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Date(s) - 26th Jun 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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TOM OF FINLAND, Untitled (From Kake vol. 16 – “Sex on the Train”), 1974, Pen and ink on paper, 10.75” x 7.88”, Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection, ©1974 Tom of Finland Foundation

Join comics expert Paul Gravett and Tom of Finland Foundation President Durk Dehner in conversation to celebrate Pride – part of #TOMs100 and Islington Word Festival.

TOM OF FINLAND, Portrait of Durk, 1980, Graphite on paper, Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection, © 1980-2020 Tom of Finland Foundation

Gravett and Dehner will discuss Tom of Finland’s work in publishing, books and comics. They’ll be exploring the tension between Tom’s comics of the 1940s, before censorship laws changed, and his later, more explicit work, followed by a Q&A.

Durk Dehner is the President of Tom of Finland Foundation, which he cofounded with Tom of Finland himself. He co-curated the current exhibition Tom of Finland: Love and Liberation.

Paul Gravett is a curator, lecturer, journalist and broadcaster whose work appears in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and The Times Literary Supplement. He co-curated two House of Illustration exhibitions: Posy Simmonds: A Retrospective in 2019 and Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics in 2016.