AT AGSA:

Tarnanthi Festival 2023

20 OCT 2023 – 21 JAN 2024

The name Tarnanthi (pronounced tarnan-dee) comes from the language of the Kaurna people. It means to come forth or appear – like the sun and the first emergence of light.

From the renowned Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) to numerous partner venues scattered across Adelaide and throughout South Australia, Tarnanthi sets the stage for a vibrant celebration of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. With its finger firmly on the pulse of the art world, Tarnanthi presents a compelling and timely survey of the latest artistic expressions from these diverse Indigenous communities. Acclaimed across Australia, the Tarnanthi Festival showcases the latest contemporary works by hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the continent. As the central point of the Festival, AGSA presents a nationwide survey that promises ambitious and innovative contemporary art combined with deep reflection on unwavering cultural connections.

In addition, the annual Tarnanthi Art Fair returns as a physical event in 2023, after two successful years of being presented online. The Art Fair provides a unique opportunity to meet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, learn about their world and ideas, and buy works of art. Exclusive to Adelaide, this popular art event brings together creative works in diverse mediums, produced by hundreds of established and emerging, regional and city-based artists from across Australia.

Importantly, the three-day Art Fair delivers significant economic benefits to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, where art production is a vital source of income. All works are made and sold ethically, and all sale proceeds go directly to the artists and their community-run art centres.

HIGHLIGHT EXHIBITION… Vincent Namatjira: Australia in colour

20 OCT 2023 – 21 JUL 2024

Art Gallery of South Australia

The first survey exhibition of acclaimed Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira. Renowned for producing paintings laden with dry wit, Namatjira has established himself in the past decade as a celebrated portraitist and a satirical chronicler of Australian identity.

Showcasing Namatjira’s flourishing artistic practice, this major exhibition brings together paintings, works on paper and moving images from public and private collections nationwide.

TARNANTHI ART FAIR

20-22 OCT 2023

Adelaide Entertainment Centre agsa.sa.gov.au | @tarnanthi

In the city… at JamFactory at Adelaide Railway Station

NINUKU ARTS: STORIES FROM KALKA until 12 Sep

Since 2019, Indigenous arts centre

Ninuku Arts has partnered with JamFactory's Glass Studio to create exquisite handcrafted glass artworks Ninuku Arts is located in the remote community of Kalka in the Ańangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia.

The collaboration has produced pieces that blend contemporary glassmaking techniques with traditional Indigenous design.

Adelaide Railway Station

North Terrace, Adelaide jamfactory.com.au

@jamfactoryau

IN THE BURBS… AT BMG ART

Nona Burden & Karen Genoff

Paintings and Assemblages

11 Aug - 2 Sep 2023

Mark Judd & Felicia Aroney

Sculpture and Paintings

8 Sep - 30 Sep 2023

Colin Pennock, Jeff Mincham, Madeline Collopy, Nate Finch & Sun Woon Chow

Works on paper, Ceramics and Paintings

6 Oct - 28 Oct 2023

444 South Road, Marleston bmgart.com.au | @bmgart