diff --git a/src/Plugin/Block/EntityView.php b/src/Plugin/Block/EntityView.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Block\EntityView.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Block;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContextAwarePluginInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a block to view a specific entity.
+ *
+ * @Block(
+ *   id = "entity_view",
+ *   deriver = "Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Deriver\EntityViewDeriver",
+ * )
+ */
+class EntityView extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The entity manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
+   */
+  protected $entityManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new EntityView.
+   *
+   * @param array $configuration
+   *   A configuration array containing information about the plugin instance.
+   * @param string $plugin_id
+   *   The plugin ID for the plugin instance.
+   * @param mixed $plugin_definition
+   *   The plugin implementation definition.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+   *   The entity manager.
+   */
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
+
+    $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
+    return new static(
+      $configuration,
+      $plugin_id,
+      $plugin_definition,
+      $container->get('entity.manager')
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function defaultConfiguration() {
+    return [
+      'view_mode' => 'default',
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function blockForm($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    $form['view_mode'] = [
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#options' => $this->entityManager->getViewModeOptions($this->getDerivativeId()),
+      '#title' => $this->t('View mode'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->configuration['view_mode'],
+    ];
+    return $form;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function blockSubmit($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    $this->configuration['view_mode'] = $form_state->getValue('view_mode');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function build() {
+    /** @var $entity \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface */
+    $entity = $this->getContextValue('entity');
+    $view_builder = $this->entityManager->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId());
+    return $view_builder->view($entity, $this->configuration['view_mode']);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Deriver/EntityViewDeriver.php b/src/Plugin/Deriver/EntityViewDeriver.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Derivative\EntityViewDeriver.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Deriver;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Derivative\DeriverBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Context\ContextDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDeriverInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides entity view block definitions for each entity type.
+ */
+class EntityViewDeriver extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
+
+  use StringTranslationTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * The entity manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
+   */
+  protected $entityManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs new EntityViewDeriver.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+   *   The entity manager.
+   */
+  public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+    $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $base_plugin_id) {
+    return new static(
+      $container->get('entity.manager')
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getDerivativeDefinitions($base_plugin_definition) {
+    foreach ($this->entityManager->getDefinitions() as $entity_type_id => $entity_type) {
+      if ($entity_type->hasViewBuilderClass()) {
+        $this->derivatives[$entity_type_id] = $base_plugin_definition;
+        $this->derivatives[$entity_type_id]['admin_label'] = $this->t('Entity view (@label)', ['@label' => $entity_type->getLabel()]);
+        $this->derivatives[$entity_type_id]['context'] = [
+          'entity' => new ContextDefinition('entity:' . $entity_type_id),
+        ];
+      }
+    }
+    return $this->derivatives;
+  }
+
+}