Hauser & Wirth, which already has a total of 16 locations around the world, from New York and London to Hong Kong and Monaco, announced that it will open its new gallery in the Los Angeles area. The new gallery will be located at 8980 Santa Monica Boulevard, in the city of West Hollywood and will be inaugurated in fall 2022.
“While L.A. is a global metropolis, it’s also a city comprised of unique communities with their own energy and distinctive personalities,” Marc Payot, Hauser & Wirth president, said in a statement. Payot said the gallery aims to “engage those communities, to place our artists and their work in those contexts, to become part of their fabric every day, all year.”
Formerly a vintage car showroom with a Spanish Colonial style facade, the new venue will be designed by Annabelle Selldorf of Selldorf Architects, who has designed several of Hauser & Wirth’s locations, including the other L.A. space, its 22nd Street location in New York, and its forthcoming one in Monaco, set to open later this month. The structure will retain its vaulted wooden ceilings and street-facing glass front as well as its original 1930s Spanish Colonial Revival–style white stucco façade and red tile roof, which are emblematic of the neighborhood’s architecture.
In 2016, Hauser & Wirth made headlines when it announced it would open a 116,000-square-foot space in L.A.’s downtown arts district, where it has mounted acclaimed exhibitions like its inaugural show, “Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016,” and solo outings for artists like Ed Clark, Jack Whitten, Larry Bell, and Mary Heilmann. The gallery also represents a number of L.A.-based artists, including Bell, Mark Bradford, Charles Gaines, Christina Quarles, Gary Simmons, Henry Taylor, and Diana Thater, as well as the estates of Luchita Hurtado, Mike Kelley, and Jason Rhoades.
Hauser & Wirth additionally operates multiple outposts in New York, Zurich, and Somerset, UK, as well as individual galleries in Southampton, New York; London; Gstaad and St. Moritz, Switzerland; Hong Kong; Menorca and Hernani, Spain; and Monaco.