The Facts
On October 20, 2026, Centre Pompidou published a feature on Alexander Calder's former atelier in Saché, Touraine, tracing his French base from his 1953 arrival to the studio completed in 1963. Calder traded three mobiles for a 17th-century house in Saché and later built a 300-square-meter atelier above the Indre valley. Now a Fondation Calder artist residency, the site appears in the fourth Ar(t)chipel festival, with Mimi Park currently in residence. The exhibition 'Calder au cœur de la France' shows two stabiles and one mobile at CCC OD in Tours through March 28, 2027.
The Signal
The feature highlights a distinct chapter in Calder's career: the Saché hilltop served as a showroom for monumental works made by the Tours firm Biémont, including L'Homme (1967) and Horizontal (1974). For collectors, the French fabrication and outdoor presentation are key to evaluating late large-scale sculptures. The Centre Pompidou's podcast and festival programming tie its collection to regional production sites, framing Calder as a figure of French as well as American modernism.
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- Artists: Alexander Calder, Pierre Tal-Coat, Patrick Saytour, Richard Nonas, Jaume Plensa, Jessica Stockholder, Sarkis, Allan Sekula, Marina Abramović, Ernesto Neto, Zineb Sedira, Mimi Park
- People: Alfred Pacquement, Jessica Watson, Ariane Coulondre, Jean Davidson
- Museums: Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Musée de l'Armée, Tate Britain, Château de Chambord, CCC OD
- Locations: Saché, Tours, Paris, Chambord
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