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'''Oscar Humphries''' (born 23 April 1981) is an Australian art and design dealer and journalist.
'''Oscar Humphries''' (born April 1981) is an Australian fine art and design dealer and journalist. He was editor of [[Press Holdings]]{{'s}} art magazine [[Apollo (magazine)|''Apollo'']] from 2010 until 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-changing-faces-of-apollo-1898740.html | title = The feral beast: Changing faces of Apollo | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | date = 14 February 2010 | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/7636026/Market-News.html | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] | author = Colin Gleadell | title = Market News: the controversial new editor of distinguished art magazine Apollo | date = 26 April 2010 }}</ref>


Born in [[Sydney]], his parents are the [[Satire|satirist]] [[Barry Humphries]] and surrealist painter Diane Millstead<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/profile-barry-humphries-nothing-like-a-dame-head-head-1155821.html | title = Profile Barry Humphries: Nothing like a dame Head Head | author = David Lister | date = 12 April 1998 | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref> and he was educated at [[Bryanston School]] and [[Stowe School]].{{cn|date=May 2020}}
He was editor of [[Press Holdings]]{{'s}} art magazine [[Apollo (magazine)|''Apollo'']] from 2010 until 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-changing-faces-of-apollo-1898740.html | title = The feral beast: Changing faces of Apollo | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | date = 14 February 2010 | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/7636026/Market-News.html | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | author = Colin Gleadell | title = Market News: the controversial new editor of distinguished art magazine Apollo | date = 26 April 2010 }}</ref>


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 (1901)|Tatler]]''. In 2007 Humphries was made a contributing editor of ''The Spectator''<ref>{{cite news | newspaper = [[The Guardian|Media Guardian]] | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/17/pressandpublishing2 | title = James rocks up at Spectator | author = Stephen Brook | date = 17 September 2007}}</ref> and was the launch editor of ''The Spectator Australia'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | work =[[The guardian]]| url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/01/pressandpublishing1 | title = Spectator to launch Australian edition | author = Ben Dowell | date = 1 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper = [[The Age]] | title = Magazine tackles Oz zone (Interview) | url = http://www.theage.com.au/national/magazine-tackles-oz-zone-20080926-4ovl.html | author = Paola Totaro | date = 27 September 2008 | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref>
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 (1901)|Tatler]]''. In 2007 Humphries was made a contributing editor of ''The Spectator''<ref>{{cite news | newspaper = [[The Guardian|Media Guardian]] | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/17/pressandpublishing2 | title = James rocks up at Spectator | author = Stephen Brook | date = 17 September 2007}}</ref> and was the launch editor of ''The Spectator Australia'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | work =[[The Guardian]]| url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/01/pressandpublishing1 | title = Spectator to launch Australian edition | author = Ben Dowell | date = 1 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper = [[The Age]] | title = Magazine tackles Oz zone (Interview) | url = http://www.theage.com.au/national/magazine-tackles-oz-zone-20080926-4ovl.html | author = Paola Totaro | date = 27 September 2008 | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref>


