Volume 302 | 6th August 2023 | View this in your browser
eNews #302
News from TOM's Foundation
6th August 2023
Events & Exhibitions
We will be outside at TOM House. Room for 15 artists only in the live session. OR join us on Zoom! If you are joining via Zoom, instructions will be sent out the day before.

MODEL: King Dwarf
Treat yourself to finger sandwiches and sweeties along with hand-blended loose-leaf tea. Join in the jovial conversation and
share ideas with fellow tea buddies. Erotic art on display!
Through 19th August
Los Angeles
20 is a group exhibition celebrating the David Kordansky Gallery’s twentieth anniversary. The gallery has long been concerned with providing space for artists to look both inward, toward the development of their mediums and the personal motivations that drive them to make art...
Through 26th August
Los Angeles
Current #TOMair Felix D’Eon is enraptured by various art-historical styles such as Edwardian fashion and children’s book illustration, golden-era American comics, and Japanese Edo printmaking. In his work he attempts to make the illusion of antiquity complete, using antique papers and careful research as to costume, set, and style.
Through 30th September
Irvine, California
This exhibition features 67 local and national artists who work in disciplines such as sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, drawing, collage, metal, works on fiber, and more. This year’s guest juror is Gabriela Urtiaga, an Argentinian art historian and curator.
Through 29th October
Helsinki
The characters in Tom of Finland’s drawings – lumberjacks, bikers, soldiers and policemen – exude vitality, joy and pride. The artist drew to arouse desire, initially for his own private pleasure, and later for an expanding world of fans.
Through 26th November
Helsinki
Dreamy – Queer Imaginaries, from the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma’s collection, aims to underline the connectivity between past and present practices dealing with LGBTQI+ identities, historicizing recent practices and signaling Tom of Finland’s pioneering agency.
News & Announcements
Our model for this month's life drawing session at TOM House is none other than his highness, King Dwarf. Fresh off his appearance on the popular Gogo for the Gold reality show, we are thrilled to have him with us.

On Sunday 16th July, Tom of Finland Foundation hosted Black & Blue, an afternoon for and about the Leather community.

Check out the video for bootblacking tips, a book reading, and more!
CLAW LA Leather Getaway's Kinky Art Show is back! Artists are invited to submit up to 5 artworks of leather, fetish or BDSM eroticism. All types of media are acceptable.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 14th August with artists to be notified of the jury’s decision by 30th August.
Tom of Finland Foundation brought its Art & Culture Festival to London last week for the second time, ahead of its Los Angeles iteration in October at the Soho Warehouse and following a Berlin edition earlier this year.
Incoming Tom of Finland Foundation Artist-in-Residence Felix D’Eon has a new exhibition of work opening at ARTBUG. Hitting the ground running, Felix has been working on the installation of his show entitled Love & Marvels.
The Wallpaper* USA 300 is a window to creative America: we shine the spotlight on 300 talents that are forging new paths through America’s design landscape. These are the names to know in the USA today, from the born-and-bred locals to the global thinkers who have chosen to make the country their home, from the trailblazers and the tastemakers to the rising stars of tomorrow.
films4fags is back with an all-new lineup for 2023. First up on Saturday, work from Emmy-nominated director Zackary Drucker. Then on Sunday, iconic fetish photographer and filmmaker Rick Castro will present a selection of short films. Drucker and Castro will be present on their respective evenings.
FOUNDATION UPDATE
“My work explores the full range of the Queer experience, encompassing gender, ethnicity and race, body type, and erotic desire. “ – Felix D’Eon
TAILPIECE
Looking back on last month’s TOM’s Bar, we are thrilled to honor our 2023 Cultural Icon Award winner Violet Chachki. Congratulations Violet!
Check your Membership Card to see if it is time to renew. Perhaps it's time to JOIN?
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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