National Art Museum of Kyiv Forced to Close After Russian Strike

Le Musée national d’art de Kiev contraint de fermer après une frappe russe

The National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU) in Kyiv was damaged during a massive Russian airstrike on the night of May 23-24, which involved 90 missiles and 600 drones. The museum has closed indefinitely after windows were blown out, window frames damaged, plaster fell from walls, and the skylight roof was hit. No staff or collections were harmed, as the main artworks had been evacuated to secret storage sites since February 2022. The museum had maintained partial activity with temporary exhibitions and conferences, and had loaned over sixty works to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium for the exhibition 'In the Eye of the Storm.'

Sharjah Art Foundation Launches The Hook for Emerging Art Writers.

Sharjah Art Foundation has launched The Hook, a new editorial platform that supports emerging and established art writers across the region. The initiative invites writers to submit pitches responding to a single artwork currently on view at Sharjah Art Foundation venues, encouraging personal, critical, and experimental approaches to art writing. Selected texts will be published on #SAFOnline, and contributors will receive an honorarium. The open call is aimed at local and regional writers interested in engaging critically with contemporary art.

Venice Biennale 2026: controversy in contemporary art

The 2026 Venice Biennale has been overshadowed by controversy rather than its art. The main curator, Cameroon-born Koyo Kouoh, died unexpectedly in May. Russia, absent since 2022, returned to the exhibition, prompting the biennale jury to resign in protest after declaring it would not award prizes to countries accused of war crimes, with protests also targeting Israel.

Submit Entries for Young Generation Art Award

FundsforNGOs has announced an open call for submissions for the Young Generation Art Award, a prize aimed at emerging artists. The award invites young creatives to submit their work for consideration, with details on eligibility and deadlines presumably available through the organizer's channels.

Bad moon rising: AI debate erupts over ‘colourised’ version of a classic Ansel Adams photo

The New York gallery Danziger displayed an AI-generated colorized version of Ansel Adams's iconic photograph *Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico* (1941) at the Aipad Photography Show in April, offering prints for $6,000 to $10,000. The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust publicly condemned the work, stating it exploited Adams's name and reputation without permission, and accused gallery owner James Danziger of leveraging the image to promote a commercial AI colorization venture. Danziger defended the piece as a transformative work in the public domain, citing legal advice and his admiration for the original.