Entering any word into the Search box will automatically bring up a list of relevant artist names or single words. You can either select one of these from the list or continue to type to reduce or change the list.
Artist Names: Artist's names can be searched for in two ways. You can enter a First and then Last name to bring up a list of artists, or vice versa. You can then select from the list, or simply press Enter. Some artists have additional titles such as Sir, Lord, Dame etc. and in these instances you can also enter the title followed by the First name.
Artwork Titles: Artwork titles can be entered as is.
Artwork Type: You can search for the type or medium of an artwork such as oil, painting or watercolour. For example if you do a search on Joseph Mallord William Turner and you only want to see oil works then enter the word 'oil' after the name. Alternatively If you want to exclude all sketchbooks then enter 'not sketchbook' to narrow down the search results.
Keywords: You can enter a single keyword, or multiple keywords to search. You can then define a search result by using the words: and, or, not as separators. For example:
To expand a search: Use: or
stream or river - will provide results that contain either of the words.
To narrow a search: Use: and, not.
mountain and Turner - will provide items that contain both mountains and rivers.
mountain not river - will provide items that contain only mountains without rivers.
Singular vs Plural: Always use the singular.
All photographs on the Tate Images site have an ID number, a combination of a letter and a number, and are visible either underneath the thumbnail image on a Results page, or in the Details box on the Preview page.
Main collection Accession numbers start with an A, AR, AL D, L, N, P or T followed by either five (5) or six (6) numbers. These can be searched by entering the full Accession number in the Search box.
Tate Archive items originally have a Tate Gallery Archive number (TGA for short). They are made up of the letters TGA followed by a string of numbers. These are currently unsearchable on Tate Images and have been replaced with an Image ID number starting with MA, MB, MC, MD or ME followed by a string of numbers.
Non-collection items (photographs of the galleries, installations, displays etc.) have been given an Image ID number starting with a B (for building), I (for installations) or M (all other items), Z (old ID number) followed by a string of numbers.
Yes, all users on our site can search for items without being registered or signed in.
If a search returns no results you will have two options: pressing 'Get Free Research' will take you to a form where you can provide additional information and a Tate Images team member will assist, or select another Keyword from a list.
Where there is visible a grey 'image not online, see HIGH RESOLUTION tab on PREVIEW page for details' box, it is for a number of reasons. It could becuase there is no photography available, or the artistic work is subject to Copyright held by a third party and we don't have permission to display an image, or we don't have permission to licence Tate's photography. Information regarding availability can be located in the HIGH RESOLUTION tab on the artistic work's Preview page.
If a digital file is available of an artistic work, the information to its location and quality can, in the majority of instances, be viewed on the artistic work's Preview page in an Image Quality box. There are some instances however where this Image Quality box is invisible, in these instances please Contact Us.
Yes, in the majority of cases, and dependent upon the artistic work's size, location, and accessibility, you can order new photography. Any new photography will be charged for at prevailing rates at the point of the request. When new photograph is possible it can take up to eight (8) weeks to process dependent upon its location, the number of art handlers required, and its size. Please contact us for Charges.
Unfortunately not everything can be photographed due to a number of factors: ranging from condition, preservation, location, size, complexity of installation, or availably of appropriate photography space.
High-Resolution: A digital file that is minimum 300dpi, JPG, RGB colour profile, with the longest edge between 1600 x 5550 pixels. In certain circumstances, and if available, Tiff files can be provided.
There are a number of ways to purchase a photograph via Tate Images: Order, Request, via the Contact Us page, or via a Research Request page. These options depend upon the availability of a high-resolution photograph, whether the underlining artistic work is out or in copyright, or whether we have permission to provide a photograph.
All information regarding which route to take can be found on the Preview page of each artistic work. Once you have located the item, go to the item's Preview page and to the right of the image (or below if you are on a tablet) you will find a Usage dropdown on the High-Resolution tab. From this dropdown select how you wish to licence the photograph and then press Get Fee. A fee will then appear just below.
At this point our site will know if this is an Order (you can purchase by credit card, or request an invoice), or a Request (which will send a request via email to a member of our team).
An Order is where there is a high-resolution digital file available online and copyright has expired in the artistic work depicted in the photograph.
A Request is where there is no high-resolution digital file available online, but available offline, and / or where the artistic work in the photograph is still in copyright.
