Richard Stephen Humphreys (2 September 1953 – 26 October 2025) was a British writer. He was the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member. He was the author of a number of books, including Wyndham Lewis (London: Tate Publishing, 2004), and was editor of the Tate's British Artists series.
Life and career Humphreys was born in Cambridge on 2 September 1953.American Book Publishing Record, Vol. 39 (1998), p. 196. He studied English at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1972–1975), and later authored a history of the college (Sidney Sussex College: A History, 2009). He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975–1981).
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.Richard Humphreys (editor), Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy, London (Tate Gallery), June 1985,
Humphreys died on 26 October 2025, at the age of 72.Obituary Notices
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