Special Delivery: Laib’s Wax
Photos: Klaus Ottmann, Trish Waters, and Amy Wike Wax Stats Weight: 490 kg (~1,080 lbs) Number of blocks: 20+ Shipped from: Sent, Germany Switzerland Special shipping instructions: None. Untreated...
View ArticleIn the Kitchen: Wax Room Preparations
Tools and work space in the museum kitchen during preparation for the wax room, February 20, 2013. Photos: Sarah Osborne Bender
View ArticleWax and the City
(Left) Inside Ann Hamilton’s palimpsest (1989) at the Hirshhorn. (Right) Inside the Laib Wax Room at the Phillips. Wolfgang Laib, Wax Room (Where have you gone–where are you going?), 2013. The Phillips...
View ArticleWax Room Impressions
When I stepped into the room, I was overcome with the sweet fragrance. I actually smelled it before I saw it, walking up the stairs. The first thing I thought of was tea. Tea with honey, of course....
View ArticlePersonal Reflections on the Wax Room: Part 1
In celebration of the Laib Wax Room‘s first anniversary as a permanent installation at The Phillips Collection, Membership Associate and Marketing & Communications Intern Rhiannon Newman, who was...
View ArticlePersonal Reflections on the Wax Room: Part 2
In celebration of the Laib Wax Room‘s first anniversary as a permanent installation at The Phillips Collection, Membership Associate and Marketing & Communications Intern Rhiannon Newman, who was...
View ArticlePersonal Reflections on the Wax Room: Part 3
In celebration of the Laib Wax Room‘s first anniversary as a permanent installation at The Phillips Collection, Membership Associate and Marketing & Communications Intern Rhiannon Newman, who was...
View ArticlePersonal Reflections on the Wax Room: Part 4
In celebration of the Laib Wax Room‘s first anniversary as a permanent installation at The Phillips Collection, Membership Associate and Marketing & Communications Intern Rhiannon Newman, who was...
View ArticleArtGrams: The Laib Wax Room
Via Instagrammer @pottergriffin: “#tbt to my parents visiting the Wolfgang Laib #waxroom at the #phillipscollection this past Sunday. I think my dad is pretending to be a bee. They flew back home this...
View ArticleSTAFF SHOW 2016: ANNA E. KAMINSKI
In this series, Education Specialist for Public Programs Emily Bray highlights participants in the 2016 James McLaughlin Memorial Staff Show, on view through September 19, 2016. Anna E. Kaminski,...
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