RAFT Artspace

RAFT is nationally and internationally renowned for its unique style and carefully considered exhibitions. Since its inception, the gallery has set an agenda promoting community interest in the region and provoking an extensive critical discourse.

Founded in Darwin in 2001 by Dallas Gold, RAFT presented more than 150 exhibitions in its Top End gallery, before relocating in 2010 to Alice Springs. Throughout its history RAFT has collaborated with many galleries, creating interstate projects such as RAFT south in Hobart from 2016-2017.

RAFT is a commercial gallery with a focus on presenting contemporary art from Central and Northern Australia. Its program includes both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, celebrating difference, respecting culture and presenting a program of integrity and dynamism. All exhibitions are informed by cultural awareness and social responsibility, with a commitment to best practice.

RAFT Artspace

2/8 Hele Crescent, Alice Springs NT 0870, Australia

0428 410 811

raftartspace.com.au

During exhibitions
Tue to Fri 10am–4pm
Sat 10am–2pm
Other times by appointment

RAFT Artspace

The rhythm of creating

In a new collaborative exhibition at PS Art Space, in partnership with Cool Change Contemporary, five artists with process-lead practices contemplate material ethics through actively engaging in slowness and reuse.

Sally Gearon

The ecstatic visions of Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien’s 2022 video work Once Again…(Statues Never Die) exposes the unseen emotional registers inherent to the struggle for colonial repatriation by mapping the places where poetics and politics intersect.

Michael Sun

Scaling new heights

A new exhibition at the Australian National Capital Artists Inc (ANCA) asks 12 artists—including Dan Powers, S.A.Adair, Emma Beer and Lisa Sammut—to explore scale: from the miniature to the monumental.

Michelle Wang

The art of caring for our environment

A Delicate Terrain, a new exhibition of works drawn from the Tweed Regional Gallery collection, looks at our relationship with the environment through the lens of contemporary art.

Briony Downes

Ecological art can bring us closer to understanding nature. How does this look in the era of climate change?

Two exhibitions in Sydney are showcasing interdisciplinary research on climate change communicated in artistic ways.

Alexandra Crosby

Raining cats and dogs

Whether beloved pets or superstitious omens, animals have always existed in art. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia’s latest exhibition is paying tribute to two of the most beloved animal figures: cats and dogs.

Art Guide Australia