Icons of Desire, a group exhibition celebrating all things Tom of Finland and Rob Meijer, is on view now and runs through August 15th in Amsterdam at Galerie De Schans.

The exhibition revives a historic collaboration. From the 1970s through the early 1980s, RoB Gallery for Male Erotic Art (Amsterdam & New York), founded by Robert Meijer, served as the worldwide distributor of the work of Tom of Finland. From Amsterdam, RoB played a crucial role in establishing Homoerotic art internationally as a legitimate art form at a time when Queer eroticism was still widely censored and marginalized.

With Icons of Desire these worlds return to Amsterdam together once again. The exhibition features original drawings by Tom of Finland from the RoB of Amsterdam collection alongside works by artists such as Nigel Kent and Bastille, combined with archival material and contemporary works by a new generation of artists.

The exhibition is curated by Richard Villani and Izaäk Joziasse, in collaboration with Galerie de Schans. Works from both the archives of RoB Amsterdam and the Tom of Finland Foundation are included in the exhibition.