Tarnanthi | Adelaide | 17 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Tarnanthi Art Fair 2025 – Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Tarnanthi is a platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country to share important stories through artistic excellence, illuminating the diversity and depth of art and culture in communities nationwide. It encourages new beginnings by providing artists with opportunities to create significant new work and to extend their practice.
Works for sale include paintings, ceramics, sculpture, woven objects, jewellery, textiles, clothes and homewares, created by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists working independently or from art centres across the country.
Tarnanthi Art Fair supports the ethical production and sale of works of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Every dollar from your purchase goes directly to the artists and their Aboriginal-owned and governed art centres – delivering economic benefits to communities where art production is a vital source of income.
The 2025 exhibition – Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi – will be available to view from 17 October 2025 – 18 January 2026. Entry is free.
2025 Tarnanthi Festival Launch
FREE Open-air Event | 6pm – 9pm Thursday 16 October 2025
Held on Kaurna Yarta, the AGSA forecourt, this year’s Tarnanthi Festival Launch will feature a live performance by First Nations hip-hop supergroup 3%.
Featuring Angus Field, Corey Webster aka Nooky and Dallas Woods, 3% references the percentage of Australia’s population that are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. The ARIA Award-winning collective are known for their powerful live performances that are steeped in the culture and stories of First Nations people, while pushing the boundaries of hip hop, pop and storytelling.
The festivities begin at 6pm with a Kaurna Welcome to Country, a keynote address by Professor Megan Davis AC, followed by a free performance by 3%. Then, head in to see this year’s major exhibition Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi, assembling more than 200 landmark works of art in AGSA’s collection.
Over the opening weekend, the ever-popular Tarnanthi Art Fair returns in a new location at Union House (level 5 and 6), Adelaide University. Tarnanthi 2025 also includes an extensive program of artist and curator talks, tours, performances, film screenings, creative activities and workshops, as well as dedicated events for students and educators.
VIEW THE 2025 TARNANTHI ART FAIR PROGRAM
2023 Tarnanthi Art Fair Review
For the first time since 2020, the popular Tarnanthi Art Fair returned in person for three days in 2023, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre – offering a unique opportunity to meet the artists and buy works of art with 100% of sales going back to artists and art centres. Take a look at some of the artworks from 2023 on display below.
For more information and all enquiries please visit the Tarnanthi Art Fair website or follow the Tarnanthi Facebook page.
What: Tarnanthi Art Fair 2025 Opening Weekend
When: Thursday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2025
Where: Union House, Adelaide University | North Terrace, Adelaide
Who: Everyone
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Image Source: Art Gallery of SA / photos by Play & Go 2023
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