MOCAD Opening Thursday Tom House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland.
OPENING THURSDAY AT MOCAD TOM House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 2018, 6-9PM Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Tom of Finland, Untitled (Portrait of Pekka) , 1975 Courtesy Tom of Finland Foundation & David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Dear Friends, This Thursday, April 19th , marks the opening of T OM House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland at Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead at MOCAD . The exhibition, as presented by The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, and Graeme Flegenheimer (El Club Detroit) will be celebrated with a reception from 6-9PM . Visitors will see work by Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, Finnish, 1920-1991) and incorporate artists who supported and admired his work over the years, including Richard Hawkins , Robert Mapplethorpe , Raymond Pettib