MCA – Exhibitions: Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition

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Installation view, Alexander Calder - A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago
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Installation view, Alexander Calder - A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago
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Installation view, Alexander Calder - A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago
© MCA Chicago

Installation view, Alexander Calder - A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago
© MCA Chicago

Installation view, Alexander Calder - A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago
© MCA Chicago

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With the launch of this website, the MCA has created a platform for archiving and publishing images and stories from our 50-year history. Though many exhibition pages currently lack descriptions or illustrations, we’re committed to a program of ongoing research that will fill in the blanks over time. If you have information about past MCA exhibitions to share, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

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Exhibitions

Unfinished BusinessTue, Dec 1, 2020–Sun, Jul 4, 2021
Becoming the Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander CalderSat, Nov 16, 2019–Fri, Mar 13, 2020
1. Short A screen capture of a YouTube video shows a small yellow mobile on a table. Above it, a person with red lips appears to blow on it.
2. Short A screen capture of a YouTube video shows a small yellow mobile on a table. Above it, a person with red lips appears to blow on it.
Heaven and Earth: Alexander Calder and Jeff KoonsSat, Oct 21, 2017–Sun, Apr 14, 2019
1. Short Small white circles connected by thin wire balance opposite a thicker orange wire weighted by an orange rudder-like shape hanging from the edge of a white table.
MCA DNA:Alexander CalderSat, Oct 12, 2013–Sun, Aug 9, 2015
1. Short A mobile sculpture resembles a cat with a red face.
2. Long A standing mobile in the shape of a cat has three metal parts held together with wires and chains: a black body with a curly tail and two legs is framed by three flat white trapezoids to the left a red cat face to the right.
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, JoySat, Jun 26, 2010–Sun, Oct 17, 2010
Alexander Calder in FocusSat, Jul 28, 2007–Sun, Mar 21, 2010
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Alexander Calder in Focus: Works from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family LoanSat, Nov 12, 2005–Sun, Jun 25, 2006
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Alexander Calder in Focus: Works from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family LoanSat, Jul 20, 2002–Wed, Jan 1, 2003
1. Short A mobile sculpture resembles a cat with a red face.
2. Long A standing mobile in the shape of a cat has three metal parts held together with wires and chains: a black body with a curly tail and two legs is framed by three flat white trapezoids to the left a red cat face to the right.
Alexander Calder in FocusSat, Dec 23, 2000–Sun, Aug 19, 2001
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In Focus: Alexander Calders from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family LoanSat, Mar 18, 2000–Sun, Jun 25, 2000
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Alexander Calder: From the Ruth and Leonard J. Horwich Family CollectionSat, Nov 21, 1992–Sun, Jan 31, 1993
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Audio

Audio Tour:
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Fri, Jul 23, 2010
00:52:25

Publications

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art
Form, Balance, Joy
2010

Collection