Curator of Bundanon’s 2009-2012 touring exhibition White Gums and Ramoxes, Grace Cochrane AM shares insights into the relationship between Merric and Arthur Boyd through their ceramics, drawings and paintings.

Now an independent curator and writer, until 2005 Grace Cochrane was a senior curator of Australian decorative arts and design at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Cochrane is the author of The Crafts Movement in Australia: a History (NSW University Press, 1992), and for over 45 years has spoken about the crafts and design.

Fantastic forums is a series of public talks in response to current exhibition fantastic forms. Hear from leading curators of Australian art history about Merric’s broader practice and his influence on his son Arthur Boyd.