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“Before the Men”
OPENING
Sunday 15th June 2025, 1–6p
Opening talk by curator and ToFF team to welcome the public.
VIEWING
Noon–8p weekdays
11a–8p weekends
This landmark show features fifteen original preparatory drawings by Tom of Finland—works never before exhibited, offering a rare look into Tom’s formative years as an artist.
These works thrum with fantasy, vulnerability, and the raw energy of Queer becoming—before the myth, before the men, before the icon.
TOM OF FINLAND Untitled, c. 1970, Graphite on paper, 11.63” x 08.25”, © Tom of Finland Foundation
Installed for the first time in Fire Island Pines—a historic home for Queer creativity and sensual liberation—this exhibition invites viewers to engage with Tom’s early imagination as both cultural inheritance and sacred archive.
Presented by the Queer Culture Arts Foundation (QCAF) and Tom of Finland Foundation
in collaboration with David Kordansky Gallery and Fire Island Tea
“Before the Men” opens at The Visitor Center in Fire Island Pines
The exhibition of Tom’s preparatory drawings Before the Men is presented by the Queer Culture Arts Foundation (QCAF) and Tom of Finland Foundation in collaboration with David Kordansky Gallery and Fire Island Tea. The opening was a success, and even featured deserts inspired by Tom’s graphite drawings and his favorite dessert, apple cake. A Summer of Tom is a season-long cultural activation in Fire Island Pines that celebrates the intersections of erotic art, queer lineage, and collective memory.
Summer of Tom: Tom of Finland Foundation at Fire Island Pines
Summer of Tom: Tom of Finland Foundation at the Pines Before the Men Exhibit Opening Sunday 15th June 1–6p Location: The Visitors Center, 36 Fire Island Boulevard, Fire Island Pines, New York Opening talk by curator and ToFF team to welcome the public to view Tom of Finland originals in an historic setting. For the first time Tom of Finland will be placed in Pines history joining other major Queer artistic figures in the Pines. Tom x…
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