The steel sculpture is 43 feet tall, 54 feel long and 30 feet wide -- weighing at 42 tons. It's painted Calder's signature bright red. The title is French for "the great swiftness," which can also ...

Grand Rapids is celebrating the sculpture’s golden anniversary by reimagining Calder Plaza. In 2017, the City and Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. launched a collaborative community process aimed at ...

So, they’ve lugged Alexander Calder's "Triangles and Arches," the reflecting pool-protected sculpture at the State Plaza, off for a little TLC and touch-up. That shouldn’t mean we have to sit ...

You're not a true Grand Rapidian unless you've visited Calder Plaza. The big concrete pad with the iconic sculpture opened in 1969 at the tail end of a massive downtown redevelopment project ...

La Grande Vitesse has a fresh coat of paint. 'Calder Red Enamel' is the color made specifically for the sculpture on the city and county government plaza. "We always paint it one week before the ...

Now you see it. Soon you won’t. Artist Alexander Calder’s “Universe,” a brightly colored large-scale work that has graced the lobby of Willis Tower since 1974, appears destined to be ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Modernist Lines. Sculptural Grove. Urban Living Room. Which redesign of Calder Plaza do you prefer? Three concepts for the 160,000-square-foot roof of the Government Center ...

David Dodde stands near his ArtPrize entry "Fleurs et riviere" at Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. The entry has temporarily transformed Alexander Calder's "La Grande ...

Artist Howard Wright is asking attendees to pick up a brush and help paint the Calder Plaza’s iconic sculpture. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

What is it about Alexander Calder sculptures that makes them irresistible to the artists who create architectural renderings? Calder is apparently the industry standard — with distant seconds ...

ArtPrize; Calder sculpture gets flowery makeover for ArtPrize. Published: Sep. 18, 2013, 2:07 a.m. Sep. 18, 2013, 2:07 a.m.

Well, it’s abstract art.” The plaza surrounding Calder’s stabile was supposed to be a gathering place for the community. For years, it was just that.