Paul Mellon Lecture
Anna Somers Cocks, CEO of The Art Newspaper, 2013
Established in 2003, the annual Paul Mellon Lecture focuses on the art, history, and conservation of important cultural heritage projects.
The Paul Mellon Lecture series reflects the late Paul Mellon’s love for English Heritage and typically focuses on specific monuments, their relation to our contemporary world, and the many ways in which they define and enhance our lives. Presented in New York and London by leading scholars and specialists in the field of art history, historic preservation, and architecture, each lecture has provided an in-depth exploration of iconography, craftsmanship, and the visitor experience.
The Paul Mellon Lecture series is supported by The Paul Mellon Education Fund and the Paul Mellon Fund for Architectural Preservation in Great Britain.
Recent Paul Mellon Speakers
- 2013: Anna Somers Cocks, CEO, The Art Newspaper
- 2012: Dr. Charles Dempsey, Professor Emeritus of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, Johns Hopkins University
- 2011: John Stubbs, Vice President, Field Projects, WMF; Sangvar Sok, Deputy Director, the Industry Department at the Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia; Pierre-Andre Aablaude, Architecte en chef des Monuments historiques français
- 2010: Dr Kent R. Weeks, Director, the Theban Mapping Project
- 2009: Jonathan Foyle, Chief Executive, WMF Britain
- 2007: Sir Tom Shebbeare, Director, the Prince’s Charities
- 2006: Sir Neil Cossons, Chairman, English Heritage
- 2005: Michael Snodin, Senior Curator and Head of Designs Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum
- 2004: John Julius Norwich, The Viscount Norwich, author, historian, and Chairman Emeritus of WMF Britain
- 2003: Charles Caumarez Smith, Director, the National Gallery, London
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