News and events

DACS Presents: Phyllida Barlow

Legendary installation artist Phyllida Barlow joined DACS to discuss the challenges for shaping the future of arts in the UK.

• 20 October 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event via zoom

DACS Meets: Oreet Ashery and Florence Peake in conversation

Welcome to DACS Meets, an ongoing series of insights from artists on their life and practice.  Ahead of their online event with DACS later this month, multi-disciplinary artists Oreet Ashery and Florence Peake discuss their expansive practices, which unfold and converge through their exploration of the human form and a penchant for performance-based works.

• 6 October 2021

DACS distributes over £5.6 million in Payback royalties to 86,000 visual artists in 2021

Thanks to DACS’ annual Payback scheme, over 86,000 photographers, illustrators and artists are to receive a share of £5.6 million in royalties.

• 4 October 2021

Report launched to government outlining new funding opportunity for visual artists

DACS, along with a coalition of other arts organisations, have today launched a report to government outlining how the Smart Fund could generate between £250-300 million a year to better support visual artists and the wider cultural industries.

• 29 September 2021

'The cause of making the artist’s life sustainable is close to my heart' - DACS Chair Margaret Heffernan on supporting artists

Chair of the DACS Board Margaret Heffernan explains why she joined DACS and her vision of a better future for artists.

• 29 September 2021

Copyright uncovered: what should you do if someone asks you to create a work for them?

The DACS legal team demistify the process of creating commission agreements and the key questions to consider before agreeing to create artwork for an organisation or individual.

• 29 September 2021

Making Art Fair Shipping Sustainable: Artists And Galleries Call For Change

Art fairs are back! But how can we make them more sustainable?

• 28 September 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

DACS appoints new Board members to help realise its Manifesto for Artists

We are delighted to announce three new appointments to the DACS Board, who will help deliver DACS’ ambitions plans to secure changes for artists in the medium and long term.

• 27 September 2021

DACS Meets Jeremy Hutchison & Ceri Hand: Dear Mr Zuckerberg

Dear Mr Zuckerberg: artist Jeremy Hutchison joined by curator Ceri Hand

• 8 September 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

DACS Meets: Nick Goss on the Artist's Resale Right

Welcome to DACS Meets, an ongoing series of insights from our members on their practice and life as an artist. In this instalment, painter Nick Goss discusses how Artist's Resale Right has enabled him to keep track of his work once it enters the art market as well as using the royalties to develop his practice.

• 3 September 2021

DACS Meets: Maria Farrar on the Artist's Resale Right

Welcome to DACS Meets, an ongoing series of insights from our members on their practice and life as an artist. Here, London-based painter Maria Farrar shares the significance of receiving Artist's Resale Right royalties in feeling recognised and validated as a practising artist.

• 3 September 2021

DACS hits £100m paid out in Artist's Resale Right Royalties

We're celebrating the landmark distribution of over £100m in Resale Right royalties to artists and artist’s estates in the UK. These payments support artists ongoing practice and livelihoods, and ensure an ongoing stake in the increasing value of their work. 

• 2 September 2021