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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

  • Book presentation: FUTURE-BOLD? SUPERINTELLIGENCE, THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND THE FREEDOM OF ART

    To mark the publication of the book ZUKUNFTSMUTIG (Future-Bold) (Kremayr & Scheriau Publishers) by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and its Research Cluster | Sustainability in the Arts, together with the cultural future platform ReGenerativa, invite you to a book presentation and panel discussion on the topic The Freedom of Art in the Context of the Climate Crisis and Artificial Superintelligence.

    Book presentation and discussion

    Schillerplatz/ Anatomy Hall

    Academy

  • #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

  • Market in Place – What responsibility do universtites have in preparing students for the art market?

    Market in Place is a series of events organised by the alumni association that focuses on current developments in the art market and discusses them with experts.

    Expert talk

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

  • Doing Nothing as a Solution? Taking Forests Out of Use as a Strategy for Nature and Climate Protection

    A lecture by Georg Gratzer as part of the lecture series Lectures for Future.

    Lecture

    Badeschiff am Schwedenplatz
    1010 Wien

    Fine Arts

  • Pre-Launch of the publication Plant Space: Territories, Architectures and Technologies of the Vegetal at Belgrade International Architecture Week

    Pre-launch of the publication Plant Space (Sternberg Press, Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) at Belgrade International Architecture Week within the Unfolding Materiality workshop, with Michelle Howard and Adam Hudec.

    Book launch

    BINA Kabina Pavilion
    Belgrade
    Serbia

    Art and Architecture

  • 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.

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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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    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

  • 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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    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