UC Irvine is formally taking control of the Orange County Museum of Art, a move that could turn the museum into a more vibrant hub for art-curious visitors and a new place to study and create for art students.

School officials confirmed the deal Monday, Sept. 29, saying the first change will be a new name: UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of California Art. Other changes, including figuring out how to display a now 9,000-piece combined collection, hiring a new museum director and incorporating the museum’s gallery and studio space into UCI’s fine art program, are expected to play out over the next year.

While UCI and different leaders of the 63-year-old museum – which opened its new location at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in October 2022 – have, over the decades, held info

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