Paul Schimmel leaves Hauser & Wirth

Anyone shocked at the sudden departure of Paul Schimmel from his position as partner and vice president at Hauser & Wirth does not remember how surprising his initial hire was. News that he was joining the firm as a partner back in 2013, entrusted to oversee a new Los Angeles outpost, was met with questions in the local art community.
Would the Hauser Wirth mega-gallery in California really be as museum-like as Schimmel insisted? And would Schimmel, a lifelong curator known for running the