Hans Op de Beeck Brings Quiet Sculpture to Delvaux Spaces
Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck has created a major installation for Delvaux’s Brussels headquarters, placing bamboo, a rotating orrery, figures and still-life arrangements among the workbenches. Delvaux will also present his sculptures at its Fifth Avenue flagship in New York from about Nov. 9 through February 2027. Op de Beeck says his figures often suggest quiet melancholy and suspension rather than dramatic action.
Hans Op de Beeck’s Delvaux project is his first collaboration with a luxury brand. At the Brussels headquarters, staff, partners and guests encounter bamboo, a turning orrery, two young figures at opposite ends of a long lily pond, and still-life groupings among workbenches. His sculptures will appear at Delvaux’s Fifth Avenue store in New York from about Nov. 9 through February 2027.
He also works in video, photography, animation, drawing, painting and short fiction. He designed costumes for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Eastman company and will create stage designs for Cherkaoui’s Berlin State Opera productions of “Oedipus Rex” and “Le Rossignol” in March. A large watercolor is due in December in the Brussels subway beneath the main station.
This pairing could bring contemporary sculpture to audiences who might not visit galleries: Delvaux staff, luxury shoppers, commuters and opera or dance attendees. By placing quiet, melancholic figures in commercial and transit settings, it may encourage moments of reflection amid routine activity. It could also prompt discussion about how art and luxury branding interact, and whether such collaborations broaden access or blur institutional boundaries. Its impact is likely modest but potentially meaningful for viewers encountering Op de Beeck’s work outside traditional art venues.