Intricate sculpture of a circus in a darkly lit room.

Calder's miniature circus troupe includes animals, clowns, acrobats, and more than one hundred tiny props. In a quiet and enclosed gallery on Floor 7, you can examine the detailed vignette and watch a video of Calder performing the circus in Paris in the 1920s. 

Alexander Calder: Calder's Circus

Artwork

The Whitney has more than 27,000 artworks in its collection.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

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