2026 marks the twentieth anniversary of Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) in the UK, a significant milestone and an opportunity to reflect on two decades of commitment to ensuring fairness for artists. More than 20,000 UK-based artists campaigned for ARR since 1993, working closely with counterparts in Ireland and the Netherlands and engaging with MPs, MEPs, and EU and UK government… Read more →
DACS, the Design and Arts Society, a UK based collective management organization (CMO) which has collected ARR for artists since the adoption of the right in 2006, released a report which shows that the right is doing very well, but also illustrates why it should do even better with concrete statistics. Read more →
Brexit brought about waves of uncertainty on different topics, including the visual arts sector where artists did not know what would become of the Artists Resale Right (ARR) in the UK. Read more →
2021 has kicked off on the right foot, at least concerning the Artist’s Resale Right in Europe. After a nerve-wrecking transition period and intensive negotiation which sometimes left artists fearing for the worst, it was confirmed in the final document of the UK – EU agreement released on the 24th of December 2020 that artists will continue to benefit… Read more →
Kuvasto, a finnish collective management society reported a triumph for the Artist Resale Right in Finland on it’s website. On the 3rd of April 2020, the Finnish Pohjois-Savon district court gave its Judgment on a case of unpaid ARR regarding, amongst other things, the art exhibitions held at Valamo monestary. ( article available in Finnish here.) The District… Read more →