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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tGood morning! <\/p>\n KYIV CULTURE ATTACKED<\/strong>. Early Sunday morning, Russia struck Kyiv and nearby towns with its largest attack on the Ukrainian capital city since 2024; a rare Oreshnik ballistic missile and drones killed four, injured about 100, and hit cultural institutions, according to\u00a0reports. Among the approximately 40 damaged sites are the\u00a0National Chernobyl museum<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU)<\/strong>, per the\u00a0Kyiv Post<\/em>. An estimated 40 percent of the Chernobyl museum was reportedly destroyed, while the NAMU\u2019s landmark building was damaged by a blast wave. No artworks were harmed in the NAMU, which was recently restored and reopened in the summer of 2023. On May 21, it debuted a \u201cperformance-exhibition\u201d by\u00a0Holyi\/Kostiantyn Mishukov<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Oleh Tistol<\/strong>, about art as a form of therapy during war. \u201cWe saw how deeply art is capable of supporting people in times like these,\u201d curator and artist\u00a0Hanka Tretiak<\/strong>\u00a0told the\u00a0Kyiv Post<\/em>. Following the strike, the exhibition had to be dismantled. \u201cRussians are destroying cultural heritage that belongs not only to Ukraine, but to all of Europe and the world,\u201d said Tretiak. \u00a0<\/p>\n RADIO SILENCED<\/strong>. Romania\u2019s culture minister,\u00a0Andras Istv\u00e1n Demeter<\/strong>, has resigned following an outcry over leaked audio recordings in which he appears to mock Romanian national interests, according to\u00a0reports. Demeter announced he was stepping down on Monday. \u201cI must also apologize for having unintentionally caused confusion and division in our contemporary society, which is already fraught with tension\u2026 I apologize to those who feel offended and to those who feel betrayed,\u201d he said in a statement. He was referring to a 2012 audio recording with government staff, in response to questioning by the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office about\u00a0Radio Romania<\/strong>\u00a0acquiring the Moldovan\u00a0Radio Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/strong>. In the profanity-laced recording, Demeter, who comes from Hungary, was heard saying, \u201cI don\u2019t give a damn about the national interest, because I\u2019m Hungarian!\u201d He also seemed to joke or threaten the Russians about selling Radio Chi\u015fin\u01ceu to them. Demeter at first did not take responsibility for the remarks, which he didn\u2019t remember making, and claimed that the recording was taken out of context. However, he resigned after leaders of his own, minority party, the Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), called for him to do so.<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the earliest medieval manuscripts that tells the tale of\u00a0King Arthur<\/strong>, which has been in private hands for over 700 years, heads to auction at\u00a0Christie\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0for an estimated \u00a31.5 million to \u00a32 million ($2.02 million\u2013$2.69 million). [The Guardian<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tAn over-decade-long dispute over a Spanish galleon full of treasure, which sank off Colombia\u2019s coast in 1708, is plagued by new allegations of looting and mismanagement. [The Art Newspaper<\/strong>]<\/p>\n Wolfgang Tillmans<\/strong>\u00a0has won the 2026\u00a0Roswitha Haftmann Prize<\/strong>, worth CHF 150,000 ($191,000) [ArtReview<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tSingaporean artist\u00a0Ho Tzu Nyen<\/strong>\u00a0has won the\u00a02026 Fukuoka Prize<\/strong>, for individuals who have contributed to Asian studies, arts and culture. [ArtAsiaPacific<\/strong>]<\/p>\n PUSHING THE RIGHT BUTTONS<\/strong>. Artifacts from an encampment of French troops who helped defeat the British during the American Revolutionary War were discovered in a cornfield in Virginia, becoming the first such find to ever be documented, reports the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>. As America\u2019s 250th anniversary approaches, the timing couldn\u2019t be better. Metal detectorists\u00a0Lafayette \u201cScotty\u201d Crabtree Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Greg Lagasse<\/strong>\u00a0had been hunting for Civil War artifacts when they stumbled on eleven 244-year-old buttons from France, and coins from Spain and England dating from the early 1700s. Researchers now say they belonged to French soldiers who rested in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on their way to join\u00a0General George Washington<\/strong>\u00a0in New York. Only one other French march has been excavated in Connecticut. While archaeologists were critical of the metal-detectorists for removing so many of the artifacts before they were studied, they called the discovery \u201camazing\u201d and hoped to find more at the site. In another stroke of luck, the site has remained almost untouched thanks to the nonprofit\u00a0Meadowview<\/strong>, which bought the surrounding land to preserve a rare carnivorous plant, the purple pitcher, in its natural habitat. Meadowview granted Crabtree and Lagasse permission to search for relics, as long as findings would become part of a future museum in the property\u2019s 1830s farmhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/romanian-culture-minister-resigns-morning-links-may-26-2026-1234787245\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2272922896.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good morning! Russia attacked Kyiv on Sunday, killing four, injuring about 100, and damaging cultural sites. Romania\u2019s culture minister has stepped down following an outcry over a leaked recording. 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