Editing Herbert Read (section)

==Art criticism==
Read was a champion of modern British artists such as [[Paul Nash (artist)|Paul Nash]], [[Ben Nicholson]], [[Henry Moore]] and [[Barbara Hepworth]]. He became associated with Nash's contemporary arts group Unit One. Read was professor of fine arts at the [[University of Edinburgh]] (1931–33) and editor of ''[[The Burlington Magazine]]'' (1933–38). He was one of the organisers of the [[London International Surrealist Exhibition]] in 1936 and editor of the book ''Surrealism'', published in 1936, which included contributions from [[André Breton]], [[Hugh Sykes Davies]], [[Paul Éluard]], and [[Georges Hugnet]]. He also served as a trustee of the [[Tate Gallery]] and as a curator at the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]] (1922–31), as well as co-founding the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] with [[Roland Penrose]] in 1947.  He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of [[existentialism]], and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker [[Max Stirner]].

From 1953 to 1954 Read served as the Norton Professor at [[Harvard University]]. In that final year, he gave the [[A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts]] at the [[National Gallery of Art]]. For the academic year 1964–65 and again in 1965, he was a Fellow on the faculty at the Center for Advanced Studies of [[Wesleyan University]].<ref>[http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/FAs/ce1000-137.html#series2 Special Collections and Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314083709/http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/FAs/ce1000-137.html |date=14 March 2017 }}, Wesleyan University.</ref>