The exhibition project Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna is a collaboration between M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and the cultural centre de Werft in Geel. Middle Gate II is the follow up to the exhibition Middle Gate, curated by Jan Hoet in Geel in 2013. The exhibition concept is closely tied to the legend of the holy Dymphna, saint of the possessed, the mentally ill and patroness against epilepsy and insanity. The legend of Dymphna shares a strong connection to the identity of Geel, "the charitable city".

Luc Deleu

©Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office
Panamarenko - Biekorfstraat, 1985-1985
Realized Work

Panamarenko (Antwerp, February 5, 1940 - Brakel, December 14, 2019), lived and worked for over thirty years in this house on the obtuse corner of the Biekorf and Trapstraat. The house was built in the 1880s, just like the other buildings in this part of Biekorfstraat. The house became famous because artist Panamarenko lived and worked there. As the owner of the property, he carried out a number of iconic renovations in the 1980s, designed by Luc Deleu and T.O.P. office.