Lisson Gallery is one of the longest-running international contemporary art galleries in the world, with locations in London, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Beijing. The gallery was founded by co-owner Nicholas Logsdail in 1967 on Bell Street, Lisson Grove, London.
The gallery represents nearly 80 global artists, including Marina Abramović, Rodney Graham, Yu Hong, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Laure Prouvost, and Ai Weiwei. Fourteen Lisson Gallery artists have been nominated for the Turner Prize, five of whom—Richard Deacon, Anish Kapoor, Tony Cragg, Grenville Davey and Douglas Gordon—have won.
History and prominence
Lisson Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in April 1967 was a group show of five young artists including
Derek Jarman and
Keith Milow. The gallery soon became one of a small number of pioneering galleries in the UK, Europe and the United States to champion artists associated with
Minimalism and
Conceptual art.
Within the gallery's first five years, it showed Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, Robert Ryman, Dan Graham, Mira Schendel, Lygia Clark, and Yoko Ono. In the 1980s, Lisson exhibited many of the artists who came to be known under the term New British Sculptors, including Anish Kapoor and Richard Deacon.
Lisson Gallery's 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) London spaces were designed by Tony Fretton in 1986 and 1992. The founder’s son, Alex Logsdail, joined the gallery in 2009, and took charge of its US expansion. A purpose-built 8,500 sq ft (790 m2) space beneath the High Line in New York, designed by StudioMDA and Studio Christian Wassmann, was opened in 2016.
An exhibition by Carmen Herrera inaugurated the New York space (May–June 2016). By 2020, the gallery had expanded into the 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) space adjacent to its first New York location.
In 2017, Lisson Gallery celebrated its 50th anniversary with the launch of a major publication featuring its exhibition history. In 2019, Lisson expanded into Asia, with the opening of a permanent space in Shanghai. Permanent spaces in Beijing and Los Angeles followed in 2021. From 2011 until 2017, the gallery operated a branch in Milan, Italy. Lisson temporary spaces include outposts in East Hampton and on London’s Cork Street in 2020, and in the Tianjin Free-Trade Zone in China a year later.
Artists
Among others, Lisson Gallery has been representing the following living artists:
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Marina Abramović
[Gareth Harris (31 January 2017), London’s Lisson Gallery, champion of conceptual art, turns 50 The Art Newspaper.]
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Ai Weiwei
[Josh Spero (9 June 2017), Nicholas Logsdail on 50 years of pioneering artistic talent Financial Times.]
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Kelly Akashi (since 2023)
[Alex Greenberger (28 September 2023), Sculptor Kelly Akashi Joins Lisson, Departing Her Longtime LA Gallery ARTnews.]
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John Akomfrah
[Alex Greenberger (1 August 2016), Moving Out: John Akomfrah’s Subtle U.S. Debut at Lisson Gallery in New York Astonishes ARTnews.]
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Allora & Calzadilla
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Olga de Amaral
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Art & Language
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Cory Arcangel
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Dana Awartani
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Tony Bechara
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Garrett Bradley
[Alex Greenberger (5 March 2021), Garrett Bradley, Rising Star Filmmaker, Gets Gallery Representation with Lisson ARTnews.]
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Daniel Buren
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Gerard Byrne (artist, born 1969)
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Estate of Antonio Calderara
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Elaine Cameron-Weir
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Estate of Roy Colmer
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Tony Cragg
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Sarah Cunningham (painter)
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Dexter Dalwood
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Richard Deacon (sculptor)
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Ding Yi (artist)
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Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg
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Spencer Finch
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Ceal Floyer
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Ryan Gander
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Dan Graham
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Rodney Graham
[Anny Shaw (1 May 2020), Rodney Graham: the conceptualist who makes painting his muse Financial Times.]
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Van Hanos
[Rachel Spence (18 August 2020), Lisson Gallery announces representation of US painter Van Hanos with Hamptons show The Art Newspaper.]
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Hugh Hayden
[Andrew Russeth (26 September 2018), Lisson Gallery Adds Hugh Hayden to Roster ARTnews.]
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Carmen Herrera
[Claire Selvin (29 May 2020), How Carmen Herrera Became One of Art History’s Most Celebrated Abstractionists ARTnews.]
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Estate of Susan Hiller
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Estate of Channa Horwitz
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Dom Sylvester Houedard
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Shirazeh Houshiary
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Tishan Hsu
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Leiko Ikemura
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Oliver Lee Jackson
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Christian Jankowski
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Estate of Peter Joseph
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Anish Kapoor
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Josh Kline (artist)
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Estate of John Latham (artist)
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Christopher Le Brun
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Lee Ufan
[Alex Greenberger (25 March 2022), Whitney Biennial’s Lucy Raven Joins Art Market Juggernaut Lisson Gallery ARTnews.]
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Sol LeWitt
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Li Ran
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Liu Xiaodong
[Andrew Russeth (23 July 2017), Lisson Gallery Picks Up Chinese Painter Liu Xiaodong New York Observer.]
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Richard Long (artist)
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Robert Mangold
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Jason Martin (artist)
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Haroon Mirza
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Tatsuo Miyajima
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Jonathan Monk
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Otobong Nkanga
[Amah-Rose Abrams (7 March 2023), Otobong Nkanga—who shows at biennials from Venice to Sharjah—joins Lisson Gallery The Art Newspaper.][Maximilíano Durón (8 March 2023), Lisson Gallery Now Represents Otobong Nkanga, Artist Who Broaches Pressing Ecological Concerns ARTnews.]
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Estate of Hélio Oiticica
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Julian Opie
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Tony Oursler
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Giulio Paolini
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Dalton Paula
[Maximilíano Durón (15 April 2025), Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of Overlooked Black Brazilian Historical Figures ARTnews.]
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Joyce Pensato
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Jack Pierson
[Alex Greenberger (13 May 2022), Jack Pierson, Artist with a Cult Following, Joins Lisson Gallery As It Prepares to Expand ARTnews.]
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Bernard Piffaretti
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Joanna Pousette-Dart
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Laure Prouvost
[Nina Siegal (7 June 2019), Laure Prouvost Represents France. But She Doesn’t Feel Very French. New York Times.]
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Lucy Raven
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Pedro Reyes
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Fred Sandback
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Carolee Schneemann Foundation
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Sean Scully
[Annie Armstrong (4 February 2019), Sean Scully Now Represented in North America by Lisson Gallery ARTnews.]
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Wael Shawky
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Leon Polk Smith Foundation
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
[Melanie Gerlis (25 January 2024), Hockney’s early California dream makes a winter splash Financial Times.]
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Cheyney Thompson
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Estate of Tunga (artist)
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Lawrence Weiner
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Richard Wentworth (artist)
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Masaomi Yasunaga
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Yu Hong
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Zhao Gang
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