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Elena Baturina and BE OPEN Art awarded the first Artist of the Region at a celebratory ceremony in Nicosia, Cyprus
On June 8th, 2023 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, held an opening ceremony for the BE OPEN Regional Art: the Eastern Mediterranean art competition.
The exhibition will be open to public until June 21st at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia. It is dedicated to celebrating the emerging artists of the Eastern Mediterranean and displays the artworks selected by the public and BE OPEN experts in the course of a region-based competition that lasted from January to March 2023.
BE OPEN’s SDG-focused design competition programme at the 2023 World Climate Industry EXPO
The WCE took place end of May at BEXCO in Busan, and presented the perfect ground for introducing Korean and international companies involved in the climate and energy sector, alongside government officials, representatives from international organizations, and academic professionals to BE OPEN’s SDG-focused programme and in particular the ongoing student design competition Better Energy by Design centered around the United Nations’ SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy.
BE OPEN will host an exhibition in Cyprus to celebrate the emerging artists of the Eastern Mediterranean
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.
BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Eastern Mediterranean art competition
BE OPEN Art, an online art gallery set up by BE OPEN think tank, 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.
BE OPEN launches #BEOPENGoodMorning open call to celebrate everyday creativity
Our new open call #BEOPENGoodMorning celebrates all those things that help us wake up and get ready for the day – be it coffee in your favourite mug, making pancakes for the family, walking your pet, your morning stretch, the sunlight on your windowpane, capture those precious details and turn them into little stories of yourselves.
BE OPEN Art launches the second stage of the regional competition to support emerging artists of the Caribbean
BE OPEN Art is running a new competition for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities. The second stage of BE OPEN Regional Art started to cover the countries of the Caribbean region over April – June 2023: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
Abdelrahman Mahmoud voted the Regional Artist of the Month in March
BE OPEN Art is happy to announce that Abdelrahman Mahmoud, illustrator and visual artist from Alexandria, Egypt, has been selected the Regional Artist of the month (March) by the highest number of votes of BE OPEN Art online gallery visitors.
BE OPEN Art announces the Artist of the Year 2022
BE OPEN Art is happy to announce the Artist of the Year 2022, selected by the majority of votes among the monthly ratings. Our congratulations go to Chidinma Nnoli, a young visual artist born in Enugu, Nigeria who currently lives and works in Lagos.
The first Artist of the Month selected in the BE OPEN Regional Art competition for emerging artists
BE OPEN Art summarized the first month of a new reginal competition for emerging artists. By the majority of votes made by the visitors of BE OPEN Art online gallery in January, the title of Regional Artist of the Month goes to Christina Kyriacou, Cyprus.