World Erotic Art Museum

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]

World Erotic Art Museum
Established2005
Location1205 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
DirectorHelmut Schuster
OwnerWilzig Family
Websitewww.weam.com

Collection

The 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 Maplethorpe, Helmut Newton and Bunny Yeager to name just a few out of more than 4000. In April 2008, the Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama and his representative Artspace Company Y, LLC, collaborated with WEAM's people to establish the first public solo art show at WEAM, which added Sorayama art to their pre-existing permanent collections.

Exhibitions

In 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]

  • 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
  • A pre-Columbian figurine from the Tairona culture, using the Tumbaga metalworking technique
  • French painted metal figurine, c 1900, showing a Chevalier seducing his mistress on a campaign drum

References
  1. "Naomi Wilzig, owner of World Erotic Art Museum on Miami Beach, dies at 80". 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  2. "World Erotic Art Museum presents Helmut Newton: A Liberating Focus". 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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