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Marina Abramović Lisson Gallery 28 April–22 July 2023 2/F Huqui Road, Shanghai
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Lisson Gallery will present Marina Abramović‘s first exhibition with the gallery in China following up on her successful 2018 presentation at The Light Society, Beijing. The focus of the exhibition is her groundbreaking Transitory Objects series. As one of the most important artists in the world, Abramović has earned worldwide acclaim as a pioneer of performance art over the past 50 years. This exhibition in the Shanghai gallery is followed by her highly anticipated retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts this September which is also her first major survey exhibition in the UK.

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Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramović has pioneered performance as a visual art form. She created some of the most important early works in this practice, including Rhythm 0 (1974), in which she offered herself as an object of experimentation for the audience, as well as Rhythm 5 (1974), where she lay in the center of a burning five-point star to the point of losing consciousness. These performances married concept with physicality, endurance with empathy, complicity with loss of control, passivity with danger. They pushed the boundaries of self-discovery, both of herself and her audience. They also marked her first engagements with time, stillness, energy, pain, and the resulting heightened consciousness generated by long durational performance.

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Lubaina Himid, Magda Stawarska
LUBAINA HIMID, MAGDA STAWARSKA Lisson Street: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska – Zanzibar Lisson Gallery 4 June–22 August 2026 London
Li Ran
LI RAN Like a Stranger Lisson Gallery 16 May–4 July 2026 2/F Huqui Road, Shanghai
Kelly Akashi
KELLY AKASHI Heirloom Lisson Gallery 13 May–25 July 2026 508 West 24th Street, New York
Huguette Caland
HUGUETTE CALAND My Home Lisson Gallery 13 May–25 July 2026 504 West 24th Street, New York
About the Gallery

Established in 1967 in London, Lisson Gallery is one of the most well-known galleries operating globally. Boasting an influential and continuing legacy, including playing a pivotal role in the careers of many pioneers of historically important art movements, the gallery works with some of the most significant contemporary artists today.

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2/F, 27
Huqiu Road
Huangpu District
Shanghai
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Lisson Gallery
2/F, 27, Huqiu Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
+44 207 724 2739
http://www.lissongallery.com

Opening hours
Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm
And by appointment
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