Löwenbräukunst Areal: Kunstzentrum Zürich

This guide to Lowenbraukunst Areal in Zurich traces a 1996 deal that split twenty-seven million francs three ways among the city, the Kunsthalle's foundation and retailer Migros to convert an old brewery on Limmatstrasse into a shared art complex. It follows the odd mix of tenants, from the subsidized Kunsthalle to the Migros Museum for Contemporary Art and the young gallery Hauser and Wirth, and the running feud between the more political Shedhalle and its market-friendly neighbors. You'll pick up on the brewery's yeasty past as you walk the cobbled yard.