| Events
& Exhibitions |
May
1 - 31, 2014
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Saytrs Motorcycycle
Club
presents:
Rumble
Leather & Motorcycles, the Long Road to
Equality
Leather &
Motorcycle History
Special benefit party for Foundation on
May 31, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Details
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Long Beach, CA |
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June
1, 2014
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents:
16mm
of Pleasure
Vintage erotic films on 8mm and 16mm
Featuring
selections from our 30 years of archiving
thousands of visual materials including the moving image.
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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June
7 - 8, 2014
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Christopher
Street West
presents:
LA Pride 2014
The Foundation will Participate at Erotic City
Erotic Artwork,
Drawing Workshops,
ONE's Project 50 and More
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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June
8 & 15, 2014
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents:
Life Drawing Workshops
This month:
Two Drawing Workshops
LA Pride's Erotic City and TOM's Bar
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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June
15, 2014
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents:
TOM's Bar
Our big celebration
of TOM on Daddy's Day.
This is the one event you won't want to miss!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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June
19 - 22, 2014
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Art Basel
presents:
Art Basel
Basel Switzerland
Art Basel
is the premier international art show of its kind
for modern and contemporary works.
Details
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Basel, Switzerland |
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March
21 -
June 21, 2014
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Gerhardsen
Gerner
presents:
Do Not Disturb
A group exhibition
The works
focus on the nocturnal, sleep, dreams, passion, sexual fantasies,
and the last, long night that awaits us all. CLOSING
SOON!
Details
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Oslo, Norway |
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May
30 -
June 1, 2014
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presents:
Seattle Erotic Art Festival 2014
Since 2002
World-class
visual art that is rarely seen in mainstream galleries
and redefine boundaries in exciting new ways.
Details
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Seattle, WA |
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June
7, 2014
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Christos Tejada
and 6 others
present:
Homoerectus
A Group Exhibition of Queer / Homoerotic
Underground Art
"Make
sure you invite all your dyke friends, sugar daddies,
Local Priest and / or Rabbi."
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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May
17 -
July 13, 2014
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Wessel
+ O'Conner Fine Art
present:
Jim French:
Vintage Postcards
This
exhibition features the original late 1960's vintage Polaroid
pictures
he took as studies for homoerotic drawings.
Details
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Lambertville, NJ / Online |
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May
25 -
September 28, 2014
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Statens Museum
for Kunst
presents:
Abandon the Parents
An overwhelming collection by several artists.
An abundance
of paintings, drawings, photographs, videos,
books, words, and sounds fill the x-rummet venue.
Details
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
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June
13 - 14, 2014
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Homotopia and
National Museums Liverpool
present:
The Un-straight Museum
Exploring the role of cultural institutions, curators, &
archivists
Aimed at
people working in the heritage and cultural sectors as well as
researchers, academics and interested members of the LGBT community.
Details
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Liverpool, England |
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Tom
of Finland
EMERGING ARTIST COMPETITION
2014 |
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| Foundation
Announcements |
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International
Mr. Leather 2014
Winner, IML 2014: Ramien Pierre, Mr. DC Eagle 2014
First Runner-up: Steve Dupont, Mr. New England Leather 2014
Second Runner-up: Cody Troy, Mr. Midwest Leather 2013
Congratulations to All!
More on the IML Website. |
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Sending
Eric Paul Leue, Mr LA Leather 2014, to IML with
this fantastic shoot by Eric Schwabel.
Photos
and more on Accidental
Bear |
Photo: Marc Bellenger,
Mr. Long Beach Leather 2013 |
ToFF thanks
Marc Bellenger for his devoted attention to our
collections.
We value his work at
Tom of Finland Foundation — keeping us well-hung — and
in our community.
Marc will be hosting
TOM
@ Rumble in Los Angeles on May 31st.
See more
on TOM's
Blog |
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The Pioneers
of the Leather and Biker Scene in L.A.
Learn more about the
Satyrs Motorcycle Club's history. Smell the leather,
feel the power between your legs, and take in the story of the oldest
continuing gay group in the world.
