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“Lotta Dames, No Horses-The Life, Death, and Legacy of John Latouche”
Over the course of his short years, Latouche lived a remarkably dynamic life; pulling some of the most important artistic figures of 20th-century American culture into his orbit. The story of the community that Latouche anchored features well-known characters such as composer Leonard Bernstein and artist Marcel Duchamp and local figures like Margarett McKean and Hammond Castle Museum’s own John Hays Hammond Jr.In fact, through Latouche’s influence, a curious collection of artists, poets, and occultists, many of them Queer, assembled at Hammond Castle Museum in its founder’s final years. This is a story about the life of John Latouche, but it is also a story about love. About money. About art. About magick. About false accusations of murder, and more. This lecture, the final in Hammond Castle Museum’s May Series on Art & Community Through the Ages, will also serve as an introduction to Hammond Castle Museum’s June Pride Month programming.Presented by: Caleb McMurphy, Director of Visitor Services and Education, Hammond Castle Museum.7 -8:30 pm
$15 admission.