There are plants called Rattlesnake, Red October, and Meadow Rue. And there’s Prairie Smoke, whose feathery seed heads appear like wisps of silver-pink smoke. Purple Prairie Clover, whose spiky ...

Designs for a forthcoming garden in Philadelphia dedicated to work by the late Modernist American sculpture Alexander Calder have been released by the artist’s foundation. The plan, designed by ...

Lovers of the arts, architecture and landscape will soon have a new cultural destination along the Ben Franklin Parkway to add to their agendas the next time they are in Center City, Philadelphia.

A rendering shows the Sunken Garden at Calder Gardens, a proposed museum dedicated to the works of Alexander Calder, to be located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (Herzog & de Meuron) From Philly ...

An oasis for art amid nature will celebrate a titan of 20th century art, Alexander Calder. A meeting of the minds in Connecticut helped shape the design. By Ted Loos ROXBURY, Conn. — The future of ...

Calder Gardens hasn't even opened its doors yet, but the art institute is already promising big changes. The new cultural destination, opening Sunday on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, showcases the work ...

“Did you walk by the grass that smells like burnt popcorn at the entrance?” This unusual question appears on the welcome brochure of the new Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, opening this weekend on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a few months of back and forth with the Barnes team, things began to click. Joseph Neubauer, then the chair of the Barnes ...