Nicholas Logsdail
Christopher Nicholas Roald Logsdail OBE (born June 1945) 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. He 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. Logsdail was educated at Bryanston School and the Slade School of Fine Art. He was interviewed by Sarah Thornton at Art Basel for Seven Days in the  Art World. In 2014, The Guardian named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". His son Alex Logsdail is also an art dealer. Logsdail was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to the arts.