Mellon exhibit opens
Center for British Art hosts show to celebrate donor’s 100th birthday
The third-oldest surviving globe, a 1476 first-edition Chaucer manuscript, a rare Turner sketchbook and about 250 other gems in the Yale Center for British Art are on view at the Center as part of an exhibition commemorating its founder, Paul Mellon ’29.
“Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art” — the largest exhibition in the Center’s history — celebrates the 100th anniversary of Mellon’s birth and the 30th anniversary of the Center. Opening today, the show is the centerpiece of a yearlong program of events and exhibitions around the world honoring Paul Mellon and his...
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