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EISENHERZ Bookstore
Motzstr. 23 – 10777 Berlin
SIDE BY SIDE – ANDY WARLORD
This years FOLSOM-Illustrator Andy Warlord is a comic artist living in Berlin. He studied illustration in Germany & New York. His comics introduce new alternative fetish characters in their „uniforms“ to a fetish scene that is obsessed with police and military gear. His artwork is an unapologetic display of deviant fetishes and a celebration of utopian comradery between queers.
More about the Artist:
Art Exhibition August 1 – 31, 2025
Past Events
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DIE TANKSTELLE
Bülowstraße 18 – 10783 Berlin
Art Exhibition May 2 – June 14, 2025
For the inauguration of Die Tankstelle, Galerie Judin will present some 25 masterpieces by Tom of Finland. Tom of Finland is embedded in our Coinciding with Gallery Weekend Berlin,
Tom of Finland is one of two inaugural exhibitions for Die Tankstelle, a new collaborative art space shared by Galerie Judin and Pace, which will house galleries, offices, and an adjacent cafe and bookshop. In a complementary presentation, Pace will showcase an exhibition dedicated to works by Jean Dubuffet, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Robert Nava.
Tom of Finland is embedded in our cultural and visual memory with his drawings. As one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he easily combines various superlatives. Tom of Finland is an icon of the gay movement, of fashion and fetish, of art history, and of pop culture in particular.
His legacy is enduring, having inspired the likes of David Hockney and Jean Paul Gautier, Freddie Mercury and Robert Mapplethorpe – and many others to this day. It is easy to forget the real person and the story behind the pseudonym: Touko Laaksonen, born in Finland in 1920, started out as a musician, turned into a successful commercial artist and, from the 1940s onwards, created the work we associate with him today as a sideline.
The need of a pseudonym reflects not least the illegality at that time of his explicit depictions of gay sex. It was only in later years that Tom was able to devote himself fully to his art making. Tom of Finland’s powerful, handsome, proud gay men established a new prototype of physical and mental, almost unattainable, perfection. To this day, it remains a powerful endorsement of self-confidence and sexual selfdetermination, far beyond queer circles.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE GALLERY
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THE BALLERY
Nollendorfstr.11 – 10777 Berlin
EXHIBITION 18. – 26.APRIL 2025
Book of 400 pages with works by 70 international artists, among them
Yves De Brabander, Fausto, Greif Lacic, Lukasz Leja, Richard Kranzin, Slava Mogutin, Oat Montien, Rosa von Praunheim, Thor of Sweden, Wolfgang Tillmans, Andy Warlord, Miron Zownir und viele andere * and many more.
Exklusive Textbeiträge von * exclusive texts by Bitume, JD Doyle, Allen Ginsberg, Dino Heicker, Erik Leuthäuser, Brane Mozetic, Jens Rosteck, Walt Whitman, Holger Wicht, Mario Wirz und anderen * and more.
(Zweisprachig: Deutsch/Englisch * Bilingual: German/English), 24 EUR.
From the blurb: Gay passion unfolds as a powerful response to a world full of conflict – sometimes tender, sometimes wild, but always rebellious: from the S&M poem “Please Master” by the father of the hippie movement Allen Ginsberg to Wolfgang Tillmans’photos of carefree frolicking on the beach, from rampant Asian cowboys in the Wild West to soldiers in love in the First World War and the rediscovered porn comic “Zeno” by Thor of Sweden.
In a society that often pits people against each other, it is a radical act to choose love over war.
from Friday, June 7 2014
EISENHERZ BOOKSTORE
Motzstr 23 – 10777 Berlin
STAY VISIBLE
We are there. We are visible. Why do you allow yourself to scratch it?
There were times when we were not visible. Not in public. Friends saw us, we saw each other, maybe sometimes the family, in private rooms. In rooms where love was more than anything else. There were times when we were invisible. Being seen could be fatal.
The memories are black and white, yellowed. We were happy. No, it wasn’t the good old days. But you saw my smile. Dance with me, love me. We were always there, on the streets, in the cafes, in the clubs, on the dance floors. Visible, very visible, many of us, loudly. It was a good time. Today the language is changing. Outside the Nazis are screaming again: Erase! Everyone is still fine.
In his photographs, cut-outs and objects, Peter Dubina shows erotic motifs, taken very seriously in a poetic way. About Peter Dubina completed the fine arts course. He has been working as a freelance artist since 2001 and has lived in the Rosenheim district since 2010. He is a member of the professional association of visual artists. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovakia. In 2013 he was awarded the City of Erding’s Art Prize. He is also a prize winner of the 2017 Bavarian State Ministry of Justice art competition and 1st prize winner of the Upper Bavarian Art Promotion Prize 2020.
from Friday, May 3
EISENHERZ BOOKSTORE
Motzstr 23 – 10777 Berlin
“MÄNNERTRÄUME” by ULRICH BRESLAU
Behind the name Ulrich Breslau is the artist Hans-Ulrich Buchwald (1925 – 2009).
