Research Initiatives

The Yale Center for British Art supports research related to the museum's collection including the work of museum conservators as well as the study of historical and contemporary British art across a variety of forms including short and long-form essays, symposia, among other outputs. 

British Art Studies

Co-published by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, and the Yale Center for British Art, British Art Studies provides an innovative space for new peer-reviewed scholarship on all aspects of British art, architecture, and visual culture in their most diverse and international contexts.

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Collections research

The Yale Center for British Art publishes research on objects within the museum's collections written by art historians, curators, staff, and students affiliated with the museum. 

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Conservation research

Conservation staff regularly present and publish their research findings which support the museum's research and exhibition programs. 

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Publications

The Yale Center for British Art produces several major books per year that complement and augment its exhibitions, programs, and other collaborative research projects.

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Residential Awards

The Yale Center for British Art offers several short-term residential awards to academics, artists, doctoral candidates, museum professionals, and writers. 

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Symposia

The Yale Center for British Art regularly organizes symposia to further the study of historical and contemporary British art. Symposia connect to the museum's exhibition programs or respond to needs in the wider field. 

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Steve McQueen, Sunshine State (2022), installation view at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan in 2022, A commission for International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2022, © Steve McQueen. Courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery and Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. Photo: Agostino Osio

Featured Research

Naming Marcus

In May 2022, the Yale Center for British Art retitled Joshua Reynolds’s portrait of Charles Stanhope.

Featured Conservation Project

Conserving “An Allegory of the Tudor Succession”

“An Allegory of the Tudor Succession” was removed from view for conservation work in February 2019.