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  • DACS wins Researcher-in-Residence award

    DACS is delighted to have won a Researcher-in-Residence award from Creativeworks London. The award will support doctoral researcher, Tania Phipps-Rufus, to work with DACS to research the potential of intellectual property law for artists in the digital age.

    2 February 2015

  • UK Government support of artists debated in the House of Lords

    The UK Government’s support of individual artists was the subject of a recent debate in the House of Lords, on Monday 19 January 2015. Discussion centred on the issues affecting artists today such as pay, intellectual property rights, studio space, public funding cuts and arts education. 

    26 January 2015

  • David Roberts talks to DACS about Dutch PLR

    Liverpool-born artist David Roberts has illustrated books by some of Britain’s most celebrated children’s authors. We catch up with him about claiming Dutch PLR royalties, which he tells us are an important strand of an artist’s income.

    21 January 2015

  • Jane Ray talks to DACS about Dutch PLR

    DACS talks to children's book illustrator, Jane Ray, about Dutch Public Lending Right (Dutch PLR) royalties. She explains why artists should sign up and provides some useful tips for first-time applicants.

    15 December 2014

  • Artists receive almost £5 million in Payback royalties

    A record 23,000 visual artists and artist estates have claimed almost £5 million in Payback royalties from DACS in 2014. Payments are currently being made, with most artists expected to receive their royalties in time for Christmas.

    12 December 2014

  • DACS supports PhD research into economic and policy landscape for visual artists

    DACS has partnered with the Oxford Internet Institute and Ruskin School of Art to support a fully-funded, three-year Doctoral Knowledge Exchange Studentship investigating the economic and policy-making landscape for visual artists. Applications are currently being sought by the deadline of 23 January 2015.

    11 December 2014