Ivan Dougherty Gallery

About

Ivan Dougherty Gallery is a major contemporary art exhibiting space and educational resource of The College of Fine Arts, UNSW. It mounts approximately ten exhibitions per year, focussing on 20th century and contemporary Australian and international art of all disciplines.

Exhibitions are accompanied by catalogue publications, educational material, forums and floor talks; providing information to College students and encouraging discourse within the wider art community. 

The gallery's program often investigates areas overlooked by others, comprising thematic group exhibitions curated in-house or organised by freelance curators.  Ivan Dougherty Gallery also initiates and hosts touring exhibitions as well as collaborating on projects with other contemporary spaces and arts organisations.  In the last decade the gallery has held exhibitions that explore recent trends in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, installation, video, design, perforamnce and digital art.

Ivan Dougherty Gallery was established in 1977 by the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education at 200 Cumberland Street, The Rocks and was named after Major General Sir Ivan Dougherty, Chairman of the first College Council.  It moved to its current premises in 1981.