Tom of Finland Foundation
@tomoffinland.org
Four Decades Protecting, Preserving and Promoting Erotic Art
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We wish you a season filled with creativity, peace, and meaningful connection, and a new year full of inspiration and possibility.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We wish you a season filled with creativity, peace, and meaningful connection, and a new year full of inspiration and possibility.
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For 41 years, Tom of Finland Foundation has preserved Queer erotic expression and advanced sexual freedom, even in times of limited visibility.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For 41 years, Tom of Finland Foundation has preserved Queer erotic expression and advanced sexual freedom, even in times of limited visibility.
MAKE A DONATION: buff.ly/UwHUT0k
MAKE A DONATION: buff.ly/UwHUT0k
Sign up today for our last Life Drawing Session of 2025 featuring model @carlusreed.bsky.social
14th December | Noon–2:45p | TOM House
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14th December | Noon–2:45p | TOM House
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December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sign up today for our last Life Drawing Session of 2025 featuring model @carlusreed.bsky.social
14th December | Noon–2:45p | TOM House
REGISTER givebutter.com/toff-251214-life-drawing-session
14th December | Noon–2:45p | TOM House
REGISTER givebutter.com/toff-251214-life-drawing-session
Good luck drawing with steady hands 💦
Our final "Life Drawing Session" of the year will feature Carlus Reed and Rex Kung on December 14th at TOM House in Los Angeles.
RSVP: buff.ly/KnsxcO3
Photo credit: @jesterking_photography
Our final "Life Drawing Session" of the year will feature Carlus Reed and Rex Kung on December 14th at TOM House in Los Angeles.
RSVP: buff.ly/KnsxcO3
Photo credit: @jesterking_photography
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Good luck drawing with steady hands 💦
Our final "Life Drawing Session" of the year will feature Carlus Reed and Rex Kung on December 14th at TOM House in Los Angeles.
RSVP: buff.ly/KnsxcO3
Photo credit: @jesterking_photography
Our final "Life Drawing Session" of the year will feature Carlus Reed and Rex Kung on December 14th at TOM House in Los Angeles.
RSVP: buff.ly/KnsxcO3
Photo credit: @jesterking_photography
Celebrating TOM’s vision of male desire at David Kordansky Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Learn more:
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@davidkordanskygallery @artbasel @baselmiami
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@davidkordanskygallery @artbasel @baselmiami
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Celebrating TOM’s vision of male desire at David Kordansky Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Learn more:
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@davidkordanskygallery @artbasel @baselmiami
Learn more:
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@davidkordanskygallery @artbasel @baselmiami
Celebrating Finnish Independence Day with pride, freedom, and TOM's legacy 💙🤍. From being the first country in Europe to grant women the right to vote to becoming the world’s happiest nation, Finland stands for equality, creativity, and freedom. Queer erotic art shares our narratives.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Celebrating Finnish Independence Day with pride, freedom, and TOM's legacy 💙🤍. From being the first country in Europe to grant women the right to vote to becoming the world’s happiest nation, Finland stands for equality, creativity, and freedom. Queer erotic art shares our narratives.
Meet Yinon Avior Philipsohn, a Copenhagen-based artist whose work moves between mediums, identities, and emotional intensities, drawing on his Jewish heritage, Queer experience, and a raw, secular spirituality to explore the charged space between pleasure, pain, and presence.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Meet Yinon Avior Philipsohn, a Copenhagen-based artist whose work moves between mediums, identities, and emotional intensities, drawing on his Jewish heritage, Queer experience, and a raw, secular spirituality to explore the charged space between pleasure, pain, and presence.
This Giving Tuesday, honor Queer artists who risked everything to advance visibility through their bold, provocative work—now preserved in our collections.
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Support Tom of Finland Foundation: buff.ly/9BRwJ1p
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This Giving Tuesday, honor Queer artists who risked everything to advance visibility through their bold, provocative work—now preserved in our collections.
Support Tom of Finland Foundation: buff.ly/9BRwJ1p
Support Tom of Finland Foundation: buff.ly/9BRwJ1p
For more than four decades, the Tom of Finland Foundation has preserved and celebrated the world’s largest collection of Queer erotic art, showcasing the work of countless artists. During the early AIDS epidemic, many entrusted their life’s work to us, fearing it might be lost.
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For more than four decades, the Tom of Finland Foundation has preserved and celebrated the world’s largest collection of Queer erotic art, showcasing the work of countless artists. During the early AIDS epidemic, many entrusted their life’s work to us, fearing it might be lost.
Scott O’Hara (1961–1998), an American porn performer, author, poet, editor, and publisher, viewed his 1981 HIV diagnosis as “an undeniable blessing,” even admiring those who “consciously made the decision to seroconvert.” In 1994, he tattooed “HIV+” on his bicep for visibility.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Scott O’Hara (1961–1998), an American porn performer, author, poet, editor, and publisher, viewed his 1981 HIV diagnosis as “an undeniable blessing,” even admiring those who “consciously made the decision to seroconvert.” In 1994, he tattooed “HIV+” on his bicep for visibility.
