Calder Gardens | Steel and Sunlight
Walking down Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the tree-lined sidewalks and sparkling fountains breathe calm into the city’s pulse. Amid the buzz of traffic and the murmur of museum-goers, Calder Gardens (which was unveiled this fall) waits like a rest in the city’s rhythm, delicate and kinetic all at once. Here, and inside the multiple galleries of the onside Calder Gardens Building, Alexander Calder’s steel arcs, spirals, and discs hover, defy, and pirouette, each forming a note in a kinetic symphony that pulls the eye, the body, and the imagination. Some of these pieces are rare masterpieces, seldom available to the public to view.