Oscar Humphries
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Oscar Humphries (born April 1981) is an Australian fine art and design dealer and journalist. He was editor of the The Spectator's art magazine Apollo from 2010 until 2013.
Born in Sydney, his parents are the satirist Barry Humphries and surrealist painter Diane Millstead and he was educated at Bryanston School and Stowe School.
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 and was the launch editor of The Spectator Australia in 2008.
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. 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.