Bruce Rapp (1952–1995) created art during the early AIDS epidemic, capturing Queer intimacy despite the risks.
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bruce Rapp (1952–1995) created art during the early AIDS epidemic, capturing Queer intimacy despite the risks.
Victor Arimondi (1942–2001), a photographer and model, captured Queer beauty with unflinching honesty. Moving to the U.S.A. in the late 1970s, his early work documented the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early '80s.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Victor Arimondi (1942–2001), a photographer and model, captured Queer beauty with unflinching honesty. Moving to the U.S.A. in the late 1970s, his early work documented the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early '80s.
Tom made safer sex desirable. During the AIDS crisis, he added condoms to his art to shift culture. Tom of Finland Foundation continues this legacy: sex-positive, artist-forward, and pro-health.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tom made safer sex desirable. During the AIDS crisis, he added condoms to his art to shift culture. Tom of Finland Foundation continues this legacy: sex-positive, artist-forward, and pro-health.
🔥 SAVE THE DATE 🔥
Join former Artist-In-Residence Jordan Michael Green for a raw, hilarious look at surviving LA's messy entertainment scene. This bold love letter follows a Gay Person of Color chasing—and ultimately thriving on—dreams in a city that often sells them short.
Join former Artist-In-Residence Jordan Michael Green for a raw, hilarious look at surviving LA's messy entertainment scene. This bold love letter follows a Gay Person of Color chasing—and ultimately thriving on—dreams in a city that often sells them short.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔥 SAVE THE DATE 🔥
Join former Artist-In-Residence Jordan Michael Green for a raw, hilarious look at surviving LA's messy entertainment scene. This bold love letter follows a Gay Person of Color chasing—and ultimately thriving on—dreams in a city that often sells them short.
Join former Artist-In-Residence Jordan Michael Green for a raw, hilarious look at surviving LA's messy entertainment scene. This bold love letter follows a Gay Person of Color chasing—and ultimately thriving on—dreams in a city that often sells them short.
Meet M Black 🔥 Our newest Artist-in-Residence: buff.ly/11KWVgu
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Meet M Black 🔥 Our newest Artist-in-Residence: buff.ly/11KWVgu
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, and every day, we honor Trans artists whose creativity enriches our culture. Their legacies illuminate the future. We pledge to fight for a world where all Trans people can live freely, create boldly, and thrive.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, and every day, we honor Trans artists whose creativity enriches our culture. Their legacies illuminate the future. We pledge to fight for a world where all Trans people can live freely, create boldly, and thrive.
A night to remember 🖤
Celebrating Ryan Davis and every beautiful soul who arrived dripping in style, grace, and incredible energy.
Enjoy moments from his residency exhibition “Muses, Lovers, & In-Between”—on view through 22 November at TOM House.
RSVP: buff.ly/YrQDO18
Celebrating Ryan Davis and every beautiful soul who arrived dripping in style, grace, and incredible energy.
Enjoy moments from his residency exhibition “Muses, Lovers, & In-Between”—on view through 22 November at TOM House.
RSVP: buff.ly/YrQDO18
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A night to remember 🖤
Celebrating Ryan Davis and every beautiful soul who arrived dripping in style, grace, and incredible energy.
Enjoy moments from his residency exhibition “Muses, Lovers, & In-Between”—on view through 22 November at TOM House.
RSVP: buff.ly/YrQDO18
Celebrating Ryan Davis and every beautiful soul who arrived dripping in style, grace, and incredible energy.
Enjoy moments from his residency exhibition “Muses, Lovers, & In-Between”—on view through 22 November at TOM House.
RSVP: buff.ly/YrQDO18
BOFFO and Tom of Finland Foundation invite you to the closing party of our collaborative Tom of Finland print edition “Flower” at The Eagle NYC (@eaglenyc.bsky.social). Hosted by Mr. Eagle 2020/2021, Michael Jeavons and BLUF NYC, join us for a sexy night of music, Leather, and drink specials.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BOFFO and Tom of Finland Foundation invite you to the closing party of our collaborative Tom of Finland print edition “Flower” at The Eagle NYC (@eaglenyc.bsky.social). Hosted by Mr. Eagle 2020/2021, Michael Jeavons and BLUF NYC, join us for a sexy night of music, Leather, and drink specials.
Surrender to the pulse of creation 🎨
Join Eli Shaw and Rex Kung for an intimate life drawing session, where sensuality and Queer art come alive on the page.
RSVP: buff.ly/c2TkEfU
Join Eli Shaw and Rex Kung for an intimate life drawing session, where sensuality and Queer art come alive on the page.
RSVP: buff.ly/c2TkEfU
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Surrender to the pulse of creation 🎨
Join Eli Shaw and Rex Kung for an intimate life drawing session, where sensuality and Queer art come alive on the page.
RSVP: buff.ly/c2TkEfU
Join Eli Shaw and Rex Kung for an intimate life drawing session, where sensuality and Queer art come alive on the page.
