Tarnanthi turns 10: how a small South Australian festival became a super-sized champion of First Nations art

<p>This year’s edition, a statewide juggernaut spanning more than 30 exhibitions and events and a major show at the Art Gallery of South Australia, celebrates the past and present while looking to the future</p><p>Walking through the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) alongside Nici Cumpston, it’s as if the Barkandji artist and curator is surrounded by old friends.</p><p>For the past 10 years, Cumpston’s role as artistic director of Tarnanthi festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art – which this week celebrates a decade with a supersized statewide iteration spanning more than 30 exhibitions and events, including a major exhibition at AGSA – has seen her travel widely and listen deeply to bring these canvases, sculptures and video works to Kaurna country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/18/tarnanthi-festival-australia-first-nations-art-10-anniversary-too-deadly">Continue reading...</a>