The Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women repositions the creative practices of five generations of women from one of Australia’s most prominent artistic dynasties.

Showcasing more than 300 diverse works, this timely exhibition brings the women of the Boyd family into focus. As artists, designers, photographers, and creative collaborators, their contributions—though historically less celebrated than those of their male counterparts—remain deeply influential.

The exhibition will present works by Emma Minnie Boyd, Doris Boyd, Lady Mary Nolan, Yvonne Boyd, Lucy Boyd Beck, Hermia Boyd and their descendants still practicing today. Drawn largely from the Bundanon Collection, with key loans from national collections and the Boyd family, the exhibition spans painting and printmaking, sculpture and pottery, textiles, design, filmmaking and photography, including several never-before-exhibited works.

New commissions and recent work by contemporary Australian women artists are interspersed throughout the exhibition, including Pat Brassington, Elizabeth Dunn, Diena Georgetti, Helen Johnson, Narelle Jubelin, Camille Laddawan, Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM and Timna Taylor.

Image: The Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women (installation view), Bundanon, 2025. Photo: Zan Wimberley.