Tom: Of Finland -2017- [better]

The , directed by Dome Karukoski, chronicles the life of Touko Laaksonen, the artist whose hyper-masculine homoerotic drawings became global symbols of gay liberation and pride.

The exhibition catalogue, published in both Danish and English, became an instant collector’s item. It featured essays that positioned Tom alongside Pop Art titans like Andy Warhol and Tom of Finland as a precursor to the "hyper-masculine" deconstruction of the 1980s and 90s. tom of finland -2017-

The man looks back at his phone. A notification: "Tinder has run out of people in your area." The , directed by Dome Karukoski, chronicles the

Standing in the center of the 2017 retrospective in Copenhagen, one could look across the room and see a 16-year-old gawking next to a 70-year-old man wearing a leather vest he’d owned since 1979. That was the magic of Tom of Finland in 2017: he was simultaneously the future and the past. The man looks back at his phone