Joel Shapiro_ a Sculptor Who Could Go Big (or Very Small)_ Dies at 83

Joel Shapiro_ a sculptor who could go big (or very small)_ dies at 83

A renowned post-minimalist, he crafted stick-figure-like sculptures, including for a piece outside the Holocaust museum in D.C. Other works were thimble-sized. ...

Joel Shapiro, Sculptor of Emotive Figures, Dies at 83

Sculptor Joel Shapiro, who traversed the boundaries of Minimalism with his emotive, large-scale bronze works, died on Saturday, June 14 at the age of 83. Shapiro’s passing was announced by Pace Gallery, which has represented the artist since 1992. His daughter told the New York Times that Shapiro died from acute myeloid leukemia. Shapiro was commissioned to create more than 30 large-scale sculptures in his lifetime, including “Loss and Regenerat…

Joel Shapiro, a sculptor who could go big (or very small), dies at 83

Post-Minimalist sculptor Joel Shapiro has died, aged 83

Best known for his looming, stylised figures assembled from wood beams, Shapiro changed the language of Minimalism with a distinctly personal flair

Leonard Lauder and Joel Shapiro Both Pass Away, National Gallery’s Rubens Painting Questioned, Lenin Statue Removed from City of Osh: Morning Links For June 16, 2025

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The HeadlinesIN MEMORIAM. Leonard Lauder, the cosmetics heir and billionaire art collector, died on Saturday at the age of 92, reports Harrison Jacobs for ARTnews. His mother was Estée Lauder, of the eponymous, multi-billion-dollar beauty company that he joined in 1958. Lauder was also passionate about art and gave several major gifts to th…

Joel Shapiro, American Post-Minimalist sculptor, 1941–2025

Joel Shapiro, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Nesteruk Joel Shapiro has died at the age of eighty-three. Shapiro worked with sculpture to push the boundaries of figuration and abstraction, often working on a monumental scale as he sought to transcend the constraints of Minimalism with a more psychologically charged mode of art.  He became best-known for his sculptural figures constructed from wooden beams, suggestive of a human figure walking, dancing or …