Oscar Humphries
Oscar Humphries (born April 1981) is an Australian fine art and design dealer and journalist. He was editor of The Spectator's art magazine Apollo from 2010 until 2013.[1][2]
Born in Sydney, his parents are the satirist Barry Humphries and surrealist painter Diane Millstead[3] and he was educated at Bryanston School and Stowe School.[4]
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[5] and was the launch editor of The Spectator Australia in 2008.[6][7]
As director of Sebastian + Barquet London[8] he curated shows on Carlo Mollino,[9] Paolo Venini and Rick Owens. As head of international sales for Timothy Taylor Gallery he curated "The Tightrope Walker" with Emma Dexter.[10] In 2016, he curated the exhibition 'Albers & the Bauhaus[11]',[12] examining the artist's pre-war output in the context of the work of his peers.
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References
- ^ "The feral beast: Changing faces of Apollo". The Independent. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Colin Gleadell (26 April 2010). "Market News: the controversial new editor of distinguished art magazine Apollo". The Telegraph.
- ^ David Lister (12 April 1998). "Profile Barry Humphries: Nothing like a dame Head Head". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Polly Dunbar (17 January 2011). "Britain's 50 most powerful posh people under 30". Mail Online. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Stephen Brook (17 September 2007). "James rocks up at Spectator". Media Guardian.
- ^ Ben Dowell (1 October 2008). "Spectator to launch Australian edition". guardian.co.uk.
- ^ Paola Totaro (27 September 2008). "Magazine tackles Oz zone (Interview)". The Age. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Alison Roberts (1 June 2009). "Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture". ES magazine.
- ^ "carlo mollino: interiors at sebastian and barquet, london". Designboom. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011.
- ^ "Press release: The Tightrope Walker (Le Funambule)". Timothy Turner Gallery. July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.wallpaper.com/design/josef-albers-and-the-bauhaus-stephen-friedman-gallery
- ^ http://www.albersfoundation.org/sources/exhibition-history/josef-albers-group/#tab945