NB: If you have a mixture of items in your Order where some have high-resolution digital files available on-line and some not, all images included within an Order will be converted to a Request.
Not every type of usage is listed in the Usage dropdowns. If you cannot find a match in the suggested options please click Contact Us at the top of the High Resolution tab on the Preview page, fill in the form, and submit. A member of Tate Images team will then be in touch within three (3) working days to discuss your needs.
If a search provides no results, but you believe we should have a photograph, or you have seen something in a Tate publication, exhibition, or the item is new to Tate's collection, then please Contact Us as we may be able to locate photography. In these instances we will respond within five (5) working days due to additional research needing to be undertaken.
Yes. The website is behind a secured connection which means that any information you enter such as your credit card type, credit card number, billing address, and phone numbers will be encrypted and secured.
You can either pay for a photograph by credit card, or request an Invoice.
Tate Images website uses a secure iFrame system on its checkout page. Payment details are entered directly on to our Merchant provider WorldPay system. No card details are shared with or are viewable by Tate Images. Once items have been paid for all Orders will be visible in your My Account section.
When Requesting an Invoice please allow three (3) working days for a member of the Tate Images team to respond. We will send an attached PDF copy of the invoice for you to check, at which point adjustments can be made. Once everything has been confirmed we will authorise the invoice, e-mail a PDF copy to you which is then to be paid as per our Terms and Conditions. Once a Requested Invoice has been paid, and digital flies have been delivered or made available via your on-line account (if registered with Tate Images), your Request will be moved into the Orders section of your My Account.
If you are a company with tax exempt status, you'll need to Contact Us directly in order to arrange payment without taxation.
Only in instances where artistic works have high-resolution digital files available online, and payment is made by credit card, can digital files be downloaded instantly.
After payment has been completed on-line by credit card your browser page will re-load and a Download Now link will become available next to each image within your order. You can still download your digital files up to a month after purchasing by going to My Account: Orders, then selecting View Order, then selecting Download Now. If your Download Now has stopped working please Contact Us to re-activate.
If you purchased by Request an Invoice the high-resolution image will be available once payment has been received and the Invoice has been marked as paid. You will be notified when they are ready to be downloaded. If you have a tight deadline please still use the Request process and clearly state you have a deadline and when you need the digital files by.
You can download a low-resolution digital file for mock-up use only from the Preview page. Please right click on the image and Save As. Low-resolution images are watermarked and can only be used for mock-up purposes.
If you have ordered and paid for an item by credit card and cannot download the photograph, then Contact Us and we will either correct the problem on our site or arrange another method of delivery.
Our Fees cover a variety of usages and are based upon a number of factors: for example prominence of placement (cover vs. inside), print run volumes (500 vs. 100,000), academic vs. editorial or size reproduced at. The lower the print run, the lower the fee, the more visible the image the higher the fee.
To work out how much a fee is please go to the Preview page of an artistic work and use the Usage dropdowns on the High Resolution tab to calculate a fee. In those instances where the dropdowns do not match the intended use please Contact Us for help as we have more fees and structures offline.
Our licences are structured around the rights requested by our clients, or those that are required by the industries that we licence for. This means there is a variety of options available on our Usage dropdowns and a variety in fees. Currently the Usage dropdowns cover the most common rights requested. In those instances where the dropdowns do not match the intended use please Contact Us for help as we have more fees and structures offline.
No. You are not buying the item outright but rather purchasing a licence that grants you specific rights to use the item. Ownership and copyright of all items will always remain with Tate.
A model release is a written agreement between the photographer and the person being photographed. Hence, a model release states that the person being photographed has given consent to be photographed. The purpose of it is to protect the photographer from any future lawsuits the person might file for claims such as defamation and/or invasion of privacy.
We clearly mark an item as model released when the photographer supplies us with model release information. If an item is not marked as model released, you may not assume there are any releases for any and all of the people shown in it.
Yes, our licences restrict the use of the photograph to specific contexts and use only. You may not make or permit any alterations, including and without limitation additions, subtractions or adaptations, to any image, with the exceptions of cropping, and alterations of contrast, brightness and colour balance, consistent with reproduction needs. No image may be used in any way that is defamatory, violates the rights of third parties (including such third parties' rights of copyright, privacy, publicity, or other tangible or intangible property), or is otherwise illegal or obscene. In addition, you may not conjoin an image with any other material that may result in damage to the reputation of the image rights holder or of Tate.
