Browse Publications

We have a long history of publishing distinguished books and catalogues on British art and architecture, in association with Yale University Press. In recent years, we have become a pioneer in the field of online publications.

Submission Guidelines

Publish with the Paul Mellon Centre

We welcome proposals for books, online publications or articles on all aspects of British art and architecture.

Recently Published

Gothic Sculpture

by Paul Binski

Recently Published

Inventing Boston

Design, Production, and Consumption, 1680–1720 by Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

Recent Publications

Gothic Sculpture

2019

Paul Binski

Gothic Sculpture

£40

Inventing Boston

2019

Edward Cooke

Inventing Boston

£45

British Art Studies, Issue 11

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 11

Thomas Gainsborough

2019

Hugh Belsey

Thomas Gainsborough

£150

Nicholas Hilliard

2019

Elizabeth Goldring

Nicholas Hilliard

£40

British Art Studies, Issue 10

2018

British Art Studies, Issue 10

Forthcoming Publications

Witnessing Slavery

2019

Sarah Thomas

Witnessing Slavery

£45

Artists’ Moving Image in Britain Since 1989

2019

Erika Balsom, Lucy Reynolds, Sarah Perks

Artists’ Moving Image in Britain Since 1989

£35

Westminster Abbey

2019

David Cannadine

Westminster Abbey

£35

Elizabethan Globalism

2019

Matthew Dimmock

Elizabethan Globalism

£50

Aquatint Worlds

2019

Aquatint Worlds

£45

George Shaw: A Corner of a Foreign Field

2018

Mark Hallett

George Shaw

Mark Hallett places Shaw’s work within the context of contemporary culture, from the traditions of English landscape painting to the repercussions of Brexit.

£ 50

George Shaw

George Shaw

George Shaw

George Shaw

George Shaw

Digital Publications

A series of innovative open-access publications that take advantage of the digital medium.

A Catalogue Raisonné of Francis Towne (1739–1816)

2016

Richard Stephens

A Catalogue Raisonné of Francis Towne (1739–1816)

Richard Wilson

2014

Paul Spencer-Longhurst

Richard Wilson

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

2018

Mark Hallett, Sarah Victoria Turner

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

British Art Studies, Issue 11

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 11

British Art Studies, Issue 10

2018

British Art Studies, Issue 10

British Art Studies, Issue 9

2018

British Art Studies, Issue 9

British Art Studies, Issue 8

2018

British Art Studies, Issue 8

British Art Studies, Issue 7

2017

British Art Studies, Issue 7

British Art Studies, Issue 6

2017

British Art Studies, Issue 6

British Art Studies, Issue 5

2017

British Art Studies, Issue 5

British Art Studies, Issue 4

2016

British Art Studies, Issue 4

British Art Studies, Issue 3

2016

British Art Studies, Issue 3

British Art Studies, Issue 2

2016

British Art Studies, Issue 2

British Art Studies, Issue 1

2015

British Art Studies, Issue 1

Global Landscape in the Age of Empire

In January 2019 Professor Timothy Barringer of Yale University gave the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery.

British Art Studies, Issue 10

2018

British Art Studies, Issue 10

Richard Wilson

2014

Paul Spencer-Longhurst

Richard Wilson

Samuel Palmer

2015

William Vaughan

Samuel Palmer

£50

Under the Banyan Tree

2013

Romita Ray

Under the Banyan Tree

£50

Imperial Landscapes

2011

John E. Crowley

Imperial Landscapes

£45

Art in Victorian Britain

The Pre-Raphaelites and Science

2018

John Holmes

The Pre-Raphaelites and Science

£35

Modern Painters, Old Masters

2017

Elizabeth Prettejohn

Modern Painters, Old Masters

£45

The New Painting of the 1860s

2011

Allen Staley

The New Painting of the 1860s

£50

Walter Crane

2010

Morna O'Neill

Walter Crane

£35

Body Doubles

2004

David J. Getsy

Body Doubles

£40

Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture

2010

Paula Murphy

Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture

£45

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones

2008

Caroline Arscott

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones

£40

Arts & Crafts Stained Glass

2015

Peter Cormack

Arts & Crafts Stained Glass

£55

In the Olden Time

2013

Andrew Sanders

In the Olden Time

£40

Pevsner Architectural Guides

Since 2012, the Paul Mellon Centre has proudly supported the research for the Pevsner Architectural Guides.

Suffolk : East

2015

James Bettley

Suffolk : East

£35

Suffolk : West

2015

James Bettley

Suffolk : West

£35

Somerset: North and Bristol

2011

Andrew Foyle, Nikolaus Pevsner

Somerset: North and Bristol

£35

Somerset: South and West

2014

Julian Orbach, Nikolaus Pevsner

Somerset: South and West

£35

Aberdeenshire

2014

David W. Walker, Matthew Woodworth

Aberdeenshire

£35

Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough

2014

Charles O'Brien, Nikolaus Pevsner

Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough

£35

Cambridgeshire

2014

Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner

Cambridgeshire

£35

Cornwall

2014

Nikolaus Pevsner, Peter Beacham

Cornwall

£35

Herefordshire

2012

Alan Brooks, Nikolaus Pevsner

Herefordshire

£35

Kent : North East and East

2013

Nikolaus Pevsner, John Newman

Kent : North East and East

£35

Kent: West and the Weald

2012

John Newman, Nikolaus Pevsner

Kent: West and the Weald

£35

Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire

2016

Rob Close, John Gifford, Frank Arneil Walker

Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire

£35

Northamptonshire

2013

Bruce Bailey, Nikolaus Pevsner

Northamptonshire

£35

Oxfordshire : North and West

2017

Alan Brooks, Jennifer Sherwood, Nikolaus Pevsner

Oxfordshire : North and West

£35

South Ulster

2013

Kevin Mulligan

South Ulster

£35

Warwickshire

2016

Nikolaus Pevsner, Chris Pickford

Warwickshire

£35

Yorkshire West Riding : Sheffield and the South

2017

Nikolaus Pevsner, Ruth Harman, Joseph Sharples

Yorkshire West Riding : Sheffield and the South

£35