For several years, a public sculpture in Belgium nicknamed the “Hanging Boy” has been baffling internet users across the globe, not to mention the local passersby. He seems to hang from the façade of a building in the Prinsenhof street in Ghent, perhaps floating, perhaps hung up on a hook or on some invisible gallows. But whatever the case is, it’s quite an unsettling, mystifying sight, especially for those unfamiliar with modern Belgian art. The building in question was once a coach house and in the 19th-century was home to…
