Source: Vogue Business.
The article explores how platforms aimed at younger, first-time collectors (especially Gen Z) are designing their offers an looks at how market players are adapting to Gen Z’s preferences.
Month: September 2025
Millennials and Gen Zers Are Coming Into Great Fortunes. What Art Do They Want to Buy?
Source: Artnet News.
Drawing on auction results, gallery trends, and market analyses, the article examines how millennial and Gen Z collectors prioritize storytelling, identity, and access over traditional prestige. The piece also highlights the tension between legacy institutions and newer platforms competing to attract this rising demographic, pointing to a broader evolution in the values that shape the contemporary art market.
Why AI Art Is Winning over Young Collectors
Source: Artsy.
This feature dives into the rising popularity of AI-generated art among Gen Z and millennial collectors, exploring why digital natives are not only accepting of machine-made creativity but actively drawn to it. The article discusses how AI art aligns with younger collectors’ interests in experimentation, technology, and boundary-pushing aesthetics. Rather than viewing AI art as a gimmick, Gen Z sees it as a reflection of their era’s cultural and technological hybridity.
Myriam Maroto Named August Winner of ART LIMITLESS Competition
We are proud to announce Myriam Maroto as the August winner of the ART LIMITLESS competition, hosted by BE OPEN Art. A self-taught graphic artist from Spain, Myriam has been painting for as long as she can remember. Living with autism, she turns to art as an outlet to manage daily stress, express emotions that are difficult to articulate in words, and find a deep sense of balance and freedom. Her work is distinguished by its unconventional, tactile materials, including ballpoint pen linework in oil-based ink, coffee art with warm, earthy tones, and soft pastel blending that evokes both sensitivity and vibrancy.
How Women and Digital Natives Are Rewriting the Art Market in 2025
Source: Observer.
With a growing demand for transparency, inclusion, and accessibility, younger collectors and female buyers are no longer content with the gatekeeping and opacity that once defined art collecting. The piece examines how online platforms, social media, and blockchain technology are enabling new modes of discovery and ownership—while highlighting how institutions and dealers are being pushed to adapt to these shifting expectations.
BE OPEN Art Announces Audrey Lukban as Artist of the Month for August 2025
BE OPEN Art is delighted to name Audrey Lukban as the Artist of the Month for August 2025, selected through a public vote from a shortlist of talented emerging artists featured on our online gallery. Read more
Ash Milne Named September Winner of ART LIMITLESS Competition
We are thrilled to announce Ash Milne as the September winner of the ART LIMITLESS competition, hosted by BE OPEN Art. A queer and disabled multidisciplinary artist based in Canada, Ash uses their bold, high-contrast painting style to explore themes of identity, self-acceptance, and queer joy. Their work boldly challenges societal expectations while celebrating the beauty and complexity of marginalized experiences.
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a global, community-driven online conference dedicated to inclusive and accessible design, returning for its 11th edition on September 25, 2025. Organized by a group of accessibility and design professionals, #id24 offers 24 consecutive hours of free, live talks and discussions focused on accessibility, inclusive UX/UI, assistive technologies, intersectionality, policy, and emerging design practices across digital platforms.
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Mastering Inclusive Design by Francesca Lanz and Ann Heylighen
Mastering Inclusive Design by Francesca Lanz and Ann Heylighen offers a strategic, systems-level guide to embedding inclusivity in design practices across disciplines. The book combines theoretical insights with hands-on tools, helping designers and organizations shift from reactive accessibility fixes to proactive, inclusive thinking. Through interviews, frameworks, and examples, the authors illustrate how inclusivity can be deeply woven into design processes, team culture, and product development, fostering innovation and equity. It is particularly valuable for design leaders, educators, and anyone looking to institutionalize inclusive design.
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Elenise Xisto Named Regional Artist of the Month (South America) for August 2025
BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Elenise Xisto, a Brazilian visual artist, as the Regional Artist of the Month for August 2025 in the South America stage of its global art competition. This stage of the program, running from July through September, highlights emerging artistic talent from across South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and French Guiana.
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