Artists' Collecting Society

Artists' Collecting Society ACS is the premium collecting society for the administration of the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR).

The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) is the only Community Interest Company dedicated to the collection of the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR), or droit de suite, and copyright on behalf of artists and artists’ estates in both the UK and the EU. ARR is a royalty generated on the sale price of original works of art that are sold on the secondary market and it applies to all artists who are EU citizens

. ACS was set up by Harriet Bridgeman (founder of Bridgeman Images) in response to requests from artists, dealers, auction houses and galleries who recognised the need for a transparent, fair and professional collecting society that puts artists’ needs first. Harriet Bridgeman’s experience, knowledge and passion for art ensured ACS was created ‘for the love of art’. ACS represents over 1,000 artists and artists’ estates including painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, and artists working in glass and ceramics. Our members range from well-known artists such as Frank Auerbach, Howard Hodgkin, Paula Rego and Martin Creed, to estates of important artists such as Lucian Freud and Barbara Hepworth. We are also proud to represent artists whose work has only recently started to sell regularly on the UK secondary market such as Bambi, Goshka Macuga and Eine.

'John Riddy: Winter Landscape', ACS member John Riddy’s ongoing solo showcase is on display at Frith Street Gallery, Gol...
19/06/2026

'John Riddy: Winter Landscape', ACS member John Riddy’s ongoing solo showcase is on display at Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square, London until next week.

The exhibition presents a new series of photographs of London that mark a departure from the artist’s earlier depictions of the city. Whilst previous works focused on architecture and unpopulated spaces, 'Winter Landscape' introduces figures and movement, capturing everyday scenes and offering a broader view of life in the city.
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Until 25 Jun
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1. 'London (Trafalgar Square)', 2026 © John Riddy. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London.
2. 'London (Nine Elms Heron)', 2025 © John Riddy. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London.

The 258th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is now on display, featuring work by a host of ACS members, amongst them Jake ...
18/06/2026

The 258th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is now on display, featuring work by a host of ACS members, amongst them Jake Garfield, Cathie Pilkington and Marcelle Hanselaar.

Centred on the theme of 'interconnectedness', this year's Summer Exhibition Committee, which includes fellow ACS members Eileen Cooper and Michael Craig-Martin, have brought together more than 1,800 works across a range of media, continuing the Royal Academy's long-standing annual showcase of contemporary art and architecture.



Until 23 Aug
-----------------------⁣Gallery view of the Summer Exhibition 2025, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 17 June - 17 August 2025. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry.

‘Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint’, featuring work by ACS member Cedric Morris, is now on display at the Garde...
17/06/2026

‘Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint’, featuring work by ACS member Cedric Morris, is now on display at the Garden Museum.

Focusing on the Suffolk home, garden and art school established by Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines in the late 1930s, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings, photographs, correspondence and personal objects from Benton End's years as a working art school. Together, the works and materials on display trace the creative environment of Benton End and its influence on an entire generation of artists and gardeners.



Until 20 Sep
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'September Diagram' (1940s), Cedric Morris © Estate of Cedric Morris. Photo Philip Mould & Co All rights reserved 2026 Bridgeman Images.

‘In Transit: Greek Artists Abroad’, a group exhibition featuring work by ACS member Irini Bachlitzanaki, is now on displ...
15/06/2026

‘In Transit: Greek Artists Abroad’, a group exhibition featuring work by ACS member Irini Bachlitzanaki, is now on display at the Hellenic Centre in Marylebone.

Bringing together the work of nine Greek artists, all of whom have worked abroad, the exhibition considers how living between countries and away from one's place of origin can shape artistic practice. Through sculpture and installation, the works reflect on experiences of relocation, distance and cultural exchange, exploring how ideas of home and belonging shift over time.




Until 26 Jun
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Exhibition poster for 'In Transit: Greek Artists Abroad' at the Hellenic Centre featuring artwork by Eleni Papazoglou © The artist.

