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i need to throw my phone in a large body of water #ineedtothrowmyphoneinalargebodyofwater
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Love these girls. Not the most popular but always sticking together
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After the gay erotic artist Tom of Finland died in 1991, control of his foundation was passed to Durk Dehner, who had had a sexual relationship with the artist, but was mostly his friend and business partner.
Dehner convinced Taschen to print several books of Tom of Finland’s t of Finland to put Tom of Finland on its official stamps, and, in addition to thousands of Tom originals, amassed a collection of queer erotic art spanning 6,000 works by over 800 gay artists. In all, the collection is estimated to be worth at least $40 million. Now 77, Dehner sees promoting Tom’s work as his life’s mission. “I was the tool for a gift, and the gift was Tom of Finland, and I wanted him to utilize me,” he says.
Then, last year, Dehner was pushed to resign as president of the foundation and to give up his seat on the board of directors. The reason for the dismissal was a recent photo Dehner had submitted as part of an application to judge an International Mr. Leather contest that featured him wearing a leather S.S. hat. He maintains the outfit was fetish-wear, not an act of hate speech.
With his partner S.R. Sharp, who was then vice-president of the foundation, Dehner recruited new board members he hoped would be sympathetic to his cause. But the effort didn’t work out as planned. The new board members, a group of New Yorkers with limited nonprofit experience, encountered what they perceived as a mismanaged organization and seized control in order to course-correct.
Now, the dispute between the board and the longtime caretaker has left the foundation on the brink of collapse and the original work of a seminal gay artist is hidden from public view in a storage facility in downtown Los Angeles. For Dehner, who is at work on a book about his life with Tom, regaining control of the organization he cofounded is a deeply personal crusade.
Michael Waters reports on the fight between Dehner and the foundation over the future of an erotic art collection worth millions: nymag.visitlink.me/ucx9di
Dehner convinced Taschen to print several books of Tom of Finland’s t of Finland to put Tom of Finland on its official stamps, and, in addition to thousands of Tom originals, amassed a collection of queer erotic art spanning 6,000 works by over 800 gay artists. In all, the collection is estimated to be worth at least $40 million. Now 77, Dehner sees promoting Tom’s work as his life’s mission. “I was the tool for a gift, and the gift was Tom of Finland, and I wanted him to utilize me,” he says.
Then, last year, Dehner was pushed to resign as president of the foundation and to give up his seat on the board of directors. The reason for the dismissal was a recent photo Dehner had submitted as part of an application to judge an International Mr. Leather contest that featured him wearing a leather S.S. hat. He maintains the outfit was fetish-wear, not an act of hate speech.
With his partner S.R. Sharp, who was then vice-president of the foundation, Dehner recruited new board members he hoped would be sympathetic to his cause. But the effort didn’t work out as planned. The new board members, a group of New Yorkers with limited nonprofit experience, encountered what they perceived as a mismanaged organization and seized control in order to course-correct.
Now, the dispute between the board and the longtime caretaker has left the foundation on the brink of collapse and the original work of a seminal gay artist is hidden from public view in a storage facility in downtown Los Angeles. For Dehner, who is at work on a book about his life with Tom, regaining control of the organization he cofounded is a deeply personal crusade.
Michael Waters reports on the fight between Dehner and the foundation over the future of an erotic art collection worth millions: nymag.visitlink.me/ucx9di
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RT @goneb4urhome: Realizing I'm going to be dead by suicide at 30 if I don't make some changes soon
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RIP richard lloyd, this is my favourite album of all time as most of you know music.apple.com/gb/album/marqu…
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BREAKING: Richard Lloyd, co-founding guitarist of Television and an architect of post-punk, has died at the age of 75.
📸: Michael Putland/Getty Images
📸: Michael Putland/Getty Images
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you could not pay me any amount of money to watch this video i’m sorry
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RT @neonrated: This could have insane ramifications. NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is back in theaters with a brand new commentary t…
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Elon Musk sitting in the garage with the Tesla on for hours wondering why nothing's happening
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