Tarnanthi Festival 2025: Celebrating 10 years
In the language of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide region, ‘tarnanthi’ means to come forth, appear or emerge. True to its name, Tarnanthi promotes new beginnings by encouraging artists across the country to create significant new works that tell important stories.
At this year’s 10th-anniversary Tarnanthi Festival, you can experience a diverse profusion of leading-edge works of art from across Australia, presented at the Art Gallery of South Australia, throughout Adelaide and around South Australia.
Don’t miss the opening weekend celebrating contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
Festival highlights
Tarnanthi Launch
Join the excitement on North Terrace at the launch of Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art with First Nations hip-hop supergroup 3% and DJ Ian Buller.
October 16, 6pm-9pm, Art Gallery of South Australia Forecourt
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Tarnanthi Art Fair 2025
Two days only. Meet artists and buy works of art direct from artists and art centres at the Tarnanthi Art Fair in a new location at Union House, Adelaide University.
October 17-18, Adelaide University
Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi
Celebrate 10 years of Tarnanthi with Too Deadly, a major exhibition that showcases the creative vitality and excellence of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
October 17 to January 18, open daily 10am to 5pm, Art Gallery of South Australia
Blak Laundry
Blak Laundry is a pop-up laundromat where you can wash clothes, engage in critical conversation, performances and ‘agitations’, and become part of a socially and politically engaged work of art. Activations are fun, engaging and thought-provoking – a warm, gentle setting to bring the broader community into First Nations issues.
October 16-19, Thursday, 7pm, Friday to Sunday, various sessions from 10am, Art Gallery of South Australia Courtyard
The Studio: Comics and Characters with Layne Dhu-Dickie
Enter the Tarnanthi-themed Studio and make a spectacular piece of work to either leave on display at The Studio or take home as a memento of your time at AGSA.
September 28 to January 18, open daily, with facilitated workshops in school holidays and on weekends, Art Gallery of South Australia
Tarnanthi Beyond AGSA
Celebrate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art with a series of exhibitions and events held at AGSA and across the city and state.
Tarnanthi 2025 invites everyone to witness the power of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. For full program details, visit agsa.sa.gov.au/Tarnanthi
