Volume 354 | 28th September 2025 | | |
eNews #354
News from TOM's Foundation
28th September 2025
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Onur Hastürk
Featuring East miniature painting and photography
Opening Reception: 9th October, 6-9p
On View: 9th–16th October
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Sweatmother
Featuring photography, moving image and performance
Opening Reception: 23rd October, 6-9p
On View: 23rd–30th October
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Join us for an intimate life drawing session with model Rory S and instructor Rex Kung, exploring classical to Homoerotic poses in celebration of Queer art.
Attend in person or virtually.
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Memorial for Rob Hennig
26th October
West Hollywood
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Celebrate Rob’s life and legacy.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to Rob’s family, friends, colleagues, and all who were touched by his presence.
You can have trees planted in Rob’s memory.
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The first solo exhibition in Italy by Salandra, a self-taught artist based in New York, internationally known for his thread paintings depicting joyful, erotic scenes between Queer men and other expressions of same-sex desire.
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Homage: Queer Lineages on Video celebrates Queer histories and artistic legacies through experimental film and video including including P. Staff’s The Foundation. The film takes its title from Tom of Finland Foundation, set up by Durk Dehner and Tom in 1984.
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Wish You Were Queer
Through 26th October
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
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The exhibition examines the self-image and perception of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex people throughout the centuries with works of art by over 30 artists from the Middle Ages to the present day. It demonstrates the highly fluctuating degree of visibility in images.
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Sex Now
Through 3rd May 2026
Düsseldorf, Germany
| The exhibition tells of erotic fantasies, Queer perspectives and new realities—free of taboos and stigma. With works by Paul McCarthy, Peaches, Zheng Bo, Tom of Finland, Joëlle Dubois, Poulomi Basu, Miyo van Stenis, Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou, Martin de Crignis, Melody Melamed, Fausto Berlin and many more. | | | | |
Through the eyes of a female artist, Prada’s drawings offer fresh perspectives on sexuality, engaging with Tom of Finland’s personal collages and archives.
"I admire people that pay respect to icons. You must insist on that over and over again."
| | | | Onur Hastürk plays with notions of class, power, sex, and pleasure to not only counteract the idea that Queerness did not exist within the Ottoman empire, but to ask the viewer to consider how they approach sex within their own pursuit of pleasure. | | |
Tom of Finland Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of LGBTQ+ art, erotica, culture, creativity, history, heritage, memories, legacies, and communities. It preserves us, our struggles, successes, and existence.
These values also enliven, inspire, and embolden us to express ourselves and our Queerness through drawing, painting, sculpting, collaging, building, designing, singing, screaming, crying, persevering.
We preserve to persevere.
Help us continue our legacy by donating to Tom of Finland Foundation today.
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Events and posts on our website with this icon offer galleries, podcasts, videos, Zoom talks, and other electronically accessed media.
As we always have, we continue to create public programming that protects, preserves, and promotes erotic art, broadening our global scope by offering more online.
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