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May 9, 2024 · Gareth Johnson. May 9, 2024 • 9 min read. Tom of Finland is the pseudonym of artist Touko Laaksonen – an erotic illustrator from Helsinki. Tom of Finland’s work as an artist was instrumental in shaping 20th-century gay culture – his impact is still being felt today. 2020 is the centenary of his birth. Laaksonen never went to art school ...
May 8, 2024 · Memorial in Helsinki. Fans and collectors around the world celebrate Tom of Finland Day every year on 8th May, which was Tom’s birthday. Today, Tom would have been 104 years old. While Tom of Finland Foundation honors the labors of our dedicated volunteer corps this Tom of Finland Day, we hope you take the chance to celebrate the daddy of all ...
May 9, 2024 · 2nd May 2024 - 14th Jul 2024-10:00 am - 7:00 pm: OAT MONTIEN "Country Home Sheriff" JWD Art Space Bangkok Thailand: 9th May 2024 - 2nd Aug 2024-4:00 pm - 2:00 am: FRANK.XARATE "A Tearoom Art Installation"
May 10, 2024 · PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK OBLOW. Tom of Finland was a renegade who refused to accept the norm. It is only fitting that The Skateroom showcase his works on skateboard art editions, in celebration of the Foundation’s 40th Anniversary. The Skateroom spent a moment with Tom’s muse and president of Tom of Finland Foundation, Durk Dehner, photographed ...
May 16, 2024 · 6 views 1 minute ago. Let Durk Dehner be your guide through the life and art of Tom of Finland. We visited the famous TOM’s House in Los Angeles to chat with the man who knew him like...
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6 days ago · Tom of Finland’s spirit lives on through the artists who live and create in his onetime home. Here are some of their works. May 22 2024 8:00 AM.
May 9, 2024 · Tom’s Men. Jarrett Earnest. Tom of Finland’s work has transformed from midcentury gay pornography to twenty-first-century art, but its troubling dimensions, as well as the ways it has creatively shaped the desires of a diverse range of queer people, cannot be ignored. May 9, 2024 issue.
