Art Basel Paris Undergoes Lockdown Ahead of Opening

| CBC News | Posted: October 19, 2026 6:19 PM | Last Updated: 1 hour agoCOVID-19, flu cases identified within Whistle Bend Place care homeImage | Whistle Bend PlaceCaption: Whistle Bend Place, a continuing care facility in Whitehorse, in a file photo. Yukon's Health and Social Services department says a respiratory illness outbreak has been declared in the long-term care facility. Visitors are allowed, but with limits. A lockdown has not been put in place. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)Two respiratory illnesses have led officials at Whitehorse’s Whistle Bend Place long-term care facility to enact heightened infection prevention protocols, although they have not gone as far as locking down the facility. Nigel Allen, communications director for Yukon’s Department of Health and Social Services, confirmed in an email to CBC on Friday that a COVID-19 outbreak in one area of the Whistle Bend Place facility was declared on Sept. 29, and an outbreak of Type A influenza was identified in another area later on. A facility-wide respiratory illness outbreak was declared on Oct. 9 as a precaution.

NorthYukon’s Health and Social Services department says actions to prevent the spread of infection are underway inside a Whitehorse long-term care facility, but it has not been placed on lockdown. COVID-19, flu cases identified within Whistle Bend Place care homeJulia Parrish · CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2026 2:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Whistle Bend Place, a continuing care facility in Whitehorse, in a file photo. Yukon's Health and Social Services department says a respiratory illness outbreak has been declared in the long-term care facility. Visitors are allowed, but with limits. A lockdown has not been put in place. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)Two respiratory illnesses have led officials at Whitehorse’s Whistle Bend Place long-term care facility to enact heightened infection prevention protocols, although they have not gone as far as locking down the facility.

The museum is bringing part of its collection to Paris as it undergoes a major expansion.

Canada, an esteemed New York gallery, faced the threat of closure last year after a backer filed two lawsuits against the space’s founders. A New York court ruled that the gallery could remain open, and neither lawsuit appears to be active, with the most recent filings for both posted at the start of this year.

A Canadian seafood tycoon’s financial troubles have turned into a debate over who gets to decide what happens to his art collection, which includes dozens of Indigenous artifacts that some experts say should be returned to their communities of origin. John Risley, the billionaire businessman who cofounded Clearwater Seafoods, is caught up in a dispute over hundreds of artworks and antiques following the collapse of his investment company, CFFI Ventures, which entered creditor protection in March with nearly $1 billion in debt.

the polish director builds immersive stage environments in which live performance, moving images, and shifting scenography challenge how audiences experience theater. thomai tsimpou October 20, 2026 5 min prefer designboom on googleŁukasz Twarkowski merges theater and cinema onstageBefore Oracle begins at Onassis Stegi in Athens, a camera captures the audience and projects its image onto a screen. Spectators appear as grainy black-and-white figures, their faces transformed into a strange, almost anonymous collective portrait. Those who have come to watch find themselves becoming the spectacle. It is an introduction to the work of Polish director Łukasz Twarkowski, in which live performance and cinema become inseparable. Twarkowski brings theater and cinema into a shared space, making the process of filming part of the performance. The stage divides horizontally into two visual fields: the live theatrical action unfolds below, while a screen above displays footage captured by cameras operating within the set in real time. The audience watches the actors perform while simultaneously observing how their movements are framed and transformed into cinematic images.