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.

Alexander Calder, “Untitled” (c. 1952), painted sheet metal, wire, and brass 13 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 4 3/4 inches (© 2015 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Tom ...

You can be easily forgiven if you haven't heard about Calder Gardens. While the small, immersive museum occupies a prominent place in Philadelphia's museum district, near such iconic destinations as ...

“The idea is that you get lost, or at least you get disoriented, in a really interesting way,” says Juana Berrío, the director of programs for Calder Gardens, who guides me, with William McDowell, the ...

In 1925, Alexander Calder joined the circus—in a sense. As an illustrator for the National Police Gazette, he was dispatched to cover the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York’s ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! If you want to understand the life and work of Alexander Calder, the abstract ...

What can a museum experience be now? Meet Calder Gardens. A leading architect, garden designer and philanthropist build a thrillingly eccentric complex for the inventor of the mobile. The metal facade ...