Copyright Policy

• For editorial queries please contact: karin.kyburz@courtauld.ac.uk
• For other commercial requests contact: josephine.matthews@courtauld.ac.uk 

The Courtauld makes images and other content on COL available for non-commercial and educational purposes under a Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC 4.0. For more information please visit: Deed – Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International – Creative Commons. 

You are welcome to use images of works identified as in the public domain for academic and non-commercial purposes in research, private study or study within a museum or educational establishment (such as a school, college or university), for commentary and review. 

The source of the image must be acknowledged and published with the credit Image courtesy The Courtauld. 

No. The Creative Commons Licence is limited to content made available on COL. All other images and content published on The Courtauld website remain © The Courtauld Institute of Art and are protected by copyright. 

No. The Courtauld is committed to respecting copyright and other intellectual property rights. Its open access policy only covers works in the public domain the download of images of works that are in copyright has been disabled. 

The Courtauld does not grant permission for reproduction of works that are protected by third-party copyright. Reproduction of such works require additional permissions from rights holders. 

All reproductions of works in copyright fall under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised.  

• Use in educational lectures and classes 
• Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and obviously non-commercial in nature, for example, Wikipedia 
• Publications without primarily commercial aims, such as academic books and journal articles, with a print-run of less than 3,000 copies 
• Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individual is not promoting themselves commercially 
• Statutory exceptions to copyright also apply under certain conditions. For details, consult the UK Intellectual Property Office’s webpage on exceptions to copyright. 

Creative Commons defines commercial use as ‘reproducing a work in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation’. 

The Courtauld regards the following as commercial activity: 

• Use online or in print by commercial organisations, including trading arms of charities. For legal reasons, The Courtauld needs to treat other charities (and their trading arms) as if they were commercial organisations.
• Use in advertisements and commercial promotions 
• Use in publicity and promotional material connected with commercial events 
• Use on merchandise production 
• Unsolicited use of images by news media, including front covers and centre-page spreads 
• Use of images editorially in films and on TV 
• Use on an individual’s website with the intention to add value to their business, or for promotional purposes, or where offering a service to third parties 
• Use by commercial galleries and auction houses