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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.

Police ordered the Grand Palais to briefly shut down amid the nationwide student protests. General view of the main hall of the Grand Palais during Art Basel 2025 (photo Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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.

Fred Camper's contemplative film "Suicide Note" was born out of grief and a city in collapse. Film still from Suicide Note (1976–1984), directed by Fred Camper (all images courtesy Film at Lincoln Center)

Apply by January 17, 2027 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship. The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D. Photo by Joel Tsui ’16, Salt ’17, MFA ’19.

Of all the criticisms levelled at the authorised biopic of Michael Jackson released earlier this year, the most persistent was that Antoine Fuqua’s film failed to mention the sexual abuse allegations against the singer. In part, this was due to a legal clause, only spotted late in production, which stipulated that one of the men who accused Jackson of abusing them as a boy could never be depicted in a fictionalised account of the period. A sequence involving a police raid at the Neverland ranch was cut, $50m (£37m) of reshoots were funded by the Jackson family, and the narrative was curtailed early. However, the enormous box office response to the film, which recently overtook Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biopic of all time, has meant a sequel is inevitable. Speaking to Variety, star Jaafar Jackson – the nephew of the man he plays – downplayed the first film’s production woes, saying: “I’ve heard many stories from other actors about how much you shoot on a project that doesn’t make it into the final picture. “In the editing room, you go through scenes looking for specific performances or takes and things change constantly.