Alexander Calder’s ‘Red Lily Pads’ Returns to Guggenheim Rotunda

January 2nd, 2017

Alexander Calder’s Red Lily Pads will return to the rotunda at the Guggenheim next month, following a restoration.  The mobile had been damaged by coins thrown into the museum fountain by visitors over the years.  “It had scars all over it,” says Carol Stringari, the museum’s deputy director and chief conservator. “We had to reverse-engineer the paint.”Read more at Art Newspaper