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  • Online info session for enrollment in the Doctor of Philosophy WiSe 2026-27

    This online session will address questions regarding the admission to the Doctor of Philosophy program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna — including requirements, potential challenges, and prerequisites.

    Info session

    Online via Zoom

    Academy

  • Opening: Schwelle

    Opening of the exhibiton with Ralo Mayer, Stine Ølgod, Maria Petschnig, Michaela Schweighofer, Adrien Tirtiaux 
    curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sofie Mathoi.

    Exhibition opening

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Drawing after Antiquity – The Plaster Cast Collection opens for an afternoon of drawing

    The afternoon opening of the Plaster Cast Collection is an offer to all those who want to deal intensively with drawing.

    Workshop

    Studio Building/ Plaster Cast Collection

    Plaster Cast Collection

  • Introduction to the Fine Arts Curriculum and Information on Recognition - Online

    This event is aimed at all students of Fine Arts. We will introduce the curriculum, its structure, and organization.

    Study information

    Online via Zoom

    Fine Arts

  • Postdoc Get-together

    We cordially invite you to the Postdoc Get-together at the Academy which forms part of the Postdoc Appreciation Week Austria. The event aims to foster informal exchange and networking between colleagues in similar career stages.

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

    The event banner in the Postdoc Appreciation Week Austria design. Against a grey and orange gradient background, an abstract glass figure is depicted. It features the text ‘Postdoc Get-together’, the date and time of the event, a link to this website, and the logo of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
  • Vienna Humanities Festival 2026 – Agency/Tu Was

    From September 23 to 27, the ninth Vienna Humanities Festival will once again bring together leading thinkers from around the world under this year's overarching theme "Agency/Do something".

    Conference

    Academy Building

    Academy

  • Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Student Service

  • Schillerplatz/ Auditorium

    Paintings Gallery

    a collage of three figures of historic paintings in yellow, orange and a bluish color
  • Micropolitics

    A conference in collaboration between the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the eipcp / European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policie.

    International conference

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Online information session: Dissertation Completion Fellowship

    This session will provide information about the call, the submission process and the fellowship.

    Online via Zoom

    Academy

  • Semester Welcome

    We would like to open this academic year with a semester kick-off and invite all students, teachers and staff of the Academy to join us on Monday, October 5 at 16 h to the Courtyard at Schillerplatz.

    Get-together

    Courtyard
    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna

    Picture of many people in the Mensa of the Academy listening to the speech of the vice rector
  • Introduction to the Fine Arts Curriculum and Information on Recognition

    This event is aimed at all students of Fine Arts. We will introduce the curriculum, its structure, and organization.

    Study information

    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Fine Arts

  • Red threads, loose ends, another sculpture is possible

    A symposium with Enrico David, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Iris Touliatou and Trisha Donnelly, organized by the studios of the sculpture studios at Kurzbauergasse.

    Symposium

    Sculpture Studios/ EG 23

    Fine Arts

  • demok: ACT AND SPEAK

    Kunst und Hochschulen tragen die Verantwortung, Demokratie aktiv zu verteidigen und eine gerechtere Gesellschaft mitzugestalten.
    Dafür braucht es eine Bildung, die künstlerisches Denken, demokratische Praxis und kollektives Handeln stärkt.
    Demok lädt zu einer Workshopwoche und einer Konferenz über Demokratie unter Druck ein.

    Konferenz und Workshopreihe

    Akademiegebäude Schillerplatz

    Fine Arts

  • Schwelle

    An exhibition with Ralo Mayer, Stine Ølgod, Maria Petschnig, Michaela Schweighofer, Adrien Tirtiaux
    curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sofie Mathoi.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Narrative Techniques for Clear, Memorable Research Presentations

    From Planning and Messaging to Structure and Slides

    This workshop helps doctoral and PhD candidates design research presentations that are clear, engaging, and easy to follow. Instead of focusing on delivery techniques, the course builds strong foundations: defining a clear message, structuring content, and creating slides that support understanding.

    Workshop

    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna, room DG18

    Academy

  • #DIDAKTIK. Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis: Ecological artistic practices and archive for research and arts education

    Lecture by Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz and Tiago Barbedo Assis, as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

  • Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings as part of the WissensWert series.

    Introduction held in English

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert
  • Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (in German)

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings as part of the WissensWert series. 

    Introduction held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert
  • Orientation Days for First Year Students September | October 2026

    The Orientation Days for first year students offer the opportunity to get to know all the services of the Academy for students, get all your questions answered and get to know students from other study programs!

    Orientation Days

    at all locations of the Academy

    Student Service