News and events

DACS welcomes Labour Party’s pledge to support the creative industries

DACS welcomes Labour Party’s Pledge to support the creative industries.

• 15 March 2024

Exhibitions we have recently worked on

We recently licensed the work of our members to be featured as part of catalogues and merchandise for exhibitions taking place at Tate, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Sainsbury Centre.

• 13 March 2024

Artists: Complete our Earnings Survey to support our campaigns for fair pay

We want to hear from you about your earnings, and how you generate income.

• 7 March 2024

New artists on Artimage | Barbara Walker, Charmaine Watkiss, Le Berger de L'ile de Ngor and Richard Spare

We have recently added three new artists to Artimage, DACS’ image licensing platform for modern and contemporary Art.

• 4 March 2024

It is time to set a global standard on protecting artists and their work

For DACS' 40th anniversary, Adelaide Damoah wrote an essay, published by the Arts Professional, calling on the government to safeguard artists’ rights.

• 20 February 2024

APPG for Visual Arts discusses challenges faced by freelance visual artists

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Visual Arts held its first meeting of 2024 on Wednesday 7th February, focused on the challenges faced by freelance visual artists

• 8 February 2024

House of Lords report on Large Language Models: Government should act, considering legislative changes if necessary

A report released today, 2 February 2024, calls on the UK government to “not sit on their hands’ while LLM developers exploit rightsholders’ works.

• 2 February 2024

Celebrating 40 Years of Protecting Artists’ Rights

DACS is turning 40 this year and to celebrate, throughout 2024 we will publish a series of essays and interviews under the banner of 40 Years of Protecting Artists’ Rights.

• 31 January 2024

£10.1 million distributed in ARR royalties to artists and estates

DACS announces its annual ARR royalty distributions, with £10.1 million paid to 1893 artists and estates in 2023

• 30 January 2024

How does Payback help charities and artists?

A blog by Garry Hunter, Founder of Fitzrovia Noir, on the Payback scheme

• 23 January 2024

New survey shows 89% of UK artists want the Government to better protect their work by regulating AI

A pivotal new report ‘Artificial Intelligence and Artists’ Work’ published by DACS has revealed significant insights about UK artists' concerns and expectations regarding AI's impact on their work and livelihoods.

• 18 January 2024

Payback 2024 is open for claims!

Our annual Payback scheme pays artists, illustrators and photographers royalties for the reuse of their works that have been published in UK books, magazines or on TV.

• 16 January 2024