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a table (for Moïse) 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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a table (for Moïse)

a table (for Moïse)2021
Liquid china clay, gold, iron oxide, graphite, wood, aluminium and glass
 85 × 72 × 222 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
a table (for Moïse) 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
a table (for Moïse)

a table (for Moïse)2021
Liquid china clay, gold, iron oxide, graphite, wood, aluminium and glass
 85 × 72 × 222 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Solid Objects, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
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Solid Objects, installation view

Solid Objects, installation view2021
Porcelain, gold, marble, aluminium and plexiglass
40 × 18 × 16 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
muet, VI 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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muet, VI

muet, VI2021
68 × 22 × 17.7 cm
Porcelain, gold, lead, red iron oxide and oak

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
muet, I, II & III, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
muet, I, II & III, installation view

muet, I, II & III, installation view2021
Porcelain, gold, red iron oxide, red pigment, lead and oak
Each vitrine: 67.5-68 × 22 × 18cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
muet, IV, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
muet, IV, installation view

muet, IV, installation view2021
Porcelain, gold, red pigment, lead and oak
68.6 × 22 × 18cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
muet, IV, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
muet, IV, installation view

muet, IV, installation view2021
Porcelain, gold, red pigment, lead and oak
68.6 × 22 × 18cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Lettres à Camondo (pour P.G.), installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
Lettres à Camondo (pour P.G.), installation view

Lettres à Camondo (pour P.G.), installation view2021
Porcelain, marble, alabaster and gold
19.6 × 41.6 × 20.8 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
i.m. (Nissim) 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
i.m. (Nissim)

i.m. (Nissim)2021
Porcelain, steel, gold, lead, aluminium and plexiglass
52 × 18 × 16 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
i.m. 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
i.m.

i.m.2021
Porcelain, gold, lead, red pigment, marble, aluminium and plexiglass
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
i.m. 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
i.m.

i.m.2021

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII

Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII2021
Porcelain, gold, liquid china clay, lead and oak
5 × 22 × 17.8 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII

Lettres à Camondo, (pour C.E), I-VIII2021
Porcelain, gold, liquid china clay, lead and oak
5 × 22 × 17.8 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Lettres à Camondo, I 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
Lettres à Camondo, I

Lettres à Camondo, I2021

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
last things 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
last things

last things2021

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
essais (pour Moïse de Camondo), I & II 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
essais (pour Moïse de Camondo), I & II

essais (pour Moïse de Camondo), I & II2021
I - Porcelain, gold, liquid china clay, lead and oak; II - Porcelain, gold, liquid china clay, yellow ochre, lead and oak
47.7 × 13 × 11 cm

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
Lettres à Camondo (hold still), installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
Lettres à Camondo (hold still), installation view

Lettres à Camondo (hold still), installation view2021
Porcelain, gold, and liquid china clay
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
one equal music, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
one equal music, installation view

one equal music, installation view2021
Porcelain
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
one equal music, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
one equal music, installation view

one equal music, installation view2021
Porcelain
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
petrichor I - VIII, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
petrichor I - VIII, installation view

petrichor I - VIII, installation view2021
Hornton stone, gold and lead
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
petrichor 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
petrichor

petrichor2021
Hornton stone, gold and lead
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
petrichor I - VIII, installation view 2021
Photo: Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and MAD, Paris.
About
petrichor I - VIII, installation view

petrichor I - VIII, installation view2021
Hornton stone, gold and lead
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo
petrichor I - VIII, installation view 2021
Christophe Dellière. © MAD, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
About
petrichor I - VIII, installation view

petrichor I - VIII, installation view2021
Hornton stone, gold and lead
Dimensions variable

Lettres à Camondo
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
7 October 2021 – 15 May 2022

Following the publication of Lettres à Camondo, the Musée Nissim de Camondo will stage an exhibition of new installations by de Waal made especially for its rooms and collections. The museum has remained unaltered since 1936 and this is the first invitation of its kind to a living artist.

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been in my life for a long time. My grandmother visited her cousins here in the 1920s, they lived ten houses up from the museum. I haunted it when researching the history of a collection I had inherited, bought in the 1870s. So to receive an invitation to make an exhibition here in this family house was an honour mixed with anxiety. It is not simple. It should never be straightforward to bring anything new into a place that is so storied. Here is a tremor of trespass.

– Edmund de Waal

Writing: Books
Letters to Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Exhibition Catalogues
Lettres à Camondo
Video & Audio
Edmund de Waal's Letters to Camondo
Essays
Lettres à Camondo

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