This exhibition, one of the most important to date dedicated to Alexander Calder, covers half a century of creation, from the late 1920s and the early representations of the Cirque Calder that captivated the Parisian avant-garde, to his monumental sculptures that redefine the idea of public art in the 1960s and 1970s.
At the Foundation, floating in the architecture of spaces designed by Frank Gehry, his mobiles transform the exhibition into a choreography. In doing so, it is also a dialogue between Calder’s volumes, plans, and movements and those of Frank Gehry’s architecture that the exhibition initiates.
Throughout a chronological journey, occupying over 3000 m2, Calder’s fundamental artistic concerns are articulated: first, movement, but also light, reflection, humble materials, sound, the atmosphere, gravity, performance, positive and negative space.
An exhibition by France Culture to discover at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, from April 15 to August 16, 2026.
For more information: https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/fr/evenements/calder-rever-en-equilibre (Opens in a new tab)
