News and events

DACS Meets Penguin Press: Judging a book by its cover

Discover what goes on behind the scenes to make the iconic Penguin Press book covers we know and love.

• 18 November 2021, 5-6pm
• Online Event

The National Archives Art and Archives Event Series

3 connected workshops exploring how creative practitioners have historically interacted with institutional and artists’ archives.

• 16 - 18 November 2021, 10:30am-12:45pm

DACS Meets Art360 Foundation: How can artists change the world?

A conversation with Richard Demarco on art, ecology, politics and Joseph Beuys.

• 5 November 2021, 4pm
• Online event

DACS Meets Phaidon Press

A conversation between Rebecca Morrill, Phaidon’s Commissioning Editor and art historian Ferren Gipson.

• 3 November 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

DACS Meets: Florence Peake and Oreet Ashery in conversation

A conversation between multi-disciplinary artists Florence Peake and Oreet Ashery.

• 27 October 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

DACS Presents: Phyllida Barlow

Legendary installation artist Phyllida Barlow joined DACS to discuss the challenges for shaping the future of arts in the UK.

• 20 October 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event via zoom

Making art fair shipping sustainable: artists and galleries call for change

Art fairs are back! But how can we make them more sustainable?

• 28 September 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

DACS Meets Jeremy Hutchison & Ceri Hand: Dear Mr Zuckerberg

Dear Mr Zuckerberg: artist Jeremy Hutchison joined by curator Ceri Hand

• 8 September 2021, 5-6pm
• Online event

Photography Archives: Art360 Foundation presentation at the Royal College of Art

In conversation with artist Rut Blees Luxemburg, sharing advice with Royal College of Art students about archives and artists' legacies.

• 8 July 2020, 10am

`Imagining a New Art World: with Harold Offeh, Tai Shani, Sally Shaw and Gilane Tawadros

At a time when museums and galleries were preparing to open their doors after months of closure during lockdown, how were the spaces into which audiences returned altered by the challenges of 2020?

• 28 April 2021, 5pm

A Q&A on Licensing around academic publishing

Our free, virtual drop-in Q&A session on academic publishing and image clearance gave the opportunity to have your questions answered by the DACS team of licensing experts.

• 12 May 2021, 5pm

No Holds Barred: The Life and Art of Matthew Lanyon, film launch plus directors Q&A

No Holds Barred is an archive-led documentary which immerses audiences in Matthew Lanyon's multi-disciplinary practice of painting, 3D sculpture, surreal moving image work, poetry and song-writing.

• 27 January 2021, 7pm