{"title": "Lascar – The Art & Ephemera of Stephen Tennant – The Man Who Stayed in Bed", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "", "tags": [], "description": "An exhibition at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History showing paintings, drawings, scrapbooks and ephemera from its extensive collections. It is devoted to Stephen James Napier Tennant, a British artist known for his decadent, eccentric lifestyle and described as the brightest of the bright young things. A catalogue with essays by Philip Hoare, Hugo Vickers and Max Egremont will be available on the opening night. There is an opening reception with RSVP.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lascar-the-art-ephemera-of-stephen-tennant-the-man-who-staye-79105/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/stephen-tennant-an-exhibition/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/69b0bd2335b44ac4268a107bcee603d805fc009032a58d2c15ff51319da59492-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant by Philip Hoare – Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "", "tags": [], "description": "A book launch celebrating the new Harper Collins reissue of Philip Hoare's biography 'Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant', held with the opening reception for the exhibition 'Lascar – the art & ephemera of Stephen Tennant – The Man Who stayed in Bed'. 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It is led by Vadim Kosmos, Emeritus Director of the Museum, and includes a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur. Visitors see dodo bones, erotica from around the world, real fairies, mermaids, occult masterpieces by Austin Osman Spare, works by Leonora Carrington, voodoo fetishes, masks, taxidermy and the Cabinet of Monsters, among much more. This is an 18+ only event and proof of ID will be required due to the nature of the exhibits.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tours-with-vadim-kosmos-emeritus-director-of-the-muse-79100/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/guided-tours-with-vadim-kosmos-emeritus-director-of-the-museum-55/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35a9dfffbbf975b1abc74394b5df06d47dd99f0c9a2ca0b26b6ad0ef68e1b65a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Viktor Wynd’s Guided Tour of His Museum + Devil’s Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An intimate guided tour of the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, led in person by the reclusive collector Viktor Wynd through his basement museum. Ticket includes a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur. Visitors see mermaids, fairies, dodo bones, shrunken heads, extinct bird feathers and old master etchings, and hear how he collected them. Wynd rambles from object to object explaining his obscure objects of desire, and guarantees no two tours are the same.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/viktor-wynds-guided-tour-of-his-museum-devils-botany-chocola-79103/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/viktor-wynds-guided-tour-of-his-museum-with-devils-botany-absinthe-22/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f942760e3f58f7e1d65be2522b3bb62bf8b403fbda5ea038085948a93549d149-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dark Fairy Tales From Around The World, with Viktor Wynd – LIVE", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "Early Bird £15, full price £20", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An in-person storytelling evening at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, with tickets including a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe. Master storyteller Viktor Wynd, proprietor of the museum, tells his favourite dark fairy tales from around the world — grim German tales, macabre stories from Borneo, giant octopuses and a buried moon from Papua New Guinea, or shapeshifting creatures from Wales. Be warned these are not the Ladybird or Disney versions and may not suit tender ears; only 30 tickets are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-live-79102/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-live-10/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c804595c0a24ab94d1774578355d02bb4b6ba997db28f7f0a69ce1a76e1d05a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Johnny Depp 148 New Bond Street", "start": "2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "Halcyon Gallery", "address": "New Bond Street 29, W1S 2RL London", "price": "Price On Application", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Halcyon Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition of original artworks by Johnny Depp. The show offers a personal journey through the imagination of a lifelong storyteller, moving from tangled blooms to psychological portraits, via the shadowy depths of nostalgia and fantastical figures, unfolding through light and darkness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/johnny-depp-148-new-bond-street-41470/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e118216743f0db911fc3055276e64b6e8df4fec3f7dc427a089174b769c053a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LAPADA ART & ANTIQUES FAIR", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "MacConnal-Mason", "address": "Duke Street St James's 17, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.macconnal-mason.com/artwork-detail/875538/0/dorothea-sharp-rba-roi-pswa-dartford", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/antiques"], "description": "LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair, an art and antiques fair held at Berkeley Square in London. 