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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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    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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