Richard Humphreys (writer)

Richard Humphreys (born 1953) was the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member.
He is the author of a number of books, including Wyndham Lewis (London: Tate Publishing, 2004), and is editor of the Tate’s British Artists series.
He worked at the Tate Britain from 1981 to 2008 as a curator, and acted as Head of Education and Interpretation from 1991 to 2001.
In 1985, Humphreys was the lead curator of the Ezra Pound centenary exhibition Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy shown at Kettle's Yard and the Tate Gallery, and edited the accompanying volume of essays.
He studied English at Sidney Sussex College (1972-5) and later authored a history of the College, Sidney Sussex College: A History (2009). He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975-8).