News and events

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

DACS artists Dame Sonia Boyce and Sir Brian Clarke receive New Year's Honours

DACS congratulates our represented artists who have been honoured in the King's New Year’s Honours list 2024.

• 2 January 2024

The Artist's Resale Right’s importance for artists and the UK economy raised at the House of Lords

On Thursday 14 November 2023, the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) was raised in a debate about the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

• 19 December 2023

Save The Date: Payback 2024 Opens on 15 January

Sign up now and claim your share of millions of pounds in royalties

• 15 December 2023

Currency for Artist’s Resale Right to change from EUR to GBP from April 2024

The UK Government has announced that the currency operating in the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) Regulations will change from EUR to GBP. This change will come into effect on 1st April 2024.

• 11 December 2023

DACS represents visual artists at All-Party Writers Group roundtable on the need for a Freelancer Commissioner

Yesterday, DACS took part in a roundtable with the All-Party Writers Group (APWG), to discuss the need for a dedicated Freelancer Commissioner to represent freelance workers.

• 15 November 2023

Watch: AI & Creativity: Protecting Creators in the Age of AI

At the recent AI Fringe, part of the UK’s AI summit, DACS convened a panel exploring the potential impacts of AI models on creators and their IP rights.

• 3 November 2023, 2-3:30pm
• British Library, Elliot Room of the Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

CISAC Global Collections Report 2022 reveals record growth for visual arts sector

CISAC Global Collections Report reveals intellectual property royalties for visual and graphic arts creators have grown by 12.8% to reach a record of €220 million in 2022.

• 26 October 2023

DACS highlights the importance of intellectual property frameworks at the Jingdezhen Cultural Innovation & Development Forum in China

DACS CEO, Christian Zimmermann was invited as a keynote speaker at the inaugural Jingdezhen Cultural Innovation and Development Forum, in China on 18th and 19th October.

• 23 October 2023

£2.6 million paid in Artist's Resale Right Royalties to over 860 artists in third quarter of 2023

DACS distributed £2,650,061 million in Artist's Resale Right (ARR) royalties to 862 artists and artists' estates between July and September 2023.

• 20 October 2023

APPG for Visual Arts visits Frieze London

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Visual Arts visited this year’s edition of Frieze London.

• 13 October 2023

Visual Artists and MPs call on Government to address the scale of copyright infringement in NFT marketplaces.

A newly published report by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee highlights how the emergence of NFTs and blockchain technologies in art and culture carries high risk to creators and consumers.

• 11 October 2023