Washington, D.C.: A buzz-worthy new museum piece, the wax room

The latest artwork to join the permanent Phillips Collection in Washington isn't an oil painting, a sketch or even a sculpture. It's a small room that will be coated with more than 800 pounds of beeswax and where one to two people at a time can squeeze in and behold its golden-tinged walls.

By Mary Forgione

January 30, 2013