As director of Sebastian + Barquet London<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23701977-oscar-humphries-my-new-found-love-of-collectable-furniture.do | newspaper = [[Evening Standard|ES magazine]] | author = Alison Roberts | date = 1 June 2009 | title = Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture }}</ref> he curated shows on [[Carlo Mollino]],<ref>{{cite web | title = carlo mollino: interiors at sebastian and barquet, london | publisher = Designboom | url = http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6374/carlo-mollino-interiors-at-sebastian-and-barquet-london.html | archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5wpyLlKnF?url=http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6374/carlo-mollino-interiors-at-sebastian-and-barquet-london.html | archivedate = 28 February 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Paolo Venini]] and [[Rick Owens]]. As head of international sales for [[Timothy Taylor Gallery]] he curated "The Tightrope Walker" with [[Emma Dexter]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Press release: The Tightrope Walker (Le Funambule) | publisher = Timothy Turner Gallery | date = July 2010 | url = http://www.timothytaylorgallery.com/uploads/misc_files/Press_release_Tightrope_Walker_Timothy_Taylor_Gallery_10_July_-_27_August_2010.pdf| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5wpyyR9Fe?url=http://www.timothytaylorgallery.com/uploads/misc_files/Press_release_Tightrope_Walker_Timothy_Taylor_Gallery_10_July_-_27_August_2010.pdf | archivedate = 28 February 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2016, he curated the exhibition '[[Josef Albers|Albers]] & the [[Bauhaus]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wallpaper.com/design/josef-albers-and-the-bauhaus-stephen-friedman-gallery |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807085741/http://www.wallpaper.com/design/josef-albers-and-the-bauhaus-stephen-friedman-gallery |archivedate=7 August 2016}}</ref>',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albersfoundation.org/sources/exhibition-history/josef-albers-group/#tab945 |title=Josef and Anni Albers Foundation |publisher=Albersfoundation.org |accessdate=2018-07-07}}</ref> examining the artist's pre-war output in the context of the work of his peers.
As director of Sebastian + Barquet London<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23701977-oscar-humphries-my-new-found-love-of-collectable-furniture.do | newspaper = [[Evening Standard|ES magazine]] | author = Alison Roberts | date = 1 June 2009 | title = Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture }}</ref> he curated shows on [[Carlo Mollino]],<ref>{{cite web | title = carlo mollino: interiors at sebastian and barquet, london | publisher = Designboom | url = http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6374/carlo-mollino-interiors-at-sebastian-and-barquet-london.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110709014739/http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6374/carlo-mollino-interiors-at-sebastian-and-barquet-london.html | archivedate = 9 July 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Paolo Venini]] and [[Rick Owens]]. As head of international sales for [[Timothy Taylor Gallery]] he curated "The Tightrope Walker" with [[Emma Dexter]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Press release: The Tightrope Walker (Le Funambule) | publisher = Timothy Turner Gallery | date = July 2010 | url = http://www.timothytaylorgallery.com/uploads/misc_files/Press_release_Tightrope_Walker_Timothy_Taylor_Gallery_10_July_-_27_August_2010.pdf| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060625/http://www.timothytaylorgallery.com/uploads/misc_files/Press_release_Tightrope_Walker_Timothy_Taylor_Gallery_10_July_-_27_August_2010.pdf | archivedate = 17 July 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2016, he curated the exhibition '[[Josef Albers|Albers]] & the [[Bauhaus]]',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wallpaper.com/design/josef-albers-and-the-bauhaus-stephen-friedman-gallery |title='Albers & the Bauhaus' at the Stephen Friedman Gallery &#124; Wallpaper |accessdate=2016-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807085741/http://www.wallpaper.com/design/josef-albers-and-the-bauhaus-stephen-friedman-gallery |archivedate=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albersfoundation.org/sources/exhibition-history/josef-albers-group/#tab945 |title=Josef and Anni Albers Foundation |publisher=Albersfoundation.org |accessdate=2018-07-07}}</ref> examining the artist's pre-war output in the context of the work of his peers.


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== Personal life ==
Oscar Humphries was born in [[Sydney]], Australia, the son of [[Barry Humphries]] and his third wife, surrealist painter Diane Millstead.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/profile-barry-humphries-nothing-like-a-dame-head-head-1155821.html | title = Profile Barry Humphries: Nothing like a dame Head Head | author = David Lister | date = 12 April 1998 | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | accessdate = 2011-02-28 }}</ref> He was educated at [[Bryanston School]] and [[Stowe School]].{{cn|date=May 2020}}
* [http://www.spectator.co.uk/search/author/?searchString=Oscar%20Humphries ''The Spectator'' contributions]
In 2018 he married Sophie Oakley; the couple have two children.{{citation needed|date= April 2023}}


==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.oscarhumphries.com/ ''Official Oscar Humphries website'']
* [http://www.spectator.co.uk/search/author/?searchString=Oscar%20Humphries ''The Spectator'' contributions]


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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

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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

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  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.
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