Alone in a tower filled with the world’s largest display of sculptures by Alexander Calder. ✨ In this room filled with moving sculptures by Calder, giant mobiles are suspended in the sky. They turn and dance as you cohabit their space. One of the most extraordinary things about these deceptively gravity-defying objects is that they are supported by a force the size of your thumbnail: a tiny hook. In the mid-1930s, in addition to developing his classic mobiles, Calder began to explore the concept

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American artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) is celebrated for revolutionizing sculpture with his renowned mobiles and stabiles, which range from the miniature to the monumental. "Calder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection" traces Calder's career over 45 works, highlighting his most important themes, styles, and materials from the 1920s through the 1970s while celebrating the transformative gift to SAM from patrons Jon and Kim Shirley. Experience the unique vision of a modern artist who le

Expand your knowledge of “Red, Black, Blue” by Alexander Calder! ▪️This 40-foot-wide mobile weighs 1,850 pounds and is comprised of 13 aluminum disks. ▪️It was commissioned by American Airlines in 1968 for Dallas’ Love Field airport. ▪️It moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport in 1973 and Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport in 1987. ▪️On one of his many trips to Milwaukee, Calatrava saw the artwork and wanted it to be the signature piece at the entrance to the Quadracci Pavilion. ▪️The cou

Step into Alexander Calder’s world at MoMA. Just in time for spring, “Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start” takes center stage in our galleries and in the Sculpture Garden starting this Sunday, March 14. The career-spanning survey showcases the artist’s boundless creativity, bringing together early wire and wood figures, works on paper, jewelry, mobiles in motion, and monumental abstract sculptures. Calder’s artwork has always been at home at MoMA, and the exhibition looks closely at his unof

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