News and events

The New Economy of Art: Debate 3

The global art market is a multi-billion pound industry and yet it is one the biggest unregulated markets in the world. This panel discussed the advantages and disadvantages of regulation and what this means for artists.

• 15 April 2015, 6-8pm
• DACS 33 Old Bethnal Green Road London E2 6AA

The New Economy of Art: Debate 2

Our second public debate in The New Economy of Art series. Speakers Stella Ioannou, Andrea Phillips and Ben Tufnell debated public funding and private sponsorship in visual art, and the impact of these sources of funding on artists and their practice.

• 4 March 2015, 6-8pm
• DACS 33 Old Bethnal Green Road London E2 6AA

The New Economy of Art: Debate 1

The first in a series of three public debates from DACS and Artquest to launch the book 'The New Economy of Art'. This debate focused on the place, purpose and function of art school education and its contemporary use in training a new generation of artists.

• 3 December 2014, 6-8pm
• DACS 33 Old Bethnal Green Road London E2 6AA

David Shrigley: Why I'm signed up to Payback

We talk to Turner Prize 2013-nominated artist and 'sort-of cartoonist', David Shrigley, about claiming Payback royalties and what he spent last year's royalty on.

• 30 September 2013

Jeremy Deller on surviving financially as an artist

Former Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller talks to DACS about his favourite projects, surviving financially as an artist and the importance of the Artist’s Resale Right.

• 18 July 2012

Instituted by Artists

This event looked at the methods and projects that artists employ to disrupt—and mimic—traditional institutional structures for their own ends, be they artistic, practical or financial.

• 13 June 2012 - 13 June 2013, 6:30-8pm
• Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

Market Matters

The second debate in The New Economy of Art series explored the complex and overlapping motivations behind various kinds of ‘art market’ from commercial galleries, private dealers and auction houses to art fairs, online selling and gift economies.

• 14 March 2012, 6:30-8pm
• London

What are we worth? Artists and the Economic Crisis

A debate on how artists can create income in support of their practice in a period of dramatic economic, social and technological change.

• 18 October 2011, 6:30pm
• Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

Artists' Futures

Artists' Futures explored how artists’ futures can be sustained and supported at a time of rapid and far reaching economic, social and technological changes

• 14 February 2011, 6:30-8pm
• Rich Mix 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA

The Economy of Art

What value does art have financially, socially and culturally? How can we measure the intangible benefits of the visual arts in financial terms?

• 12 November 2009, 6:30-8pm
• Club Row Arnold Circus London E2 7ES