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| Established | 2005 |
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| Location | 1205 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Director | Helmut Schuster |
| Owner | Wilzig Family |
| Website | www |
The World Erotic Art Museum, located in the heart of the Miami Beach, Florida Art Deco District, is a museum, library, and education think tank that uses its collection to illustrate the history of erotic art. It contains the collection of Naomi Wilzig.[1]
Collection
editThe collection includes sculptures, drawings, paintings, and photographs. The collection ranges from folk art to the work of famous artists. The Museum shows artwork from artists like Rembrandt, Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Fernando Botero as well as Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Kagan, Helmut Newton and Bunny Yeager to name just a few out of more than 4000.
Exhibitions
editIn 2011 WEAM premiered the first US exhibition of rare erotic Rembrandt etchings belonging to the Barony of Fulwood Trust, the exhibition was curated by the Baron of Fulwood and Dirleton. In 2012 the curator Helmut Schuster arranged the first solo show of Helmut Newton in Florida in cooperation with the MDM in Salzburg.[2]
Gallery
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A Chinese porcelain plate, c. 1900, depicting a man having sexual intercourse with a woman with bound feet. -
A covered Chinese porcelain plate, c. 1900, showing two scenes of couples having sexual intercourse, one on horseback -
An erotic Japanese carving of an ivory tusk, c. 1900 -
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French painted metal figurine, c 1900, showing a Chevalier seducing his mistress on a campaign drum
References
edit- ^ "Naomi Wilzig, owner of World Erotic Art Museum on Miami Beach, dies at 80". Miami Herald. 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "World Erotic Art Museum presents Helmut Newton: A Liberating Focus". 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.