And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal

And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal presents a richly documented exploration of the life and literary legacy of Lore Segal (1928–2024). Born in Vienna, Segal survived Nazi persecution as a child when she escaped on one of the earliest Kindertransports to England. Her subsequent life—marked by displacement, reinvention, and a lifelong engagement with language—shaped a body of work distinguished by moral clarity, wit, and intellectual rigor.

The exhibition features photographs, manuscripts, rare books, and archival materials that trace Segal’s journey from prewar Vienna to New York and examine how exile informed her novels, short stories, translations, and children’s books, as well as her influential career as a teacher.

The title And That’s True Too reflects Segal’s commitment to complexity and multiple perspectives—an ethos that runs through her writing and her reflections on memory, identity, and human connection.

Programming Series

January 22, 2026: Exhibition Opening with a reading by actor Toni Kalem (in person)

February 12, 2026: Horace Cayton, Black Renaissance Man and Reconteur (online)

March 4, 2026: Tell Me a Lore: The Children's Books of Lore Segal (online)

April 15, 2026: Exhibition Closing Event with WORDTheatre, details to be announced (in person)

Visitor Information:
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Credit: This exhibition is based on the Vienna exhibition „Ich wollte Wien liebhaben, habe mich aber nicht getraut“. Das Leben der Schriftstellerin Lore Segal, curated by Karin Hanta and originally presented at the Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt.