty, dying ... the inescapable fact that being human means traveling on...

Me, My Shelf and I: Danya Ruttenberg

May 9, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

"I was always kind of a nerdy kid," says Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, scanning her extensive book collection in the Evanston condo she shares with her husband and sons. "Aha! Here...

Modern update for an urban condo kitchen

May 23, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

When Memphis-based interior designer Michelle Triplett helped her longtime clients downsize from a spacious Dallas home to a three-bedroom condo in Chicago, she was tasked with creating a clean, modern...

Me, My Shelf and I: Liz and Joe Mason

May 9, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

When Liz and Joe Mason first moved in together, they didn't merge their books right away. Eventually, though, the literary minded couple combined their quirky, offbeat collections, forming an extensive...

Review: ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ by Marlon James

May 9, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

"A Brief History of Seven Killings," the third novel by Kingston-born author Marlon James, opens in Jamaica on Dec. 2, 1976. One of the first characters we meet is Alex...

Byzantium art comes to life at Art Institute

October 16, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Shimmering mosaics. Liturgical vestments. Classical sculpture. Elaborate jewelry. Comprising 63 works, "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections" is a modestly sized exhibition at the Art Institute of...

Well-seasoned table style: Add a touch of Memphis

May 23, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

Alessi's red, black and yellow MP0210 pepper mill in stained beechwood is not your average kitchen gadget. Created by renowned Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, and grounded in the...

Expo Chicago offers diverse opportunities for aspiring art collectors

June 17, 2018 at 8:29 a.m.

At their worst, art fairs appear as little more than consumer-driven, see-and-be-seen, hypermarketed affairs catering to rich people. To anyone not entrenched in that scene — dealer or adviser, artist...

Actor-turned-author Jason Segel unleashes his ‘Nightmares!’

June 17, 2018 at 9:15 a.m.

When he calls you up on the phone, actor Jason Segel — of "How I Met Your Mother," "The Muppets," and Judd Apatow-affiliated fame — is just the sort of...

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