Oscar Humphries

Oscar Humphries (born 23 April 1981) is an Australian art and design dealer and journalist.

He was editor of Press Holdings's art magazine Apollo from 2010 until 2013.[1][2]

Since 2000, he has written on a variety of subjects including art and design for British newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times and Tatler. In 2007 Humphries was made a contributing editor of The Spectator[3] and was the launch editor of The Spectator Australia in 2008.[4][5]

As director of Sebastian + Barquet London[6] he curated shows on Carlo Mollino,[7] Paolo Venini and Rick Owens. As head of international sales for Timothy Taylor Gallery he curated "The Tightrope Walker" with Emma Dexter.[8] In 2016, he curated the exhibition 'Albers & the Bauhaus',[9][10] examining the artist's pre-war output in the context of the work of his peers.

Personal life[edit]

Oscar Humphries was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of Barry Humphries and his third wife, surrealist painter Diane Millstead.[11] He was educated at Bryanston School and Stowe School.[citation needed] In 2018 he married Sophie Oakley; the couple have two children.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The feral beast: Changing faces of Apollo". The Independent. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  2. ^ Colin Gleadell (26 April 2010). "Market News: the controversial new editor of distinguished art magazine Apollo". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ^ Stephen Brook (17 September 2007). "James rocks up at Spectator". Media Guardian.
  4. ^ Ben Dowell (1 October 2008). "Spectator to launch Australian edition". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Paola Totaro (27 September 2008). "Magazine tackles Oz zone (Interview)". The Age. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  6. ^ Alison Roberts (1 June 2009). "Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture". ES magazine.
  7. ^ "carlo mollino: interiors at sebastian and barquet, london". Designboom. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Press release: The Tightrope Walker (Le Funambule)" (PDF). Timothy Turner Gallery. July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.
  9. ^ "'Albers & the Bauhaus' at the Stephen Friedman Gallery | Wallpaper". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Josef and Anni Albers Foundation". Albersfoundation.org. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  11. ^ David Lister (12 April 1998). "Profile Barry Humphries: Nothing like a dame Head Head". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

External links[edit]

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