Last Tuesday Society Explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Last Tuesday Society. artlurker.com.
  2. News: London Underground : At Home With Vintage Design. The New York Times. 2015-10-03.
  3. Web site: AnOther . 2015-08-14 . The Most Curious Cocktail Bars in London . 2022-02-28 . AnOther . en.
  4. Web site: Little Shop of Horrors. How To Spend It.
  5. Web site: Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore at Viktor Wynd Fine Art Art Opening Saturday 9th July 2011. fadmagazine.com. 8 July 2011 .
  6. Web site: The Fairies Are Coming – Tessa Farmer. tumblr.com.
  7. Web site: Leonora Carrington show!. Phantasmaphile.
  8. Web site: Serge & Tweed: Stephen Tennant at Viktor Wynd Fine Art. Murgatroyd. sergeandtweed.blogspot.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Hackney's Little Shop of Horrors will become a museum. Hackney Post.
  10. Web site: Museum of creepy curiosities opens in London. Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent. 7 November 2014. Evening Standard.
  11. Web site: Five places to try absinthe in London. 3 April 2018. Evening Standard. Lipp, Sophia E. 7 May 2020.
  12. Web site: Morbid Anatomy: The Viktor Wynd Museum: A New Museum of Curiosities in London Needs Your Help!. JE. morbidanatomy.blogspot.co.uk. 18 October 2014 .

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