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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke

Bundanon art museum: Arthur Boyd’s estate reimagined in an architectural feat

Rochelle Haley’s installation Dance on a couch by an open window (after Boyd) – right - was inspired by the vibrant colours Boyd used in his ink drawings from the 1960s. A selection of Boyd costume designs for the 1963 ballet Elektra can be seen on the left
‘A serious investment in the south coast’: Rochelle Haley’s Dance on a Couch by an Open Window (After Boyd), part of Bundanon’s opening exhibition. Photograph: Bundanon

Few Australians would realise just how close the recent bushfires came to destroying one of the most valuable art collections in the country.

During Australia’s devastating black summer of 2020, the flames came within 1km of Arthur Boyd’s historic place of residence, threatening a collection of the artist’s works along with those of Sidney Nolan, John Perceval, Charles Blackman and others – including many created by the prodigious Boyd clan – estimated to be worth in excess of $40m.

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