Alexander Calder’s grandson allegedly torpedoed the $8 million sale of one of the famed sculptor’s pieces in order to “control and manipulate” the lucrative market for his grandpa’s art, a collector ...

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, ...

Elements of Alexander Calder’s “Trepied” (1972) in Shigeru Ban Architects’ design for the Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport (image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects) What is it about Alexander Calder ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA — It’s “not a museum,” and, according to its architects, it’s “not a building.” But this cool subterranean lair ...

In 1930, Alexander Calder sent his mother a birthday present: a necklace, fashioned from brass wire, string and bits of broken pottery. His note said, "I have been making wire jewelry — and think I'll ...

During his lifetime Alexander Calder made over 1,800 earrings, bracelets, necklaces and brooches. The fusion of fashion and art is fashionable now, but Calder was the first to pair these two worlds ...

Plans for the new museum dedicated to the works of influential, modernist sculptor Alexander Calder moved forward Wednesday, as the designs for the building were submitted to the Philadelphia Art ...

In this film excerpt, see Pedro E. Guerrero’s photographs of Alexander Calder’s mobile and stabile sculptures in open landscapes, at Lincoln Center in New York City, and in Spoleto, Italy. Guerrero ...

Alexander Calder was a virtuoso of do-it-yourself decor and gadgetry. The extent of his ingenuity is currently being revealed in an exhibition at Hauser & Wirth’s rural Somerset outpost, where a show ...

Visitors to the first major exhibition of Alexander Calder’s art in Tokyo in nearly 35 years will view Un effet du japonais, a nearly 7-foot sculpture made in 1941 of sheet metal, wire, rod, and paint ...