Calder's "Mountains and Clouds" Gets Its Mobile Restored at the Hart Senate Office Building

Some of Washington's most interesting art doesn't hang in a museum. It sits inside an office building on Capitol Hill. Alexander Calder's "Mountains and Clouds," the very large installation inside the Hart Senate Office Building, is getting a restored mobile. The work is described as advanced and up to date in its craft, and it brings back the element of the piece that is meant to move. A mobile only makes sense in motion. It is a sculpture you watch change with the air and the hour, so restoring one is really about giving it back its movement. For a city that keeps a careful eye on its landmarks, this is good news. It is a piece of modern art in the middle of official Washington, and its moving part is being given careful attention.

With reporting from The Hill.