May 8, 2019
Alexander Calder is celebrated in his first Australian retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), featuring works never-before-seen in Australia, including an impressive display of Calder’s most iconic forms: suspended mobiles. Known as the artist who made sculpture move, Calder’s radical and pioneering practice changed the course of modern art. The Copyright Agency has […]
May 8, 2019
The key questions we receive from artists are: When is a sale a resale? and When does royalty apply? When is a sale a resale? To answer this question, we often need to take a step back and talk about the first or primary sale from the artist and who they sell to, or through. […]
May 8, 2019
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne has launched the first exhibition in its Influential Australian Artists series supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. The exhibition, Tom Nicholson: Public Meeting, is the first major survey of Tom Nicholson’s practice in Australia and abroad. It runs from 6 April to 16 June and […]
May 8, 2019
One of Australia’s most anticipated early-career contemporary art events, the 2019 Copyright Agency John Fries Award exhibition, will open at UNSW Galleries on 21 June, when the winner of the $10,000 award will be announced. This year’s John Fries Award exhibition, There is Fiction in the Spaces Between, brings ambitious new works by the ten […]
April 24, 2019
By Copyright Agency Chair, Kim Williams, AM. In my recent trips to Canberra as Chair of the Copyright Agency there has clearly been a sea change in the view of many (if not all) politicians and policy makers on ‘Big Tech.’ While these companies, of course, provide extraordinary services that are widely used, the image […]
April 1, 2019
Teachers from government and non-government schools, TAFE and early childhood centres can now apply for the NSW Premier’s Copyright Agency Creativity across the Curriculum Scholarship, which has been supported by our Cultural Fund since 2012. The $15,000 grant is one of 19 NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships, which offer unique professional development opportunities through funded study tours […]
April 1, 2019
The Copyright Agency’s members are at the core of everything we do. We take pride in delivering great service and constantly strive to improve it. Whenever you have a query or need to talk to one of our staff, our dedicated Member Services team members are ready to respond. They are Rosie Daniele (Manager, Member […]
November 28, 2018
The Copyright Agency has announced its end of year results at its AGM held today. CEO Adam Suckling says 2017-18 was a solid to good year with $124m in copyright royalty payments to members, a beneficial merger, important political advocacy for fair copyright settings and almost $1.8m in grants in support of Australia’s creative community. […]
