Tom of Finland
Happy 100th Birthday Tom of Finland
Happy Happy 100th Birthday to Tom of Finland Tom, whose real name was Touko Valio Laaksonen was a Finnish artist who made a huge influence on late 20th Century Gay Culture. Born into a middle class family in a small town in the south west of Finland. Both his parents were school teachers. At the…
Happy 100th Birthday Tom of Finland
As it’s the centennial of the birth of Touko Valio Laaksonen aka TOM OF FINLAND, we are expecting there to be a lot of celebrations throughout the coming year. He was a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and for his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. He has been called the “most influential…
Queer Art in London 2020 : Save The Dates
The House of Illustration is marking the centenary of the birth gay cultural icon Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) with the UK”s first public Exhibition dedicated to his work Called Tom of Finland : Love and Liberation it will celebrate the artist whose unique aesthetic and homoerotic visions had a profound impact on the…
Queerguru parties at Tom of Finlands iconic LA home
After Mark Blane and Ben Mankoff’s oddball comedy CUBBY premiered at OUTFEST LGBTQ Film Festival in LA the films producers and crew celebrated with a wonderful party in the grounds of the iconic Tom of Finland’s home in Echo Park The party was at the invitation of LA based Stuart Sandford formerly Artist in Residence…
