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Tom of Finland Foundation
presents a
Life Drawing Session
Uninstructed
Los Angeles, CA
Each month, Foundation offers a friendly and positive environment to practice your skills.
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Lethal Amounts and Tom of Finland Foundation
present
Genesis P-Orridge
Pandrogeny I & II: An Outer Body Exhibition
at TOM House and Lethal Amounts Gallery
Through 24th November
2019
Los Angeles, CA
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Lethal Amounts
presents
Amphetamine Sulphate
with Philip Best of Consumer Electronics
Los Angeles, CA
Genesis P-Orridge shares their vision for 'gender evolution,' possibly for the last time
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PHOTO: Béatrice de Géa / For the Times |
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How did you approach creating the Pandrogeny shows that are opening in Los Angeles?
"You know what sprung to my mind as you asked that? Evidence. To me, art has always been about evidence. Evidence of the lives of the people who are inspired by that divine spark that is so rare, especially in the contemporary art world."
- Randall Roberts
Los Angeles Times
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Republic of Namibia
presents
Tom of Finland
Swakopmund, Namibia
The official 2019 European Film Festival celebrates the art of filmmaking, aiming to honour the filmmakers who make it all possible and promote a wide variety of production.
The festival also screened
TOM OF FINLAND in Windhoek, Namibia on 31st October 2019.
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Starring actors Patrick Wallace (left) and Colby Jansen (right).
Written and directed by Ori Ravid.
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Online
World-renowned adult entertainer Colby Jansen stars in his first dramatic non-pornographic role in
Matt.
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David Kordansky Gallery
presents
Artists For Climate Action
18th November - 20th December 2019
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| TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 - 1991), Untitled (Preparatory drawing), 1977, Graphite on paper, 19 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (48.9 x 29.5 cm), Framed: 24 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (61 x 41.9 x 3.8 cm) |
A benefit exhibition with proceeds donated to nonprofit organizations fighting the causes of climate change on both the local and national levels.
As a communal effort to support attempts to grapple with the climate crisis,
Artists for Climate Action underscores the important role played by art and artists in the shifting of consciousness required to effect change on a large scale.
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In Heroes We Trust and Rainbow Walls
present
The Streets are Queer
9th November and 7th December
2019
Los Angeles, CA
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Tom of Finland Foundation
invites you to
Meet Bas Kosters
artist-in-residence
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| BAS KOSTERS, Wholesome Penis |
Los Angeles, CA
Save the Date
"I want to create drawings and tapestries with the male nude, to strengthen and deepen my vision within my erotic art, inspired by being in a new surrounding."
- Bas Kosters
Bas will present his work at TOM House on 24th November, Such a Delicate Tenderness.
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Kunsthal Charlottenborg
presents
in collaboration with ARoS
Art & Porn
Through 12th January 2020
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TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 - 1991), T.V. - Repair, 1972. Detail, pen, ink, gouache & cut-and-pasted photo on paper. Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection, © 1976-2019 Tom of Finland Foundation.
Photo by David Stjernholm. |
Copenhagen, Denmark
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of lifting the ban on visual pornography in Denmark, Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents in collaboration with ARoS the group exhibition
Art & Porn.
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Palm Springs Art Mueum
presents
Touching History: Stonewall 50
Palm Springs, CA
Touching History commemorates the 50th anniversary of New York's Stonewall riots, a landmark uprising against police harassment and social injustice that sparked the gay liberation movement and the modern struggle for LGBTQ civil rights.
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Bellum at TOM House
Hosted by Rick Castro
presents
Wednesday Tea Salons
Every Week | 5-7p
(Salon ends promptly at 7p)
Los Angeles, CA
ENJOY
Hand-blended Tea
Cakes and Dainties
View Erotic Art
Engaging Jovial Chats
Relax and have a nice cuppa.
$25 Prepaid Reservations Required
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ICA LA
presents
No Wrong Holes: Thirty Years of Nayland Blake
Through 26th January 2020
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Kit No. 7 (Flush), 1990, Rubber gloves, stainless steel cups, belt, hose, shelf, books 30x 45 x 5 in. (76 x 114 x 13 cm)
Private Collection. |
Los Angeles, CA
For over 30 years, artist, educator, and curator Nayland Blake (b. 1960) has been a critical figure in American art, working between sculpture, drawing, performance, and video.
No Wrong Holes marks the most comprehensive survey of Blake's work to date and their first solo institutional presentation in Los Angeles.
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Scotty Bowers, 'Male Madam' to Classic Hollywood Stars, Dead at 96
1st July 1923 - 13th October 2019
Hollywood sexual "fixer" Scotty Bowers has died at the age of 96.
Scotty visited TOM House, and we always enjoyed how he would stir a drink...
Quite a figure. We will certainly miss his brand of sparkle.
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Tom set sail on 7th November 1991
The last time Tom took pencil to paper:
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TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 - 1991),
Untitled (Preparatory drawing), 1991, Graphite on paper, 11.63" x 8.25", © 1991 Tom of Finland Foundation
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"It was so important to provide Tom the dignity of being in his own home, to be on his own schedule so he could choose, with a sense of self-determination, control over his own death.
"Though Tom was in a hospital bed, rather than his own bed as he had intended, he ultimately succeeded in his design. May we learn from this and permit those who choose to navigate their own vessel into the sea, to do so with respect."
- Durk Dehner
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Through homoerotic art, Tom of Finland paved way for today's gay pride
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Iconic gay artist Tom of Finland was an early fighter for LGBT+ rights. "He said it himself: 'My aim is not to create an ideal, but to draw beautiful men who love each other and are proud of it,'" says Durk Dehner, founder of ToFF
- Hugo Greenhalgh
Reuters
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Revisiting Tom of Finland's sexually explicit oeuvre
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| TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 - 1991), Untitled, 1976, Gouache on paper, 15.75" x 20.89", © 1976-2019 Tom of Finland Foundation |
"Tom of Finland's style was influential, evident in David Hockney's swimming-pool paintings, Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion designs and the films of Derek Jarman. Since his death in 1991, Tom of Finland's pop-culture legacy has only increased.
Tom of Finland, a biographical film, was released in 2017, and the Finnish postal service celebrated his work with a racy set of stamps. Next year, events around the world will mark the centenary of his birth."
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too big a deal - and literally too big
for just one gallery
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| PHOTO: Miguel Angel Reyes |
Here is a selection of photos from the opening night events for
PANDROGENY I & II...
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Artwork should be seen...
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Eggplants? Peaches? This is bananas.
Facebook and Instagram are censoring 'horny' emojis. Also you aren't allowed to link to your OnlyFans or JustForFans pages.
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PHOTO: Motorboot Photography
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Tom of Finland Foundation expresses our sincerest gratitude to
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert
for their generous support of so many worthy organizations
and furthering ToFF's goals.
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TOM's [Non] Traditional
HOLIDAY POTLUCK
21st December 2019
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TOM OF FINLAND (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920 - 1991)
Untitled, 1963, graphite, Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection
© 1963 Tom of Finland Foundation
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Save the date
Our Winter Solstice Celebration
for Volunteers, Members and Friends of the Foundation.
Expect your invitation soon...
Consider a membership to TOM's Foundation,
as a holiday gift...
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TOM's Foundation
Three Decades of Dedication to
Protecting, Preserving and Promoting Erotic Art
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HELP KEEP THE EROTIC ARTS ALIVE AND HEALTHY
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