Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976 by Jed Perl Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976 (Knopf, 2020) is the second and final volume of Jed Perl’s exhaustively ...

Most people know Alexander Calder as the inventor of the mobile, a kinetic sculpture that hangs in space. But like his friend Georgia O'Keeffe, he is a familiar and beloved figure to such an extent ...

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 ...

Work from pioneering American artist Alexander Calder is the focus of the latest exhibition at Acquavella Galleries in Palm Beach. "Calder: Composing Motion," at the gallery through March 30, includes ...

Shattuck's "The History of Sound," was picked earlier this year as Greenwich Reads Together selection. The book comprises 12 interconnected stories set in New England across three centuries, examining ...

A trove of the artist’s works, collected by a former Microsoft executive, will be on exhibit and later donated to the Seattle Art Museum. By Tanya Mohn This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits ...

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Prologue: "I was framed" -- Philadelphia -- Stirling and Nanette -- Father and son -- Pasadena -- Croton-on-Hudson -- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition ...

Most people think of mobiles as simple children’s toys designed to distract babies and help them fall asleep. Yet the origin of this soothing gewgaw actually marked an important turning point in the ...

Lovers of the arts, architecture and landscape will soon have a new cultural destination along the Ben Franklin Parkway to add to their agendas the next time they are in Center City, Philadelphia.

Received several commissions for large-scale public sculpture, including a mobile for JFK Airport commissioned by Port Authority of New York and a stabile for UNESCO Paris headquarters Alexander ...