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    arts of change - change of arts: CARE & ACTION

    Vom 23. bis 25. Oktober findet im WEST Reallabor Fassfabrik Wien ein interdisziplinäres, öffentliches Symposium zum Thema Fürsorge und Handeln statt. Das Symposium, das von Kunststudierenden und Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis gemeinsam gestaltet wurde, beleuchtet das Verhältnis von Fürsorge und Kreativität im Kontext sozialer Nachhaltigkeit. arts of change - change of arts ist ein Mentoring-Programm des Vereins „forum n“. Seit 2020 fördert das Projekt ein tieferes Verständnis der Rolle der Künste in Nachhaltigkeitsbewegungen und im sozialen Wandel.

    Symposium

    WEST Reallabor Fassfabrik Wien
    Lastenstraße 19
    1230 Wien

    Academy

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    a group of men paints an act

  • Beyond the Lecture: Alternative Methods for Teaching the History of Architecture

    A lecture by Prof. Dr. Zeynep Kuban, Technical University Istanbul, Faculty of Architecture. This event takkes place as part of the IKA Lecture Series Winter 2026/27: Theories of Teaching Architectural History, curated by Angelika Schnell.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

  • Hidden Entities

    Performance lectures by Martinus Dwi Marianto, Septian Pujiandriyanto and Nico Schleicher. A collaboration between the Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Performance-Lectures

    Studio Building
    Lehárgasse 8
    1060 Vienna
    Ground Floor
    Photography Class

    Fine Arts

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    ELSEWHEN

    Eine Ausstellung vom Fachbereich Kunst und Zeit | Fotografie, mit Liu Jingting, Veith Weidner und Lauge Steensen.

    Ausstellung

    Atelierhaus
    Lehárgasse 8
    1060 Wien
    Erdgeschoss
    Klasse Fotografie

    Fine Arts

  • #DIDAKTIK. Christin Lübke: Learning (forward) from One Another in Art Education

    Lecture by Christin Lübke, Isabell Baldermann and Kevin Ernst, as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, Department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

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    #DIDAKTIK: Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times

    The lecture series #DIDAKTIK Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times poses new questions in the context of the increased use of digital technology in art education.

    It is a joint project between the Department of Art and Education at the Institute for Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Art Education programme at the Bern University of the Arts (since 2021). 

    This year, the talks are part of the BIP project N—DAE (Network for Digital Art Education) organized by Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt (IKL) with the partner universities TU Dresden (Christin Lübke) and University of Porto (Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis).

    Lecture series

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Visitors during a guided tour of an exhibition in a museum gallery.

  • 20 Years of Kulturdrogerie

    The Viennese artist-run space Kulturdrogerie introduces itself and presents the catalog Kulturdrogerie, published in 2025—as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt.

    Book presentation and lecture held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Color photo in landscape format: The “Kulturdrogerie” catalog, published in 2025 to mark the 20th anniversary of the artist-run space, lies on a light-colored surface. The yellow cover features the words “Kultur” and “Drogerie” in red capital letters, centered at the top and arranged one below the other. At the bottom is a white graphic consisting of a wide horizontal bar, with three rectangles below it; between the second and third rectangles is an upside-down exclamation mark.

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    Performance and Contemporary Art History: Mapping a Critical Subject, Medium, and Method in a Transdisciplinary Field

    A conference organised by Prof. Dr. Lisa Beißwanger (University of Koblenz) and Dr. Lisa Moravec (IKW, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).

    Conference

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Visitors during a guided tour of an exhibition in a museum gallery.

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    Research Day 2026 of the Academy

    The Research Day 2026 of the Academy presents the range of current research activities at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, gives insights into specific projects and their results, and encourages collegial discussions. The Research Day focuses on presentations of research projects in advanced stages.

    Conference

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

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    Welcome Session for the Doctor of Philosophy

    We would like to invite all new doctoral students in the Doctor of Philosophy program to the Center for Doctoral Studies' Welcome Session which covers all important steps, milestones, dates, and deadlines.

    Welcome-Session

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    Online via Zoom

    Academy

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    Kritische Selbstverständnisse. Ein Podium zum Stand der Kunstwissenschaft

    Ein Gespräch mit Sebastian Hammerschmidt, Isabelle Lindermann, Lotte Püttmann, Thorsten Schneider, Ruth Sonderegger, organisiert vom IKW.

     

    Buchvorstellung

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    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

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    Opening: Blut und Kaffee / Blood and Coffe

    The exhibition curated by Marianne Vlaschits and Mariana Lemos, brings together works by international and local artists engaging with non-normative embodiment, illness, and disability aesthetics.

    Exhibition opening

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    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Rosa-Johan Uddoh: 33 Black History Months and Counting

    A performance by Rosa-Johan Uddoh as part of the exhibition Blut und Kaffee / Blood and Coffee.

    Performance

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

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    meins ist deins

    This autumn we celebrate a decade of curatorial collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Josie Sanne and Zaccaria Slater, Graduates from MA Culture, Criticism and Curation, travelled to Vienna and selected graduates from the Academy to present alongside UK artists in the exhibition meins ist deins (what’s mine is yours) this autumn in London. This cooperation has brought over a hundred of UK- and Austrian-based artists together over the years and we look forward to another edition on the theme of sharing.

    Exhibition

    Austrian Cultural Forum London
    28 Rutland Gate
    London

    Academy

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Visitors during a guided tour of an exhibition in a museum gallery.

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    Short presentations Dr.phil Winter Semester 2026/27 (Session 1)

    We cordially invite everyone interested to attend the public short presentations in the Dr. phil. program, where doctoral candidates present their exposés to an academic advisory board.

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

  • "Métro, Boulot, Lycée, Caveau" (Metro, Work, High School, Grave). A slogan of French high school students during the school blockades in October 2026.

    The lecture follows up on an exchange that took place in 2010: In the wake of a student occupation of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Anthony Davies invited Sabeth Buchmann to Central Saint Martins (University of Arts London) to discuss the relationship between institutional critique and institutional politics from the perspective of a ’squatting academy’. Now, Davies and Rowan Parker-Renwick are coming to Vienna to shed light on current developments in British art higher education and the “polycrisis” facing the University sector.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies