| events
& exhibitions |
March
25 - 27, 2011
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents the
West
Hollywood / Los Angeles
EROTIC
ART FAIR WEEKEND
THE EROTIC ART EVENT OF THE YEAR!
ARTIST REGISTRATION
IS NOW CLOSED
VOLUNTEERS
WELCOME!
See Samples
of the Artists' Works
Learn More HERE!
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Los Angeles, CA |
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March
11 -
May 29, 2011
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The Museum
of Modern Art
and
Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin
present:
Compass in Hand:
Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Contemporary Drawings Collection
Details
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Berlin, Germany |
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March
13, 2011
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents a:
Life Drawing Workshop
Usually
held the second Sunday of each month.
Beginner? Professional? All are welcome.
RSVP and bring your sketch pad!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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January
15 -
March 20, 2011
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Dennis Dean
Galleries
presents:
N A K E D
Henning von Berg’s Retrospective 1997-2010
"Provocative
photos for people who understand
the fine difference between sexuality and sensuality!".
Details
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Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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February
8 -
March 5, 2011
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Adonis Art
presents:
David Thompson
Latest Paintings from London & Venice
In his latest
exhibition Thompson displays
a wider range of male subject matter.
Details
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London, England / Online |
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March
5, 2011
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The Los Angeles
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
present:
Mr. Sister Leather 2011
Mardi Gras
A Silent ART
auction and a whole lot more
to benefit Lifeworks youth mentoring program.
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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February
12 - 26, 2011
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Juxtapoz Magazine
presents:
The Dirty Show XII
12th Annual International Erotic Art Exhibition
The 12th Annual
Dirty Show has become one of the
largest erotic art exhibitions in the world.
HELD OVER THROUGH FEB 26
Details
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Detroit, MI |
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February
26 -
March 13, 2010
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Antebellum
Gallery
presents:
Architectural
3 Artists Exploring Form, Landscape & Body
Nathan Horner
— Jose de Juan — Philip Pirolo
Each artist brings their unique vision.
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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February
1 - 28, 2011
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Visual AIDS
and The Body
present:
Why Religious Images Now?
Curated by José Vidal
"…I
had simply assumed that most GLBTQ artists …
were likely to be secular in their outlook…"
Details
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Online |
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February
3 - 26, 2011
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Sin City Gallery
presents:
Dream Menagerie
Classic Photographs of Beauty and Style
Images by
Steve Diet Goedde
Elements of fetish, fashion and classic Hollywood intrigue.
Details
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Las Vegas, NV |
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February
12 -
April 9, 2011
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BoxoFFICE Gallery
presents:
Transmutation:
The Artwork of Eric Rhein
“The
combination of art and craft, delicacy and resiliency, feminine
and masculine, … is, as it should be, seductive but disturbing.”
Details
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New York, NY |
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February
19 -
March 19, 2011
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Gallery Wrong
Weather
presents:
Bruce LaBruce’s Polaroid Rage
A Survey 2000 - 2010
"…his
performative work is fundamental to the understanding
of a revolutionary, artistic and political sensibility."
Details
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Porto, Portugal |
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| foundation
announcements |
| TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
West
Hollywood Endorses Tom of Finland Art Fair
Tom
of Finland Foundation (ToFF) has been a nonprofit Educational Archive
for the LGBT community for over a quarter century and is very proud
to have the City of West Hollywood as Co-sponsor. Earlier this year,
the City’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission voted not to be a
sponsor the 2011 Fair, unlike it had previously for several years.
This decision sparked controversy, and resulted in an extraordinary
outpouring of support for the Foundation and the Fair from the community
and from members of the City government. ToFF thanks the Honorable
John Heilman, Mayor of West Hollwood, John Duran, Mayor Pro Tempore
and all Councilmembers for their support since 2003, and for their
inspiring words this year. A special thanks goes to Paul Arevalo,
City Manager, for his involvement.
The
Foundation also thanks Louie Pacheco, Mike Gerle, Sister Unity, Tom
Trafelet, Daddy Bo and slavegirl debbie, George Scileppi, Will Hildreth,
Jacob Prieto and Jim Boyle, Dan Berkowitz, Ivy Bottini, Ken Hurst,
David Keith Webster, Philip Hoskins, Steve Ganzell and Desiree Sol
for their enormous support.
Learn
more on
TOM's
BLOG
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| TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
Tip's
of the Hat and Odds & Ends:
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Craig Owen
was an invaluable Volunteer for our NYC Erotic Art Fair Weekends.
On Christmas night he was in the hospital in intensive care, and
“they thought it was not going to have a good outcome.”
He died in January. Craig
moved from New York about three years ago, and lived in North Hollywood. |
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For the
9th consecutive year, the Tool Shed in Palm Springs has hosted its
annual Erotic
Art Expo, with the proceeds this year being donated to the Desert
AIDS Project.
