This 90-minute webinar will present the findings from a new landmark report authored by Professor Martin Charter and Dr Trevor Davis. The research, based on a global survey, large-scale online content analysis, and a critical review of national Circular Economy strategies, reveals the current state of progress, gaps, and opportunities in integrating circularity across the Creative Industries.
Eco-Aesthetics: Art, Literature and Architecture in a Period of Climate Change by Malcolm Miles explores what aesthetics might mean in the 21st century by moving beyond traditional ideas of beauty and the sublime. Bridging the arts, humanities and social sciences, Malcolm Miles examines eco-art and contemporary aesthetic theory while questioning consumerism and globalisation. The book asks whether art can contribute meaningfully to addressing the environmental crisis and developing more sustainable ways of living.
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Source: Art Basel.
Younger collectors are now the biggest spenders, according to the latest Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting. How they choose to spend their wealth may come as a surprise.
Source: Art Basel.
With more than half of major collectors buying digital works and collection share jumping from 3% to 13% in a year, the medium is moving from fad to fixture in the global art scene.
Source: The Financial Times.
The article examines how art businesses are trying to reach younger buyers through accessible prints, digital discovery, transparent pricing, and community-focused experiences. It also considers how galleries and museums are adapting their approach to younger audiences.
The Art Limitless programme within the BE OPEN Art online gallery has announced Éabha Róis as the September 2026 monthly winner, recognising her poetic mixed-media practice rooted in memory, mythology, and the natural world.
Source: Artsy.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping entire industries, from finance to media to healthcare, with significant breakthroughs accelerating within the past few months alone. The art world will be no exception, as AI could offer boundless potential, from helping art businesses operate more efficiently to artistic creation.
BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Tomislav Šilipetar as the Artist of the Month for September 2026. A Croatian academic painter based in Zagreb, Šilipetar explores identity, vulnerability, memory, and the complex relationship between the individual and others. Šilipetar graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2014 with a Master’s degree in Painting, studying under Igor Rončević, and became a member of the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU) in 2015.
BE OPEN Art is pleased to announce Lian Jhu as the first Regional Artist of the Month in the East Asia stage of its 2026 global art competition. Running from September to December 2026, the third stage of the fourth year of the programme celebrates outstanding emerging artists from across East Asia, including Japan, North and South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Macau, Mongolia, and Taiwan.
