Philadelphia’s New Garden Blends Art, Architecture, and Nature—all While Honoring Alexander Calder

This month, Philadelphia welcomes a revolutionary new cultural destination. Opening Sept. 21 in the heart of the city’s museum district on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Calder Gardens is a celebration of the work of renowned artist Alexander Calder.This new destination adds to a remarkable artistic legacy along the Parkway, where three generations of the Calder family have left their mark. At the eastern end, a 37-foot bronze sculpture of William Penn crowns City Hall, created by Alexander Milne Calder. About half a mile west, the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle springs from the vision of his son, Alexander Stirling Calder. And nearby, the artist at the heart of the new Calder Gardens, Alexander “Sandy” Calder’s delicate white mobile “The Ghost” hangs in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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