Photos
and more on TOM's
Blog |
Photo: Alex La Cruz |
Tom of
Finland's Birthday Party on May 8th was hosted by Brent
Corrigan. The celebration took place at Tom of Finland
Foundation in Los Angeles.
Hear what he has to say
about working with the Foundation on TOM's
Blog.
See more
photos on GAYLETTER. |
Photo: Dusti Cunningham |
Just wanted
to say an extra SPECIAL THANKS to everyone who helped out to make
TOM’s birthday party such a special night: Brent Corrigan, Jeff
Neff, Patrick Staff, Alex La Cruz, Matthew Mullins, Rod Reynolds
Dusti Cunningham, Miguel Angel Reyes and Jordan Frink.
Great to see so many
people as well as lots of new faces and a whole bunch of hot young
guys at TOM House too. See y’all next year!
—
Stuart Sandford
See more
photos on TOM's
Blog |
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| Art
News |
Flying In:
Orders For Tom Of Finland Stamps
Within a few weeks, pre-orders for the Tom of Finland stamps
have reached tens of thousands.
Posti has received
orders for both single sheets and larger quantities of the Tom of Finland
stamps especially from the United States, Germany and Sweden, reveals
Petri Pohjolainen, the product manager of stamps at Itella.
Consisting of
three stamps, the sheets were made available for pre-order through the
Posti Online Shop in late April due to the unprecedented interest they
had aroused abroad.
Within a couple
of weeks tens of thousands of sheets have been pre-ordered. More specific
estimates, however, are unavailable because the sales continue to grow
steadily, Pohjolainen reminds.
More on TOM's
Blog |
On Tom of Finland
Day,
Developing A New Collaboration
Tapani, Antti and Gary celebrate with TOM’s birthday cake
in Turku.
Antti Kauppinen,
chair of Tom
of Finland Seura; and Gary Everett, director of Homotopia;
travelled to various parts of Western Finland and Helsinki. The trip
included a visit to Åbo
Akademi University Archive and Manuscripts Department, Touko Laaksonen’s
(Tom of Finland’s) home
and schoolhouse, and a meet-up with Tapani Vinkala, nephew of Touko’s.
More photos
on TOM's
Blog |
More Details Released
On
Tom of Finland — The Movie
© 1962 Tom of Finland Foundation
The feature
film about Tom of Finland is starting principal photography in 2015
with a 2016 delivery date.
The compelling story about
Tom is being made into a live action film. The picture will be directed
by Dome Karukoski and produced by Aleksi Bardy. The production company
Helsinki-filmi has licensed the exclusive rights to the use of Tom's
art and the Tom of Finland name for use in the film.
The film's language is English.
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New Edition!
Tom Of Finland — The Complete Kake Comics
TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 – 1991),
Untitled (Detail from Kake vol. 02 – The Sexy Sunbather, 1968, Pen &
ink on paper,
Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection #68.61, © 1968 Tom
of Finland Foundation
Kake, a dark-haired, mustached
Leatherman often wore a tight white T-shirt bearing the motto “Fucker.”
Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake adventures,
most as 20-page booklets. This edition collects all of these stories
in one volume!
Tom
of Finland – The Complete Kake Comics
NEW
EDITION
Dian Hanson, editor | Hardcover, 703 pages
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| Parting
Glances |
| Can
You Lend A Hand?
Please.
TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 – 1991),
Untitled (From the “Sailor and the Cyclist” series), 1963, Graphite on
paper, 12.13” x 9.13”,
Bob Mizer/AMG Collection, Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection
#63.27, © 1963 Tom of Finland Foundation
We are looking
for strong hands and / or eager bodies to help us get the job done right!
RUMBLE
Saturday 31st May
16mm
of Pleasure
Sunday 1st June
LA
Pride – Erotic City
Saturday 7th June
Sunday 8th June
TOM’s
Bar
Sunday 15th June
If you have
a few hours to give, contact Volunteers
or call Jeff at 213.250.1685
Check with our Volunteers
Page for times and positions! |
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