ExhibitionNew York · On until 19 December
Alexandre de Betak's first solo show of light sculptures at Salon 94, New York
The fashion-show producer turns old runway scaffolding and lighting rigs into programmed sculptures in aluminium and hand-cast bronze.
Alexandre de Betak has been playing with light since he was ten, when he rewired his Paris bedroom so visitors were buzzed in to shifting coloured lights. His agency, Bureau Betak, went on to stage thousands of runway shows for houses such as Dior and Fendi, once washing the Eiffel Tower in gold for Saint Laurent. Having sold the company in 2021, he now has his first solo exhibition of his own work at Salon 94 in New York.
The Truss Light Sculptures borrow from the scaffolding and fixtures of his early shows, and some are built from the real thing. He told AD he liked the irony of celebrating kit he spent years trying to hide. In the gallery's contemporary space, aluminium pieces fitted with LEDs stand or hang on the wall; upstairs, in the historic Stone Room with its Caen stone plaster and arched windows, a second series is cast in bronze, every screw recast by hand at a French foundry.
Remote-controlled sequences make them glow, sparkle or respond to sound, from a whisper to loud music. Founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn sees David Smith and Russian constructivism in them when they're switched off.
It runs at the gallery's Upper East Side town house until 19 December, and is worth timing a visit for when the lights are cued.
Our summary of a story from Architectural Digest, published 4 November 2026. Read the original
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