He also co-edited and contributed to the major online publication, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle, 1769–2018 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2018). Īs an art historian, Hallett is best known for his writings on eighteenth-century graphic satire, exhibition culture and portraiture, and for his books and catalogues on the artists William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds.

These have included two rounds of Research Continuity Grants, which were designed to sustain art-historical research during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the continuing New Narratives initiative, which is intended to support the development of a more diverse range of scholarly voices in the field of British art studies. During his time as Director, Hallett has also oversaw the launch of a succession of new funding streams within the Centre's Grants and Fellowships programme. In this same period, the Centre became recognised for its pioneering forms of online publication, its transformative support of the British Art Network, its expanded learning and events programme, and its ambitious in-house research projects. Under his leadership, the Centre became known for supporting and publishing research on British art and architecture of all periods, having previously been distinguished by its primary focus on the art of the Georgian era. In this role, he oversaw a major expansion of the Centre's premises, personnel, activities and remit. Hallett was appointed Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre in October 2012. He was Head of the History of Art department at York between 20, and a member of the University's Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. Having been appointed lecturer in 1994, he spent eighteen years teaching History of Art at the University of York, where he was made a professor in 2006. Mellon Fellow at Yale University in 1990–91. He took his undergraduate degree at Cambridge University, graduating in 1986, and studied for a master's degree (1989) and a PhD (1996) at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Hallett, who grew up in mid-Wales, attended his local secondary School in Tregaron, Cardiganshire. He is Director Designate at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and will be succeeding Professor Deborah Swallow as the Märit Rausing Director in August 2023. See also Marriages and Divorces.Mark Louis Hallett (born 11 March 1965) is an English art historian specialising in the history of British art. On the order form, include the full entry as it appears in the list (date, names, reference and volume number). You can visit Library and Archives Canada to view the documents on site or order copies. The licences no longer exist these records are lists only. These lists usually contain only the date and place issued and the names of the couples.

Joshua Reynolds by Lucy Davis