On Friday, October 5th, 2024, the Acquisitions Committee of the Winnipeg Art Gallery voted unanimously to accept a donation of 82 paintings and works on paper from the collection of The Salgo Trust for Education. Included in this important donation are major works by Desző Czigány, Béla Czóbel, József Egry, Adolf Fényes, Károly Ferenczy, Béla Kádár, Károly Kernstok, Károly Markó the Elder, Jenő Maticska, Eszter Mattioni, László Mednyánszky, Mihály Munkácsy, Sándor Nyilasy, Desző (Desiderius) Orbán, László Paál, Jószef Rippl-Rónai, Gyula Rudnay, Armand Schönberger, Frigyes Strobl, István Szőnyi, Júlia Vajda, Lajos Vajda, János Vaszary and Mihály Zichy, among many others. Also accepted that day was a donation of two fine Surrealist works by József Jakovits from the Alma on Dobbin Foundation, New York, brokered by The Salgo Trust for Education. These donations are transformative for the European collections of the WAG. The Salgo Trust donation is accompanied by a substantial endowment to support the research, conservation and exhibition of the Salgo Trust donation and of the WAG’s European collections in general, as well as funding for an exhibition and catalogue of the donation to be produced within five years.

The Hungarian Archaeological and Art Historical Society (Magyar Régészeti és Művészettörténeti Társulat) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has awarded this year’s prestigious Henszlmann Prize to The Salgo Trust for Education (New York) for its service to Hungarian art and art history. Dr. Oliver Botar has been non-resident curator of The Salgo Trust for Education since 1995, and at the award ceremony held December 8th 2023, he was singled out and honoured for his contribution. The Laudatio was presented by Mariann Gergely, Chief Curator of Modern art at the Hungarian National Gallery/Museum of Fine Art, Budapest.

Major donations of paintings, works on paper and photographs by Ágost Canzi, Sándor Bortnyik, Béla Kádár, André Kertész, Béla Kondor, Károly Markó Sr., Gyula Marosán, János Máttis Teutsch Jr., Mihály Munkácsy, József Rippl-Rónai, Dénes Rónai, Hugó Scheiber, Pál Szinyei Merse, and Béla Uitz were recently made to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum. In addition, an endowment was established at the Art Institute of Chicago to support the study and exhibition of art from the region of former Austro-Hungarian Empire.