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Alexander the Great

The new Alexander Calder retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton reminds us that the artist was a true revolutionary before he became a mainstream staple. It also shows off the influence and market activity of the Calder Foundation, where the artist’s grandson is still calling the shots.

Alexander Calder
As the Paris retrospective shows, Calder’s body of work is large and varied, ranging from relatively inexpensive jewelry and gouache paintings on paper to massive outdoor stabiles and standing mobiles that function almost as monuments. Photo: Courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, New York
Marion Maneker
April 21, 2026

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I don’t get FOMO often. But I’ve been seeing some of the coolest art-world characters (Alina Kohlem, Isabella Lauder-Frost, Amalia Dayan and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn) post pictures of their trips to the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, where a huge Alexander Calder retrospective opened last week, as well as the massive Centre Pompidou Matisse show at the Grand Palais. It made me want to book a flight for the weekend.