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  • Regine Prange: The Heroic in an Age of Decadence. Baudelaire’s Aesthetics of Modernity between Realism and the Supernatural

    Gustave Courbet laid the foundations for modern painting in his rural homeland, Franche-Comté. His friend Charles Baudelaire found, in the city of Paris alone, a ‘heroic’ beauty in modern life that could stand on equal terms with the classical tradition. This lecture traces the poet and art critic’s anti-modern conception of modernity.

    Lecture series Lektionen / Lessons

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Paintings Gallery

    Painting of a seated man in light clothing, leaning casually against a tree. He holds a book in his hand, with a colourful landscape in the background. The image includes the title “Lektionen / Lessons”.

  • #DIDAKTIK. Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis: Ecological artistic practices and archive for research and arts education

    Lecture by Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz and Tiago Barbedo Assis, as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

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    Clay Commons – Unearthing Urban Grounds (Vienna ↔ Bangkok)

    A collaborative project by students and teachers from the Workshop for Molding and Casting Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Ceramics Workshop, Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

    Exhibition

    Eschenbachgasse

    Fine Arts

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    Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings as part of the WissensWert series.

    Introduction held in English

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert

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    From Idea to Application – Successfully Applying for Funding for Artistic Projects

    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

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    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Academy

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    Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (in German)

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings as part of the WissensWert series. 

    Introduction held in German

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert

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    Orientation Days for First Year Students September | October 2026

    The Orientation Days for first year students offer the opportunity to get to know all the services of the Academy for students, get all your questions answered and get to know students from other study programs!

    Orientation Days

    at all locations of the Academy

    Student Service

  • Curator’s tour of the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde & Academicism

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Poster for the Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna advertising the exhibition “Der große Michelangelo ist tot!” (“The Great Michelangelo Is Dead!”), with the subtitle “Avantgarde & Akademismus” (“Avant-Garde & Academicism”). Against a black background, colour-altered details from several historical artworks are combined into a collage: on the left, a female figure in vivid yellow, green and orange tones; in the centre, a large blue male sculpture; on the right, an orange and brown bearded figure; and in the lower right, a black-and-white group of figures. Large white lettering reads “Der große Michelangelo ist tot!”. At the top left is the text “A…kademie der bildenden Künste Wien – Gemäldegalerie”. At the bottom left are the exhibition subtitle “Avantgarde & Akademismus” and the dates “2.10.2026–22.8.2027”. The bottom right contains opening hours, the address, the website and a QR code.

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    Energetic Transfers: Technics, Ethics, and Production

    Symposium organized by Alena Williams, Professor for Theory and Mediation of Contemporary Art, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in collaboration with eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image, Universität Basel and the NOMIS Foundation; in partnership with Museum Tinguely Basel. 

    Symposium

    multiple Locations

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Sunday tour

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

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    a group of men paints an act

  • Beyond the Lecture: Alternative Methods for Teaching the History of Architecture

    A lecture by Prof. Dr. Zeynep Kuban, Technical University Istanbul, Faculty of Architecture. This event takkes place as part of the IKA Lecture Series Winter 2026/27: Theories of Teaching Architectural History, curated by Angelika Schnell.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

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    ELSEWHEN

    Eine Ausstellung vom Fachbereich Kunst und Zeit | Fotografie, mit Liu Jingting, Veith Weidner und Lauge Steensen.

    Ausstellung

    Atelierhaus
    Lehárgasse 8
    1060 Wien
    Erdgeschoss
    Klasse Fotografie

    Fine Arts

  • #DIDAKTIK. Christin Lübke: Learning (forward) from One Another in Art Education

    Lecture by Christin Lübke, Isabell Baldermann and Kevin Ernst, as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, Department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

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    #DIDAKTIK: Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times

    The lecture series #DIDAKTIK Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times poses new questions in the context of the increased use of digital technology in art education.

    It is a joint project between the Department of Art and Education at the Institute for Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Art Education programme at the Bern University of the Arts (since 2021). 

    This year, the talks are part of the BIP project N—DAE (Network for Digital Art Education) organized by Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt (IKL) with the partner universities TU Dresden (Christin Lübke) and University of Porto (Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis).

    Lecture series

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

  • 20 Years of Kulturdrogerie

    The Viennese artist-run space Kulturdrogerie introduces itself and presents the catalog Kulturdrogerie, published in 2025—as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt.

    Book presentation and lecture held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Color photo in landscape format: The “Kulturdrogerie” catalog, published in 2025 to mark the 20th anniversary of the artist-run space, lies on a light-colored surface. The yellow cover features the words “Kultur” and “Drogerie” in red capital letters, centered at the top and arranged one below the other. At the bottom is a white graphic consisting of a wide horizontal bar, with three rectangles below it; between the second and third rectangles is an upside-down exclamation mark.

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    Performance and Contemporary Art History: Mapping a Critical Subject, Medium, and Method in a Transdisciplinary Field

    A conference organised by Prof. Dr. Lisa Beißwanger (University of Koblenz) and Dr. Lisa Moravec (IKW, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).

    Conference

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

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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

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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

    Ein Vortrag mit Sebastian Hammerschmidt, Isabelle Lindermann, Lotte Püttmann, Thorsten Schneider, Ruth Sonderegger, organisiert vom IKW. Wie politisch sind Kunstwissenschaft und Kunsttheorie? Was genau bedeutet dies im Selbstverständnis einer kritischen Wissenschaft? Und wie zeigt sich die politische Haltung von Forscher_innen und akademischen Lehrer_innen in ihrer Praxis?

     

    Buchvorstellung

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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