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Tom of Finland Foundation has been dedicated to protecting, preserving, and promoting the erotic arts for over three and a half decades.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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6th May 2023 - 30th Dec 2023 - All Day |
 "Making in Between: Queer Clay"American Museum of Ceramic Art Pomona California United States |
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28th Oct 2023 - 15th Dec 2023 - All Day |
 "Queer-ish: Photography and the LGBTQ+ Imaginary"The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Claremont California United States |
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1st Nov 2023 - 15th Dec 2023 - All Day |
 The Stompers NYC Gallery - Louis Weingarden CollectionCircus of Books West Hollywood California United States |
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8th Dec 2023 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 DONALD SHORTER "baby boy"TOM House Los Angeles California United States |
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10th Dec 2023 - 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
 Tom of Finland Foundation Drawing SessionTOM House Los Angeles California United States |
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FEATURED ARTICLE
Amanda Demme’s coolest collection - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Amanda Demme has reigned across several industries as a lead player, creating globally oscillating cultural shifts through fashion, music, photography, art, space and design. Through her ostentatiously vibrant career as a creative director, photographer, record label owner, nightclub owner, music supervisor — one thing has stayed a true through-line — her distinct and unique process of artification. She assigns relevance, influence, pop-culture significance and value to whatever she touches. It’s a kind of magic that can only come with the breadth of bold work, collaboration and orbit she has maintained for over 35 years.… ... View ArticleSee More Articles
LATEST NEWS
What we needed - On World AIDS Day 2023, Tom of Finland Foundation reflects on how the AIDS crisis impacted Tom of Finland… ... View Article
Let’s hear it for the boys - Current Tom of Finland Foundation Artist-in-Residence Donald Shorter presents his final presentation of work on Friday 8th December… ... View Article
“The Kink Community in Finland: Affect, Belonging, and Everyday Life” - This research explores the relationship between kink and everyday life, how affects are related to kink, and how… ... View Article
#GivingTuesday - Tom of Finland Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by donations from the public, various fund-raising events and dues… ... View Article
Amanda Demme’s coolest collection - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Amanda Demme has reigned across several industries as a lead player, creating globally oscillating… ... View Article
Durk Dehner’s life’s work is to nurture Tom of Finland’s world-changing art - The cofounder & president of Tom of Finland Foundation received the knighthood of the Order of the Lion… ... View Article
The new Tom of Finland calendar is here - The 2024 Tom of Finland calendar is now available in stores! It's not just lovely leather guys who… ... View Article
Tom of Finland’s Pleasure Park - In the late 1940s, Tom of Finland, then a young Finish war veteran, spent his evenings drawing homoerotic… ... View ArticleMore News
More about Tom
Tom of Finland is the artist name of Finnish Touko Laaksonen (1920, Kaarina – 1991, Helsinki). He signed his erotic work “Tom”, and when his drawings were first published in 1957, the now world-famous “Tom of Finland” was born. “Touko Laaksonen” was kept for family and colleagues; both friends and fans have always simply called him “Tom”.
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