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Alexander Calder performs his "Circus" | Whitney Museum of American Art

Alexander Calder performs his "Circus" | Whitney Museum of American Art

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Now open! High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 🎠🎪 The curtain rises again on one of Alexander Calder’s most iconic works—and one of the Whitney’s most beloved. Featuring over 100 handcrafted objects, this once-in-a-generation exhibition traces his evolution into a pioneer of modern sculpture. Go behind the scenes as Calder’s troupe of acrobats, clowns, and animals take their places for the grand return of Cirque Calder. Experience the spectacle in person—open through March 2026. | Whitney Museum

Now open! High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 🎠🎪 The curtain rises again on one of Alexander Calder’s most iconic works—and one of the Whitney’s most beloved. Featuring over 100 handcrafted objects, this once-in-a-generation exhibition traces his evolution into a pioneer of modern sculpture. Go behind the scenes as Calder’s troupe of acrobats, clowns, and animals take their places for the grand return of Cirque Calder. Experience the spectacle in person—open through March 2026. | Whitney Museum

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High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 | Exhibition Trailer

High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 | Exhibition Trailer

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Installation of Calder's Circus | Behind the Scenes | High Wire: Calder's Circus at 100

Installation of Calder's Circus | Behind the Scenes | High Wire: Calder's Circus at 100

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Alexander Calder's Acrobats | Christie's

Alexander Calder's Acrobats | Christie's

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Calder's Circus

Calder's Circus

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Calder’s Circus at the Whitney: A 100 Year Legacy

Calder’s Circus at the Whitney: A 100 Year Legacy

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Find in video from 01:04Film Stills of Calder with Wire

1926–1930: Wire Sculpture and the Circus

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Now open! High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 🎠🎪 One of Calder’s most iconic works—and one of the Whitney’s most beloved—is back. 🎥 Go behind the scenes as Calder’s troupe of acrobats, clowns, and animals take their places for the grand return of Cirque Calder. Featuring over one hundred objects, this once-in-a-generation exhibition traces his evolution into a pioneer of modern sculpture. Experience the Circus in person, now open through March 2026.

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Celebrate the centennial of Alexander Calder’s groundbreaking Calder’s Circus featuring an unforgettable cast of over 100 objects that explore themes of movement, balance, suspense, and ephemerality that would later define the artist’s signature mobiles. On view only through March 9. — All artworks by Alexander Calder © 2026 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Carlos Vilardebó, Le Cirque Calder, 1961. Courtesy Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, New York

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Calder's Circus at 100

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Whitney Museum of American Art on Instagram: "Now open! High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 🎠🎪 The curtain rises again on one of Alexander Calder’s most iconic works—and one of the Whitney’s most beloved. Featuring over 100 handcrafted objects, this once-in-a-generation exhibition traces his evolution into a pioneer of modern sculpture. Go behind the scenes as Calder’s troupe of acrobats, clowns, and animals take their places for the grand return of Cirque Calder. Experience the spectacle in per

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Alexander Calder "Circus" performance clips

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Modern Magician: Calder's Circus and the Invention of the Mobile

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Christie's on Instagram: "🎪 Through his playfully posed ‘Acrobats’, Alexander Calder turns wire into a theatrical act of imagination. In 1925, shortly before his departure for Paris, the young Calder secured a two-week pass to observe the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Captivated by the choreography of its performers, he began crafting wire sculptures of knife throwers, animal tamers, and trapeze artists — figures he would later animate in live performances of his celebrated 'Cir

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Have a look at the Whitney Conservation team's wire model of Alexander Calder's circus acrobats. 🎪 In 2013, our conservators spoke to real acrobats about the movements Calder created in his Circus as part of their research. Watch the full video detailing the process of restoring one of the most beloved works in the Museum's collection: https://bit.ly/3OjQbLu | Whitney Museum of American Art

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Calder's Circus

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Alexander Calder : HIGH WIRE | Whitney Museum of American Art

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Alexander Calder performs his Circus | Whitney Museum of American Art | Nicolas MARIOTTE

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Alexander Calder's kinetic mobiles have fun with art | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS

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🦁 “[Alexander Calder]’s wonderful miniature rendering of a circus is getting an outing at the Whitney Museum on its 100th year.”—@artnet High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 is on view now through March 9! — Artwork © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | Whitney Museum of American Art

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Find in video from 03:02Making Wire Portraits in Paris

Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder; Read Aloud

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Icons of American art take center stage this season at the Whitney. See Alexander Calder’s timeless Calder's Circus like you've never seen before, explore Sixties Surreal with artists like Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama, and revisit Whitney collection favorites that have defined generations. Book your tickets now. — Jordan Belson, Samadhi, 1967. 16mm film transferred to video, color, sound; 6 min. Estate of Jordan Belson, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. ©️ Estate of Jordan Belson, Courte

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alexander calder’s circus 🎪 100 year anniversary exhibit at the whitney museum is a must see imo 🤹🏻‍♀️ this joyful performance art was inspiration for his famous mobiles (chat am i saying this correctly) #alexandercalder #performanceart #circus #whitney #nyc

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Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture / Tate Modern, London

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Making Art Move: Alexander Calder

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A personal story and childhood birthday gift from Alexander Calder tilts towards extraordinary!

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Welcome to Alexander Calder's Circus 🎪🤡🦁 This beloved artwork features an elaborate troupe of over 70 ingeniously articulated animals, clowns, and acrobats, plus nearly 100 accessories such as nets, flags, carpets, and lamps. Beginning in 1927, the artist would choreograph his circus for audiences in Paris, New York, and elsewhere. His audience would sit on a low bed or crates, munching peanuts and using noisemakers while Calder choreographed, directed, and performed Calder's Circus, narratin

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Calder's Circus by Alexander Calder.

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Artist Alexander Calder's mobiles come to life in a Paris exhibition • FRANCE 24 English

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