BE OPEN Art, the online art gallery established by Elena Baturina’s BE OPEN think tank, is happy to announce the winner of their Artist of the Year title in 2025, and a number of other achievements.
Aiming to showcase young talents, every month for the past six years, BE OPEN Art has been inviting art enthusiasts to choose the best artist among those 20 exhibited in the gallery. The artist whose works gains the majority of votes throughout the year becomes the Artist of the Year.
Source: Artsy.
In 2025, the art market was marked by major shifts in consumer sentiment, with disruptions such as tariff turmoil and gallery closures in the U.S., alongside record auction sales and thriving art weeks hinting at a recovery. Despite challenges, many industry professionals ended the year cautiously optimistic, looking ahead to 2026 with tentative momentum.
BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Meshach Charity, a Nigerian figurative painter whose, as the December winner of its Regional Artist of the Month program within the Western Africa stage of the global BE OPEN Art competition. A graduate of the University of Uyo, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine and Industrial Arts (Painting), Meshach has developed a distinctive visual language shaped by his personal experiences and immediate surroundings.
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The regional competition for emerging artists BE OPEN Regional Art, developed by Elena Baturina’s humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, is proud to announce the winners for the Western Africa region. October to December became the months of celebration of young artists from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Victoria Martínez as the Artist of the Month for December 2025, selected through a public vote from a curated shortlist of outstanding emerging artists featured on our online gallery.
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Sustainable art pieces represent a growing movement where artists prioritize environmental responsibility and ethical considerations in their creative practice. These artworks use eco-friendly materials like recycled paper and non-toxic paints, employ low-waste techniques such as upcycling, and often carry powerful messages about our relationship with nature.
