Lisson opens New York space with solo shows for Carmen Herrera, John Akomfrah and Ai Weiwei

London’s Lisson Gallery is scheduled to open its first New York location on 3 May. Due to occupy an entire block in the Chelsea neighbourhood in Manhattan, the 8,500 sq ft. space is led by Alex Logsdail, the son of the British art dealer Nicholas Logsdail, who founded the gallery in 1967 and pioneered then-emerging artists like Yoko Ono. With its American debut, the gallery aims to continue its trajectory to “make artists, not follow them”, Alex Logsdail said during a press br