Events

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. This year's conference will open with Jan Machacek's performance Axelmann's Case in the auditorium. The following day, the conference will take place, topics include fascist art and literary history, graduates of the Master School of Architecture (1930–1950) and the Tiergarten in the Prater, on the grounds of which the Academy's sculpture building stands today.

Conference

A lecture as part of Orange the World. The Coordination Office for the Advancement of Women | Gender Studies | Diversity invites you to a lecture featuring experts from the Victim Protection Group at Vienna General Hospital (AKH), the Examination Center for Victims of Violence, and the Forensic Examination Center for Children and Adolescents (FOKUS) at the University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna. The lecture is open to all interested staff members and students. The event is organized in cooperation with the Gender Platform.

Lecture

The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes all doctoral and PhD students to an open door event in the winter semester 2026/27.

This event is part of the inter-university event series #MeToo Art: Gender-Based Violence and Power Dynamics at Art Universities, a collaboration between the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Lecture

How do I formally submit my dissertation? What are the benefits of a voluntary plagiarism check before submission? What is a revocation application (Sperrantrag), and what role does it play if I am planning to publish my dissertation? How and when do I register for my thesis defense (Defensio) or Rigorosum?

Coffee Table Talk

The exposé forms the foundation of the doctoral. It is an important first step in the writing process and serves as a roadmap for the further development of thedissertation project. This one-day workshop is designed for doctoral and PhD candidates and offers hands-on guidance for writing exposés in German.

Workshop

The exposé forms the foundation of the doctoral. It is an important first step in the writing process and serves as a roadmap for the further development of thedissertation project. This one-day workshop is designed for doctoral and PhD candidates and offers hands-on guidance for writing exposés in English.

Workshop

The annual online auction of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Dorotheum Vienna, takes place again in 2027. The artistic works can be viewed from Wednesday, 20.1. to Friday, 22.1.2027 at the Prospekthof of the Atelierhaus of the Academy.

Charity Auction