Ivan Dougherty Gallery

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The Ivan Dougherty Gallery (IDG) was opened on 24 October 1977. Established under the auspices of Alexander Mackie College, its initial philosophy was "to show works that would not normally be exhibited by either State or private galleries" (AM Newsletter - November 1977). Its inaugural exhibition was "Elwyn Lynn - Two Decades". The IDG was first housed at 200 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, but soon moved to the ground floor of a former public school on the Albion Avenue, Paddington site, which was opened on 16 June 1981.

In 1982, when Alexander Mackie College was reconstituted into two separate institutes in the new Sydney College of Advanced Education, the Gallery became part of the City Art Institute (CAI). In 1987 the CAI moved from being an institute of the Sydney CAE to becoming part of the New South Wales Institute of the Arts (NSWIA). The Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act, 1989, No. 65 ended the short existence of NSWIA. The CAI, including the IDG, was thus reconstituted into the University of New South Wales as the College of Fine Arts (COFA) from 1990.

In the Celebrating Ivan Dougherty Gallery’s 30th anniversary publication in 2007, then IDG Director Nick Waterlow wrote: “Ivan Dougherty Gallery celebrates its thirtieth anniversary on 24 October, having put on around three hundred exhibitions, with over 1,250 artists from all over this country and many other parts of the world.”

As a result of plans to establish a new art gallery elsewhere at COFA, on 30 November 2009 the Ivan Dougherty Gallery closed its doors, with the new UNSW Galleries being launched in 2013.

IDG Directors:
-Chris Gentle (1977–1986)
-Maggie Gilchrist (1987–1989)
-Louise Pether (1989–1991)
-Nick Waterlow OAM (1991–2009)

Contact the University Archives

In 2024 the records of Ivan Dougherty Gallery were transferred to UNSW Archives and a selection has been made available in this online collection. Please contact the University Archives to request a full search of all items relating to the IDG that are held in the Archives.

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Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Video forms: passages in identity

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – The Resilient Landscape

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – For Matthew and Others

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – A Century of Collecting 1901–2001

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Queer Crossing

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Seven

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Hungarian Art Today

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Charlie Tjungurrayi

Collection

Exhibition Catalogues

Exhibitions & Events Programs

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Photographs

Ivan Dougherty Gallery Exhibition – Vision in Disbelief (4th Biennale of Sydney) (1982) (S3357/1982-7-14)

Ivan Dougherty Gallery

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