Last Tuesday Society

The Last Tuesday Society is a London-based organization founded by William James at Harvard and run by artist Viktor Wynd ^[1] with directors Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett. Based at an eponymous gallery space and cocktail bar in Hackney, the society holds regular absinthe tastings, literary and artistic events. ^{[2] [3]}

Interior Last Tuesday Society cocktail bar

History

Viktor Wynd previously operated The Little Shop of Horrors, located in Mare Street, which dealt in taxidermy, shrunken heads and other curiosities. ^[4] He also ran the Viktor Wynd Fine Art commercial gallery, where over 50 shows were curated including on Mervyn Peake ^[5] Tessa Farmer ^[6] Leonora Carrington ^[7] and Stephen Tennant ^[8]

Following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2014, ^[9] many of these items and artworks were moved to display at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, part of The Last Tuesday Society space. ^[10] Also in the building is a cocktail bar specialises in traditional absinthes. ^[11] In 2019 the Absinthe Parlour was named the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards.

The Society puts on a regular lecture series, with over 500 talks held in the last ten years. ^[12]

References

1. "The Last Tuesday Society". artlurker.com.
2. "London Underground : At Home With Vintage Design". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
3. AnOther (14 August 2015). "The Most Curious Cocktail Bars in London". AnOther. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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5. "Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore at Viktor Wynd Fine Art Art Opening Saturday 9th July 2011". fadmagazine.com. 8 July 2011.
6. "The Fairies Are Coming – Tessa Farmer" – via Tumblr.
7. "Leonora Carrington show!". Phantasmaphile.
8. Murgatroyd. "Serge & Tweed: Stephen Tennant at Viktor Wynd Fine Art". sergeandtweed.blogspot.co.uk.
9. "Hackney's Little Shop of Horrors will become a museum". Hackney Post.
10. Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent (7 November 2014). "Museum of creepy curiosities opens in London". Evening Standard. London.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
11. Lipp, Sophia E (3 April 2018). "Five places to try absinthe in London". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
12. JE (18 October 2014). "Morbid Anatomy: The Viktor Wynd Museum: A New Museum of Curiosities in London Needs Your Help!". morbidanatomy.blogspot.co.uk.