Museum admission is free
galleries opening 11AM Wednesday
Hammer Channel

Watch 1,000+ talks, performances, artist profiles, and more.

Go to Hammer Channel
Collections

See 50,000+ objects, including prints, photographs, paintings, and more.

Go to Hammer Collections

The museum will be closed to the public on Sunday, October 12, 2025, for the K.A.M.P Family Fundraiser. Learn more

Headshot of Jean Strouse alongside her book cover "Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers"
Readings

Some Favorite Writers: Jean Strouse

In her newest publication Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers, award-winning author Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family. Family Romance looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his career—and at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age.

Strouse is the winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy and her essays and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, and Newsweek.

Readings are followed by discussion with the author and UCLA professor Mona Simpson, who organizes this series. 

Copresented by the UCLA Department of English. Limited books will be available for purchase.  

ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?

Ticketing: This free program is not ticketed.
Parking: Self-parking is available under the museum. Rates are $8 for the first three hours with museum validation, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes, with a $22 daily maximum. There is an $8 flat rate after 5 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends.

Read our food, bag check, and photo policies.
Read the Hammer's full COVID-19 safety guidelines.

♿ Accessibility information

All public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor.
 
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, the Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
 
Digital presentation of Hammer public programs is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.
 
Hammer public programs are presented online in partnership with the #KeepThePromise campaign—a movement promoting social justice and human rights through the arts.

Related Programs