Oscar Humphries | |
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| Born | April 23, 1981 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | The Hall School, Hampstead |
| Occupation(s) | Art dealer, journalist |
| Family | Barry Humphries (father) |
Oscar Humphries (born 23 April 1981) is an Australian curator, art dealer and journalist.
He was editor of Press Holdings 's art magazine Apollo from 2010 until 2013. [4] [5]
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 [6] and was the launch editor of The Spectator Australia in 2008. [7] [8]
As director of Sebastian + Barquet London he curated shows on Carlo Mollino,Paolo Venini and Rick Owens. As head of international sales for Timothy Taylor Gallery he curated "The Tightrope Walker" with Emma Dexter. [9] In 2016, he curated the exhibition "Albers & the Bauhaus", examining the artist's pre-war output in the context of the work of his peers. [10]
In 2018 Humphries curated "Sean Scully – San Cristóbal" at Cuadra San Cristóbal, the modernist estate designed by Luis Barragán in Mexico City. The site-specific exhibition was the first art show held at the property and brought together Scully's paintings and sculptures with Barragán's architecture. [11] [12] [13]
Humphries later produced "Mental Escapology", Damien Hirst's first public exhibition in Switzerland, which presented more than forty works across indoor and outdoor sites in St. Moritz, including large-scale sculptures installed on the frozen surface of Lake St. Moritz. [14] [15] [16]
Oscar Humphries was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of Barry Humphries and his third wife, surrealist painter Diane Millstead. [17] He was educated at Bryanston School and Stowe School.[ citation needed ]