Skip to main content

Events

List of entries

  • Alexander Kluge - Guided tour in the Plaster Cast Collection

    Guided tour of the Plaster Cast Collection in the basement of the Studio Building of the Academy as part of the exhibition At Night the Backdrops Dream of Unseen Images - Alexander Kluge.

    Guided tour

    Studio Building/ Plaster Cast Collection

    Academy

    Bust of Medusa in the centre, in the background a screen with AI Art and a large theater backdrop
  • Guided tour of the exhibition and talk

    Exclusive guided tour through the exhibition At Night the Backdrops Dream of Unseen Images - Alexander Kluge by Ingeborg Erhart, vice-rector and Johan Hartle, rector at the Prospekthof in the Studio Building of the Academy followed by a talk with Alexander Kluge at the Austrian Film Museum.

    Guided tour & talk

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Academy

    Bust of Medusa in the centre, in the background a screen with AI Art and a large theater backdrop
  • 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

  • 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

    Online via Zoom

    Student Service

  • 5th ENCoRE Ph.D. Colloquium

    The 5th ENCoRE Ph.D. Colloquium offers European doctoral candidates in conservation and restoration a platform to present and discuss their ongoing research with peers and academic staff. The aim of the colloquium is to encourage scholarly exchange in an open and collegial atmosphere and to stimulate critical discussion on current research topics in the field.

    Colloquium

    Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava (AFA&D)
    Bratislava
    Slovakia

    Conservation – Restoration

  • 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

  • Alexander Kluge: At Night the Backdrops Dream of Unseen Images

    In the Prospekthof of the Academy Alexander Kluge stages an exhibition that, following the idea of a theatrical performance, employs video stations as actors and offers a transhistorical stage space for multiperspective movements of thought with numerous collaborations, at the center of which stands the work Sphinx Opera by Katharina Grosse.

    Exhibition

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Academy, Exhibit Gallery

    Ausstellungsansicht: Eine Büste steht zentral, rechts davon ein Screen, links eine Textilinstallation
  • Demokratie leben

    Together for a pluralistic, liberal and tolerant society, a free art and culture scene and a living togehter in solidarity in Austria! An initiative of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Gewista on digital advertising media in public spaces.

    Initiative

    Digital advertising media in public spaces

    Academy

  • 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

    Online via Zoom

    Student Service

  • Online Info Meeting „Austrian Art Alumni Award 2026“

    This information event will be held in German. In the event, you receive information about the application process for the Call “Austrian Art Alumni Award 2026”. Questions are welcome at the end of the meeting.

    Information for applicants (in German)

    Online via Zoom

    Academy

  • Opening: In the Fold of the Sack

    Opening of the group exhibition in Exhibit Gallery.

    Exhibition opening

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Guided Tour by the curator In the Fold of the Sack

    The guided tour with Yein Lee will be conducted in English.

    Guided tour

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Plastic Identification Workshop

    In collaboration with the KHM-Museumsverband, Weltmuseum Wien, Theatermuseum, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Department of Conservation-Restoration, a Plastic Identification Workshop will take place in March 2026.

    Workshop

    Weltmuseum Wien
    Heldenplatz
    1010 Vienna

    Conservation – Restoration

  • 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/ Aula

    Exhibit Gallery

  • 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

    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 a collective activation of a sculptural piece.

    Workshop

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit 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).

    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
  • Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    exhibition room with colorful artwork on the walls
  • 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.

    Schillerplatz/ 201

    Academy