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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

    A photograph of four posters designed by students lying on a wooden floor, a person looking at them

  • Invitation to the Defense of Tina Amerstorfer

    The Institute for Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna kindly invites you to the defense of Tina Amerstorfer's dissertation project "Un-canny Encounters – Getting Close to the Performative Workshop Space and Other Choreographic In-Between Spaces in Doris Uhlich’s and Sigal Zouk’s Practice".

    Defense

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Fine Arts

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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

    Talk with Sebastian Hammerschmidt, Isabelle Lindermann, Lotte Püttmann, Thorsten Schneider, Ruth Sonderegger, organized from the Institute of Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

    Book launch

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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

  • Opening: Amöbe (Rückblick voraus)

    Opening of an exhibition by Imre Nagy and Jörg Reissner on decoding perception, as part of the Academy Library‘s Wer A.. sagt series.

    Exhibition Opening

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The color illustration in landscape format shows the yellow book cover of “Amöbe (Rückblick voraus)” [Amoeba (Review Ahead)] on the left half. On the right, we find an image of a small sculpture against a colored background.

  • 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. 

    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 

    Guided tour

    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

  • A Black Fairytail

    Fashion and Styles (IKL) invite you to a screening of the short film a Black Fairytale by Isabelle Edi, Kim Sanou & Mariama Sow, followed by a talk with discussion by Mariama Sow. 

    Screening and Lecture

    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse/ 3.01

    Education in the Arts

    Plakat in Braun und Beige: Screening und Vortrag von Mariama Sow am 16.11.2026, 17:00 Uhr, Raum 3.01. In der Mitte ein Filmstill mit weißen Kauri-Muscheln, Titel „A Black Fairytale“.

  • "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

  • Guided tour Plaster Cast Collection

    With its approximately 450 preserved plaster casts, the collection offers a unique overview of European sculpture history.

    Studio Building/ Plaster Cast Collection

    Plaster Cast Collection

    a few sculptures of people in a cellar

  • Deep Sustainability: Contemporary Debates on Animism and the Decolonization of Science

    A lecture by Florentine Maier as part of the Lectures for Future series, hosted by Kunst und Bild | Kontextuelle Malerei und Kunst und Bild | Zeichnung.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Nude Hall

    Fine Arts

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    Goose Quill, Squiggle, Ink Blot – Reading and Writing Kurrent Script

    A three-unit Kurrent workshop of the University Archives with Ulrike Hirhager as part of the Academy Library’s WissensWert event series

    Free course held in German

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Top left: Matriculation register from the holdings of the university archive of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 1754–1769/72; top right: Kurrent alphabet; bottom left: Kurrent memory cards; bottom right: Practice sheet, quill with steel nib, glass inkwell

  • Threading Architecture: Towards a More Open and Evolving Architectural Practice

    Lecture with Jelena Mitrović and Davor Ereš, organised by Michelle Howard and Adam Hudec of the Institute for Art and Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as part of the Erasmus+ project Ignored Technology.

    Lecture

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    Poster, green background with black letters

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    honoris causa 2026

    Since 2023, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna has been dealing with its past in Austrofascism and National Socialism with the conference series honoris causa. 

    Conference

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

  • Book Launch: Plant Space Territories, Architectures, and Technologies of the Vegetal

    Join us for the launch of Plant Space, a new publication exploring how plants shape space, knowledge and technologies across ecological, historical and political contexts. Edited by Carmen Lael Hines, Adam Hudec and Michelle Howard.

    Book launch

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    beige poster with a book and black font on it

  • Sunday tour

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

    Guided tour

    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 2)

    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