This event is in the past.It took place on March 9, 2026 at Whitney Museum of American Art.
Fine Arts Exhibition
High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100
December 24 - March 9
Star performerWest Village, New York
Calder's whimsical wire circus—complete with acrobats, animals, and performers—turns 100. See the playful 1926 masterwork that launched his career, alongside early abstractions and sketches that reveal how circus magic shaped kinetic art.
Kinetic sculpture
Centennial celebration
Early modernism
Archival materials
Fine Arts ExhibitionHigh Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100
December 24 - March 9
Star performerWest Village, New York
Calder's whimsical wire circus—complete with acrobats, animals, and performers—turns 100. See the playful 1926 masterwork that launched his career, alongside early abstractions and sketches that reveal how circus magic shaped kinetic art.
Kinetic sculpture
Centennial celebration
Early modernism
Archival materials