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  • Payback iPad prize draw winners announced!

    We’re delighted to announce Payback claimants Rosemary Cochrane, Lane Oatey and Roderick Pinchen as the winners of this year’s exclusive Payback prize draw. They have each won an iPad Air, supporting their creative practices.

    29 October 2015

  • DACS, Oxford Internet Institute and Ruskin School of Art announce PhD selection

    DACS, in partnership with the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Ruskin School of Art, is pleased to announce that our Doctoral Knowledge Exchange Studentship has been awarded to Laura Molloy, who will investigate the economic and policy-making landscape for visual artists in the UK.

    21 October 2015

  • DACS supports major initiative to digitise artists’ archives

    DACS is delighted to announce it is supporting Art360, a major national initiative led by DACS Foundation to digitise 100 British artists’ archives and to provide practical, bespoke advice and support on legacy planning. 

    6 October 2015

  • Apply for your share of Dutch PLR royalties by 6 January 2016

    Artists and estates have until Wednesday 6 January 2016 to apply for their share of Dutch Public Lending Right (Dutch PLR) royalties, for the lending of books featuring their work by libraries in the Netherlands.

    6 October 2015

  • DACS Foundation's benefit auction raises £90,000

    This September, DACS Foundation raised £90,000 in its benefit auctions with Christie's and Paddle8 to fund activities dedicated to supporting artists and artists’ estates.

    5 October 2015

  • DACS Foundation’s Paddle8 benefit auction is now live!

    DACS Foundation’s online auction with Paddle8 has launched! Bids can be placed online until 9.30pm, Thursday 24 September. Proceeds will help fund DACS Foundation’s forthcoming initiatives supporting the visual arts in the UK. 

    11 September 2015