Apply Now: 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program! ➡️ buff.ly/mQw7esd Create freely at TOM House in Los Angeles—where Tom of Finland lived and reshaped Queer visual culture. This residency invites LGBTQIA+ artists to work without censorship, explore our archives, and develop new work!

New year, new muse, no self-control 😈 Papi Suave is serving looks at our first Life Drawing Session of the year. Classical poses, bold strokes, and homoerotic tension you’ll definitely feel in your wrist. Join us: buff.ly/oyLALK5 Host: Rex Kung Photo: Jason Morgan

🪩Happy 2026! Calendar by @peachykingsshop.bsky.social

From global exhibitions to Artists-in-Residence and bold programs at TOM House, you helped keep Queer erotic art alive, preserved, and celebrated for generations. As the year draws to a close, we invite you to make a final gift to our Foundation: buff.ly/HOpwQAH

We’re thrilled to welcome Joshua Hauth (@yeshi.co) to the Tom of Finland Foundation Board of Directors. Explore: buff.ly/9O1Ckg3

We wish you a season filled with creativity, peace, and meaningful connection, and a new year full of inspiration and possibility. 🎁 MORE MERRIMENT conta.cc/3NgZq20

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

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

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

Celebrating TOM’s vision of male desire at David Kordansky Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach. Learn more: buff.ly/qG7xZgk @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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

🔥 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

✨ "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

Petals, pleasure, and Tom. Tom of Finland’s "Flower" print is in full bloom, available as a limited edition until 6th November at midnight 🌸 Explore: buff.ly/W3Tk7C1

Opening night of "Arrest the Image" by Sweatmother. On view through 30th October at TOM House. Step inside the world of our Artist-in-Residence with a guided exhibition walkthrough. Learn more: buff.ly/blY07kD

We're proud to present TOM OF FINLAND "Flower" (1970 / 2025), a new limited-edition print created with BOFFO (@boffo_ny) and Powerhouse Arts (@powerhouse_arts). Explore: buff.ly/HEPR90b

Featured as part of a dynamic group presentation at David Kordansky Gallery for Art Basel Paris, this iconic work celebrates the legacy of Tom of Finland. Discover: buff.ly/zru5xP7

"I will focus on creating a moving image work that interrogates and complicates the structures of masculinity, moving beyond the biological to reconstruct presentation and desire through alternative masculinities, including the Mexicana 'macho'." -Sweatmother Learn more: buff.ly/rVuwc2Y

Celebrating 15 years of Fotografiska 🎉 Fotografiska Stockholm marks its fifteenth anniversary with "15 Fotografiska Years," an exhibition presenting the finest photography from around the world, and we’re in on the celebration! MORE: www.tomoffinland.org/eventscal/15...

"Arrest the Image" embarks on the archive of fantasy to record history from absence, the legacy of Leather and empower t-masc spectators to visualize their own nuanced history. 23rd October, 6-9p, TOM House RSVP: buff.ly/rVuwc2Y

Drawing from the fantasy of absence and the legacy of Leather, Sweatmother's work explores masculinity moving beyond biology towards alternatives. Through photography, moving image and performance, it unsettles fixed structures of desire, remaining unstable and charged. RSVP: buff.ly/rVuwc2Y

Lust for linework? 🔥 Join model Rory S and instructor Rex Kung this Sunday, 12th October, for a life drawing session celebrating the male physique with bold strokes (on paper, of course). RSVP: www.tomoffinland.org/eventscal/li...

“I aim to rediscover notions of belonging, desire, and erotic art on a global scale, creating new works that challenge ideas of power and authority through bold, thought-provoking narratives that intertwine cultural histories with contemporary Queer expression.” -Onur Hastürk RSVP: buff.ly/JdpmtiK

"El Bautismo" by Héctor Silva Los Angeles artist Héctor Silva blends Homoerotic and Latino/Chicano culture to challenge machismo, celebrate Queer desire, and spotlight kink through a bold Latin lens.

Welcome Ryan Davis to our Artist-in-Residence Program! We are so excited to see what you create during your stay at TOM House. READ MORE ABOUT RYAN: tomoffinland.org/meet-artist-in-residence-ryan-davis

Join us for the opening reception of “Pleasure Garden,” by Artist-in-Residence Onur Hastürk at TOM House. This series reimagines palace gardens with BDSM elements—leather, masks, chains—exploring power, submission, and pleasure. RSVP: buff.ly/JdpmtiK

We prefer not keeping it in our pants 😏 Join us in less than two weeks for a life drawing session with Rory S (@mrslikker.bsky.social), guided by Rex Kung. Attend in-person or virtually via Zoom. Tickets: www.tomoffinland.org/eventscal/li...

Highlighting our collaboration with Spanish artist Silvia Prada on “TOM”. Through the eyes of a female artist, Prada’s drawings offer fresh perspectives on sexuality, engaging with Tom of Finland’s personal collages and archives.

In celebration of Bisexual Awareness Week, we're spotlighting Dana, our Donor & Membership Coordinator, and her chosen drawing from our collections.

Welcome Onur Hasturk to our Artist-in-Residence Program. We are so excited to see what you create during your residency at TOM House. #TomOfFinlandFoundation #OnurHasturk #GayArt #QueerArt #EroticArt #Drawing #TOMsMen #TOMair

Led by instructor Rex Kung, our life drawing sessions feature live male models in a variety of classical and homoerotic poses. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Tom of Finland Foundation. Tickets: www.tomoffinland.org/eventscal/li... #TomOfFinlandFoundation #LifeDrawing #QueerArt

Welcome Sweatmother to our Artist-in-Residence Program #TOMair! We are so excited to see what you create during your stay at TOM House. Sweat is an artist and filmmaker based in London.

#TomOfFinlandFoundation is proud of the addition of Richard Villani as Director of Global Partnerships & Exhibitions. Villani was recently named to @wallpapermag.bsky.social’s Wallpaper* 400—a list of the people shaping culture in America in 2025.