Lisson Gallery
Nicholas Logsdail opened Lisson Gallery in London in 1967, and it has stayed close to the centre of contemporary art ever since. From the start it backed the early Minimal and Conceptual artists, among them Art & Language, Carl Andre and Donald Judd, while also looking after the work of older pioneers such as Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith.
That habit of supporting artists early, and staying with them, is still the gallery’s character. Established names and newer ones share the same rooms.
In its second decade Lisson helped bring a generation of British sculptors to international attention, Tony Cragg and Anish Kapoor among them. The programme remains willing to unsettle.
The New York gallery sits beneath the High Line. On our visit it was showing Distribuidx, which placed the late Hélio Oiticica in conversation with artists of several generations connected to Latin America: a generous, well-hung show, and a fair picture of how the gallery thinks across borders.
508 W 24th St,
New York, New York 10011
PHOTOS A. SAKAE
The art showcased above in Photos 2 and 3 is from the exhibition “Distribuidx,” running from June 29, 2023, until August 11, 2023. Please note the colors in the photos may not accurately represent the true colors of the artworks. The photos have been processed for this publication.
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Joanna Keane Lopez, Ghost Spell, 2023; Hélio Oiticica, Untitled, 1955; Untitled, 1958; Untitled (Metaesquema), 1958.
