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  • Major artists donate to DACS Foundation fundraising auction

    Over 50 artists including Tracey Emin, Susan Hiller and Yinka Shonibare MBE are donating artwork to raise money for DACS Foundation, a new charitable organisation for the visual arts. The works will be auctioned by Christie’s and Paddle8 in September 2015.

    20 July 2015

  • DACS’ position on Europe’s ‘Freedom of Panorama’ debate

    The exception to copyright law allowing people to create and share images and photographs of copyright-protected buildings and artworks on public display has been at the centre of a recent debate in the European Parliament, and has been widely covered in the media.

    10 July 2015

  • Apply for your share of £4 million in Payback royalties

    Is your artwork in UK books, magazines or on TV? Apply to DACS’ Payback scheme for a share of over £4 million in royalties for the re-use of your published work, by Wednesday 14 October 2015.

    17 June 2015

  • DACS campaigns to recover unpaid Artist’s Resale Right royalties

    DACS has led a successful compliance campaign to ensure galleries, auction houses and art dealers in the UK pay artists and estates their Artist’s Resale Right royalties. So far in 2015, DACS has recovered over £110,500 in royalties from backdated sales.

    15 June 2015

  • DACS celebrates Artimage’s first birthday

    DACS is celebrating the one year anniversary of Artimage in June 2015. Dedicated to licensing images of modern and contemporary art, Artimage complements our Copyright Licensing service and supports the income of artists and estates.

    3 June 2015

  • Take part in EU research into artists’ pay

    The European Commission is undertaking a survey of photographers, illustrators and designers to research differences in artists’ pay across Europe. Artists are invited to complete the survey by Sunday 14 June 2015. 

    19 May 2015