Last Tuesday Society

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The Last Tuesday Society is a London-based organization founded by William James at Harvard and run by artist Viktor Wynd{{cite web|url=http://www.artlurker.com/2008/07/the-last-tuesday-society/|title=The Last Tuesday Society|work=artlurker.com}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/london-underground-at-home-with-vintage-design/|title=London Underground : At Home With Vintage Design|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2015-10-03}}{{Cite web |last=AnOther |date=2015-08-14 |title=The Most Curious Cocktail Bars in London |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/7687/the-most-curious-cocktail-bars-in-london |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=AnOther |language=en}}

File:Interior of Last Tuesday Society cocktail bar.jpg

History

Viktor Wynd previously operated The Little Shop of Horrors, located in Mare Street, which dealt in taxidermy, shrunken heads and other curiosities.{{cite web|url=http://howtospendit.ft.com/home-accessories/3227-little-shop-of-horrors|title=Little Shop of Horrors|work=How To Spend It}} He also ran the Viktor Wynd Fine Art commercial gallery, where over 50 shows were curated including on Mervyn Peake{{cite web|url=http://fadmagazine.com/2011/07/08/mervyn-peake-and-maeve-gilmore-at-viktor-wynd-fine-art-art-opening-saturday-9th-july-2011/|title=Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore at Viktor Wynd Fine Art Art Opening Saturday 9th July 2011|work=fadmagazine.com|date=8 July 2011 }} Tessa Farmer{{cite web|url=http://magpiemag.tumblr.com/post/9701912991/the-fairies-are-coming-tessa-farmer|title=The Fairies Are Coming – Tessa Farmer|via=Tumblr}} Leonora Carrington{{Cite web|url=https://www.phantasmaphile.com/2011/10/leonora-carrington-show.html|title=Leonora Carrington show!|website=Phantasmaphile}} and Stephen Tennant{{cite web|url=http://sergeandtweed.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/stephen-tennant-at-viktor-wynd-fine-art.html|title=Serge & Tweed: Stephen Tennant at Viktor Wynd Fine Art|author=Murgatroyd|work=sergeandtweed.blogspot.co.uk}}

Following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2014,{{cite web|url=http://hackneypost.co.uk/2014/03/22/hackney-little-shop-of-horrors-museum/|title=Hackney's Little Shop of Horrors will become a museum|work=Hackney Post}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/picasso-museum-of-creepy-curiosities-opens-in-london-9845703.html|title=Museum of creepy curiosities opens in London|author=Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent|date=7 November 2014|work=Evening Standard|location=London}} Also in the building is a cocktail bar specialises in traditional absinthes.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/five-places-to-try-absinthe-in-london-a3801326.html|title=Five places to try absinthe in London|date=3 April 2018|work=Evening Standard|location=London|author=Lipp, Sophia E|accessdate=7 May 2020}} In 2019 the Absinthe Parlour was named [https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/things-to-do/last-tuesday-society-wins-dmn-award-3624398 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.{{cite web|url=http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/the-viktor-wynd-museum.html|title=Morbid Anatomy: The Viktor Wynd Museum: A New Museum of Curiosities in London Needs Your Help!|author=JE|work=morbidanatomy.blogspot.co.uk|date=18 October 2014 }}

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