The world’s largest erotic art fair, it's a socially-friendly setting for artists, galleries, collectors and vendors to socialize as well as buy and sell works of art. Programming for this year’s Festival in Los Angeles is more expansive than ever!

Enjoy a festive brunch buffet, special drinks featuring Tom of Finland Organic Vodka, and reflections on Tom of Finland’s legacy by Durk Dehner. Following the brunch, attendees will enjoy reserved seating at the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival keynote entitled Paul Mpagi Sepuya: From The Studio.

Ritual paintings, salacious pulps, the earliest cosplay in recorded history, avant-garde film – this is the story of how midcentury science fiction and occult communities helped pave the way for the LGBTQ+ movement in Los Angeles. Become a Member to join us!

Celebrate the season in style with a night of cocktails and community at TOM House. Join Avatar LA for a festive, leather-clad evening! This year’s celebration includes Kink & Kindness: A Giving Food Drive for the Community to benefit The Bullet Pantry & LA Cares.

Explore Tom of Finland’s home in Los Angeles. Featuring TOM House: The VR Experience, a documentary virtual reality piece that immerses you into Tom’s LA residence, where he lived during the last decade of his life.

A relaxed setting to hone your skills. We will be outside at TOM House (weather permitting). Room for 30 artists only in the live session.

MODEL: Carlus Tyler Reed

Shadow-Ban defies global censorship and the restrictions placed on visual culture today. Social media posts of even the slightest sexual nature are resulting in artists and creatives being shadow-banned by the morals of an algorithm. 

Support the uniform clubs of Los Angeles and Foundation! Come out in your leathers and gear, perhaps full BLUF, or at least your favorite jockstrap. Meet the participants in the following night’s Mr. Regiment contest.

A panel examining homoeroticism in the art of Patrick Angus and J.B. Harter, both of whom pioneered the use of Gay male erotic imagery in their paintings of the late 20th century. Also: the recent work of Los Angeles artists Rubén Esparza and Ken Gun Min.

A presentation of new paintings by Artist-in-Residence Fausto. This body of work is the culmination of Fausto’s three month residency at TOM House. Fausto’s paintings explore opulent baroque-inspired portraits that capture intimate moments across Queer erotic scenes. Plus: a short documentary about Fausto by artist Dušan Vuksanović.

A world traveler, cowboy, car enthusiast, and music and theater aficionado, and notwithstanding his outgoing personality, is a quiet advocate, behind the scenes, of dozens of charities. His support as a philanthropist covers a broad spectrum of causes including Tom of Finland Foundation, where he is a Lifetime Benefactor and staunch proponent of our mission.

The symposium used the life and legacy of the artist Tom of Finland as a starting point for discussion and investigated Tom’s immense artistic revolutionary influence, championing acceptance, liberty, equality, freedom of expression and more.

Thank you, Eagle NYC, for celebrating our 40th with so much fire!

Congratulations to Zephyr, Mr. Eagle NYC 2025 and runners-up Brian Switzer and Jordan Rutter-Covatto.

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The Italian performance artist, who has lived in London since 1979, sat down for a live conversation as part of the Art & Culture Festival - London. He joins SHOWstudio's Hetty Mahlich to discuss his practice as a response to his upbringing as an orphan, being a Gay man during the AIDs epidemic and the political landscape today.

The visionary muse sits down with SHOWstudio Editor Hetty Mahlich in front of a live audience to answer questions about the legacy and impact of the late Finnish artist, Tom of Finland. Joined by luminaries and other familiar names from the world of fashion and art, Durk explores Tom’s iconic influence on culture, sexuality, and creative freedom.