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.

Forthcoming

Survey of London: Oxford Street

by Andrew Saint

Forthcoming

The Classical Body in Romantic Britain

by Cora Gilroy-Ware

Forthcoming

Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses

by Roger Stalley

Forthcoming

London’s New Scene

by Lisa Tickner

Recent Publications

British Art Studies, Issue 15

2020

British Art Studies, Issue 15

Bernard Leach

2020

Emmanuel Cooper

Bernard Leach

£25

British Art Studies, Issue 14

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 14

Aquatint Worlds

2019

Douglas Fordham

Aquatint Worlds

£45

Elizabethan Globalism

2019

Matthew Dimmock

Elizabethan Globalism

£50

Westminster Abbey

2019

David Cannadine

Westminster Abbey

£35

Forthcoming Publications

Survey of London

2020

Andrew Saint

Survey of London

£75

The Classical Body in Romantic Britain

2020

Cora Gilroy-Ware

The Classical Body in Romantic Britain

£40

Christopher Wren

2020

Vaughan Hart

Christopher Wren

£45

Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses

2020

Roger Stalley

Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses

£40

London’s New Scene

2020

Lisa Tickner

London’s New Scene

£35

Making the Modern Artist

2020

Martin Myrone

Making the Modern Artist

£45

The Late Works of J.M.W. Turner

2020

Sam Smiles

The Late Works of J.M.W. Turner

£35

Joseph Wright of Derby

2020

Matthew Craske

Joseph Wright of Derby

£45

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 12

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 12

British Art Studies, Issue 13

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 13

British Art Studies, Issue 14

2019

British Art Studies, Issue 14

British Art Studies, Issue 15

2020

British Art Studies, Issue 15

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

World of Interiors

Art, design and the home through British history.

Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland

2019

Patricia McCarthy

Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland

£25

Inventing Boston

2019

Edward Cooke

Inventing Boston

£45

Kensington Palace

2018

Joanna Marschner, Olivia Fryman, Sebastian Edwards, Deirdre Murphy, Lee Prosser

Kensington Palace

£55

A Day at Home in Early Modern England

2017

Tara Hamling, Catherine Richardson

A Day at Home in Early Modern England

£40

The Art of Brutalism

2017

Ben Highmore

The Art of Brutalism

£35

Owning the Past

2014

Ruth Guilding

Owning the Past

£55

Pevsner Architectural Guides

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

Sussex: West

2019

Elizabeth Williamson, Jeremy Musson, Tim Hudson

Sussex: West

£35

Hertfordshire

2019

James Bettley

Hertfordshire

£35

Hampshire: South

2018

Michael Hill, John Newman, Charles O'Brien, Bruce Bailey

Hampshire: South

£35

Dorset

2018

Michael Hill, John Newman

Dorset

£35

Yorkshire West Riding : Sheffield and the South

2017

Nikolaus Pevsner, Ruth Harman, Joseph Sharples

Yorkshire West Riding : Sheffield and the South

£35

Oxfordshire : North and West

2017

Alan Brooks, Jennifer Sherwood, Nikolaus Pevsner

Oxfordshire : North and West

£35

Warwickshire

2016

Nikolaus Pevsner, Chris Pickford

Warwickshire

£35

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

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

Northamptonshire

2013

Bruce Bailey, Nikolaus Pevsner

Northamptonshire

£35