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 ...
Jimmy Durante, Alexander Calder, 1928. The Lipman Family Foundation, Portola Valley, Calif. Babe Ruth, Alexander Calder, c. 1936. Calder Foundation, New York Jean ...
On April 27, 1931, at the Galerie Percier on the Right Bank of Paris, Alexander Calder presented some 20 pieces of abstract sculpture that would turn out to be a game changer—for Calder, for the ...