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DACS artist member Hew Locke receives OBE in the King's Birthday Honours

The Procession 2022 Hew Locke
Detail of The Procession, 2022,
Hew Locke
© Hew Locke. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023

DACS congratulates artist Hew Locke, represented by DACS for ARR and Copyright Licensing, who has been honoured in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list, receiving an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to art.

Works by Hew Locke are available to license on Artimage. You can view a selection of his works here.

You can view the full list of honours on the government’s website.

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