Events

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

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

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

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

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

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

Information session for students hosted by the Vice Rectorate for Art | Teaching
Insights – Fundamentals – Methods – Evaluation – Q&A
Using Project Financing as an example

Info event

From September 23 to 27, the ninth Vienna Humanities Festival will once again bring together leading thinkers from around the world under this year's overarching theme "Agency/Do something".

Conference

KinderuniKunst 2026 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from  6 July to 17 July 2026.

KinderuniKunst

With Johan Hartle (Rector Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), andrea ancira, Nina Hoechtl (tumbalacasa ediciones), Thomas Geiger, Astrid Seme (Mark Pezinger Books).

Book launch

The Research Cluster Digital Cultures warmly invites Academy staff and cooperation partners to an informal end-of-semester meeting. The evening offers an opportunity to meet colleagues from across the Academy and beyond, exchange ideas, and connect around ongoing projects, shared interests, and future collaborations.  We look forward to welcoming you!

Networking

The exhibition project was developed by Nataša Ilić and Ivet Ćurlín (WHW) with the students of their two-year program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in close collaboration with the Kontakt Collection.

Exhibition

To mark the publication of the German translation of his book Dark Socialism. Hope in a Ruined World (not yet available), Japanese philosopher and bestselling author Kohei Saito will give a lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Lecture