There is still time to view 'Ancient Form | Modern Vision' on display at Willoughby Gerrish, featuring works by ACS memb...
14/06/2026

There is still time to view 'Ancient Form | Modern Vision' on display at Willoughby Gerrish, featuring works by ACS member Emily Young.⁣
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The exhibition considers how ancient sculpture has continued to inform modern and contemporary British practice. Tracing the dialogue between early artefacts from the Bronze Age and the Roman period to the twentieth- and twenty-first-century approaches to form, material, and abstraction. The works on display reflect a shared interest in how fragments of the past continue to shape present ways of seeing and making.⁣
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Until 3 July⁣
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'Dream Time', 2023 © Emily Young. Courtesy the artist and Willoughby Gerrish.⁣

'Troublemakers & Prophets: Elizabeth Allen and Other Visionary Artists' is still on show at Compton Verney, featuring wo...
13/06/2026

'Troublemakers & Prophets: Elizabeth Allen and Other Visionary Artists' is still on show at Compton Verney, featuring work by ACS members Eleanor May Watson and Helen Chadwick.⁣
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Centred around the work of Elizabeth Allen, commonly known as Queen, the exhibition brings together over 15 artists whose practices reflect unconventional or deeply personal ways of seeing the world. Spanning sculpture, textiles, installation and painting, the works on display transform everyday materials and lived experience into imaginative and often unsettling visual forms.⁣
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Until 31 Aug⁣
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Installation view of 'Troublemakers & Prophets' at Compton Verney, 2026 © The artists and artist's estates. Images courtesy Compton Verney.⁣

'Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson' is now on show at Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury, presenting a solo ...
11/06/2026

'Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson' is now on show at Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury, presenting a solo exhibition of new work by the ACS member and director.⁣
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The exhibition brings together fifteen large-scale paintings of the Montgomeryshire landscape in Wales. Begun en plein air, then reworked in the artist’s London studio and finally returned to the Welsh countryside to be completed, the paintings reflect a long-standing engagement with the landscape of Dawson's childhood, exploring shifting light, atmosphere and solitude through closely observed views of the natural world.⁣

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Until 11 Oct
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'Perfect Light', 2025 © David Dawson. Oil on canvas, 127.5 cm x 71 cm. Courtesy the artist and Gainsborough's House.⁣

'Egg', a solo exhibition of work by ACS member Flora Yukhnovich, is currently on show at Victoria Miro Venice.The exhibi...
10/06/2026

'Egg', a solo exhibition of work by ACS member Flora Yukhnovich, is currently on show at Victoria Miro Venice.

The exhibition brings together a new series of paintings that explore the narratives of transformation and conception that underpin many common myths and fairy tales. Examining the tension between storytelling and the lived experience, Yukhnovich’s new body of work considers how recurring motifs shift and reappear across art through rhythm, variation and repetition. Installed against a site-specific wall painting, the works respond to one another, extending the dialogue across the exhibition.




Until 4 July
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Installation view, 'Flora Yukhnovich: Egg' at Victoria Miro Venice, San Marco 1994, 30124 Venice, Italy, 5 May–4 July 2026 © Flora Yukhnovich. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.

09/06/2026

There are only three weeks left before applications to the 2026 ACS Studio Prize close!
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The ACS Studio Prize has returned for the tenth year to offer recent graduates the chance to win £6,000 to contribute towards the cost of an artist’s studio in a UK city of their choice.⁣
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This year, the Prize will be judged by art dealer and historian Philip Mould OBE, artist and Director of the Lucian Freud Archive David Dawson, Director of the National Gallery Sir Gabriele Finaldi and the Chairman of ACS, Viscountess Bridgeman CBE.⁣⁣
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Submissions must be made via the link in bio before the Prize closes at midnight (24:00) on 30 June 2026.⁣
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Detail ‘Bash’, 1971 © Estate of Eduardo Paolozzi.⁣

ACS member Poppy Field has co-authored a new publication, 'Drawing in Space: Theory and Practice of Figurative Sculpture...
09/06/2026

ACS member Poppy Field has co-authored a new publication, 'Drawing in Space: Theory and Practice of Figurative Sculpture', alongside fellow sculptor Robert Bodem.

Developed from Bodem’s teaching at The Florence Academy of Art, where Field trained after studying at The Courtauld, the 248-page illustrated hardback offers a practical guide to sculpting the figure from life. Combining technical instruction with discussion of process and observation, the book explores the principles that underpin contemporary figurative sculpture.
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'Drawing in Space' is now available to preorder via Kickstarter.

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