Event History 2019

January 12 -
February 9, 2019


Events: Nocturnal Encounters by Miguel Angel Reyes

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Nocturnal Encounters

By Miguel Angels Reyes

A collection of erotic illustrations (created from 2012-2019) depicting intimate first time sexual encounters between exhibitionists, as well as waiting and wanting men in the age of PrEP.

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Los Angeles, CA

January 13, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

February 10, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

February 16 - 26, 2019

Events: MASC - The Men of Los Angeles

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
MASC - The Men of Los Angeles

By Ben Youdan

A series of six mixed media portraits has been created in the unique and inspiring atmosphere of TOM house and has been facilitated by having the opportunity to make incredible connections within the Leather community of Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles, CA

March 1 -
May 17, 2019


Events: The Gutter Art of Stephen Varble: Genderqueer Performance Art of the 1970s, Photographs by Greg Day

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
presents
The Gutter Art of Stephen Varble:
Genderqueer Performance Art of the 1970s,
Photographs by Greg Day

In costumes made from street trash, food waste, and stolen objects, Stephen Varble (American,1946–1984) took to the streets of 1970s New York City to perform his “Gutter Art”. With disruption as his aim, he led uninvited costumed tours through the galleries of SoHo, occupied Fifth Avenue gutters, and burst into banks and boutiques in his gender-confounding ensembles.

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New York, NY

March 10, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

March 10, 2019

Events: DIRTY LOOKS--City of Lost Souls

DIRTY LOOKS
presents
City of Lost Souls
(With Weirdo Night)

Like Hedwig in reverse, this 1983 trans punk musical is the instant cult classic you’ve never seen! Blurring the lines between farce and documentary, City follows the wily performances of trans punk legend Jayne County (in her only starring role) and Angie Stardust, who runs a boarding house and the ground-floor restaurant, Burger Queen, where her lodgers earn their keep: Tron Von Hollywood, Tara O’Hara, Joaquín la Habana, Judith Flex and Gary.

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Los Angeles, CA

March 16 -
May 6, 2019


Events: FIERMAN--Circus of Books

FIERMAN
presents
Circus of Books

Curated by David Fierman and Rachel Mason

Ron Athey, Seth Bogart, Scott Covert, Vaginal Davis, Zackary Drucker, Ruben Esparza, Tom of Finland, Karen Finley, David Hurles, Stephen Irwin, William E. Jones, Wayne Koestenbaum, Mike Kuchar, Bruce LaBruce, Lucas Michael, Billy Miller, Bob Mizer, David Mramor, Narcissister, Mel Ottenberg, Jack Pierson, Fay Ray, Stuart Sandford,
et al.

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New York, NY

March 31, 2019

Events: TOM House OPEN House

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
TOM House OPEN House

Tom of Finland Foundation is hosting an open house! As the home of male erotica in Los Angeles, the Tom of Finland Foundation is a rare and special organization. Whether you live nearby or have traveled from afar, don't pass up an opportunity to visit TOM House
during LA Leather Pride!

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Los Angeles, CA

April 6 - 27, 2019

Events: RICK CASTRO “Fetish King: Seminal Photographs 1986 – 2019”

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents

RICK CASTRO
Fetish King: Seminal Photographs
1986 – 2019

The artist’s sex positive imagery is darkly erotic, elegant, and at times, sinister. A powerful and imaginative figure that emerged in the Los Angeles underground during the late ‘80s, Rick Castro has been dubbed “the fetish king” by all that know him. His photographs are characterized by potent and visceral tableaux, tinged with sadomasochism, leather and sexual pleasure.

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Los Angeles, CA

April 14, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


Details


Los Angeles, CA

April 24, 2019

Events: RICK CASTRO “Fetish King: Seminal Photographs 1986 – 2019”

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents

RICK CASTRO
Fetish King
Tea Salon and Walk-through

Join us at TOM House for a special Tea Salon and Walk-through of Rick Castro's exhibition.

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Los Angeles, CA

May 8 - 30, 2019

Events: 'The Body is The Instrument'

BESPOKE SURGICAL
and PADDLE 8
present

The Body Is The Instrument

at TOM House

The artist’s sex positive imagery is darkly erotic, elegant, and at times, sinister. A powerful and imaginative figure that emerged in the Los Angeles underground during the late ‘80s, Rick Castro has been dubbed “the fetish king” by all that know him. His photographs are characterized by potent and visceral tableaux, tinged with sadomasochism, leather and sexual pleasure.

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Los Angeles, CA

May 8 - 30, 2019

Events: AURÉLIEN NOBÉCOURT-ARRAS 'Enough Man'

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents

AURÉLIEN NOBÉCOURT-ARRAS
Enough Man

The artist presents a series of photographs created during his residency at Tom of Finland Foundation. Incorporating them into his recurrent practice of collaborative self-portraiture, explores representation, power and consent through his encounters with men living in, or passing through, Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles, CA

May 9 -
September 8, 2019


TOM OF FINLAND, Untitled, 1947

The Met
presents
CAMP: Notes on Fashion

Through more than 250 objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present, The Costume Institute’s spring 2019 exhibition explores the origins of camp’s exuberant aesthetic.

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New York, NY

May 12, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

May 29 -
September 8, 2019


Events: Art & Porn

ARoS
presents
Art & Porn

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of lifting the ban on visual pornography in Denmark in 1969, ARoS and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen have joined forces to show this group exhibition. It highlights how art was influenced by changing the law on pornography.

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Aarhus, Denmark

June 2, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

June 8 -
July 6, 2019


Events: RUBÉN ESPARZA “Piss + Blood & Spunk: Seminal Works 1993-2019”

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents

RUBÉN ESPARZA
Piss + Blood & Spunk: Seminal Works,
1993-2019

Rubén Esparza combines the skills of a multi-media artist and the insight of a gifted curator to synergize intensely cross-referential artworks. Queer AIDS tropes, phallocentrism, and bodily fluids become markers of LGBTQ+ culture from the early ’90s to the contemporary Trumpian zeitgeist.

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Los Angeles, CA

July 14, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

August 11, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


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Los Angeles, CA

September 8, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


Details


Los Angeles, CA

October 13, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


Details


Los Angeles, CA

November 10, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


Details


Los Angeles, CA

December 15, 2019

Life Drawing Sessions

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
presents
Life Drawing Session

Uninstructed life drawing session

Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Beginner? Professional?
All are welcome. Reserve your spot and bring your sketch pad!


Details


Los Angeles, CA
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