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Art + Environment - Nordic Alliance of Artist’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA)

NAARCA is a collaboration between seven Nordic residencies, which focuses on the climate emergency. The Alliance is co-led by Cove Park (Cove, Scotland) and Saari Residence (Mietoinen, Finland) and includes residencies Arctic Culture Lab (Ilulissat, Greenland), Art Hub Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Artica Svalbard (Svalbard, Norway), Baltic Art Center (Visby, Sweden) and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Seyðisfjörður, Iceland).

9 May 2022
Art + Environment - How can artists change the world? Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys’ responses to the climate crisis

Scottish artist Richard Demarco had a long artistic partnership with German artist Joseph Beuys, using their work to explore their shared values and interest in climate justice. Here, Demarco explains in his own words how his and Beuys’ political and cultural activity has engaged with the issues of climate change and ecology over time.

27 April 2022
DACS attends Venice Biennale 2022

The DACS team are proud to be at the opening of the Venice Biennale this week to support visual artists worldwide.

21 April 2022
'Being acknowledged through royalties drives us to keep going' - Artist Cos Ahmet on Payback

Artist Cos Ahmet’s multidisciplinary practice is preoccupied by the relationship between the body and materiality. Here, he explains how the Payback scheme has made a difference to his practice and career.

11 April 2022
DACS collaborates with arts organisations on series of Venice Biennale events

DACS are proud to announce our collaboration with Venice Agendas and the International Association of Art Critics on Venice Confidential: Off the Record, a series of interviews and discussions between artists, curators, writers, and other arts professionals.

6 April 2022
Universal Credit: are you affected by the rule change?

DACS along with members of Creative Rights Alliance is seeking urgent feedback on the new requirement that claimants must look more widely for jobs after four weeks of benefits.

5 April 2022