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    Design and Architecture

    DTLA's New Arts Complex

    Hauser Wirth & Schimmel , a vast new art complex, opened this weekend in a converted old bank and flour mill in downtown LA's Arts District. Is the mega-gallery meant to sell art, or a global brand?

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    By Frances Anderton • Mar 15, 2016 • 1 min read

    Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, a vast new art complex, opened this weekend in a converted old bank and flour mill in downtown LA's Arts District. Is the mega-gallery meant to sell art, or a global brand?

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    Engineers and Elections, Woody Guthrie in LA
    1. 0:30Engineers and Elections
    2. 7:15Woody Guthrie in LA
    3. 17:19DTLA's New Arts ComplexYou’re reading this
    4. 22:38LA Fashion Week
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Wendy Gilmartin

      architect

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      Paul Schimmel

      Hauser Wirth & Schimmel

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      Mimi Zeiger

      architecture critic and curator

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Engineers and Elections, Woody Guthrie in LA
    1. 0:30Engineers and Elections
    2. 7:15Woody Guthrie in LA
    3. 17:19DTLA's New Arts ComplexYou’re reading this
    4. 22:38LA Fashion Week
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