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Archives of other galleries, organisations and individuals

Rex Irwin in his Woollahra gallery

Rex Irwin in his Woollahra gallery, c1980s, unknown photographer, Rex Irwin Art Dealer archive, National Art Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales

The National Art Archive at the Art Gallery of New South Wales holds invaluable reference material from key names in the Australian art world.

The archive at the Art Gallery has informally collected papers from artists, commercial galleries and other organisations and individuals since the 1960s.

We currently hold the records from dozens of commercial galleries, art societies and other businesses as well as from people in the art world, from curators and conservators to collectors and critics.

  • Commercial galleries

    • Art of Man Gallery, Sydney

    • Australian Fine Arts Gallery, Sydney

    • Australian Galleries, Sydney

    • Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney

    • Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney

    • Clune Galleries, Sydney

    • Coventry Gallery, Sydney

    • David Jones Gallery, Sydney

    • Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

    • Galerie pompom, Sydney

    • Gallery A, Sydney

    • Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney

    • Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

    • Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney

    • Helen McEwen Gallery, Sydney

    • Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

    • Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

    • Legge Gallery, Sydney

    • Macquarie Galleries, Canberra

    • Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

    • MOP, Sydney

    • Mori Gallery, Sydney

    • Notanda Gallery, Sydney

    • Painters Gallery, Sydney

    • Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane and Sydney

    • Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney

    • Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

    • Roz Macallan Gallery, Brisbane

    • Rubery Bennett Gallery, Sydney

    • Sedon Galleries, Melbourne

    • Stills Gallery, Sydney

    • Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs

    • Thirty Victoria Street, Sydney

    • Watters Gallery, Sydney

    • Woolloomooloo Art Gallery, Sydney

  • Organisations

    • Art Gallery Society of New South Wales

    • Australian Bookplate Society

    • Australian Ex Libris Association

    • Australian Watercolour Institute

    • Biennale of Sydney

    • Blake Prize Society

    • Chee Soon & Fitzgerald

    • dLux MediaArts

    • East Sydney Technical College

    • Group 12

    • Kaldor Public Art Projects

    • New Australian Bookplate Society

    • Rowe Street Society, Sydney

    • SA Parker Framing Works

    • Sculpture Centre, Sydney

    • Shepherd and Newman Commercial Color and Art Tone Printers, Sydney

    • Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

    • Society of Artists, Sydney

    • Sydney Art on Paper Fair

    • Sydney Camera Circle

    • Sydney Printmakers

    • TO Photographic Association

  • Individuals

    • Allen, Prue

    • Barkley, Glenn

    • Batache, Eddy (with Reinhard Hassert)

    • Batchen, Geoffrey

    • Bogle, Michael

    • Bond, Tony

    • Brand, Michael

    • Bray, Ross

    • Brook, Donald

    • Bunn, Sarah

    • Campbell, Jean

    • Campbell, Katherine

    • Chandler, Susan

    • Clark, John

    • Corrigan, Pat

    • Crookston, Jacqueline

    • Cruthers, John

    • Docking, Gil

    • Dufour, Gary (with Siné Macpherson)

    • Fay, Peter

    • Fox, Paul

    • France, Christine

    • Free, Renee

    • Haines, Robert

    • Hassert, Reinhard (with Eddy Batache)

    • Havilah, Lisa

    • Hepburn, Myrtle

    • Hobbs, Michael

    • James, Bruce

    • Kaldor, John

    • Kelly, Betty

    • Kolenberg, Hendrik

    • Leggett, Mike

    • Lo Schiavo, Fabian

    • Macpherson, Siné (with Gary Dufour)

    • Masselos, Jim

    • McBride, John

    • McCullough, Tom

    • McDonald, Frank

    • McGeachy, Sylvia

    • McPhee, John

    • Mendelssohn, Joanna

    • Miller, David

    • Mollison, James

    • Moriarty, Stanley

    • Newton, Gael

    • Palmer, Jock

    • Pearce, Barry

    • Reiser, Len J

    • Scarlett, Ken

    • Stephen, Ann

    • Sternberg, Goldie and Edward

    • Thomas, Clarice

    • Tuckson, Margaret

    • Watters, Frank

    • Whitsed Dovey, John

    • Willoughby, Barry

    • Worcester, Royal (Roy)

    • Wrobel, Elinor

    • Young, John

    • Zander, Clarice