In 2017, a generation of young queer people looked at Tom’s work and saw not a fetish, but a fortress. They saw men who refused to be ashamed during the AIDS crisis (Tom drew condoms into his work in the 80s, a radical act) and refused to be invisible.
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In 2017, the year of the 25th anniversary of Tom of Finland's passing, the art world paid tribute to his enduring legacy. A major retrospective exhibition, Tom of Finland: The Artist , was held at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, showcasing a vast array of the artist's work, including drawings, paintings, and archival materials. In 2017, a generation of young queer people
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The institutional high point of the year, however, was "Tom of Finland: Bold Journey" at the in Helsinki. The exhibition featured hundreds of works and received extensive coverage in the international art press. Critic Thomas McMullan noted for Frieze that the show cemented Laaksonen’s legacy as a "national treasure" who had been criminalized twice over (as a homosexual and an erotic artist) during his life.