The artist was born in Breslau and, since 1947, based in Hameln and then in Hanover, created a comprehensive artistic work. He became internationally known for his wood and linocuts.
Buchwald has always depicted the young male body in all its artistic possibilities. When his wife died, he chose the pseudonym Breslau and created many
Homo-Erotic colored drawings: men from young to old. These drawings are very fascinating. They reach an imaginative dimension, they show the hidden wishes and longings of human existence. These pictures are very colorful and his visit to the gay sauna cannot be missed. But he also draws on the “Bullenwiese” – that’s what they call a gay nude beach in Hanover.
The 2004 exhibition at the Gay*Museum was important for him. Andreas Sternweiler also recognized the artist’s homosexuality in his early pictures and also exhibited these works.
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September 6th – 30st
EISENHERZ Bookstore
Motzstr..23 – 10777 Berlin
Paul Fraser (aka Paul of Scotland) is back in his favorite city of Berlin. Why Berlin?
“Because it’s one of the last bastions of gay and kinky freedom, a place where the world meets,” he says, “where art gets out of hand and because it’s the place of true friendships.”
You may know Paul through his art shown in Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Bristol, Nice, Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago, Lisbon or at the Tom of Finland Foundation where few drawings are in the permanent collections. More recently and year after year in Berlin, each time with a theme to do with kink and leather. You may have seen Paul seated at Romeo&Romeo and caught a glimpse of the people who are Paul’s inspiration… Paul is a hyper-realist artist!
This year Paul is once again focusing on those who inspire him with their courage, determination, example and sacrifice such as Durk Dehner, Cal Rider, Terri Miller, Brett Jones and Alan Turing to name a few. They will be featured on a Wall of Honor with their story and how they gave their heart and soul to enable us to live our lives at a time when our rights are under constant attack.
Not least because of this, Paul’s exhibition is titled “STRAP ON!”.
Be brave, give yourself a kick, throw yourself into gear and show yourself – just as you are …. strap on!
The premiere of his new work is on Thursday, September 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
PAST ART EVENTS
September 7th – 10th
Gallery DENCKER & SCHNEIDER
Kalckreuthstr. 14 – 10777 Berlin
The monthly meetings of the BERLINCIGARMEN have been around for more than 6 years.
Created at Folsom Europe with the idea of giving cigar lovers a place to meet and enjoy a cigar with other aficionados in an appropriate setting.
Irrespective of which fetish it belongs to, the “Pussycat” has become the most famous smoking bar in Berlin and also far beyond the borders of the capital. BLACKWEEKENDBerlin, the monthly fetish weekend for leather guys, starts on the first Friday of every month with the BERLINCIGARMEN Lounge.
On the occasion of “20 years of Folsom Europe” there will be a wall calendar for the first time, in cooperation with the well-known fetish photographer D81Photos, filled with smoking fetish men for the whole year 2024.
The premiere of the calendar and the 12 photo motifs is on Thursday, September 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the gallery
June 1st – 30st
EISENHERZ Bookstore
Motzstr..23 – 10777 Berlin
FRAMED NOSES | Ralf König
Fun exhibition in the Eisenherz bookshop: Ralf König shows and sells original comic pages and drawings. Big noses, just as big dongs and plump, hairy buttocks, with pencil, ink and colors on paper. If that isn’t art! What is….
May 6th | 6 – 8pm
MEET THE ARTIST | Tim Arne
Cafe Romeo und Romeo
Motzstraße 20 | 10777 Berlin
Berlin is fetish. multi-layered. Often black, colorful at the same time. Leather, rubber, cross over. This is exactly what the three Schöneberg photographers, Norbert, Reza and Tim Arne, who all three are deeply connected to in the scene, show. Everyone brings their view of the topic closer, mostly with protagonists living in Berlin.
With its bars and shops, Schöneberg’s rainbow district is the center of fetish culture. Right in the middle from April onwards the extensive exhibition with 35 works . The images will be on display until mid-September, sometimes in different compositions.
April 8th | 13:00-16:00
MEET THE ARTIST
BAD DOLLS by Juan Boilero
Eisenherz
Motzstraße 23 | 10777 Berlin
March until September
Romeo und Romeo
Motzstraße 20 | 10777 Berlin
Berlin is fetish. multi-layered. Often black, colorful at the same time. Leather, rubber, cross over. This is exactly what the three Schöneberg photographers, Norbert, Reza and Tim Arne, who all three are deeply connected to in the scene, show. Everyone brings their view of the topic closer, mostly with protagonists living in Berlin.
