Lisson Gallery has announced that its New York space will open on May 3, 2016 (aligned with Frieze week) with an exhibition of twenty abstract paintings made over the last two years by the New York-based artist Carmen Herrera. The exhibition comes ahead of a solo exhibition by Herrera at the Whitney Museum of American Art in fall 2016.

The New York gallery will be run by Alex Logsdail, Lisson’s International Director and the son of Nicholas Logsdail, who opened the flagship London gallery in 1967. The new location, which joins three existing Lisson spaces, two in London and one in Milan, is being completed in a new building under the High Line, connecting 24th to 23rd Street. Out of 8,500 square feet, 4,500 will be devoted to exhibitions, with 4,000 square feet of offices, viewing spaces and storage. Expect a deep, luminous white cube: the gallery will have huge skylights, a polished concrete floor, 16-foot ceiling height and a white concrete façade on 504 West 24th Street.

The gallery’s inaugural solo exhibition by Carmen Herrera is the first in a series of major solo outings in 2016: John Akomfrah will show from July to August, followed by Ryan Gander in September and new works by Ai Weiwei in October.

Of the news for New York, Alex Logsdail said:

“It has been a long held ambition of Lisson Gallery to consolidate our presence in New York with a permanent exhibition space. By adding to the two existing locations in London and one in Milan, Lisson Gallery New York gives our current roster of 51 artists another key platform to realize their ambitious projects and engage with new collectors, critics and curators, as well as the public.”

Portrait of Carmen Herrera, 2015. Photo: Jason Schmidt © Lisson Gallery

Lisson Gallery New York; Courtesy studioMDA