Affiliate Artists
COVA-DAAV represents a growing community of Canadian visual artists. Through our licensing services, we ensure they receive fair recognition and compensation for the use and exhibition of their work in Canada and abroad.
© Adrian Göllner / CARCC Ottawa 2025
International Representation
COVA-DAAV maintains international artist agreements with sister organizations around the world, allowing us to represent both Canadian and foreign artists under Canadian copyright law.
Many of these agreements are reciprocal, meaning that our affiliated artists are also represented abroad and are part of a broader international network of visual artists. Through these partnerships, COVA-DAAV also represents the rights of renowned international artists when they are licensed in Canada, including figures such as Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso, ensuring fair treatment and recognition under Canadian copyright law.
Today, we maintain international agreements with the following copyright collectives around the world:
● ADAGP (France)
● AGADU (Uruguay)
● AKKA (Latvia)
● ARS (United States)
● AUTVIS (Brazil)
● B-Albautor (Albania)
● Bild-Kunst (Germany)
● Bildrecht (Austria)
● B-UARA (Ukraine)
● Copyright Agency (Australia)
● DACS (England)
● DALRO (South Africa)
● HUNGART (Hungary)
● JASPAR (Japan)
● Kuvasto (Finland)
● LITA (Slovakia)
● OOA-S (Czech Republic)
● Pictoright (Netherlands)
● ProLitteris (Switzerland)
● SABAM (Belgium)
● SACK (Korea)
● SAIF (France)
● SAVA (Argentina)
● SIAE (Italy)
● SOFAM (Belgium)
● SOMAAP (Mexico)
● Spautores (Portugal)
● Bildupphovsrätt (Sweden)
● VEGAP (Spain)
© The Easton Foundation / VAGA at ARS, NY / CARCC Ottawa 2025 / Photo Credit: Bella Adrian
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