ALEXANDER CALDER AND ‍GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: Calder | O’Keeffe

The Flower, 1944

Hauser & Wirth is delighted to present Calder | O’Keeffe, an exhibition of Alexander Calder‍ and ‍Georgia O’Keeffe.

3 October 2026 – 24 January 2027

Developed in close collaboration with the Calder Foundation, ‘Calder | O’Keeffe’ brings together exceptional works by both artists, complemented by archival materials documenting their decades-long friendship. Informed by research undertaken with the guidance of the Georgia O´Keeffe Museum, the exhibition reflects our foundational commitment to cultivating new perspectives on canonical artists, fostering original art historical scholarship, and catalyzing cultural dialogue among artists and the public: the inaugural Palo Alto exhibition ‘Calder | O’Keeffe’ harkens in spirit back to our very first public exhibition, ‘Alexander Calder. Mobiles and Gouaches’ / ‘Joan Miró. Sculptures and Paintings,’ presented in Zurich in 1992.

While Calder and O’Keeffe are celebrated for different contributions to twentieth-century art, as well as their enduring influence on contemporary artists, the resonances between their artistic practices have remained largely unexplored. Calder and O’Keeffe worked in distinct artistic languages, however each sought to give form to the unseen energies shaping our experience of the world around us.

Pelvis with the Moon – New Mexico, 1943

O’Keeffe once remarked that she recognized her own ‘pelvis bone holes’ in Calder’s forms—a striking moment of artistic recognition that speaks to the unexpected links between their practices. By offering a fresh perspective on Calder and O’Keeffe’s little-known friendship, this exhibition takes its place alongside a series of presentations we've organized over the past 35 years, aimed at revealing new and previously unexplored pathways in the language of modernism and modern culture.

‘Calder | O’Keeffe’ is organized by Hauser & Wirth Curatorial Senior Director Alexis Lowry. The exhibition is our second major presentation of Calder’s work in California—the critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Calder: Nonspace’ was held at our downtown Los Angeles complex in 2018—and coincides with the upcoming presentation ‘Calder. François Premier’ opening at Hauser & Wirth Paris on 19 October 2026.