CURATOR GILES WATERFIELD WILL LEAD YCBA’S MELLON LECTURES IN APRIL

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NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The Yale Center for British Art announces that Giles Waterfield will present its 2007 Paul Mellon lecture series.

Waterfield is an independent curator and writer, director of Royal Collection Studies organized by the Attingham Trust, associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art, a former trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and former director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Lectures will explore the development of museums in Britain from 1850 to 1914, principally in the regions, with a concentration on art museums. Organized thematically, the series examines changing perceptions of the museum, the growth of an exhibition culture, approaches to display and decoration, the academic and popular catalog, and the interpretation of collections.

The center is at 1080 Chapel Street on the corner of High Street. For information, 203-432-2800 or www.ycba.edu.