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    The Academy at BeSt 2026

    Students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna will be advising interested parties on the study programmes at Austria's renowned art university.

    Fair

    Halle C
    Messe Wien
    Messeplatz 1
    1020 Vienna

    Academy

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    Fans, Fans. by JH Gim

    A parallel performative installation by JH Gim as a part of the exhibition In the Fold of the Sack at Exhibit Gallery and Exhibit Studio.

    Installation

    Schillerplatz/ Auditorium

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

  • Introduction to the Fine Arts Curriculum and Information on Recognition

    This event is aimed at all students of Fine Arts. We will introduce the curriculum, its structure, and organization. Recommendations and many practical tips will be provided, both for using AkademieOnline and for the study offerings.

    Study information

    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Fine Arts

  • Martius Revisited. A collaborative counter-archiving project between Brazil and Germany

    Project presentation with Frauke Zabel, artist, and Laura Kemmer, urban researcher, followed by a discussion. Part of the Gender Studies lecture series by Elke Gaugele and Elke Krasny.

    Project presentation

    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Education in the Arts

  • Modes of production of (post)industrial masculinity in art: Matthew Barney, Judy Chicago, and LaToya Ruby Frazier

    Lecture by Kathrin Rottmann, organized by the Insitute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ M20

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Which futures can we (not yet) imagine? On arts-based methods and shared climate-social visions

    A lecture by Eva-Maria Schitter, Iris Laner and Maximilian Muhr as part of the lecture series Lectures for Future.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Nude Hall

    Fine Arts

  • Exhibition: Asya Marakulina

    Exhibition at Aula of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna by scholarship holders of the ASoP* scholarship program of the BMEIA in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz/ Auditorium

    Academy

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    Mandatory briefing on Admission to the Doctor of Philosophy program

    Participation in an informational meeting is mandatory for admission to the doctoral program in philosophy in the summer semester 2026.

    Informative meeting

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    Online via Zoom

    Student Service

  • PLANT PLANT and Other Works, or to be made up of the Earth is not necessarily easy

    Screening of Plant Plant, 2021 followed by an artist talk by Katrin Hornek as a part of the exhibition In the Fold of the Sack at Exhibit Gallery and Exhibit Studio.

    Screening and Artist Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Shoe Shining Workshop with Lucía Ugena

    A reading and shoe polishing workshop as part of the exhibition In the Fold of the Sack.

    Workshop

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

  • Otto Wagner Lecture 2026: Legacy Russell – Black Meme

    BLACK MEME explores the construct, culture, and material of the meme as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to present day. Using archival media Russell explores the impact of blackness, Black life, and Black social death on contemporary conceptions of virality borne in the age of the Internet. Offering insight into Russell's ongoing research and work, this lecture will touch on some of the subjects within her book BLACK MEME: A History of Images that Make Us (Verso, 2024). Moderation: Petra Hlaváčková, Nicole Sabella and students of Gender & Space Studio.

    Otto-Wagner-Lecture

    Studio Building/ ground floor, north

    Art and Architecture

    Color portrait of Legacy Russell sitting with the presented book shown on the table

  • The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    Curator's tour with Sabine Folie and Synne Genzmer

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    exhibition room with colorful artwork on the walls

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    Open Door Event summer semester 2026

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

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    Schillerplatz/ 201

    Academy

  • Internal democratization as a basis for sustainable teaching and learning

    A lecture by Nils Altner as part of the lecture series "Lectures for Future".

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 116

    Fine Arts

  • Fuck Patriarchy! Dystopian Baroque in Mathilde ter Heijne and in The Handmaid’s Tale

    Lecture by Alma-Elisa Kittner. A cooperation between the Department of Art and Education and the Department of Fashion and Styles within the framework of the seminars Introductory Seminar in Art-Theoretical and Art Historical Methods (Juliane Saupe) and Fashions, Styles, Identities (Elke Gaugele).

    Lecture

    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse/ 3.06

    Education in the Arts

  • Juliane Vogel: Sibylline Collage. Possibilities of a Form

    Lecture series Lektionen / Lessons

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Paintings Gallery

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    Joy as Resistance

    The project space of gallery Lombardi-Kargl, currently run as 17(Joy), invited the studio for Art and Intervention | Concept to take over the space of 17(Joy) for an intermission in their regular program. 

    Exhibition

    Joy17
    Schleifmühlgasse 17
    1040 Vienna

    Fine Arts

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery