About Bridgeman

Artists' Collecting Society

Established as a collecting society in June 2006 to collect Artist's Resale Right (Droit de Suite) on behalf of member artists in the UK and overseas

ACS exists solely for the administration, collection and distribution of Artist's Resale Right (ARR) to our member artists

Our philosophy and history

Once upon a time (not so very long ago), Harriet Bridgeman came up with a brilliant idea... how we began, who we are and why we do it Read more

About Bridgeman

Everything you need to know about the world's top image library for art, culture and history. Quite simply, Bridgeman has the largest and most diverse archive of images in the world. Browse our categories and see for yourself Read more

Information for artists and galleries

The Bridgeman Art Library represents thousands of image suppliers, including artists, museums, galleries, libraries, institutions, universities, stately homes, auctioneers, photographers, picture libraries and private collections. Read more

The Artists' Collecting Society (ACS) was established as a collecting society in June 2006 to collect resale royalties (Droit de Suite) on behalf of artists in the UK. ACS was set in up in response to requests from artists and from their dealers via The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) and The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) for artists to be provided with a choice of collecting society for the management of Artist's Resale Right (ARR).

ACS will collect Artist's Resale Right on behalf of member artists from dealers, agents, auction houses and other art market professionals and distribute the royalty payments directly to the artist.

ACS is the only collecting society incorporated solely for the collection of Artist's Resale Right. Unlike other collecting societies, ACS exists solely for the administration, collection and distribution of ARR to our member artists.

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