Tag: Open

  • Shape the Next Decade: VivaTech 2026 Startup Challenges are Now Open!

    Paris is set to host the 10th-anniversary edition of VivaTech from June 17 to 20, 2026. Since its launch in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Les Échos-Le Parisien Groupe, VivaTech has cemented its position as one of Europe’s largest startup events and tech event, drawing disruptive minds and global leaders. This year, it will welcome read more

    Shape the Next Decade: VivaTech 2026 Startup Challenges are Now Open!
  • Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink

      An Oxford-headquartered spacetech startup says it’s gearing up to manufacture up to 200 satellites a year, as it looks to offer European governments and businesses an alternative communication channel to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Open Cosmos is launching a satellite network, called ConnectedCosmos, that will provide sovereign communication as an alternative to “transcontinental mega-constellations”, the read more

    Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink
  • March 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthlyOpportunities Newsletter. Emptiness 2026 Art Awards: Exhibition, Publication, Sales, and Global PromotionFeatured What is emptiness in your art? Is it solitude or serenity, absence or possibility, loss or quiet fullness? read more

    March 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
  • New Museum to Open in Portugal Around Collection of José Teixeira

    A new museum is slated to open in Portugal in April around the contemporary art collection of José Teixeira, the chairman of dstgroup, a civil construction and public-works engineering company. The institution in Braga, about an hour by car or train from Porto in the northwest of Portugal, will showcase a collection of 1,500 artworks read more

    New Museum to Open in Portugal Around Collection of José Teixeira
  • John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien, and Mira Nair Among Cultural Figures Who Signed an Open Letter in Support of Former Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman

    As of press time, some 250 cultural figures from around the world have signed an open letter in support of Devyani Saltzman, the former director of London’s Barbican Centre. Saltzman left abruptly earlier this week, just a few weeks after Abigail Pogson was appointed chief executive. Notable signatories include artists John Akomfrah and Isaac Julien, read more

    John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien, and Mira Nair Among Cultural Figures Who Signed an Open Letter in Support of Former Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman
  • LACMA Will Open Peter Zumthor–Designed Building on April 19 to Members, May 4 to Public

    The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that it will open its long-awaited new building, officially called the David Geffen Galleries, on April 19 to members, who will have access to the building ahead of the public for two weeks. On Sunday, May 3, LACMA will offer access to members of its NexGenLA program, read more

    LACMA Will Open Peter Zumthor–Designed Building on April 19 to Members, May 4 to Public
  • Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members, And More: Industry Moves for February 5, 2026

    Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. Happy Thursday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Thaddaeus Ropac to Open New York Project Space: The gallery also hired Emilio Steinberger as a senior director in read more

    Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members, And More: Industry Moves for February 5, 2026
  • February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthlyOpportunities Newsletter. Open Calls The Other Art Fair Brooklyn Spring 2026(International)From May 14 to 17, 2026, The Other Art Fair returns to Brooklyn and seeks applications forgeneral boothsand theNew Futuresprogram, read more

    February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
  • Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter

    The latest attempt to save the New Deal-era artwork from the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C., involves a letter written by a group of artists urging the Jewish Museum in New York to save the murals and sculptural reliefs created by Jewish artists like Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel. The read more

    Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter
  • There Are a Lot of Open Art Museum Directorships in the United States Right Now

    There’s been a lot of drama in the world of museum directors lately, headlined by the meltdown at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Perhaps just as dramatic, though, is the sheer number of open directorships at American art museums. In just the past two days, two major jobs opened up: at the Queens Museum, where Sally read more

    There Are a Lot of Open Art Museum Directorships in the United States Right Now
  • NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative

    NetBird, an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, has closed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participation from Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and Antler. NetBird is a Berlin-based software company developing an open-source Zero Trust network security platform that enables secure and cost-effective private networking for organisations of read more

    NetBird announces M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative
  • Neuracore raises $3M to power next-gen robots and open robotics research

    London-based Neuracore, a robot learning platform focused on faster scaling and deployment, has closed a $3 million pre-seed round led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Clem Delangue (Co-founder & CEO of Hugging Face) and advisors from academia, hardware, and AI. Founded in 2024 by Stephen James, Assistant Professor of Robot Learning at Imperial read more

    Neuracore raises M to power next-gen robots and open robotics research
  • December 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Rotterdam Photo 2026 Open Call: Echoes of Silence—War in the Artist’s SoulFeaturedRotterdam Photo invites photographers worldwide to explore how war and collective trauma resonate in the artist’s inner world. ‘Echoes of Silence’asks: What happens when artists are not eyewitnesses to conflict but still carry its emotional legacy? How does violence linger in memory—not as an read more

    December 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
  • Chanel and Power Station of Art Open Mainland China’s First Public Library Dedicated to Contemporary Art

    Chanel has announced the public opening of Espace Gabrielle Chanel, mainland China’s first public library dedicated to contemporary art, at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art (PSA). The 1,700-square-foot library was designed by renowned Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto and is located on the third floor of the museum. It holds more than 50,000 books and audiobooks, read more

    Chanel and Power Station of Art Open Mainland China’s First Public Library Dedicated to Contemporary Art