New Artists of the Nation in 2020
Nation Award Committee consisting of eleven artists with the Kossuth State Awards. The award is given to provide appropriate living conditions for personalities with high artistic accomplishment and reputation.

Two-day conference on applied art and design in Kunsthalle
MMA's Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology (MMKI) organized a conference on applied art and design entitled Concepts and Connections in Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), the institution of MMA on the 4th and 5th of May on the occassion that the exhibition of the National Salon series is displaying Hungarian applied art and design on a large scale.

National Salon 2017 opened
Having opened on 22 April 2017, the new exhibition of the National Salon series organized by MMA and its institution, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) and entitled All Around Us is offering an overview of design and applied art of the past decade in eight significant fields.
The exhibition can be seen until 13 August.

Hungary and China - a cultural cooperation
MMA signed an agreement on cultural cooperation with the Chinese National Academy of Arts (CNAA) on 11 April in the centre of MMA, the Vigadó (the document was signed by Tan Ping, the Vice-President of CNAA and by György Fekete, President of MMA), and one day before that a unique exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy opened in Vigadó Gallery entitled From the East... and on 11 April a half-day conference took place on Chinese art as well as the relationship of Chinese and Hungarian culture with the title Contacts.

From the East…
THE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
The exhibition is arriving to Budapest with the title From the East…, and it can be seen between 12 April and 31 May 2017 in the centre of MMA, the Vigadó. In connection with the display MMA and CNNA is holding a conference on 11 April 2017 from 10:30 with the title Contacts… in Vigadó.