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  • STOFF / LACE RELATIONS - Premiere at Stadtkino

    STOFF/LACE RELATIONS uncovers the hidden histories of a global trade that connected a small town in Austria to the bustling markets of Lagos, Nigeria.

  • Fashions and Styles on the Move

    An ongoing collaboration on decolonization, healing textile practices, and social justice in fashion and design with the University of Namibia and the University of Johannesburg.

    The Fashion and Styles department at the IKL of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Humanities and Arts/ Fashion Design at the University of Namibia, and the Department of Fashion Design at the Faculty of Arts, Design, and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg launched a collaboration in spring 2023 under the banner “Decolonizing Fashion Research, Textile Healing, and Social Justice” with the support of the Academy's International Office and the EU program ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility.

  • Admission Examination Scenography for the study year 2026/2027

    Online registration and upload from January 26 until February 22, 2026: https://calls.akbild.ac.at/calls/Szen26/ 

  • Admission Exams in PhD-in-Practice 2026/2027

    PhD in Practice Call for Applications 2026

    Beginning of studies: October 1, 2026

  • Academy Auction 2026: Submit your bids now!

    The 2026 Academy Auction is now online at www.dorotheum.com/akbild! Bids can be submitted until January 23, 2026. The proceeds will support students in precarious living situations as well as the associations tralalobe and solidarity matters, which care for refugees in Austria.

  • The Academy mourns the death of Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025)

    The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna announces with great regret the passing of Arnulf Rainer. Rainer was Professor of Painting at the Academy from 1981 to 1995. He died on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the age of 96.

  • Residency in Cairo 2026 awarded

    In collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum Cairo, the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, a residency in Cairo was announced for graduates of the Academy. We are pleased to announce that Marlene Coates has been invited to undertake the residency in Cairo in April and May 2026. Furthermore, in cooperation with PART – International Art Residency Austria, the Egyptian artist Omar Abd El-Baqi has been invited to complete a one-month residency in Vienna in February 2026.

  • Fashions and Styles on the Move

    An ongoing collaboration on decolonization, healing textile practices, and social justice in fashion and design with the University of Namibia and the University of Johannesburg.

    Studierende und Lehrpersonen der Akademie der bildenden Künste und der University of Namibia am Bregenzer See, Dezember 2024 / Students and lecturers from the Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Namibia at Lake Bregenz, December 2024
  • Die Akademie gratuliert Jakob Lena Knebl und Ashley Hans Scheirl zum Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis 2026

    Der Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis 2026 geht an die beiden österreichischen Künstler_innen Jakob Lena Knebl und Ashley Hans Scheirl.

    Foto der zwei Künstler_innen
  • Die Akademie gratuliert Natalia Gurova zum Miriam-Cahn-Stipendium

    Erst- und einmalig wird zugleich mit dem Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis auch das Miriam-Cahn-Stipendium verliehen. Miriam Cahn, die Schweizer Künstlerin, die 2024 mit dem Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis ausgezeichnet worden war, hatte ihr Preisgeld für ein Stipendium gestiftet, das einer bildenden Künstlerin, die soeben ihre Ausbildung abgeschlossen hat, für ein Jahr die Ausübung künstlerischer Tätigkeit ermöglichen soll. Aus je drei von der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien und der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien nominierten Alumnae aus dem Studienjahr 2024/25 wählte die Jury mit Natalia Gurova eine Künstlerin aus, deren Praxis sich an der Schnittstelle von Fiktion, Geschichte und sozialen Strukturen bewegt.

    Foto der Künstlerin vor ihrer Installation
  • Demokratie leben: Winners to be featured on City Lights throughout Vienna starting in January

    The initiative of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Gewista on digital advertising media in public spaces is entering its second round! From January 1 to February 2026, the six contributions of the winners will be featured on the City Lights around Vienna.

    Screen on a street with houses in the background
  • OUT NOW! Fine Companions 3: Cuaderno de tareas / Work planner

    The publication Cuaderno de tareas is the third volume in the Fine Companions series—a collaboration between the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and mit Mark Pezinger Books for the publication of design-oriented books.

  • University Library – Winter Break 2025/2026

    The University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is on vacation. The Main Library and the Branch Library at the Institute for Education in the Arts will be closed from December 19, 2025 to January 6, 2026.

  • Holiday Opening Hours 2025/2026

    Information on the holiday opening hours of the contemporary exhibitions, the exhibition of the Art Collections and the service facilities of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna:

  • Interview zur „Weggestaltung“ der Müllner-Skulptur in der Aula

    „Es können sich Mindsets ändern, wenn man Räume verändert“

    Eine Gruppe von Lehrenden und Künstler_innen der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien hat kürzlich eine deutsch-nationale Jünglings-Skulptur des Bildhauers Josef Müllner in der Aula der Akademie abgenommen. Im Gespräch erklären Eduard Freudmann, Jakob Krameritsch und Ruth Sonderegger, was es mit dieser Weggestaltung“ auf sich hat. Und wie reibungslos der Übergang vom Austrofaschismus zum Nationalsozialismus an der Akademie war.

    An einer Wand befindet sich ein leerer Sockel, wo einst eine Statue stand.
  • Academy awarded with the Internationalisation Award

    For the first time, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD) are recognizing outstanding examples of the implementation of the National Higher Education Mobility and Internationalization Strategy 2030. We warmly congratulate our colleagues fromthe International Office on their first-place finish in the category Measures promoting mobility for underrepresented student groups!