Captioning the artwork, crediting the artist, and crediting the photography are conditions of your licence. In some instances we will also insist that the provenance of the artistic work (how it was acquired by Tate) is also mentioned. All titles, artist names, dates etc. can be found on each artistic works Preview page.
Please caption the image of the artwork in this order: (title), (date), (artist name). Tate, (provenance). (if applicable artist copyright line - artists or estate name). Photo: Tate (for 2D artworks) or Photo: © Tate (for 3D artworks, installation or building photography).
For example:
2D Artistic work copyrighted to third party:
Incubus, 1991, Gary Hume. Tate, Presented by Janet Wolfson Botton 1996. © Gary Hume. Photo: Tate
3D Artistic work copyrighted to third party:
Bicentric Form, 1949, Dame Barbara Hepworth. Tate, Purchased 1950. © Bowness. Photo: © Tate
2D Artistic work copyrighted to Tate:
Ju-Jitsu, c.1913. David Bomberg. Tate, Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1963. © Tate, Photo: Tate
2D Artistic work out of copyright:
The Golden Bough, exhibited 1834, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Tate, Presented by Robert Vernon 1847. Photo: Tate
3D Artistic work out of copyright:
The Sluggard, 1885, Lord Frederic Leighton. Tate, Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894. Photo: © Tate
Installation or building photography:
Tania Bruguera: 10,148,451. Hyundai Commission 2018, Tate Modern, Turbine Hall. Tania Bruguera, Tate Photography. © Tania Bruguera. Photo: © Tate
If you have any queries or concerns regarding credit lines please Contact Us.
Copyright is a type of Intellectual Property that allows the creator to protect and control the copying and reproduction of the work it creates, whether that is an artistic work, literary work, film, dramatic work or sound recording. A majority of the content on this site is protected by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and copyright resides with Tate.
The author or creator (individual) of a work is the owner of the copyright, but where an employee is creating work during their employment, it is the employer (Tate) who is the copyright owner.
In most cases copyright last for the life of the artist plus seventy (70) years from the end of the year of their death. In Tate's case its copyright last for seventy (70) years from the death of the employee who created the work (if known), or seventy (70) years from the date of the work's creation (if the creator i.e. employee, is not known).
Tate owns the photography it creates. Tate also owns copyright, where applicable, such as in its original photography and where artists' copyrights have been assigned or delegated to Tate. Tate licenses use of its photography and, where applicable, its copyright via Tate Images. See Tate Copyrighted Artworks for specific artworks whose creator or estate has gifted the copyright to Tate. In these cases, copyright expires 70 years after the end of the year of the creator's death
Tate also manages copyright for third parties such as Sir Jacob Epstein, Naum Gabo, Nigel Henderson. Michael Andrews and Tom Picton. We can provide permissions and charge copyright fees for works whether or not the artistic work is held in Tate's collection on behalf of the rights holders.
To view your orders, please visit the Orders page under My Account.
Log In, navigate to the Orders page and click the appropriate View Order to the right of the page to open the Orders page. From here you should be able to download the item(s). If there is no Download Now button visible please Contact Us for help.
You can update your contact details by selecting My Account at the top of the page (or via the burger menu on tablet), then select Update Account.
Please e-mail us directly on tate.images@tate.org.uk to cancel an order and request a refund. Refunds are subject to our standard licence cancellation policy, please see our Terms and Conditions.
A lightbox is a private page where you can save items. To create or view a lightbox, you must be a registered user and be signed in. You may save one or several lightboxes so that items may be viewed at a later time by either you, your co-workers, and/or clients. Lightboxes can be saved by the project name you give them and are linked to your registered account.
You can have an unlimited number of lightboxes. However, be aware that if you have thousands of lightboxes it may affect the loading time when displaying all the lightbox names in a search results page.
You can have an unlimited number of items in a lightbox. However, be aware that if you have thousands of items in a lightbox it may effect the loading time when working with the lightbox in the Lightbox Manager pages.
No. A lightbox cannot have duplicate items.
Yes. Each lightbox can have a comment and each item in a lightbox can have a note. To edit comments, you go to the Lightbox page and click on the Comments button. To edit item notes, you go to Lightbox Manager page and click on the ellipsis icon next of each item.
