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Over the past few months, we have been campaigning for our 3 top policy priorities: the Smart Fund, a Freelancer Commissioner, and AI regulation that safeguards artists’ rights and livelihoods.

  • 12 November 2024
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At The Art Market 2050 conference, artist and DACS member Adelaide Damoah discussed with Lanre Bakare, arts and culture correspondent for The Guardian, the importance of regulations to ensure transparency and compensation for artists in the context of AI training.

  • 11 October 2024
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DACS member and illustrator Jonathan Woodward spoke to DACS about how the Payback scheme has benefitted him.

  • 1 October 2024
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A pioneer of sculpture, introducing line, light and weightlesness, Kim Lim's artworks return to her native Singapore, as told by her son, Alex Turnbull.

  • 26 September 2024
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Over 4000 artists and arts professionals co-sign letter to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, backing policy recommendations to support the visual arts sector, that have been developed by 24 visual arts organisations

  • 8 September 2024
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The Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC) launched its latest initiative, shaped with the involvement of a number of DACS members – the GCC Artist Toolkit.

  • 23 July 2024
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As the UK welcomes the new Labour Government, DACS’ CEO Christian Zimmermann discusses how the UK’s visual artists can be better supported.

  • 5 July 2024
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Artists, gallerists and politicians come together to celebrate 40 years of promoting artists’ rights

  • 7 June 2024
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For our 40th anniversary, Michael Dayton Hermann, Director of the Andy Warhol Foundation, wrote an essay about the importance of the artist’s legacy.

  • 6 June 2024
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What new models for artist support should we be calling for to give artists greater agency and influence?

  • 18 June 2024, 6:30-8pm
  • Shoreditch Arts Club, 6 Redchurch St, London E2 7DD
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For DACS' 40th anniversary, Adelaide Damoah wrote an essay, published by the Arts Professional, calling on the government to safeguard artists’ rights.

  • 20 February 2024
Two people standing in front of a large mural of two faces.

A blog by Garry Hunter, Founder of Fitzrovia Noir, on the Payback scheme

  • 23 January 2024

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