There is no art world without artists. Protect artist's rights.
The Artist’s Resale Right is a royalty that provides fair and essential income for artists and artists’ estates when their work is resold through a gallerist, art dealer or auction house.
73% of artist's livelihoods have been affected by COVID 19.
DACS membership survey, September 2020
Royalties allow you to invest in your work and create more
Pogus Caesar
Susan Stockwell
“It’s about respect, recognition and acknowledgement”
Mark Wallinger
“It’s a proper and just thing that artists recoup something from the resale of their work”
Cathy de Monchaux
“It’s a very good way of archiving and knowing where one’s work is”
Artist’s Resale Right royalties enable artists to keep making work, and feed the UK’s booming creative economy.
Since the resale right became law in 2006, DACS has paid out £94 million in Artist’s Resale Right royalties to artists.
Visual artists earn on average only £5,000 a year. Pay artists royalties to keep them making art.
Our creative industries are worth £101bn, but artists earn on average £5k a year. Pay artists royalties to keep the creative economy booming.
Income from the Artist’s Resale Right is essential to estates
Nicholas Sinclair, the estate of Kyffin Williams
This website uses cookies to improve functionality. Find out more in our Cookies Policy. OK.
