Man nannte ihn den König des Eisendrahts. Doch viele nahmen seine Kunst nicht ganz ernst und sahen darin kindische Basteleien ...

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, ...

An ambitious exhibition that tries to get its arms around the breadth of Alexander Calder’s output is opening at the Museum of Modern Art this weekend. That’s no easy task, it turns out. Just look at ...

The US artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) did not invent hanging sculptures but with his mobiles he took them to a new level of mastery and innovation. This month, an exhibition of almost 300 works ...

In 1925, Alexander Calder joined the circus—in a sense. As an illustrator for the National Police Gazette, he was dispatched to cover the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York’s ...

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 ...

Alexander Calder, “Untitled” (c. 1952), painted sheet metal, wire, and brass 13 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 4 3/4 inches (© 2015 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Tom ...

Düsseldorf. Zum Zehnjährigen des smarten Kunsttempels in Flingern gibt Gil Bronner erstmals Einblick in seine 2000 Werke umfassende Sammlung. Das Ergebnis kann sich sehen und messen lassen. Auch Kunst ...

Calder Gardens, Vestige Garden. Image © Herzog & de Meuron All artworks by Alexander Calder © 2022 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New ...

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 ...

THE sun was shining, the air cool and scented with flowers, as early one April morning this year I drove out from Paris along the Autoroute de l’Est, and on through Chartres, Chateaudun, Tours, toward ...

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 ...