The Surreal world of Maeve Gilmore with Dr Lucy Scholes - LIVE

Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture. Tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe.

Doors open at 6:30pm and talk starts at 7pm

Join Dr Lucy Scholes at The Last Tuesday Society for an illustrated talk exploring surreal world of Maeve Gilmore.

MAEVE GILMORE (1917-1983) was a painter and muralist who drew inspiration from her domestic environment which she shared with her husband - the artist and writer Mervyn Peake - and their three children.

Replete with surrealist imagery, her paintings - mostly figurative, but sometimes abstract or symbolic - are an extraordinary record of both her exterior and interior worlds, shot through with imagination, creativity and deep emotion.

Dr Lucy Scholes is a writer and critic known for her work in rediscovering and championing overlooked female voices. Specialising in women’s literature, art and cultural history. Lucy regularly writes for the Times Literary Supplement, Financial Times, Paris Review Daily, and New York Times Book Review, and is an editor at McNally Editions.

is the UK's first absinthe distillery, founded by Directors of The Last Tuesday Society's Absinthe Parlour. Celebrating spirit's connection to art, literature, magic & mixology, Devil's Botany is unleashing the future of absinthe with bold expressions for the adventurous drinkers of today. The Last Tuesday Society's curious Monday night lecture series is sponsored by Devil's Botany.

The venue opens at 18:30. Doors will close at 19:00 to avoid disrupting the speaker. We kindly ask that all guests arrive before 19:00. Refunds are not possible for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances. Please note, the museum of curiosities is not opened on Mondays during our lectures.

Self-Portrait, 1938

oil on canvas

Photo: Michael Brzezinski

Courtesy Alison Jacques

© Maeve Gilmore Estate

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