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Museum Confidential

Prudes, Puritans, and American Museums

Published October 14, 2022 at 1:28 PM CDT

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 3.

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 3.

For the past few decades, the American artist and sexual anthropologist Betony Vernon has been living in Europe, designing erotic jewelry, writing books, and following her creative muse. We recently caught up with Betony while she was here in the States for the inaugural FORMAT festival, which took place amid much fanfare in northwest Arkansas.

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