COVID-19 Resources for Artists
COVID-19 has immediately affected income for 96% of artists.
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#FairShareForArtists
Fair Share For Artists
Paying artists fairly keeps them making art. Protect artists’ rights.
Royalties paid through Artist’s Resale Right are an essential source of income. They give visual artists a fair share of the ongoing value of their work. Find out more about Artist’s Resale Right.
Royalties are vital
Royalties allow you to invest in your work and create more
Pogus Caesar
In artists' own words
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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”
Facts & Figures
Artist’s Resale Right royalties enable artists to keep making work, and feed the UK’s booming creative economy.
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1,900
1,900 artists and estates were paid £10m in Resale Right royalties in 2018, by DACS. Pay artists royalties to keep them making art.
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£5k
Visual artists earn on average only £5,000 a year. Pay artists royalties to keep them making art.
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£101bn
Our creative industries are worth £101bn, but artists earn on average £5k a year. Pay artists royalties to keep the creative economy booming.
Royalties benefit artists' estates
Income from the Artist’s Resale Right is essential to estates
Nicholas Sinclair, the estate of Kyffin Williams
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