| Events
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January
17 -
March 7, 2015
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presents:
Early Work 1944 – 1972
This exhibition
surveys the artist’s formative years across fifteen works,
each selected in close collaboration with Tom of Finland Foundation.
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Los Angeles, CA |
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February
15, 2015
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents:
Life Drawing Workshop
This
month's workshop is on the 3rd Sunday.
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!
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Los Angeles, CA |
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January
31 -
February 1, 2015
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presents:
Paramount Ranch 2
Los Angeles’s
freewheeling Paramount Ranch fair, which debuted last year during
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, returns for a second round this
year.
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Los Angeles, CA |
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February
20 -
April 5, 2015
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Chisenhale
Gallery
presents:
PATRICK STAFF
The Foundation
The Foundation
is a major film installation by Patrick Staff,
combining footage shot at Tom of Finland Foundation.
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London, England |
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February
13 - 15, 2015
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Erotic
Art Events
presents:
ON THE EDGE 5
Major exhibition
of erotic photographers and sculptors
Fine art nude to extreme erotica
Erotic fashion shows and performances
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San Francisco, CA |
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January
30 -
February 1, 2015
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presents:
Postcards From The Edge
for Visual AIDS
Over 1,400
original, postcard-sized works of art
by internationally renowned and emerging artists.
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New York, NY |
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Artist Links |
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After a bout of severe depression
with psychotic symptoms, Donald
Rizzo began creating kaleidoscopic vision of vibrant color
in a unique style called “Ambiguous Delusions” depicting
Gay Life while asking are they Fiction, Fantasy or Actuality.
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| Foundation
Announcements |
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TOM House
was the scene of the Tom of Finland Foundation's 30th Anniversary
Celebration. It seems almost like yesterday that we were
coming-of-age, and here we are at another milestone.
Thanks to all of our
contributors, volunteers and supporters for keeping the vision alive
and thriving. We're looking forward to the next years with gusto!
More photos
on TOM's
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| Art
News |
François Ghebaly
Gallery Presents:
Mike Kuchar Saints and Sinners
MIKE KUCHAR, Saints and Sinners, 2015 / Sins
of the Fleshapoids, 1965
Runs through February 14, 2015
Screening of Sins of
the Fleshapoids (the first presentation in HD of his 1965 seminal
and solo directorial debut) every hour, during business hours.
François
Ghebaly Gallery Website
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Ombudsman rejects
complaints over
Homo-erotic Tom of Finland stamps
The raunchy stamps quickly became postal operator Itella’s
most popular release ever. Image: Yle
Complainants
had argued that postal operator Itella’s tribute to one of Finland’s
best-known artists infringed common decency with its depictions of clenched
buttocks and entwined, mustachioed men.Finland’s parliamentary ombudsman
has rejected a series of complaints over the publication of postage
stamps bearing homo-erotic imagery by the iconic gay artist Tom of Finland.
Seven official complaints
were submitted to the ombudsman’s office. The majority argued that the
commemorative stamps, one of which features a pair of clenched, peach-like
buttocks in front of a man’s face, infringe “common sexual decency”
and therefore should not have been publicly distributed.
However, Deputy Ombudsman
Maija Sakslin ruled that the complaints should not be upheld, the office
announced on Monday.
More on TOM's
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| Parting
Glances |
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Coming Soon
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| XR
Brands
Brings The Erotic Art Of Tom To Life
Pete Karalainen and the Pleasure Tools at TOM House
In 2015 XR Brands will bring
the erotic art of Tom of Finland to life in the form of Pleasure Tools,
a complete collection of toys and gear for men bearing the brand of
the late artist.
An intimate, yet heavily
attended, launch party was held on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Tom of
Finland Foundation in January to celebrate the launch of brand and to
celebrate the memory of the late artist.
The party drew the likes
of adult industry buyers including distributors and retailers as well
as the press, adult performers, Foundation members, staff, volunteers
and even a couple of Hollywood rock stars. Frankie "Groovie Mann"
Nardiello, singer of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult was spotted among
the crowd among others.
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