With its bars and shops, Schöneberg’s rainbow district is the center of fetish culture. Right in the middle on 30.03. The extensive exhibition with 35 works will open at a vernissage in the Café Romeo und Romeo from 8 p.m. The images will be on display until mid-September, sometimes in different compositions. Thus, the many visitors to the 50th Easter gathering, as the Folsom supporters in September, have the chance to stop by the Romeo.
AIDS DAY SPECIAL
Thursday, December 1st | 7:30pm
Zwölf-Apostel-Church
An der Apostelkirche 1, 10783 Berlin-Schöneberg
Concert „Die Goldvögel“
With Sarai Cole, Sopran; Rolando Guy, Tenor; Mads Elung-Jensen, Tenor; Guy Woodcock, Gitarre; Tal Balshai, Piano; Matt Long
Tickets € 15,00
Exhibition LEATHERPRIDE by PAUL OF SCOTLAND
Buchhandlung EISENHERZ
Motzstraße 23 | 10777 Berlin
LEATHER PRIDE by PAUL FRASER aka Paul of Scotland in Berlin. Open daily from September 8th to 28th according to the opening hours of the EISENHERZ bookstore
The artist will be at the venue presenting and signing his new autobiography “Paul of Scotland, A Highland Artist” during the Vernissage.
Paul of Scotland, also known as PAUL FRASER, born in Portugal in 1971, grew up in France and after 3 years living in Amsterdam he moved back to Scotland in 2008, where his ancestors came from. Although Paul’s studies took him to the Ecole du Louvre, he is a self-taught artist who has been drawing since he could hold a pencil. Paul’s ability has tracked his personal development, particularly as a gay leatherman, visualizing and living his attraction to what makes a man in uniform and leather more masculine.
more on INSTAGRAM and his WEBSITE
May – August
LEATHERS
Eisennacherstraße 101 – 10781 Berlin
SexBiosis by PAUL FRASER continues in Berlin. See it from June to August during the opening hours of the LEATHERS Store
April 13th until May 10th
Eisenherz Bookstore
Motzstraße 23 – 10777 Berlin
SexBiosis by PAUL FRASER in Berlin. Open daily from April 13th to May 10th according to the opening hours of the EISENHERZ bookstore
Paul of Scotland, also known as PAUL FRASER, born in Portugal in 1971, grew up in France and after 3 years living in Amsterdam he moved back to Scotland in 2008, where his ancestors came from. Although Paul’s studies took him to the Ecole du Louvre, he is a self-taught artist who has been drawing since he could hold a pencil. Paul’s ability has tracked his personal development, particularly as a gay leatherman, visualizing and living his attraction to what makes a man in uniform and leather more masculine.
He works with photographs to maximize the likeness in his images. Recently, drawings on black paper have emerged that focus on the light. In the exhibition “SexBiosis”, he emphasizes how artists influence each other. In this case, Paul was inspired by photographers who understand how black and white works.
His work has been shown in Nice, Manchester, Edinburgh, Berlin and virtually on the Tom of Finland Foundation website and at CLAW Fair and published in Drummer Magazine.
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February until March 2022
GalleryP6
Gossowstr. 6 – 10777 Berlin
We will be welcoming all Art Lovers before our LEATHER DINNER for a glas or two at the Gallery p6. Enjoy their “GOTHIC” exhibition with great art by Resident Artist ERLING VIKTOR. A nice start into the evening together with other Leathermen in full gear.
*** Access 2G+ – so double vaccinated + booster / recovered / or with a valid covid test ***
October 2021
DIVERSITY UNITED Exhibition
“THE ARTISTIC FACE OF EUROPE”
Flughafen Tempelhof / Hangar 2+3 – Berlin Columbiadamm 10, 12101 Berlin
We are proud to introduce a new cooperation partner for #DiversityUnidedArt. This weekend “Foundation for Art and Culture” will give you a
50% discount on each ticket
Just tell them the
CODEWORD BLACKWEEKEND
when you are buying a ticket a the entrance. 
2020
November 2020
Gear up and visit Berlins TOM OF FINLAND „Made in Germany“ Exhibition. Free access, Tue until Sat between 11am and 6pm. Viewsof the exhibition can also be found on the gallery website.
A catalogue for € 32,00 is available in the gallery or on order – by email to info@galeriejudin.com:
Tom of Finland: Made in Germany/ Edited by Juerg Judin and Pay Matthis Karstens
Texts by Juerg Judin, Pay Matthis Karstens, Alice Delage, Kati Mustola. With a conversation between Pay Matthis Karstens and Michael P. Hartleben and a conversation between Pay Matthis Karstens and Durk Dehner
300 × 250 mm
202 pages, hardcover
232 Fig. in colour
Published by Skira, 2020
ISBN 978-88-572-4425-9
More about BLACKWEEKEND and the whole program you can find out
HERE
Art Tips – not only during #BLACKWEEKENDBerlin