Frequently Asked Questions

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To better understand the purpose of membership and how to join, see the membership information page.

Joining ADAGP is useful if your work is:

  • Reproduced in the press, in publishing, on the Internet, in multimedia, etc.
  • Or broadcast on television or on the Internet.

When you sell your work directly, ADAGP does not get involved in the transaction.

Yes, it is useful for you to join, because after the first sale that you make directly, your works are likely to be resold by your collectors or art professionals (auction houses or galleries) and from then on, you may be entitled to resale royalties.

Resale right

If you are an association of artists and each artist creates his/her own work, each must join individually.

If you are a collective where each artist works on a collaborative creation, you must each complete a membership form as an individual artist, as well as a membership form on behalf of the collective, signed by all co-creators.

ADAGP will also need to know the share of ownership between members of the collective for each of the works produced in collaboration.

This allocation should normally correspond to to each co-creator's extent of involvement in the creation of the works concerned. 

No legal text imposes any specific calculation method. The co-creators must therefore agree among themselves on the percentage split between them and inform ADAGP. 

It is best to draw up a written agreement on the distribution of rights and royalties to avoid any later dispute.

The ADAGP Articles of Association stipulate the uses for which your authorization will be requested. See the page My rights, my works.

The ADAGP Articles of Association define the uses for which we will require your authorization. See the page My work is reproduced.

The ADAGP Articles of Association define the uses for which we will require your authorization. See the page My work is reproduced.

See the page My work is reproduced.

See the brochure Art forgery and counterfeits.

For information on public commissions: 

 

For information on corporate philanthropy actions: 

  • ADMICAL (Association pour le Développement du Mécénat d’Entreprise) regularly publishes a directory of companies and institutions that have budgets for sponsoring the arts.

 

For information on artists' studios: