A socially alert Arthur Boyd

Exhibition takes a different view of Boyd's paintings, examining them for their take on racism, war and environmental degradation.
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 Arthur Boyd’s Large skate on grey background, (1979); Courtesy Bundanon Trust and SH Ervin

This exhibition, touring from the Bundanon Trust – Boyd’s former property on the Shoalhaven river in NSW, has been curated around the premise that Arthur Boyd was An Active Witness – the title of this exhibition – now showing at Sydney’s S.H. Ervin Gallery.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina