The Last Tuesday Society is a

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-based organization founded by

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at Harvard and run by artist

Viktor Wynd Viktor Wynd is an artist, author, lecturer, impresario and committee member of The London Institute of 'Pataphysics. Artwork As an artist, Wynd created The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History in London's East End, a st ...

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. Interior of Last Tuesday Society cocktail bar

Interior of Last Tuesday Society cocktail bar

History

Viktor Wynd previously operated The Little Shop of Horrors, located in Mare Street, which dealt in

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s and other curiosities. He also ran the Viktor Wynd Fine Art commercial gallery, where over 50 shows were curated including on

Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the '' Gormenghast'' books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived ...

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and Stephen Tennant Following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2014, 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. Also in the building is a cocktail bar specialises in traditional absinthes. In 2019 the Absinthe Parlour was name
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.

References

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