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Last Tuesday Society

The Last Tuesday Society is a London-based organisation founded by William James at Harvard and run by artist Viktor Wynd [ 1 ] with directors Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett....

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The Last Tuesday Society is a London-based organisation 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.

Following a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2014,[8] 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.[9] Also in the building is a cocktail bar specialises in traditional absinthes.[10] In 2019 the Absinthe Parlour was named the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards.[11]

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. ↑"The Most Curious Cocktail Bars in London". AnOther. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ↑"Little Shop of Horrors". How To Spend It.
  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. ↑"Hackney's Little Shop of Horrors will become a museum". Hackney Post.
  9. ↑Jury, Louise (7 November 2014). "Museum of creepy curiosities opens in London". Evening Standard. London.
  10. ↑Lipp, Sophia E (3 April 2018). "Five places to try absinthe in London". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  11. ↑"The Last Tuesday Society: Hackney cocktail bar voted best in London". Hackney Gazette. 2 May 2019.