Oscar Humphries

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, 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]}