Paid $18 each to see an exhibition that included only some of Arthur Boyd’s work. In total the museum included only 4 rooms of art work. Not all sections were open mid week, so suggest only going on the weekend. When asked to see his works eg landscapes, it was suggested that we could visit the library! The grounds were beautiful, but a long drive to not see much art work.

The Polyphonic Sea
I'd just like to comment on this art exhibition, and just to let you know I am a member here and I've been heaps this year and love the place. The current exhibition is not very good. Of all the works placed this year, it lacks depth and the paucity of works highlights this whole exhibition. Trying to link nature, culture and the environment, and sound, just does not work here. It comes across as being woke to me as the so called links to earth and culture are so tenuous and flimsy I couldn't wait to get out. One of the main pieces is some sort of sound projection things but it wasn't on when I was there and no matter how long i stayed, it would not come on. I know someone else who has been there 3 times and it still hasn't seen. Most pieces things like this run on a loop. Not here. This to me shows how poorly curated this show is; something simple but keeps people interested. I've read 2 reviews and both gush about The Polyphonic Sea, but not me. I'm sorry. Just on art exhibitions I've seen heaps this year in India, NGV x2, Heide x2, Sydney Modern and a couple at Bundanon, all better than this by far.

This is a brilliant art gallery spread across two very disparate locations, ten kilometres apart. It was a gift to the Australian nation from the Boyd family, arguably the most prolific and talented family of artists the country has produced.
The more accessible section (ie still on the bitumen) houses a modernistic Art Museum and the architecturally impressive Bridge building, which includes the Ramox Cafe. We visited on the opening weekend of a new exhibition of contemporary Polynesian art, The Polyphonic Sea. It was a little too contemporary for our tastes but we did enjoy the cafe. Good coffee, and simple though innovative lunch menu, eg the Kimchi grilled-cheese sandwich. Great! And considering the isolated location and lack of competition, we thought their prices quite reasonable. (They compared favorably with those in the nearby tourist town of Berry.)
The highlight of our visit to Bundanon came next and this was the Homestead, set 10 km deeper into the Australian bush close to the Shoalhaven River. Access is via a dirt road, quite steep at times. The site is beautiful and quintessentially rustic/pastoral Australia. This is where Arthur, the most famous of the Boyds, had his studio, which looks as though it has not been touched since he died in 1999. The two-storey homestead itself is now a gallery, renovated and with all rooms filled with artworks from four generations of the Boyd family, including pottery as well as paintings. Visiting the Homestead requires a bit more effort, but it is wonderfully rewarding experience.