Press Release: Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Launches at The Hunt Museum
9 December, 2024
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
Limerick, Ireland – The Hunt Museum proudly launched Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn on Thursday, 5th December at 5 pm. This remarkable exhibition features works by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish artists, each interpreting ghostly tales from Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904).
The launch was graced by special guests His Excellency, Mr. Norio Maruyama, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland, Maria Donoghue, Limerick Councillor and featuring artists and exhibition originators Stephen Lawlor, Kate MacDonagh and Ed Miliano. Attendees celebrated the cultural ties between Ireland and Japan through this innovative exhibition, which will run at the Hunt Museum until 22nd February 2025.
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - His Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland with Deputy Mayor of Limerick Cllr Maria Donoghue - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - Aoife O'Shea, Weronika Kopacz, Adriana de la Morena, Eilis Hubbard-Darney and Lucy Hubbed-Rice enjoy making Origami - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - Singer Emma Langford with Author Dan Mooney- Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - The Kwaidan Exhibition Team Sinead Hutchison, Mary Heffernan OPW and Paula Kennedy - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
KRB 05-12-2024 Official opening of Kwaidan by his Excellency Mr Norio Maruyama Ambassador of Japan to Ireland – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, running from 3rd December 2024 to 22nd February 2025 at The Hunt Museum in Limerick... - - Picture by: Kieran Ryan-Benson
This exhibition is the culmination of a creative collaboration that began in 2017 when Irish artist Stephen Lawlor encountered Hearn’s writings while exhibiting in Tokyo. Together with artists Kate MacDonagh and Ed Miliano, Lawlor brought together Japanese and Irish artists to explore the rich themes of folklore and storytelling that resonate through Hearn’s works.
During the launch, students from LSAD presented a special gift of a book of printers to His Excellency, Mr. Norio Maruyama, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland, inspired by the Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn exhibition.
Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn is presented in partnership with SO Fine Art Editions, Culture Ireland, and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Following its run at the Hunt Museum, the exhibition will tour venues in both Japan and Ireland, further celebrating the enduring cultural ties between the two nations.
Exhibition Details:
- Dates: 3rd December 2024 – 22nd February 2025
- Venue: The Hunt Museum, Limerick
- Admission: Free
For more information, visit www.huntmuseum.com
Media Contact:
Cairell Ryan
Marketing Manager, The Hunt Museum
E: cairell@huntmuseum.com
Photography by Kieran Ryan
E: kieran@krb.ie
About The Hunt Museum:
The Hunt Museum, located in Limerick, showcases over 2,000 art and antiquities from the Neolithic period to modern times. The museum serves as a cultural hub, featuring works by renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso and Jack B. Yeats.
About Lafcadio Hearn:
Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) was an Irish/Greek writer and translator known for his writings on Japanese folklore and ghost stories. His 1904 book, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, remains a significant cultural link between Japan and the West.
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