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Tom of Finland

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Tom of Finland Comes to Japan

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez September 26, 2020November 5, 2020

Out, proud, and unabashedly homoerotic, the gay artist’s iconic imagery has become an international symbol of freedom.

Posted inArt

Legendary DIY Zine Hippie Dick Returns for a Night of Experimental Film

by Matt Stromberg June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

In the early ’90s this collaged and photocopied zine a DIY aesthetic to celebrate a hairy, faerie queer community, and now it’s back for one night.

A scene from Tom of Finland (all photos courtesy of Protagonist Pictures)
Posted inFilm

A Long Overdue Biopic Tells Tom of Finland’s Life Story

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 26, 2017April 27, 2017

A biographical film about the Finnish adman and expert draughtsman who made exquisite drawings of explicit gay erotic encounters is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Posted inArt

Best of 2015: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 15, 2015December 24, 2015

Occasionally, we are forced to venture beyond Brooklyn to see art.

Posted inOpinion

Celebrating Marriage Equality in the US with Tom of Finland

by Jillian Steinhauer June 26, 2015

Today the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage — henceforth known simply as “marriage” — is protected by the Constitution.

Posted inArt

Queering the Tom of Finland Foundation

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama March 31, 2015April 2, 2015

LONDON — When artist Patrick Staff visited for the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles for the first time, in the summer of 2012, he was expecting to find the usual, sober atmosphere of an archive.

Posted inNews

Homoerotic Art of Tom of Finland Celebrated on Postal Stamps

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 15, 2014April 17, 2014

On September 8, Finnish company Itella Posti will release stamps featuring the work of Tom of Finland. The postage honors his art’s “confident and proud homoeroticism,” as the Itella Posti proclaims, with two drawings from his prolific career selected for the September–October run.

Posted inArt

Tom, Bob, and the Boys: Queering Midcentury Americana

by Ryan Wong January 8, 2014January 8, 2014

LOS ANGELES — Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland are to queer pop culture something like Picasso and Braque are to 20th-century abstraction: shocking then but still rich and surprising.

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