Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) - a-n The Artists Information Company

DACS launches new website to make it even easier for artists and their estates to claim royalties for the use of artworks published in UK books, magazines and shown on TV

The new app is produced by the Art360 Foundation with support from DACS and is available to download for free from iTunes and Google Play.

In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: the National Portrait Gallery says drop in visitor figures due to counting error; Henry Moore sketch found amongst collection of Nazi-looted art; and 2,000-year-old city of Palmyra to be restored after destruction by the Islamic State.

The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) has launched a report outlining how transparency, fair prices, and easier royalty collection in the art market could be improved by digital ledger technologies.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: Southbank Centre to stop advertising with Daily Mail following ‘homophobic’ column, and Education Secretary suggests arts and social science tuition fees could be cut.

The latest DACS’ Annual Review shows a 42% increase in the number of artists benefiting from royalty payments in 2016, while the organisation says it has now distributed more than £100 million to artists and their estates since 1984.

Artists whose work has been published in a UK book, magazine or TV programme are eligible for payment through the Design and Artists Copyright Society’s annual Payback scheme.

Artists whose work has been published in a UK book, magazine or TV programme are eligible for payment through the Design and Artists Copyright Society’s annual Payback scheme.

The Design and Artists Copyright Society backs calls for an international review of royalty rights for artists.