News and events

Artist Narratives - Alia Syed in conversation with Gilane Tawadros

A conversation on storytelling, time and memory within themes of culture, diaspora and location.

• 14 July 2022, 5-6pm
• Online

Artist Narratives: Penny Slinger - I SPEAK WHAT I SEE

Penny Slinger uses a variety of media including photography, film, paint and photo-montage to explore the human journey through life and time. Perhaps best known for her surrealist interpretations of the female, Slinger uses her own experiences to look at connections between eroticism, mysticism, feminism and art. DACS selected Slinger’s I Speak What I See, from her Mouthpieces series to lead our Artists Narratives series. Here Penny shares the story behind her seminal series. Created in the early 70s, the series still profoundly resonates today.

• 12 July 2022

We meet Senegalese artist and Artist's Resale Right ambassador, Laye Ka

In May, DACS had the privilege of attending the Dakar Biennale and meeting Senegalese artist Laye Ka who is the recipient of the inaugural Ousmane Sow Artist’s Resale Right Award.

• 7 July 2022

DACS celebrates British IP Day

Today DACS is celebrating British IP Day and the huge contribution that Intellectual Property (IP) and copyright makes to the UK, culturally and economically.

• 6 July 2022

DACS celebrates one year on from the launch of the Smart Fund campaign

Today marks a year since DACS alongside a coalition of arts organisations, launched a campaign for the Smart Fund which could generate between £250-300 million a year to better support visual artists and the wider cultural industries.

• 29 June 2022

New Event Series Annoucement: Artist Narratives

DACS is delighted to launch Artist Narratives, an online event series inviting leading female voices from across the arts to reflect on their practice and share their visions for the future.

• 23 June 2022

Sustainable Futures - Art + Environment

Exploring the connection between the legacies of colonialism and the climate emergency. Artists Alberta Whittle and Ingrid Pollard in conversation with Ekow Eshun.

• 8 June 2022, 5-6pm
• Online

New to Artimage | Howard Hodgkin

We're pleased to announce that you can now license over 500 images from the archive of The Estate of Howard Hodgkin through Artimage - DACS’ digital platform dedicated to sourcing and licensing exceptional modern and contemporary art. Our selection of images spans Hodgkin's whole career from the late 1940s all the way to his last paintings.

• 1 June 2022

DACS convenes with organisations from around the world at IFRRO to highlight the rights of artists.

DACS joined with organisations from around the world to participate in the mid-year meeting of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) in Oslo, Norway.

• 26 May 2022

Choosing Sustainability - Art + Environment

How can artists adapt their practice to be more sustainable, and what are the challenges and opportunities in doing so?

• 25 May 2022, 5-6pm
• Online

DACS joins the Gallery Climate Coalition

DACS is proud to become a member of the GCC community and more broadly to work with our artists and artist estate members, and the wider visual arts sector towards collaborative solutions for greater climate security and equality.

• 25 May 2022

Art + Environment: True North – The story behind the image

In 2006, photographer Gautier Deblonde joined a collective of artists and writers on a trip to Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The trip was organised by Cape Farewell, and aimed to bring creative voices together to highlight the growing climate emergency. The images created on this trip launched a new body of work True North, an ongoing series that Deblonde has developed with multiple return trips to the island since, in which he is exploring the changing landscape, the melting glaciers and collaborating with climate scientists who live and work in the area. DACS selected one of these striking images to lead our Art + Environment series. Here Gautier shares the story behind the project.

• 24 May 2022