Inside Calder Gardens, Philadelphia’s Lush New Space for the Master of the Mobile

Philadelphia’s newest cultural destination blends art and nature in Calder Gardens, a new institution dedicated to the work of Alexander Calder (1898–1976), the third in a generation of local artists.Housed in a new 18,000-square-foot Herzog & de Meuron-designed building set into a verdant landscape featuring 250 varieties of flowers and other plants, Calder Gardens is located in the heart of the city, along Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Melding art, architecture, and the natural world, it features a rotating selection of works by the artist, best known for his delicate but often monumental metal sculptures, especially his innovative, suspended mobiles. Perfectly balanced, these kinetic wire works were engineered to move with a subtle grace, responding to air currents.

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