“My Gay Eye” book presentation

Editor Rinaldo Hopf and guests discuss how My Gay Eye (Mein Schwules Auge): Tom of Finland Foundation Edition came to be during his residency at TOM House. There will be a presentation, readings and a Q&A.

Rinaldo Hopf is an artist, curator, and editor. Hopf studied art, religious studies and ethnology in Germany and San Francisco. Parallel to his artistic work, Hopf curates exhibitions and has been editor of My Gay Eye—Mein Schwules Auge since 2003. In 2020, he was a Tom of Finland Foundation Artist-in-Residence. Hopf lives and works between Berlin and Freiburg, Germany; Tuscany, Italy; and Los Angeles.

Artwork featured in this edition.

This talk is part of FXLK PLAY: Artists-in-Mischief, Devotion, and Mythmaking on view in West Hollywood’s Plumer Park, 19th February–19th March 2026, Thursday through Sunday Noon-5p