RSVP: buff.ly/c2TkEfU
Tom of Finland Foundation appoints Brooke Wise as Chief Curator
Brooke Wise will lead the Foundation’s curatorial vision, exhibitions, and artistic programming internationally. Following an ongoing relationship with the Foundation across exhibitions and creative initiatives.
Brooke Wise will lead the Foundation’s curatorial vision, exhibitions, and artistic programming internationally. Following an ongoing relationship with the Foundation across exhibitions and creative initiatives.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tom of Finland Foundation appoints Brooke Wise as Chief Curator
Brooke Wise will lead the Foundation’s curatorial vision, exhibitions, and artistic programming internationally. Following an ongoing relationship with the Foundation across exhibitions and creative initiatives.
Brooke Wise will lead the Foundation’s curatorial vision, exhibitions, and artistic programming internationally. Following an ongoing relationship with the Foundation across exhibitions and creative initiatives.
Spotlighting our very own Richard Villani.
In an insightful feature for Dazed, our Director of Global Partnerships & Exhibitions reflects on the ongoing realities of online censorship and discusses how, for the Foundation, maintaining visibility is an act of resistance.
In an insightful feature for Dazed, our Director of Global Partnerships & Exhibitions reflects on the ongoing realities of online censorship and discusses how, for the Foundation, maintaining visibility is an act of resistance.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Spotlighting our very own Richard Villani.
In an insightful feature for Dazed, our Director of Global Partnerships & Exhibitions reflects on the ongoing realities of online censorship and discusses how, for the Foundation, maintaining visibility is an act of resistance.
In an insightful feature for Dazed, our Director of Global Partnerships & Exhibitions reflects on the ongoing realities of online censorship and discusses how, for the Foundation, maintaining visibility is an act of resistance.
Step inside "Muses, Lovers, and In-Between" by Ryan Davis.
Join us tomorrow, 6th November, 6-9p at TOM House for the opening reception, and experience the exhibition on view through 22nd November.
RSVP: buff.ly/vF5YPxI
Join us tomorrow, 6th November, 6-9p at TOM House for the opening reception, and experience the exhibition on view through 22nd November.
RSVP: buff.ly/vF5YPxI
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Step inside "Muses, Lovers, and In-Between" by Ryan Davis.
Join us tomorrow, 6th November, 6-9p at TOM House for the opening reception, and experience the exhibition on view through 22nd November.
RSVP: buff.ly/vF5YPxI
Join us tomorrow, 6th November, 6-9p at TOM House for the opening reception, and experience the exhibition on view through 22nd November.
RSVP: buff.ly/vF5YPxI
Experience "Muses, Lovers, & In-Between" on 6th November at TOM House.
It does not seek to subvert masculinity in disgrace, but to honor its tenderness, creating space for Queer POC bodies who hold both with unapologetic grace.
Join us for Ryan Davis’s residency exhibition.
RSVP: buff.ly/8jLhab5
It does not seek to subvert masculinity in disgrace, but to honor its tenderness, creating space for Queer POC bodies who hold both with unapologetic grace.
Join us for Ryan Davis’s residency exhibition.
RSVP: buff.ly/8jLhab5
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Experience "Muses, Lovers, & In-Between" on 6th November at TOM House.
It does not seek to subvert masculinity in disgrace, but to honor its tenderness, creating space for Queer POC bodies who hold both with unapologetic grace.
Join us for Ryan Davis’s residency exhibition.
RSVP: buff.ly/8jLhab5
It does not seek to subvert masculinity in disgrace, but to honor its tenderness, creating space for Queer POC bodies who hold both with unapologetic grace.
Join us for Ryan Davis’s residency exhibition.
RSVP: buff.ly/8jLhab5
Celebrate Tom of Finland’s legacy with a rare piece of queer art history for your collection.
ORDER NOW: buff.ly/Frm7Gy5
Photo Credit: Zzacchhh
Model: Michael Christatos
Rope Artist: Tom Roper
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Photo Credit: Zzacchhh
Model: Michael Christatos
Rope Artist: Tom Roper
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Celebrate Tom of Finland’s legacy with a rare piece of queer art history for your collection.
ORDER NOW: buff.ly/Frm7Gy5
Photo Credit: Zzacchhh
Model: Michael Christatos
Rope Artist: Tom Roper
ORDER NOW: buff.ly/Frm7Gy5
Photo Credit: Zzacchhh
Model: Michael Christatos
Rope Artist: Tom Roper
✨ "Muses, Lovers, & In-Between" ✨
Ryan Davis (@whathewears) brings intimacy into view, exploring the fluidity between masculinity and femininity, strength and softness.
Explore: buff.ly/8jLhab5
Ryan Davis (@whathewears) brings intimacy into view, exploring the fluidity between masculinity and femininity, strength and softness.
Explore: buff.ly/8jLhab5
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
✨ "Muses, Lovers, & In-Between" ✨
Ryan Davis (@whathewears) brings intimacy into view, exploring the fluidity between masculinity and femininity, strength and softness.
Explore: buff.ly/8jLhab5
Ryan Davis (@whathewears) brings intimacy into view, exploring the fluidity between masculinity and femininity, strength and softness.
Explore: buff.ly/8jLhab5