Assoc. Prof. Dufour is approved by the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program to value international and Australian art. An art historian based in Mount Claremont, Gary Dufour was chief curator and deputy director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia (1995–2013), senior curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery (1988–95), and prior to that curator of prints and drawings at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (1983–87). The focus of his research interest is the history of modern and contemporary art in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Howard Taylor: A Painter's Journal Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, September 2025.

Contributor, Jeff Wall Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, forthcoming October 2025.

Contributor, Vancouver Art Gallery Collection Handbook, forthcoming March 2026.

Dispersal of 400+ works of art by Howard Taylor to University, State, and National collections for the Taylor family, WA, 2024–25.

Approved to value for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Emeritus Director, SHEILA A Foundation for Women in Visual Art

Fellow, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation

Judging panelist: Bunbury Biennale, 2023; City of South Perth Art Awards, 2023.

Community lectures: Australian Museums and Galleries Assoc., Kerry Stokes Collection, 2022; Collie Art Gallery, 2022; Rockingham Art Gallery, 2024.

Assoc. Prof. Dufour's career highlights include: Jeff Wall Catalogue Raisonné 2005–2021 (Gagosian, 2022); Jeff Wall Photographs (NGV, 2012); Howard Taylor: A Painter's Journal (AGWA, 2025); Allan Sekula: Geography Lesson Canadian Notes (MIT Press, 1997); curator of PastFutureTense (Winnipeg & Vancouver 1990–91), Out of Place (Vancouver, 1993), Here not There (Vancouver, 1995), and Home (Perth, 2000); founding curator of The Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive (Vancouver, 1991); Australian curator-in-residence (ISCP – New York, 2007); Canadian Commissioner, Biennale of Sydney (1992); and solo exhibitions Howard Taylor (1985, 1998 & 2003–07), Jeff Wall (1990 & 2012–13), Jochen Gerz (1994–97), Dan Graham (1985), Max Pam (1986), as well as editor of Pam's memoir The Contingency of Eye Contact (Éditions Bessard, 2023).

A curator of numerous international exhibitions Assoc. Prof. Dufour has extensive experience in developing comprehensive collections of the artists listed in italics, and commissioning new works by the artists listed in roman: Vikky Alexander, Christian Boltanski, Panya Clark, Sara Diamond, Stan Douglas, Jochen Gerz, Rodney Glick, David Goldblatt, Leon Golub, Ann Hamilton, Ronald Jones, William Kentridge, Kimsooja, Wolfgang Laib, Ken Lum, Nalini Malani, Chie Matsui, Sarah Morris, Bruce Nauman, Matthew Ngui, Max Pam, Marko Peljhan, Ulrich Rückriem, Allan Sekula, Nancy Spero, Jana Sterbak, Howard Taylor, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, and Erwin Wurm.

Assoc. Prof. Dufour's library and curatorial archives are held at the National Art Archive and Capon Research Library, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and in the Papers of Howard Taylor at the Archives and Research Library, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Honorary Donor, Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation 2017–25

Curatorial Advisor, Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, UWA 2016–19

University Cultural Collections Board, UWA 2013–19

Cruthers Collection of Women's Art Advisory Board, UWA 2013–19

Director, SHEILA A Foundation for Women in Visual Art 2017–18

Director, Cruthers Art Foundation 2013–18

Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Art Board, UWA 2002–16

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery Board, UWA 2001–10

Lecturer, Curatorial Studies, University of Victoria, BC 1992

Chief Curator, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK 1987–88

Assistant Professor, University of Regina, SK 1981–83

Lecturer, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS 1980

Founding Director, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Regina, SK 1976–77

Art History: Visual Culture and Art in America in the 20th and 21st centuries (2015-20); Postgraduate supervision (2013–18).

Gary Dufour is an internationally recognised authority on artists Jeff Wall, Guido Molinari, Lawence Weiner, Max Pam, and Howard Taylor, amongst others, and a specialist in international modern and contemporary art, as well as Western Australian art.