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The show brings together works by artists such as Patrick William Adam RSA, Barbara Balmer, John Rankine Barclay, John Busby, Jeffery Camp, Edmund Dulac, Keith Grant, William Hackstoun, John Halliday and James Watterston Herald. Several of the works on view, like a lily pond pastel and a large oil called \"Veil of Tamarisk\", are shown for sale, with some already marked as sold.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/20th-century-39192/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b30fb18564074ea83e46e45b91cbb9e0cadd4152e5d35ad70e3d9fe526758e2c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Berkeley Square Fair LAPADA London W1 Stand A13", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "MacConnal-Mason", "address": "Duke Street St James's 17, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.macconnal-mason.com/artwork-detail/875538/0/dorothea-sharp-rba-roi-pswa-dartford", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "MacConnal-Mason presents a stand at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair, held in Berkeley Square, London W1. The gallery brings selected artworks, including paintings by Gustave Loiseau, Eugène-Louis Boudin, Laurence Stephen Lowry, Sir Alfred Munnings and Sir Kyffin Williams, alongside sculpture and other works.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/berkeley-square-fair-lapada-london-w1-stand-a13-76662/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8eb7bb218b5a9687919fc8c84da974d500b50a2c55f8ff1ef00564bc5125301d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Glorious 19th Century", "start": "2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Chris Beetles Gallery", "address": "8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6QB", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.chrisbeetles.com/books", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "history/19th-century"], "description": "An art exhibition titled The Glorious 19th Century, showing works from the nineteenth century, including watercolours and paintings by artists such as J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Helen Allingham, Edward Lear and Thomas Rowlandson. It is held at Chris Beetles Gallery, an art gallery on Ryder Street in St James's, London, which presents the works with their artists and prices, some pieces already sold. The exhibition runs from 20 October to 7 November 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-glorious-19th-century-76452/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1583e292feba72fb461e11b45113a4aa6d898434399396e1bd0d1a48830a912-600.webp"}, {"title": "Wicked Wednesdays: Tarot Reading with Tobias + Devil’s Botany – LIVE", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/mysticism/tarot"], "description": "Wicked Wednesdays: Tarot Reading with Tobias + Devil's Botany - LIVE offers individual tarot readings at The Last Tuesday Society, each paired with a glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe. Tobias, the resident and experienced Tarot Reader, leads personal and inclusive 15-minute private sessions tailored to each individual, whether they want to ask the cards a question, seek general advice, or simply try something new. The event is for over 18s only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wicked-wednesdays-tarot-reading-with-tobias-devils-botany-li-79099/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/wicked-wednesdays-tarot-reading-with-tobias-devils-botany-live-15/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/99b66fb40f84203632b85a709a930cb6e57c45c66ee159a3f5201deac0bc98cf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LAPADA – The Berkeley Square Fair", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Sladmore Gallery", "address": "Jermyn St 57, SW1Y 6LX", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "LAPADA – The Berkeley Square Fair is an art fair taking place in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London. Sladmore Gallery is an exhibitor there, showing sculptures and drawings by contemporary and 20th century artists, including works by Nic Fiddian Green, Rose Corcoran, Mark Coreth and Rembrandt Bugatti.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lapada-the-berkeley-square-fair-42034/", "official_url": "https://sladmore.com/exhibitions/lapada-the-berkeley-square-fair/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b218571ff905bd312fc5b0256a490b82c4d3e307086206bce596276cf32f35c2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "E M Forster’s Legacy of Connection", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32 to 38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA", "address": "", "price": "Admission Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/portrait", "literature"], "description": "An exhibition of unseen memorabilia, letters, photographs and memories of the novelist E M Forster, alongside paintings by Jim Buckingham. Buckingham, Bob Buckingham's nephew, was inspired by Forster to pursue painting privately, and in his 80s holds never-recorded recollections of his 'Uncle Morgan' plus never-before-seen Forster items and his own life's work of paintings, including portraits of Forster. It celebrates Forster's maxim 'only connect' and his lifelong belief in gay rights and criticism of restrictions based on race and class. