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The famed homoerotic artist Tom of Finland spent the last decade of his life in a 1911 Craftsman house in Echo Park. Now, the home is command central for all things Tom of Finland — a lived-in ...
The new film "Tom of Finland," opening Friday at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas, looks to the artist whose erotic drawings influenced the fantasies of a generation of gay men. Touko Laaksonen is ...
Finland’s Helsinki-filmi production company said it will be making the authorized movie about the life and work of Tom of Finland, the Finnish artist famous for his groundbreaking erotic images ...
Operating in near secrecy in Finland during the 1950s and ’60s, working on nights and weekends around his gig in a Helsinki advertising firm, Laaksonen’s drawings of fearless, strong gay men ...
University of Montana alumna and artist Anne Yoncha will speak about her time in Finland 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the Zootown Arts Community Center.Yoncha wil ...
Frank and moving, the biographical drama “Tom of Finland” tells the too-weird-to-be-fiction story of the artist credited with creating some of the enduring icons for gay men around the world.
Finland's postal service will honor "Tom of Finland" with stamps taken from his work - homoerotic drawings of muscular men wearing tight, black leather uniforms, when they wear anything at all.
A man named Touko Laaksonen gained notoriety in the gay community under the name Tom of Finland for his erotic artwork, which featured butch muscle men in the tightest possible pants engaging each ...
A visual artist who was brought up in Caithness and studied at Glasgow School of Art has won Finland's equivalent of the Turner Prize. Northumberland-born Charles Sandison is the 2010 winner of ...
Late graphic artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen) will be honoured by Itella Posti Oy’s series for his “iconic status” in gay culture.
When same-sex marriage became legal in Finland this past March, the government celebrated by releasing an official emjoi — a leather-clad man with a drooping mustache and a police-style cap ...