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Calder Mobile Installed in New Terminal – September 2, 2025

“Pittsburgh,” the kinetic mobile by famed artist Alexander Calder which has dangled from ceilings in the region’s airport terminals, on and off, for almost 70 years, was installed last week in the new PIT terminal’s atrium.

First installed in 1959 over the rotunda of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport terminal that opened in 1952, the mobile spent some time at the Carnegie Museum of Art before moving to the current PIT terminal in 1992. While the new landside terminal was not designed around the sculpture, its “place of prominence” was determined in collaboration with the transformed PIT’s architectural team to highlight the piece and to provide a better view of it.

“Pittsburgh” is made of black steel rods and white aluminum paddles and is balanced so that the elements move with just the slightest breeze. The piece has been in storage for the past two years in preparation for its move to the new terminal. Passengers, partners, team members and the visiting public will be able to see the sculpture from eye level or above on the departures level of the new terminal. On the arrivals level, one floor below, people will be able to look up at the sculpture and walk beneath it.

Read more about the Calder’s history or watch our video of its installation by visiting Blue Sky News.