“The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn in New York" Exhibition
The Nippon Gallery
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Lafcadio Hearn was born to Rosa Kasimati on the island of Lefkada, Greece, on June 27, 1850. His father was Charles Hearn from Ireland. Separated from his parents at an early age, he spent his childhood in Ireland. After travelling to the four corners of the earth, he eventually reached Japan and settled there. Hearn viewed Japan from his own unique perspective and grew to love and understand the country.
October 2010 saw “The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn” Exhibition open its doors in Matsue. As a collection of artworks by Japanese and artists of other nationalities, the exhibition featured the artists’ various expressions of Hearn’s ‘Open Mind’ through art. The exhibition was housed in both the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum Matsue and Matsue Castle, a place that Hearn himself was particularly fond of. Over the course of the exhibition, approximately 45,000 visitors made their way to Matsue, with the exhibition not only reaching out to Hearn fans and art fans, but also to a wider audience across a broad spectrum who were unaware of Hearn and his works.
[Image: “Portrait of Lafcadio Hearn” A collection of the Koizumi family]
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Schedule
from September 30, 2011 to October 14, 2011
Artist(s)
Lafcadio Hearn et al.