“AllTogether”, homoerotic art in Venice, in the name of Tom of Finland

2nd May 2022, 2:18 pm

 

 

Tom of FInland Untitled artwork

TOM OF FINLAND Untitled (preparatory for finished drawing #78.10, Peter Berlin as model), 1978

From 23rd April until 26th June 2022, AllTogether will be inaugurated at Studio Cannaregio in Venice, a collective exhibition in collaboration with DIESEL, to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Tom Of Finland, a symbolic artist of the gay imagination in the twentieth century.

Curated together with Tom Of Finland Foundation and The Community, AllTogether will collect more than two hundred works of art dedicated to homoerotic art, from the 1940s until today: for over thirty years, the foundation has been committed to preserving the works of countless queer artists who since 1984 – thanks to the AIDS epidemic – risked being lost and destroyed forever. Today these stories are finally also exhibited to the overseas public, coinciding with the opening weekend of the Venice Biennale: “Having an international exhibition with the wonderful artists from the Foundation’s rich collection has always been my vision.” comments Durk Dehner, president and co-founder of Tom of Finland Foundation “That day has arrived and I am very happy it was realized thanks to the Community and Glenn Martens of Diesel.”

Viktoria Raykova

VIKTORIA RAYKOVA Tom of Finland (handcuffs), 2018

The entire exhibition will also take place thanks to the support of The Community, a multidisciplinary art institution – founded for the first time in Paris in 2016 – which since 2021 together with The Community Centre, has been offering support platforms for emerging artists around the world – and Diesel, a brand attentive to the needs of people and the environment, since 1978. AllTogether is an opportunity to rediscover a precious cultural heritage, thirty years of history and queer art, which escape censorship and inspire a definition of free and personal beauty.

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AllTogether

About the Exhibition Artists Venice Paris Catalogue Press About the Exhibition On the occasion of Tom of Finland’s birthday (8th May), Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community have curated a group exhibition, supported by Diesel, presenting Tom of Finland Foundation’s permanent collection. AllTogether explores the erotic art collection consisting of thousands of artworks, spanning… View Article
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