Sber Launches Giga-Art AI Art Festival Using Kandinsky 6.0
Sber
Sber launched Giga-Art (Гига-Арт), an open AI art festival running June 12 through November 4, 2026, inviting anyone to generate images depicting Russia using the Kandinsky 6.0 Image model inside GigaChat. Best submissions from each stage will be displayed on public media screens across the country. All GigaChat image generation features are available free of charge for participants.
Why it matters
Sber is using a public art contest to drive Kandinsky 6.0 adoption and GigaChat user acquisition, making it one of the most visible consumer-facing Russian AI deployments of 2026.
Importance: 1/5
Russian domestic AI marketing event; limited global significance