Richard Humphreys (writer)

Richard Humphreys (born 1953)[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

He studied English at Sidney Sussex College (1972–5) and later authored a history of the College, Sidney Sussex College: A History (2009).[4] He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975–8).