Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
{{Short description|Centre for research into the history of British Art}}
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{{Infobox university
|name = Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
|image_name = Paul_Mellon_Centre_for_Studies_in_British_Art_logo.png
|image_size = 200px
|established = 1970
|type = Private
|director = Sarah Victoria Turner
|students =
|campus = Urban
|parent = Yale University
|affiliations = Yale Center for British Art
|website = {{URL|http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk}}
}}
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is a scholarly centre in London devoted to supporting original research into the history of British Art. It was founded in 1970 and endowed by a gift from Paul Mellon. Since 1996, it has been situated at 16 Bedford Square in a Grade I listed building. This building houses an outstanding library of 26,000 publications focused on British art and architecture, and over 25 collected archives which include papers of eminent art historians such as Ellis K. Waterhouse, Oliver Millar, Brian Sewell{{cite web|author=Paul Mellon Centre|url=http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/news/sewell-archive-acquired|title=The Paul Mellon Centre acquires Brian Sewell's Archive|date=4 May 2017|access-date=14 May 2017}} and Brinsley Ford. It also holds the records of its own institutional archives, including a growing oral history collection.{{Cite web|title=Collected Archives|url=https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/archive-collections|access-date=20 July 2016|publisher=Paul Mellon Centre}} The centre compiled its own photographic archive from 1970 to 1996 and now also holds the Tate photographic archive.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/collections/photo-archive|title=Photographic Archive Collection|publisher=Paul Mellon Centre|access-date=14 May 2017}} All of these research collections are available to consult in the centre's Public Study Room.
As well as being incorporated as a British educational charity, the centre is part of Yale University and provides teaching in London for Yale students, through the successful Yale-in-London scheme. The centre supports a publication programme through Yale University Press and co-ordinates its activities with the sister institution, the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.
The centre administers a comprehensive programme of grants and fellowships designed to support research into the history of British art, and hosts workshops, symposia, conferences and regular series of seminars.
The centre is a registered charity under English law{{EW charity|313838|The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art}} and is a member of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History.
Publications
The Paul Mellon Centre underwrites the production costs of publications concerned with the study of British art and architecture. The books are distributed by Yale University Press. In 2015 the centre launched an online and open access journal, British Art Studies, that is copublished with the Yale Center for British Art.{{cite journal|title=British Art Studies|journal=British Art Studies |url=http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/|publisher=Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Yale Center for British Art |doi=10.17658/issn.2058-5462 |issn=2058-5462|doi-access=free}}
The centre published an online catalogue raisonné of the artist Richard Wilson{{cite web|last=Spencer Longhurst|first=Paul|title=Richard Wilson Online|url=http://www.richardwilsononline.ac.uk/|publisher=Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art}} to coincide with the tercentenary of the artist's birth. In 2016, the centre published another catalogue raisonné of the artist Francis Towne.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/publications/francis-towne-online|title=Publications: Francis Towne|date=2016-07-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717011954/http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/publications/francis-towne-online|archive-date=17 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}
In March 2019, the Paul Mellon Centre's open access, peer-reviewed digital publication [http://chronicle250.com The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle, 1769-2018] was nominated for a Webby Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2019/websites/general-websites/art/|title=Art|website=Webby Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-23}} and won the People's Vote award in the art website category.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-tate-augmented-reality-street-art-application-2019-webby-awards-nominees|title=2019 Webby Nominees Include Tate, Augmented Reality Street Art, and More|date=2019-04-02|website=Artsy|language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}
Directors
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| before = Mark Hallett 2013–2023,
Brian Allen 1993–2012,
| before2 = Michael Kitson 1985–1995,
| before3 = Christopher White 1973–1985,
| before4 = Ellis K. Waterhouse 1970–1973
}}
{{s-ttl
| title = Sarah Victoria Turner, Director, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
| years = 2023 to present
}}
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File:Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 16 Bedford Square.JPG
References
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News articles
- [https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/arts/design/20mell.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=2507b3c5Q2FQ2B1@Q26Q2BPE,qoEEZ_Q2B_Q3BQ3BQ22Q2BQ3BQ2FQ2B_Q3BQ2BXoZqQ2BP@qiQ2AQ5DQ2B_Q3BQ60@BBDQ25ZQ60B New York Times Article An Anglophilic Yankee Aristocrat and His Finds Across the Pond]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20artsct.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=5e944494Q2FQ27gQ5BEQ272BYPQ3CBBLQ7BQ27Q7B33Q24Q273MQ27Q7B3Q27R8Q3CQ5BeQ3FBRQ27R8Q3CQ5BeQ3FBRPQ2BQ5BYQ3FxQ3AQ7BQ27Q7B3xQ3CLPYLQ2AQ51LqQ3A New York Times Article Voracious Anglophile]
External links
- [http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk Official website]
- [http://www.richardwilsononline.ac.uk Richard Wilson Online] catalogue raisonné
- [http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk British Art Studies online journal]
- [http://chronicle250.com The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle, 1769–2018]
- [http://francistowne.ac.uk/ Francis Towne Online] catalogue raisonné
- [http://paulmelloncentre.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search1 Library & Photographic Archives Catalogue]
- [http://calmview.co.uk/PaulMellonCentre/CalmView/advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog Archive Catalogue]
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Category:Archives in the London Borough of Camden
Category:Visual arts publishing companies
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Category:1970 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom