Past Events
Since 2015 the Paul Mellon Centre has organised free, public displays at Bedford Square. Many focus on the Centre’s Archive and Library collections, showcasing our important holdings of art historical publications and art historians’ papers. Others look at the Paul Mellon Centre’s history, activities and the work of its community and partnerships.
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“What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?” The Window as Protagonist in British Architecture and Visual Culture
9 December 2024 to 28 February 2025
“What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?” The Window as Protagonist in British Architecture and Visual Culture
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Private View: Creative Debuts at the Paul Mellon Centre
5 December 2024
Private View: Creative Debuts at the Paul Mellon Centre
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Art, Life, Love: Narratives from the Benedict Nicolson Archive
4 March to 2 August 2024
Art, Life, Love: Narratives from the Benedict Nicolson Archive
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“History is an Art”: Selections from the Paul Oppé Archive
30 October 2023 to 23 February 2024
“History is an Art”: Selections from the Paul Oppé Archive
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A Harpy and His Brothers: The Wildmans in Bedford Square and Newstead Abbey
30 May to 15 September 2023
A Harpy and His Brothers: The Wildmans in Bedford Square and Newstead Abbey
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An Activist Scholar: The Gavin Stamp Archive
16 January to 19 May 2023
An Activist Scholar: The Gavin Stamp Archive
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Fleeting Encounters: British Art and the Connoisseurial Gaze
20 September 2022 to 6 January 2023
Fleeting Encounters: British Art and the Connoisseurial Gaze
Display – Hans C. Hönes
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Bedford Square: Creating Social Distance
10 March to 9 September 2022
Bedford Square: Creating Social Distance
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*Postponed* Instagram Live: Sculpting in Sound Drawing Room Display
12 November 2021
*Postponed* Instagram Live: Sculpting in Sound Drawing Room Display
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Sculpting in Sound: Researching Sculpting Lives
4 October to 14 December 2021
Sculpting in Sound: Researching Sculpting Lives
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Damaged & Destroyed: Stories of Preservation and Loss from the Photographic Archive.
29 July to 18 December 2020
Damaged & Destroyed: Stories of Preservation and Loss from the Photographic Archive.
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Facebook live video tour of 'Modern Art and Publishing'
16 October 2019
Facebook live video tour of 'Modern Art and Publishing'
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Modern Art and Publishing between 1935 and 1955: The Peter & Renate Nahum Gift
23 September 2019 to 17 January 2020
Modern Art and Publishing between 1935 and 1955: The Peter & Renate Nahum Gift
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“Painter, Gardener, Scholar”<br>Humphrey Waterfield, 1908–1971
13 May to 13 September 2019
“Painter, Gardener, Scholar”
Humphrey Waterfield, 1908–1971Display
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George Shaw: Film Screening and Talk
10 April 2019
George Shaw: Film Screening and Talk
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Secondhand Daylight: A Display by George Shaw
21 January to 3 May 2019
Secondhand Daylight: A Display by George Shaw
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Artists' Letters: Three Stories from the Paul Mellon Centre Archive Collections
1 October 2018 to 14 January 2019
Artists' Letters: Three Stories from the Paul Mellon Centre Archive Collections
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Supporting the Spectacle: The Summer Exhibition and its Spin-Offs
29 May to 21 September 2018
Supporting the Spectacle: The Summer Exhibition and its Spin-Offs
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Publishing at the Paul Mellon Centre: A Brief History
19 January to 18 May 2018
Publishing at the Paul Mellon Centre: A Brief History
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The Catalogues of the John Moores Painting Prize
27 September 2017 to 12 January 2018
The Catalogues of the John Moores Painting Prize
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