Events & Exhibitions

• Sunday 7 December 2025
• 11am–1pm
• Plane Tree Lawn, Adelaide Botanic Garden
• Free! Please RSVP

The Adelaide Botanic Garden and Guildhouse warmly invite you to the launch of Opuntia and Olea: Stories of Adaptation, a new outdoor exhibition by artist Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo for The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia.

Through a suite of richly embellished ceramic sculptures—echoing the artistic traditions of his native Sicily—the artist explores the story of the prickly pear (Opuntia) and the olive tree (Olea europaea).

• Tuesday 13 January 2026
• 12:30–1:00pm
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Free! No registration required

Shane Cook and Jo-Anne Driessens speak on their experiences as part of the Catapult + Tarnanthi Mentorship program in Tarnanthi Festival 2025, presented in partnership with Guildhouse.

17 November – 13 February 2025
City of Adelaide ART POD

An outcome of The Guildhouse Collections Project + City of Adelaide for Tarnanthi, Crista Bradshaw has engaged with the City of Adelaide’s collections to explore how its archives, monuments and public artworks reflect its cultural identity and the inclusion, or absence, of First Nations histories.

Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo
7 December 2025 – 28 February 2025
Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo presents Opuntia and Olea: Stories of Adaptation for The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia.

Through a suite of richly embellished ceramic sculptures—echoing the artistic traditions of his native Sicily—the artist explores the story of the prickly pear (Opuntia) and the olive tree (Olea europaea).