Tarnanthi (pronounced tar-nan-dee) is a Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art held in Adelaide, South Australia, annually.
[12] In 2017, artists from the APY lands produced several enormous works for installation at AGSA, including two paintings on repurposed canvas mailbags, both stretched to three metres by five.
21 men collaborated on one work, 24 women on the other, with contributions spanning seven communities from the far northwest of SA: Pukatja, Amata, Mimili, Indulkana, Nyapari, Fregon and Kalka.
[11] In July 2019 it was announced that the Tarnanthi Festival would run from 18 to 27 Oct 2019, with the Art Fair at Tandanya on the opening weekend and the AGSA exhibition continuing until 27 January 2020.
[15] An exhibition of colonial artworks alongside the tools and objects of Aboriginal people, accompanied by carefully researched text and commentary by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, writer and researcher Bruce Pascoe and historian Bill Gammage, is the subject of an exhibition entitled Bunha-bunhanga: Aboriginal agriculture in the south-east, mounted in the AGSA's Elder Wing, Gallery 1 and the Museum of Economic Botany.
[17] Occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia, there was some uncertainty whether it could go ahead,[18] and when it did, AGSA had to work within various restrictions and precautions to ensure that it was safe, with the Art Fair postponed to early December.
[21] Arrernte/Gurindji man Dan Sultan will launch the Tarnanthi festival with a free music concert and public event on the forecourt of the Art Gallery of South Australia.