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Australian art dealer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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]