A homecoming for one of art’s boldest visionaries, Philadelphia’s new urban sanctuary is ready to reimagine what a museum can ...

Calder made his first mechanical sculpture late in 1929, as a Christmas gift for his mother. The brass-wire fish tank will appear at the Whitney for a day.

Alexander Calder's untitled 1942 sheet-metal-and-wire sculpture was created during his "constellations" phase. It's on display at the de Young Museum. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) ...

"Aluminum Leaves, Red Post" (left) is a 1941 painted sheet metal piece by Calder. Right: His work 1940 "Hanging Spider," made of painted sheet metal and wire. Jerry L. Thompson; Whitney Museum of ...

In June 1936, Calder moved to Paris. He took some classes at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and made his first wire sculptures. Calder created a miniature circus in his studio; the animals, ...

Calder lived from 1898 until 1976. Born to artist parents, he attended engineering school, but soon drifted into artistic jobs and moved to New York. At this point he became quite interesting, working ...

Alexander S. C. Rower, a grandson of Calder’s who is president of the Calder Foundation, has trained the crew members to activate the sculptures, a delicate procedure that is, the museum would ...

There was no decree naming Alexander Calder (1898-1976) the capital’s official artist, but walking around the Mall, you’d think there had been. His abstract sheet-metal sculptures are in the ...

Reflecting his interest in continual change, Calder added a fourth dimension to sculpture: time. The mixed-media sculpture pictured above is made of metal, paint, wire, plastic, wood, glass, and ...

Alexander Calder's "Double Arc and Sphere" sold for $1 million hammer price Wednesday at the Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's in New York City. The motorized sculpture, executed with wood ...

In Calder’s large hanging piece Hercules and Lion (1928), the mythological hero’s burly shoulders are emphasized with loops of wire, his feet splayed in a dynamic pose to counterbalance the attack of ...

The outdoor sculpture “The Eagle” was donated by the Shirley family in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum. 2023 Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS ...