BE OPEN Art is setting up an art exhibition in Nicosia, Cyprus, dedicated to celebrating the emerging artists of the Eastern Mediterranean will take place at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) and display the artworks selected by the public and BE OPEN community experts in the course of BE OPEN Regional Art competition, as well as a selection of visuals by young Cypriot artists.
Month: May 2023
Meet The Next Generation Of Collectors: The Online Art-Buying Crowd
Source: Jing Culture & Crypto.
It is no longer a question of if but rather how art is being bought online — and who better to help explain than art collectors themselves?
Conversation with Christina Kyriacou
Navigating the Art World for Emerging Artists
Source: Agora Group.
Navigating the art world can be particularly challenging and overwhelming if you are first starting out. However, with the right knowledge and approach, you can make meaningful connections and establish a successful career. Here are ten steps to help emerging artists be successful in the art world.
Sarah Tantawy voted the Artist of the Month (April)
BE OPEN Art is happy to announce that Sarah Tantawy, a young Egyptian painter, has been voted the Artist of the Month by the visitors of our online gallery.
Five Shifts in the Art World That are Creating a More Inclusive Market
Source: RBC Wealth Management.
Digital reinvention, societal shifts and a new generation of collectors with changing motivations are creating a more inclusive art world.
Kamlah Kew voted the Regional Artist of the Month (April)
BE OPEN Art is happy to announce that Kamlah Kew, a self-taught artist born in Antigua & Barbuda, now settled in the UK, has been selected the Regional Artist of the month (April) by the highest number of votes of BE OPEN Art online gallery visitors.
BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Eastern Mediterranean stage of the regional competitions programme
BE OPEN Art, an online art gallery set up by BE OPEN think tank, a humanitarian initiative founded by international businessperson and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is running a new competition for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities – BE OPEN Regional Art.
What Should Contemporary Art Do for a Society?
Source: ArtReview.
What should contemporary art do for a society? And are there things that it should not do? What if obviously different paradigms of what art ought to do collide – such as that of open societies characterised (at least in theory) by artistic freedom – with the traditional Chinese one, or even with its authoritarian subvariant, or with that of the Global South?