Marcel Lisboa voted the Artist of the Month

Marcel Lisboa voted the Artist of the Month

BE OPEN Art is happy to announce that Marcel Lisboa, graphic designer based in São Paulo, Brazil has been voted the Artist of the Month by the visitors of art.beopenfuture.com

Aiming to showcase emerging talents, every month we invite everyone passionate with art to choose the best artist among those exhibited in our online gallery. Congratulations to Marcel Lisboa whose impressive and arresting work has gained him a majority of votes in March!

We also take the opportunity to applause to all the featured artists and thank everyone who voted.

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For Galleries, Online Viewing Rooms Are About Storytelling and Sales

Source: Artsy.

By 2019, we’re well beyond the question of whether collectors are willing to purchase works they’ve only seen online. (Spoiler alert: They are!) The most exciting developments in the online viewing room space will doubtlessly come from galleries with the energy and resources to experiment with the form of what a virtual exhibition can be. Scott Indrisek explores how online viewing rooms function. Read more

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Source: Coins Weekly.

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How to Look at Emerging Artists and Recognize a Future Star

Source: Discovery Art Fair.

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Cracking the Millennial Market: How Art Businesses Are Tweaking Their Strategies to Target the Next Generation of Collectors

Source: Artnet.

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Source: Artnet.

The scale and contours of today’s art world would have been largely inconceivable to dealers, auction-house professionals, and collectors 30 years ago. The business of the past has been replaced by a multibillion-dollar international industry. Tastes have changed; non-Western economies have emerged as essential forces; and what was once a quaint cottage industry has become surprisingly corporate. Tim Schneider explores how this transformation has become possible. Read more