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/e-m-forsters-legacy-of-connection-69621/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cbec2411ee6bc11b2de1fd2d1308c32f5c8747258b8398cda69c585f64a4a047-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Soane Late: Halloween Special", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sir John Soane's Museum", "address": "Lincoln's Inn Fields 13, WC2A 3BP London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.soane.org/terms-conditions-ticketed-events-tours", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/mythology", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Soane Late: Halloween Special is an after-dark evening that invites visitors to explore Sir John Soane's Museum by candlelight. Organised by the museum itself, it lets guests wander the candlelit corridors and discover the collection's otherworldly artefacts after dark. Visitors hear tales of death and the afterlife, from stories about ancient Egyptian gods to epics from Greek mythology. Admission includes a glass of prosecco or white wine in the Library Dining Room, and entry is at timed slots.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/soane-late-halloween-special-38607/", "official_url": "https://www.soane.org/whats-on/soane-late-halloween-special-30-october-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f501ac29d7f9226e229a9eb2682115a479f9098128443185300aa0d455f85759-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Fail We May, Sail We Must : Exhibition", "start": "2026-09-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-08-07T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "The Brown Collection", "address": "Bentinck Mews 1, W1U 2AF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/mixed-media"], "description": "Fail We May, Sail We Must is an exhibition at The Brown Collection spanning six centuries of works that reveal themselves on a second look. It is curated by British artist Glenn Brown and his husband and museum co-founder Edgar Laguinia. The show presents ninety historic and contemporary paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and ceramics, including spliced collages, double images and deceptive figures. Unfolding thematically across the museum's four floors, it features artists such as Salvador Dalí, George Condo, John Stezaker, Fiona Rae and Rebecca Warren.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/fail-we-may-sail-we-must-exhibition-39023/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5a555ab6b56a81eafb9f4b6dd903a4f88b6d357e4eea3bb435381e4676c470cf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Portrait Gallery", "address": "WC2H 0HE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery exploring queer identity, community, and love through the lens of one of Britain's foremost photographers. It presents new portraits by Tim Walker, who spent five years photographing dozens of activists, performers, artists, and writers in his whimsical, fairytale-inspired style. Curated by Susanna Brown, the show combines exuberant portraits and fantastical landscapes in a celebration where everyone has the freedom to be themselves, accompanied by a new book with contributions by Travis Alabanza, Russell T Davies, Shon Faye, Lisa Power and Joelle Taylor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tim-walkers-fairyland-love-and-legends-78924/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Bloomsbury Group, 1910-1920 \"Character Changed\"", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Philip Mould", "address": "Pall Mall 18-19, SW1Y 5LU London", "price": "Free to all | No booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "An exhibition of paintings by the Bloomsbury painters Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry, shown at Philip Mould & Company and titled after Virginia Woolf's declaration that 'on or about December 1910 human character changed.' It gathers works from the painters' most radical decade, when Roger Fry's 1910 Post-Impressionist exhibition first showed British audiences Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Matisse. Drawn mainly from private collections, it includes Vanessa Bell's Portrait of Duncan Grant (1915), shown publicly for the first time, Duncan Grant's Still Life in the Garden Room at Charleston (c.1918) and Roger Fry's Poinsettias in a Vase (c.1915). The exhibition is free to all with no booking required, and runs alongside Tate Britain's Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury, to which Philip Mould & Company is lending works.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-bloomsbury-group-1910-1920-character-changed-76743/", "official_url": "https://philipmould.com/exhibitions/67-the-bloomsbury-group-1910-1920-character-changed-an-exhibition-of-works-by/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd1c2646f9fb4dfec77fd5ca585ca0ef86ecc028b49efd3b794099fc5925b9f9-1200.webp"}]}