Originally conceived by Dennis Cramer, Mr. Tool Shed 2003, this
art fair and silent auction has raised over $27 000 for various
organizations and charities serving the gay and leather community
of the Coachella Valley. This year, Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2011,
Drew Kramer and Tool Shed manager Chris Rees pulled out all the
stops making the expo their largest one to date.
The signed copy
of the lithograph Perfection that Tom of Finland Foundation donated
helped bring in more than $300 for the DAP Special thanks goes out
to TOM House residents Thomas BW Nicholson and Jake Prieto (pictured)
for framing and packing, and Drew Kramer for his excellent delivery. |
TOM
OF FINLAND
(Finnish, 1920 – 1991),
Untitled
(Preliminary portrait
of Chuck Renslow),
1981, Graphite on paper,
11.63” x 8.25”,
ToFF #0640,
© 2011
Tom of Finland Foundation
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Tom of
Finland Foundation donated this preliminary sketch that Tom did
of Chuck Renslow to be with the finished work that is part of the
permanent collection of the Leather Archives and Museum.
Chuck Renslow
is the founder, in 1979, of International Mr. Leather. When artist
Dom “Etienne” died, Renslow combined his collection
of Etienne’s art with his own personal archives from his business
and his life. These were the foundation of the Leather Archives
and Museum, which Renslow co-created with Tony DeBlase in 1991.
Renslow is the president of the Archives and has been since it’s
conception.
More
Details |
TOM
OF FINLAND
(Finnish, 1920 – 1991),
Untitled, 1973,
Graphite on paper,
11.75” x 8.75”,
ToFF #1106,
© 2010
Tom of Finland Foundation
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Tom of
Finland Foundation donated this preliminary drawing through Feature
Inc. — the Foundation's New York art representative —
to AIDS Communty Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) for their
Annual Holiday Dinner last December. The dinner was hosted by InStyle
Magazine and the Urban Zen Center at the Stephan Weiss Studio, NYC.
Scott Drevnig,
ACRIA's Manager, Events & Art Marketing, thanked the Foundation
and reported that "The piece sold for a very good price and
we are so happy it's gone to a great home."
More
Details |
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Everyone
involved with the Mr. Leather Bear Contest 2011 was at TOM House
today. It comes so naturally to the leather brotherhood to pitch
in and do whatever they can. In the midst of preparing for the contest,
everyone still had time to address and stamp the entire mailing
for the Erotic Art Fair Weekend! Amazing.
The Foundation is so very thankful. Volunteers make TOM’s Foundation
possible.
SHARP,
VP | Curator, ToFF
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ToFF
CONTACTS
&
DIRECTORY
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ToFF's
headquarters may be in Los Angeles, but we are fortunate to have
European liasons to help us with all of our work there.
Interested in Tom's
artwork? Contact Feature Inc. in New York, or our representatives
in Madrid and Paris.
Visit our Contacts
& Directory page for more information. |
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| art
news |
| Tom
of Finland Arrives Home in Turku, Finland
Click
HERE
to view a short video of the opening night!
Day
on Masculinity in the Tom of Finland Exhibition!
Saturday, March 5 · 2:00 PM
– 5:00 PM
A collaboration between the Association Regnbågsankan and
Turku in 2011
“He is so handsome,
he must be gay.” A talk about manhood with a focus on appearance
ideals. Location: Logomos seminar
We wonder how
the ideal man looks like today, how ideals are created and how they
are maintained. We treat the subject also by questions about homosexuality.
Is there such so that one is called oman must not be “too”
good looking and that a gay man, however should be nice to be better
treated? Panelists include Tom of Finland-expert Berndt Arell, sociologist
January Wickman and this year’s Mr. Gay Finland Kenneth Liukkonen.
The discussion is led by Anders Ahlbäck.
4:00 to 5:00
PM A guided tour of the Tom of Finland-exhibition
with Rita Paqvalén and Berndt Arell. We will hear more about
the man Touko Laaksonen behind the famous cartoons. |
More on the
exhibition HERE.
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| JayPG
Photograpy
Announces One-On-One Male Nude Photo Sessions
JayPG,
Tom of Finland Foundation's main photo documentarian, is offering photographers
an opportunity to do some serious work.
The
lights will be set up, the model waiting, all you need to do is show
up with your camera. You get to be in a professional studio, with a
professional model. You work with a professional photographer. You learn
the art of fine art photography. You can gain hard-won understanding
of the tricks-of-the-trade by an experienced teacher.
During
this 90 minute session, you get to call the shots. Jay will answer questions,
make suggestions, and move lights if needed. You’ll walk away with a
card full of one-of-a-kind shots. Sessions start at $150. Please feel
free to contact him with any questions. Follow up sessions covering
post production on the shots are also available.
Contact JayPG
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| Tom
of Finland in Clark Magazine
Clark
Magazine is celebrating its 10-year anneversary with a special issue
that gave “carte blanche” to 10 French and French-speaking
guests. Tom of Finland is one of the artists, curators and influencers
selected to make this edition an unforgettable celebration.
Text of the
article is Here.
Clark Magazine Website
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