19-02-2026 01:42 via artsjournal.com

Good Morning,

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman died yesterday at 96 — forty-seven films in fifty-six years, most of them about institutions under stress. The New Yorker makes the case that no one in his generation comes close (The New Yorker). He would have had plenty of material today.The Fresno Arts Council is under investigation for $1.5 million in alleged embezzlement, and the city has stripped it of its grant-making authority (The Fresno Bee). The UK’s National Gallery — 4 millio
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