Yes, this can be done using the Manage Lightbox section of the lightbox page.
Yes. This can be done by going to the Lightbox Manager page.
Tate Artist Copyright Service supports artists and estates by working on their behalf to handle the complicated and often time consuming legal administration of an artist's copyright.
Copyright is part of a wider collection of rights known as Intellectual Property. It automatically applies to original expressions of work such as paintings, sculpture, prints, photography and installations.
Copyright exists from the moment a work is created and in most countries generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the creator. There are however variations depending on whether a work has been published or not, and laws can differ from country to country.
When reproduced a work in copyright is often highlighted using the symbol (©) alongside the creator's name as a credit line, however whether a © symbol is shown or not does not alter the level of protection applied to a work.
Excluding exceptions in certain scenarios, copyright gives the creator of a work, their estate or assigned rights-holders the prerogative to determine how others can use, reproduce or distribute their work. It also allows rights-holders to charge fees for any use by third parties should they choose to do so.
Yes. All copyright within our members' works remains with the artist or the estate. Tate will not claim ownership over these rights, and we will never assign any copyright to third parties.
Yes, our represented rights-holders retain full control over their assets. Should you wish to restrict particular types of usage, or if you have any conscientious objections to works being used in certain contexts on an ethical, political or similar basis we will ensure that your wishes are adhered to. We work closely with our represented rights-holders to ensure that we fully understand your specific requirements or any restrictions you wish to impose.
No, Tate Artist Copyright Service manages copyright in the entirety of our members' oeuvre.
In most instances we can only simultaneously supply photography of works that are held within Tate's collection; however, if you have your own existing digital photography of your works available that are not held within the Tate collection, we are very happy to also make these available for licensing should you wish. We require digital photography in Tiff or Jpeg files and each image should be at least 30cm along the longest edge at 300dpi.
We will ensure that all of your photography is catalogued and key-worded to the highest standards.
While publishing remains the core of our business, we also facilitate many requests from across the heritage, film and television, commercial, digital, academic and advertising sectors. We have forged and maintain strong relationships with many clients across varying industries and endeavours worldwide.
We work hard to promote your work through our regular newsletters, industry events and social media channels. Each artist represented by Tate Artist Copyright Service has a dedicated page on the Tate Images website showcasing the photography available, and we regularly communicate with our clients, relevant industry bodies and other institutions to highlight the artists we represent, ensuring that enquirers have easy access to the information they need and can contact us efficiently when permissions are required.
We are always looking for innovative, collaborative and proactive ways to work closer with both our represented artists and our clients so that we can be responsive to their specific requirements.
No, we do not charge any fees to our represented artists or estates.
Tate Artist Copyright Service pay the artist or estate a percentage of all copyright fees received for use of their work.
Tate Images would retain the remaining percentage and any profits would be passed on in full to Tate, providing an invaluable contribution towards the work of Tate; including Tate's educational, research and conservation work; as well as helping support a rich exhibition and display programme, and ensuring the collection remains accessible to all.
All of our licences include the requirement to credit the work, ensuring that your work is always clearly acknowledged and in the form that you wish.
Many of our represented artists also like to add a mention of Tate or Tate Images to the end of their credit line so prospective users know to contact us, and to also take advantage of the association with and endorsement by Tate.
We are always delighted to hear from artists and estates looking for representation so should you wish to discuss working with Tate Artist Copyright Service, or would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to contact Chris Sutherns at chris.sutherns@tate.org.uk.
If an alternative agency, picture library or gallery already manages your copyright for you, unfortunately Tate Artist Copyright Service cannot simultaneously act on your behalf. However should you wish to transfer your copyright management from your existing representatives to us we would be very happy to hear from you.
Joining Tate Artist Copyright Service should not impact on your relationships with your representative galleries unless you wish for them to continue providing copyright management on your behalf. Our services only deal with the reproduction of your works so this would not interfere with the sale of your work or Artist Resale Rights.
Yes, of course.
Most of the artists and estates we represent are very happy and have worked with us for many years though we understand that circumstances can change. Should you wish to leave us we just ask for three-months notice in writing. In the intervening period we will continue to work on your behalf and ensure that all royalties due to you are paid in full.
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