Philadelphia will soon be home to a new space dedicated to one of the city’s beloved native sons, sculptor Alexander Calder. Described as a “sanctuary”—and explicitly not a museum—the facility, ...

Most people think of mobiles as simple children’s toys designed to distract babies and help them fall asleep. Yet the origin of this soothing gewgaw actually marked an important turning point in the ...

Plans for a new exhibition space and grounds to showcase the work of the late American artist Alexander Calder were unveiled this morning in Philadelphia. Calder Gardens, featuring an ...

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Alexander Calder's beguiling kinetic sculptures are among the most immediately recognizable works of American modern art. From his swaying suspended pieces and lively motor-activated sculptures — ...

The stark white room is punctuated by abstract black forms — jagged, organic, dramatic and playful — that sprout up from the floor or dangle languidly from the ceiling. Glimpsed out of the corner of ...

Alexander S.C. Rower talks about his grandfather with the authority of a historian, the enthusiasm of a fan, and the charm of a silver-tongued dealer. “Literal fist fights,” is how he describes the ...

Standing in the presence of an Alexander Calder mobile can be spellbinding: the eye-catching geometric forms exquisitely balanced on wires, their captivating configurations continuously, subtly ...

“This is no ordinary painting – it is a living picture that moves!” So says one of the “For kids” labels in the National Gallery of Victoria’s impressive exhibition, Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of abstract kinetic artist and sculptor Alexander Calder measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1967. Found within the papers ...