The very prolific queer Berlin-based artist Stefan Merkt is back with a new Exhibit at Romeo und Romeo which focuses on his favorite inspiration Tom of Finland. But look closely at the pictures we have previewed from the Show as there is not a drop of paint on any of them. Since the 1980’s … Continue reading
The famously infamous street fair that draws in leather/kink/alt-sex community from around the world is BACK. 39 years this year, so they are well into their daddy phase. Go in all your gear or none at all and take to the streets of the deliciously weird and wonderful fair in San Francisco …… here … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Happy 101st Birthday Tom of Finland. Thanks to the TOF Foundation who have been dedicated to protecting, preserving, and promoting the erotic arts for three and a half decades, his work is still as popular as it ever was. He was the queer artist who not only pushed the boundaries of homoerotic art and censorship … Continue reading