At Home: Paul Mellon Lectures - The Museum and Gallery Today
Established in 1994, this lecture series was named in honor of Paul Mellon (Yale College, Class of 1929), the philanthropist, art collector, and founder of both the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London. Coorganized by the two institutions, the biennial lectures were traditionally delivered in pers on by a specialist in British art at the both the National Gallery in London and the Yale Center for British Art.This year’s series, entitled The Museum and Gallery Today, is exclusively online and features six individual talks from some of the world’s most distinguished museum and gallery directors: Gabriele Finaldi, Director, The National Gallery, London; Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem; Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate; and Eve Tam, Assistant Director (Heritage and Museums) in the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The lectures are presented as free live webinars. Registration is required.