Last Friday, American artist Alexander Calder’s beloved Circus reemerged at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Made between 1926 and 1931, it had been falling apart and had been in storage.

Alexander Calder's Circus is setting up at the Whitneyonce again (it's part of their permanent collection, and was last up in 2009), and will be reinstalled at the museum on December 9th.

In recognition of the Whitney Museum of American Art's new Alexander Calder exhibit, "The Paris Years, 1926 - 1933," we've pulled a clip from one of the artist's later-in-life "Cirque Calder ...

Among Alexander Calder's creations were miniature spring-loaded circus figures, made of wire. In this short film, Calder (1989-1976) talks about and demonstrates these toy-like creations.