Nicholas Logsdail
{{short description|British art dealer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nicholas Logsdail
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| birth_name = Christopher Nicholas Roald Logsdail
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}
| birth_place = London, England
| children = 4
| occupation = Art dealer, gallery owner
| relatives = Roald Dahl (maternal uncle)
Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy Dahl (maternal first cousins)
| alma_mater = Slade School of Fine Art
}}
Christopher Nicholas Roald Logsdail OBE (born June 1945){{cite web|title=Christopher Nicholas Roald LOGSDAIL|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LQKRh5uqsdC3HZE2WDsgUDPQOlo/appointments|website=Companies House|accessdate=4 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=(Christopher) Nicholas Roald Logsdail (1945-), Art dealer and gallery owner|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp67457/christopher-nicholas-roald-logsdail|work=National Portrait Gallery, London|accessdate=8 May 2014}} is a British art dealer, the owner of the Lisson Gallery, a contemporary art gallery on Bell Street, Lisson Grove, London, founded by Logsdail in 1967, and was joined shortly after by Fiona McLean.
Early life and education
Logsdail was born in 1945, the son of John Logsdail and Else Kirsten Dahl, sister of the author Roald Dahl. It was his uncle who introduced him to art.{{cite news|last=Gleadell|first=Colin|title=Art Sales: dealer who opened Saatchi's eyes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/5603872/Art-Sales-dealer-who-opened-Saatchis-eyes.html|accessdate=8 May 2014|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=22 June 2009}}
Logsdail was educated at Bryanston School and the Slade School of Fine Art.{{cite web|title=(Christopher) Nicholas Roald LOGSDAIL|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/27471/%28Christopher%29-Nicholas-Roald-LOGSDAIL|work=Debrett's|accessdate=8 May 2014}}
Recognition
Logsdail was interviewed by Sarah Thornton at Art Basel for Seven Days in the Art World.{{Cite book|title=Seven days in the art world|last=L.)|first=Thornton, Sarah (Sarah|date = 2 November 2009|isbn=9780393337129|location=New York|oclc=489232834}} In 2014, The Guardian named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".{{cite news|last=Farago|first=Jason|title=Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/08/art-world-most-powerful-people|accessdate=8 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 May 2014}}
In 2002, Logsdail purchased Utulivu House, a rambling 18th-century residence in Lamu, Kenya, which he renovated in the traditional style of Gujarati craftsmen. By 2006, he acquired the town’s derelict palm-oil factory and turned it into an artists’ retreat. Artists who have come to stay and work at the art space include Marina Abramović, Anish Kapoor and Christian Jankowski.Tony Perrottet (24 November 2015), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/welcome-to-lamu-africas-most-captivating-artists-retreat-1448380361 Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists Retreat] Wall Street Journal.
Logsdail was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to the arts.{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N12|date=31 December 2016}}Javier Pes (December 31, 2016), [http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/new-year-honours-architect-of-african-american-museum-knighted/ New Year Honours: architect of African American museum knighted] The Art Newspaper.
Personal life
Logsdail has three sons and a daughter from two marriages.Tony Perrottet (24 November 2015), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/welcome-to-lamu-africas-most-captivating-artists-retreat-1448380361 Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists Retreat] Wall Street Journal. His son Alex is also an art dealer.{{cite web|title=Alex Logsdail|url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/alex-logsdail/|work=Art in America|date=24 July 2012 |accessdate=8 May 2014}}
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Category:Art dealers from London
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People educated at Bryanston School
Category:Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art