The new gallery joins Lisson's two permanent locations in London and a fourth space in Milan. Alex Logsdail will lead the New York space, alongside a team he has built up since 2012. With the support and curatorial direction of Greg Hilty in London, Lisson Gallery New York will present a comprehensive exhibition program drawing from the 51 artists and estates the gallery currently represents. The aim is to develop the international profile of its artists, exhibiting those who have not shown in New York recently or at all.
The New York gallery – totalling 8,500 square feet, consisting of 4,500 square feet of gallery and 4,000 square feet of offices, viewing spaces and storage – will be housed in a new building under the High Line, connecting 24th to 23rd Street. Designed by Studio MDA and Studio Christian Wassmann, the space has been constructed around the foundational elements of the High Line and the existing park structure. The architecture is consistent with the aesthetic of the London galleries, with polished concrete floors and an abundance of natural light, provided by two large skylights on either side of the main exhibition space. The space allows for 16-foot ceilings and two massive, undisturbed display walls. The south portion of the building will accommodate a private project space, offices, and art handling areas. The façades will be cast in exposed white concrete, highlighting the entrance at 504 West 24th Street.
An exhibition by the legendary Carmen Herrera will inaugurate the space (3 May – 11 June 2016), followed by the first solo exhibition in the United States by acclaimed filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah (1 July – 12 August 2016); a new installation by Ryan Gander (16 September – 15 October 2016); and an exhibition of new work by Ai Weiwei (5 November – 16 December 2016).
Lisson Gallery New York will officially open to the public with an inaugural exhibition by Carmen Herrera on Tuesday 3 May 2016.
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studioMDA is a multidisciplinary design firm based in New York and founded in 2002 by Markus Dochantschi, with the mission of challenging the boundaries of design.
studioMDA has worked extensively across the United States and internationally in countries such as Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Germany, Peru, Chile, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. The firm’s work includes a wide range of typologies, including both high-end and affordable residential, cultural, commercial, institutional, mixed-use, and design competitions. studioMDA has won numerous awards and has been published widely. The firm has emerged as an authority on cultural buildings and has worked extensively with renowned art collectors, artists and gallerists to design more than thirty galleries and over 250 art booths and exhibitions. The office has completed the new Phillips Auction House Headquarters in New York, the Center for Advanced Mobility in Aachen, Germany, and is currently expanding its portfolio with a private contemporary art museum in Thailand.
Markus Dochantschi was trained in Germany, where he graduated in 1995 with a Master of Architecture from Technische Universität Darmstadt. Before starting studioMDA, Dochantschi ran the office of Zaha Hadid Architects for seven years and was Head Project Architect on the Rosenthal Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. He has taught an Advanced Studio at Yale University with Zaha Hadid, Stefan Behnisch and Gerald Hines (2003), and an Advanced Studio at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) from 2008 until now.
Markus Dochantschi has also served as the director of the Global Cities Architecture Program (GCAP) at GSAPP. He has been a Guest Lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a guest critic at the AA London; Columbia University, NY; The Cooper Union, NY; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Princeton University, Princeton; the ETH Zurich, Switzerland; the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst Vienna, Austria.
Markus Dochantschi has also served as the director of the Global Cities Architecture Program (GCAP) at GSAPP. He has been a Guest Lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a guest critic at the AA London; Columbia University, NY; The Cooper Union, NY; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Princeton University, Princeton; the ETH Zurich, Switzerland; the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst Vienna, Austria.
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April 29, 2016
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