Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo - Julio Mario Santo Domingo
(1957-2009) was a collector and visionary who filled his homes
and its warehouses of the largest private collection in the world related to the themes of
drugs, sex, magic and rock and roll. This library of more
of 50,000 pieces contained everything from rare manuscripts and photos to posters,
bottles, letters, opium pipes and pinball machines. Exploring the countless
influences of psychotropic drugs on art, science and politics in
Over the centuries, the Santo Domingo collection contained works by
figures as diverse as Andy Warhol, Timothy Leary, Sigmund Freud, the
Marquis de Sade, Charles Baudelaire, Allen Ginsberg, the Rolling Stones,
Aleister Crowley and many more.
