Founder, Naomi Wilzig, a 75-year-old grandmother began collecting erotic art from around the world 20 years ago. Once her collection outgrew her home, she purchased building space in Miami and that is how the World Erotic Art Museum came to be.
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| Hajime Sorayama, Lithograph #38 |
Wilzig wants to make sure that she is not seen as a collector of pornography, but of fine art. She told South Florida Gay News,
“Many people presume erotic means pornographic. We are fine art. They don’t realize the potential and experience of coming in and discovering 12,000 square feet of erotic art from all over the world.”She also believes that the display of sexual art is historically important.
“So many people are unaware that erotic art has been created throughout the centuries. Without eroticism, without the sexual acts which are depicted, there would be no people. What the art does is visualizes the thoughts and activities of habits of people throughout the ages.”In honor of the 5th anniversary, a party will be held at the museum on October 16 from 8 p.m. until midnight.
There will be performances and the $15 entrance fee will go toward stem cell research at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.
- 1205 Washington Ave., Miami Beach.
- No one under 18 admitted.
- For more information call 305-532-9336 or visit WEAM.com.
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