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  • Ringvorlesung: Anita Leisz

    What concerns production? What conditions are included? Where is action taken? A lecture series organized by the studio for Art and Space | Installation.

    Lecture series

    Sculpture Studios/ Project room 2, 104

    Fine Arts

    Ein Atelierraum mit freistehend gezimmerter Wand in der Mitte, auf der 2 große dunkelgrau/silberne flache Blechobjekte angebracht sind. Die Objekte sind fast so breit wie die Wand und hängen etwas schief. An den Rändern sind die Blechtafeln teilweise schwarz eingefärbt. Am Boden liegen Werkzeuge, Schrauben, Pappen und Holz

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    Object, Design, Lifeworlds, Entanglement

    Opening of the exhibition “Objects, Design, Lifeworlds, Entanglement”, part of the Erasmus+ project “Textile Healing and Social Justice”, initiated by the University of Namibia, the University of Johannesburg, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Organized by Design in Context, Fashion and Styles.

    Exhibition opening

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    Eschenbachgasse

    Education in the Arts

  • An Fonteyne: KANAL - A Great Good Place

    Lecture by An Fonteyne (NoAarchitecten) as part of the IKA Lecture Series Summer 2026: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices II curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

    Farbfotographie eines industriellen Gebäudes, der Blick richtet sich eine Rampe hinunter.

  • Objects, images and their agency: An introductory overview of Indigenous arts in Brazil

    A talk by Ilana Seltzer Goldstein (Federal University of São Paulo), organized by Maurício Ianês, Ruth Sonderegger and Jens Kastner, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

    Talk

    Schillerplatz/ M20

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Film Screening

    As part of Let’s Stick with Unicorns, we present four films that bring together diverse perspectives on ecology, extraction, and the relationship between humans, environments, and power. 

    Film Screening

    Schillerplatz/ Auditorium

    Academy

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    Platz nehmen #5: Let's stick with the Unicorns – Aesthetic Consequences of Care, Tidying and Re.use

    A project by Transformation group Akbild, Research Cluster Sustainability in the Arts and Academy | Art | Public Sphere, in cooperation with Klima Biennale Wien.

    Event

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    Schillerplatz
    1010 Vienna

    Academy

  • When I Sneeze, Home Arrives by Duannaiyu Wang

    The artist reads the text about memories while sneezing due to the irritation of the chili powder.

    Performance

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

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    Lectures for Future

    Lecture series in the summer semester of 2026. Lectures for Future (L4F) is an interdisciplinary lecture series offered at various Austrian universities since the winter semester of 2019. In the L4F, researchers provide insights into their current scientific and artistic work on the topics of the climate crisis and sustainable development.

    Lecture series

    Various locations

    Fine Arts

  • What does climate protection have to do with peace?

    A lecture by Helga Kromp-Kolb as part of the lecture series Lectures for Future.

    Schillerpark
    Schillerplatz
    1010 Vienna

    Fine Arts

  • lll (loveloveletters)

    Reading of selected texts from lll (loveloveletters) by Mara Printz as part of the exhibition In the Fold of the Sack.

    Performance

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Lilli Lička: reale/non reale – methods of civil landscape engagement for Westbahnpark

    Lecture by  Lilli Lička (Vienna) as part of the IKA Lecture Series Summer 2026: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices II curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

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    Speaking in the First Person: Art, History, and Afterlives

    This event takes the landmark publication The Yugoslav Art Space: Ješa Denegri in the First Person, edited by Branislav Dimitrijević and Jelena Vesić, as a point of departure to reconsider the relevance of Ješa Denegri within historical and contemporary artistic frameworks. A collaborative event by the Kontakt Collection and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Talk

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    Schillerplatz/ Auditorium

    Academy

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    Resilience and Agency

    Strengthening our Attitude in Challenging Times.

    This workshop for doctoral and PhD candidates offers a safe space to explore and strengthen personal resources. 

    Workshop

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

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    Republishing the Archive: Ownership and Appropriation by Noah Breuer

    A lecture by Noah Breuer, organized by the Intaglio Printing workshop(IBK).

    Lecture

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    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Fine Arts

  • Sophrosyne—The Moment Before the Smile

    The search for still waters, which, as we know, run deep, inevitably leads to sophrosyne. The gecko art duo demonstrates the relevance of this concept through their readings and performances—as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt.

    Reading performance held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The color photograph, in landscape format, shows details of two colorful stick masks for the reading performance “Sophrosyne.”

  • REPORT / RETOUR

    A lecture by Clemens Krümmel, organized by the Studio for Art and Image | Graphics with Prof. Sabeth Buchmann.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Fine Arts

  • What can we still preserve? Analog and digital film conservation and restoration

    Lecture by Reto Kromer, organized by the Institute for Conservation-Restoration.

    Lecture

    Studio Building

    Conservation – Restoration

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    IKA Lecture Series Summer 2026

    Hands on – Urban Landscape Practices II
    The IKA Lecture Series Sommer 2026 is curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture series

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

  • Krater Collective: Krater Model – Toward Urban Ecological Regeneration through Culture

    Lecture by Krater Collective as part of the IKA Lecture Series Summer 2026: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices II curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

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    Theorising Materiality – Materialising Theory

    A lecture series organized by the Insitute for Conservation – Restoration, the University of Vienna, and the Courtauld Institute.Convenors: Carolin Bohlmann (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien), Pia Gottschaller (Courtauld Institute, London), Sandra Hindriks (Universität Wien).

    Summer Lecture Series

    Lecture hall C1
    Hof 2
    Spitalgasse 2
    1090 Vienna

    Conservation – Restoration