Events

During Rundgang (Open Days), institutes will open their atelier doors and studios, and performances, discussions and educational programs are offered. The annual Academy Auction will also take place as part of the tour, for which world-famous and even lesser-known artists will make works available for auction.

Open Studios | Performances | Talks | Guided tours Organisational Units Academy

Jonida Laçi (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Luīze Nežberte (University of Applied Arts Vienna) will hold a joint exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in November 2025.

Exhibition

Exhibition

The annual online auction of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Dorotheum Vienna, takes place again in 2026. The artistic works can be viewed from Wednesday, 21.1. to Friday, 23.1.2025 at the Prospekthof of the Atelierhaus of the Academy.

Charity Auction

Official Opening of Rundgang 2026 with Johan F. Hartle (Rector), Ingeborg Erhart (Vice-Rector for Art and Teaching), and Werner Skvara (Vice-Rector for Infrastructure and Sustainability).

Opening

The working groups wants to introduce itself to you at Rundgang 2026!

Study information

Jonida Laçi and Luīze Nežberte in conversation with Anna Marckwald and Hannah Marynissen, Co-Curators Kunsthalle Wien Preis 2025.

Artist talk

With honoris causa, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna launched a series of events in 2023 to face up to historical responsibility as an educational institution.

Conference

“Meet the editors” is the second event of the new series the Publishing Lab! 
The series revolves around the topic of publishing and is intended to make the Academy's diverse expertise and knowledge of this topic more visible and accessible - and to offer a forum in which publishers and everybody that’s interested can exchange ideas.

Lecture

The Coordination Office for Women's Advancement | Gender Studies | Diversity as Part of the Genderplattform invites to a lecture by Dr. Bontu Guschke titeld Who Gets to Feel Safe? Who Gets to Speak Up? Understanding and Addressing the Intersections of Sexism and Racism in Higher Education.

Lecture

Screening des Films Wenn du Angst hast, nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (Marie Luise Lehner, 2025) und anschließendes Gespräch Gespräch mit Regisseurin  und der Darstellerin Mariya Menner. Organisiert wird die Veranstaltung vom Student Welcome Center (Christina Fasching) und der Universitätsbibliothek (Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann) der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien im Rahmen des InDi(e)-Days.

Filmvorführung und Gespräch

At InDi(e) Day, we address the topics of inclusion, diversity, and education, put light on current discourses and perspectives through lectures, discussions, and artistic interventions, and make content, potential, and issues visible and tangible.

Event

Smart Map of Jewish History is a research project led by Herbert Peter, Institute for Education in the Arts. This evening, Christoph Lind (Injoest), Herbert Peter, and Juraj Sedivy (Comenius University Bratislava) will present the two project sections, Vienna and Lower Austria, provide insights into the project's fundamental ideas, and showcase initial digital implementations – including interactive 3D models.

Project presentation

Talk

Kick-off of the discussion and lecture series From Burnout To Siesta, which will explore how art and artistic research will open up new horizons for a more relaxed future life in 2025. SALON°FUTUR is an event series of the Research Cluster | Sustainability in the Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in cooperation with FUTURAMA°LAB. It takes place as part of VIENNA ART WEEK.

Event series

Art School Alliance participants Adelle Dogbey, Juno Rothaug, Lilly Gummerson, Luo Wenjia, and Uri Gil Ad present their works in the exhibition Briefly a Seagull.

Exhibition