Date/Time
Date(s) - 18th Sep 2020 - 5th Oct 2020
All Day

Categories

• Exhibitions - TOM
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6:00-7:30p (Tokyo time)
Lecture 1 hour followed by 1/2 hour Q&A

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FREE

Lectures are in English
and interpreted into Japanese.

18th September
The Heavenly Creatures of Lust – The Male Body made desirable in Tom of Finland’s Drawings
Dr Juha-Heikki Tihinen / Curator, Pro Artibus Foundation, Finland
NOTE: This lecture starts at 5:00p

23^rd September
There’s always a meaning in a seemingly meaningless landscape – the National romanticism in Tom of Finland’s drawings
Dr Anna-Maria Wiljanen / Director, Finnish Institute in Japan

25^th September
Tom of Finland’s Long and Winding Road to the Center of the Art World
Dr Leena-Maija Rossi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland

29^th September
Flipping pages – Tom of Finland: The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero
Durk Dehner / President & Cofounder, Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
F. Valentine Hooven III / Author, The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero, Palm Springs, USA

2^nd October
“Before Gucci and Gaultier, there was Tom of Finland”. On the legacy of Tom of Finland to fashion
Dr Annamari Vänskä /Adjunct Professor, Department of Design, Aalto University, Finland

5^th October
Under the counter to the gallery walls – The Impact of Tom of Finland
BA Pasi Järvinen / Project manager, Finnish Institute in Japan