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"As far as neighborhood transformations go, it doesn\u2019t get much more extreme than downtown Los Angeles, where the past several years have seen projects like the Ace Hotel, restaurants like Bestia and Otium, and cultural institutions like the Broad museum coming together to form one of the most dynamic urban areas in the country. The development is especially significant to the city\u2019s gallery scene, which has exploded with the influx of artists priced out of New York, London, and Paris. Several galleries have followed them and chosen downtown for their L.A. outposts, lured by the neighborhood\u2019s supply of old warehouses and ample space that can\u2019t be matched in other cities. Here, a look at seven of our favorites that are worth a day of exploring.  \n\nPinterestFacebookPhoto: Courtesy of Venus Over Los Angeles\n\nVenus Over Los Angeles\nGallerist Adam Lindemann opened Venus Over Los Angeles (pictured above), a sibling to New York\u2019s Venus Over Manhattan, last spring. It spans two warehouses, totaling 14,500 square feet, to exhibit shows by artists including Dan Colen, Dan McCarthy, Katherine Bernhardt, and Marianne Vitale. Sculptor Elaine Cameron-Weir\u2019s show, \u201CSnake with Sexual Interest in Own Tail,\u201D runs through April 30. 601 South Anderson Street; venusovermanhattan.com\n\nHauser Wirth &amp;amp; Schimmel\nThis month, Hauser &amp;amp; Wirth added a mammoth 116,000-square-foot gallery (located in a former flour mill that spans an entire city block) to its stable of five existing galleries in Zurich, London, Somerset, and New York (the \u201CSchimmel\u201D is Paul Schimmel, former chief curator of L.A.\u2019s MOCA, who was instrumental in the opening of the new space). Annabelle Selldorf\u2014a master at historic renovations\u2014acted as consulting architect for the structure, originally built in 1929, while the primary architect was Evan Raabe of Creative Space. The opening show, \u201CRevolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947\u20132016,\u201D runs through September 4. 901 East 3rd Street; hauserwirth.com\n\nMaccarone\nGallerist Michele Maccarone opened her 50,000-square-foot L.A. outpost in September (adding to her two galleries in New York\u2019s West Village) in a converted warehouse (pictured below), which was renovated by Jeff Allsbrook and Silvia Kuhle of local architecture and design firm Standard. Maccarone not only exhibits the work of artists like Nate Lowman, Alex Hubbard and Hanna Liden, but also contains artist studios as well. Light artist Keith Sonnier\u2019s current show, \u201CPortals,\u201D runs through May 7. 300 South Mission Road; maccarone.net\n\nPinterestFacebookPhoto: Courtesy of Maccarone\n\nNight Gallery\nDavida Nemeroff and Mieke Marple have created one of the edgiest galleries in the country, with a roster of up-and-coming talents like multimedia artist Rose Marcus, sculptor Sean Townley, and painter Christine Wang. The gallery\u2014which moved from Lincoln Heights to its current space downtown in 2013\u2014is also known as a social hub for the neighborhood\u2019s art tribe, and hosts events like Night Comedy, a showcase for unconventional stand-up routines. 2276 East 16th Street; nightgallery.ca\n\n356 Mission\nNew York gallerist Gavin Brown, Angeleno Wendy Yao (owner of influential downtown shop Ooga Booga) and painter Laura Owens teamed up to open 356 Mission (pictured below) in 2013 in yet another converted warehouse building, which shows work by writer/filmmaker/artist Gary Indiana and post-conceptual, multidisciplinary artist Seth Price. Painter Wayne Koestenbaum\u2019s exhibit, \u201CA Novel of Thank You and Other Paintings,\u201D runs through May 8. 356 South Mission Road; 356mission.com  \n\nPinterestFacebookPhoto: Courtesy of 356 Mission\n\nWilding Cran\nHusband-and-wife team Anthony Cran and Naomi deLuce Wilding\u2019s Wilding Cran consists of a main gallery (where its core group of contemporary artists exhibit their work) and also a next-door spot called Unit B, meant as a creative project space for artists who Cran and deLuce Wilding may not represent, but whose work they admire and want to encourage. Mixed-media artist Christian Eckart\u2019s show, \u201CPost-Post,\u201D runs through March 26 in the main gallery. 939 South Santa Fe Avenue; wildingcran.com \n\nParrasch Heijnen Gallery\nNew York gallerist Franklin Parrasch collaborated with his west coast partner Chris Heijnen to open the 5,000-square-foot Parrasch Heijnen in January. The move was spurred by the increasing number of West Coast\u2013based artists Parrasch\u2019s NYC gallery exhibits, like sculptors Ken Price and Peter Alexander, and painter Billy Al Bengston. Artist Daniel Turner\u2019s first L.A. exhibit runs through April 23. 1326 South Boyle Avenue; parrasch-heijnen.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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