Seven Heavenly Senses
Edmund de Waal’s 2025 piece Arcanum was featured in Seven Heavenly Senses, the first contemporary art exhibition drawn from The Al Thani Collection, on view at the Hôtel de la Marine, Paris.
Curated by Olivier Berggruen, the exhibition brought together approximately forty works from antiquity to the present day inviting visitors to consider how figuration, craft and memory resonate across cultures and time. Structured around the theme of the seven senses, including lesser-known vestibular and proprioceptive senses, the exhibition offered a sensory meditation on balance, perception and embodiment. De Waal’s Arcanum appeared alongside works by artists including Adrian Ghenie, Cornelia Parker, Salman Toor and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. A specially commissioned soundscape by Zsela acted as a connective thread, highlighting the exhibition’s immersive and reflective tone.
Photography: Marc Domage
