Arts & Culture
Paintings, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, homewares and other works from around 50 Indigenous art centres across Australia will be for sale at the Tarnanthi Art Fair in Adelaide this weekend.
Arts & Culture
The Art Gallery of South Australia reopens today and has announced it will go ahead with the annual Tarnanthi Art Fair as an in-person event from December 4-6 at Lot Fourteen on North Terrace.
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