Focus: Alexander Calder September 14, 2007–April 14, 2008 The Estée and Joseph H. Lauder Painting and Sculpture Gallery, Gallery 11, fifth floor View selected works from the exhibition View all related events

Alexander Calder is best known for his mobiles—abstract sculptures made of independent parts that incorporate natural or mechanical movement. This installation, which includes early mobiles and wire sculptures, focuses on works created between the late 1920s and the late 1940s, prior to Calder's shift to monumental constructions and public works. These works demonstrate the humor, visual sophistication, and inventiveness of his approach to making art, which quietly revolutionized ideas about what modern sculpture could be.

Organized by Anne Umland, Curator, with Veronica Roberts, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture.

This exhibition, part of an ongoing series highlighting noteworthy aspects of the Museum's collection, is made possible by BNP Paribas.

Past related events:

Saturday, September 29, 2007

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Deborah Goldberg

Saturday, October 20, 2007

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Nuit Banai

Sunday, October 28, 2007

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Galia Fischer

Sunday, November 18, 2007

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Deborah Goldberg

Saturday, November 24, 2007

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Nuit Banai

Sunday, November 25, 2007

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Kathryn Chiong

Thursday, November 29, 2007

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Galia Fischer

Saturday, December 29, 2007

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Kathryn Chiong

Sunday, December 30, 2007

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Galia Fischer

Saturday, January 5, 2008

11:00 a.m.
Members Events | Members-Only Family Gallery Tours
Focus: Alexander Calder

Sunday, January 6, 2008

11:00 a.m.
Members Events | Members-Only Family Gallery Tours
Focus: Alexander Calder

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Veronica Roberts

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Cari Frisch

Friday, February 22, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Veronica Roberts

Thursday, February 28, 2008

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Nuit Banai

Saturday, March 1, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Galia Fischer

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Veronica Roberts

Thursday, April 3, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Veronica Roberts

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Alexander Calder
With Joan Pachner

Alexander Calder. Josephine Baker (III). c. 1927. Steel wire. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of the artist. © 2007 Estate of Alexander Calder/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

*All dates are subject to change