Alex Greenberger

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The University of California Irvine said it is discussing the possibility of a deal with Costa Mesa’s Orange County Museum of Art that would see the institution merge with the school. “UC Irvine and the Orange County Museum of Art are exploring a transformative agreement that will open a new chapter for OCMA and establish a new model for public arts engagement, scholarship and access,” UC Irvine said in a statement last week.

1 week ago | artnews.com | Alex Greenberger

The Baloise Art Prize, a $36,800 award given out to two artists participating in the Statements sector of Art Basel annually, has this year gone to Rhea Dillon and Joyce Joumaa. Dillon’s work was brought to the fair by London’s Soft Opening gallery, whose booth showcased her “Leaning Figures” sculptures made from materials such as soap and molasses.

1 week ago | artnews.com | Alex Greenberger

Joel Shapiro, an acclaimed Post-Minimalist sculptor whose work explored shifts in scale and perception, died on Saturday at 83. His death was announced on Sunday by Pace Gallery. The New York Times reported that he had been battling acute myeloid leukemia. Shapiro’s work has been seen widely, in particular his figural sculptures made from bronze and aluminum elements, which have been seen everywhere from the United States Holocaust Museum to the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Alex Greenberger

Graham Gund, an architect who, with his wife Ann, collected many ambitious artworks and supported notable museums in Ohio and Massachusetts, died on June 6. He was 84, according to Kenyon College, the Ohio school where there is an art gallery in his name that he also designed. The New York Times reported that he had suffered a heart attack. Gund ran an architecture firm that was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Alex Greenberger

Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will depart her post following a social media post by President Donald Trump in which he said he had fired her. Legal experts and art historians have questioned whether Trump has the ability to fire anyone at the Smithsonian Institution, the museum network that operates the National Portrait Gallery.