Richard Humphreys (writer)
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Richard Humphreys is 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).
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.
Tate Britain
Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...
and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium
London Consortium
The London Consortium is a graduate school in the UK offering multidisciplinary Masters and Doctoral programs in the humanities and cultural studies at the University of London. It is administered by Birkbeck, University of London, one of the constituent colleges of the University of London, and...
, of which he was a founding member.
He is the author of a number of books, including Wyndham Lewis (London: Tate Publishing
Tate Publishing Ltd
Tate Publishing is a publisher of visual arts books, associated with the Tate Gallery in London, England. It was established in 1911; nowadays it is a division of Tate Enterprises Ltd, an independent company wholly owned by the Trustees of Tate, and is based at Tate Britain, Millbank, London...
, 2004).
In 1985, Humphreys was the lead curator of the Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
centenary exhibition Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy
Pound's Artists
Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy was an exhibition held in 1985 to mark the centenary of Ezra Pound's birth....
shown at Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.- History and overview :Kettle's Yard was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection...
and the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
, and edited the accompanying volume of essays.