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    Portfolio consultation for the Bachelor's degree in Art and Education

    Lecturers from the Institute for Education in the Arts (IKL) provide individual feedback on artistic / design portfolios with regard to the entrance examination for the Bachelor's degree in Art and Education.

    Study information

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    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3
    1070 Vienna
    Room 3.04

    Education in the Arts

  • 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

  • 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

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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

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    Lazar Lyutakov: The presentation as an object

    A lecture by Lazar Lyutakov, organized by the studio Art & Space | Object as part of the lecture series by the Institute of Fine Arts.

    Lecture series

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    Sculpture Studios/ Project room 2, 104

    Fine Arts

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    Presentation and discussion of the book Philosophie und Rassismus. Debatten und Kontroversen (2025)

    In cooperation with Polylog: Journal for Intercultural Philosophy, organized by the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

    Book presentation and talk

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    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

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    Invisible Waters and Hidden Path

    A project of the Studio for Art and Time | Photography, supported by and in cooperation with KÖR - Art in Public Space Vienna.

    Project

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna

    Fine Arts

  • For Freedom: Fight against Corruption. Students and State Violence in Serbia

    Lecture by Olja Triaška Stefanović  organized by the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies. The talk is part of the Vienna-wide initiative Days of Attention: Rethinking Politics - Student Protests in Serbia: https://zeitgeschichte.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/days-of-attention-student-protests-in-serbia/

    Talk

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

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    FWF Funding Opportunities

    The KFS (Art | Research | Support) invites all researchers at the Academy to an online information session on FWF funding opportunities.

    Info session

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    Online via Zoom

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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

  • 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

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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

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    Online info session for enrollment in the Doctor of Philosophy WiSe 2026-27

    In this online session will address questions regarding the admission to the Doctor of Philosophy program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna — including requirements, potential challenges, and prerequisites.

    Informative meeting

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    Online via Zoom

    Academy