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    Submitting to BMWKMS – here's how! Correctly submitting funding applications for Fine Arts

    How does submitting applications for projects, art acquisitions, grants, prizes, or studios actually work? What dos and don'ts should applicants consider, what criteria are used for decisions, and what funding amount can realistically be expected?

    Lecture

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

  • Uncharted desires – asexuality’s many faces with orchi lohani, Tasfia and e

    A collaborative event on the topic of asexuality. Organized and funded by the Gender Research Department of the University of Vienna and financially supported by the Working Group on Equal Opportunities of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Part of GENDER TALKS 2025.

    Lecture

    C3
    Alois Wagner-Saal,
    Sensengasse 3
    1090 Vienna

    Academy

  • Daniel Ganz: Handwerk der Landschaftsarchitektur

    Lecture by Daniel Ganz (Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich) as part of the IKA Lecture Series Winter 2025: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices in Europe curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna,
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

    Suburbane Umgebung, Farbfotografie in Bodennähe mit Ruderalpflanzen im Vordergrund.

  • Lecture by Michaela Eichwald on the occasion of the prolongation of her professorship

    At the end of the positively decided procedure for the extension of her contract, Michaela Eichwald will present her ideas and plans for her current and future professional activities at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Fine Arts

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    Translocal Performative Environment hosted by Claudia Bosse

    As part of the 4-year research of the translocal performative academy (TPA) theatercombinat in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. A performative environment on new ecologies, long-term collaborations between Europe and Southeast Asia, transcultural glitches, artistic solidarity, and (digital) performativity.

    Event

    Eschenbachgasse

    Exhibit Eschenbachgasse

    Auf dem Bild ist ein Herzritual auf dem Vulkan Merapi zu sehen, das während des analogen Meetings der TPA in Padang Panjang 2024 entstand. Sechs Personen ziehen an Fäden, an deren Mitte ein Rinderherz von ihnen zusammen getragen wird. Sie stehen auf einer wild bewachsenen Lichtung. Das Foto wurde von Claudia Bosse aufgenommen.

  • KI Care Cafè – Erich Prem

    Organized by Helena Schmidt (IKL) and Andreas Ferus (University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).

    Exchange meeting

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    Education in the Arts

    Plakat zum KI Care Café, einer Veranstaltungsreihe zur Künstlichen Intelligenz im Kunstunterricht. Im oberen Bereich ist eine große lila Teetasse mit der Aufschrift „KI Care Café“ in 3D-Schrift zu sehen, umgeben von bunten, wolkenartigen Formen auf blauem Hintergrund. Darunter der Einladungstext: „Vernetzen, Austauschen, Weiterdenken zu Künstlicher Intelligenz im Kunstunterricht“. Es folgt eine Beschreibung, dass das KI Care Café ein praxisorientiertes Austauschtreffen für Kunstlehrpersonen und Studierende ist, mit Expertinnen-Inputs, Diskussionen und Snacks. Veranstalterinnen sind Helena Schmidt (IKL) und Andreas Ferus (Universitätsbibliothek der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien). Termine: 22.10. um 18 Uhr mit Erich Prem, 05.11. um 18 Uhr mit Sónia Braga, 03.12. um 18 Uhr mit Eva Fischer. Ort: Hauptbibliothek der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Schillerplatz

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    Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (in German)

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings with Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann as part of the WissensWert series. 

    Introduction held in German

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert

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    Orientation Days for First Year Students September | October 2025

    The Orientation Days for first year students offer the opportunity to get to know all the services of the Academy for students, get all your questions answered and get to know students from other study programs!

    Orientation Days

    Student Service

    Group of new students at an information session

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    Lectures and workshop by Dr. Debbie Bargallie

    Organised by the International Office of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the Erasmus+ project at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Dr Debbie Bargallie is an Associate Professor (Principal Research Fellow) at Griffith University, an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, and an Adjunct Professor at Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum Jombang, Indonesia, reflecting her commitment to global Indigenous solidarity and decolonial scholarship.

    Lecture/Workshop

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Academy

  • Matthew Gandy: Urban Imaginaries

    The Otto Wagner Lecture with Matthew Gandy is organized by the Institute of Art and Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Otto-Wagner-Lecture

    Studio Building/ ground floor, north

    Art and Architecture

    Farbfoto, städtische Straßenszene mit Fußgängern, Fahrrad und einer historischen Hausfassade.

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    Opening: SUCK MY CODE!

    Exhibition opening

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    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Gender-based Violence in Academia. A lecture by Dr. Anke Lipinsky

    The Coordination Office for Women's Advancement | Gender Studies | Diversity invites you to a lecture by  Dr. Anke Lipinsky on the topic of gender-based violence in academic institutions—findings from the EU project UniSAFE—Gender-based violence and institutional responses.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Academy

  • KI Care Cafè – S()fia Braga

    Organized by Helena Schmidt (IKL) and Andreas Ferus (University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).

    Exchange meeting

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    Education in the Arts

    Plakat zum KI Care Café, einer Veranstaltungsreihe zur Künstlichen Intelligenz im Kunstunterricht. Im oberen Bereich ist eine große lila Teetasse mit der Aufschrift „KI Care Café“ in 3D-Schrift zu sehen, umgeben von bunten, wolkenartigen Formen auf blauem Hintergrund. Darunter der Einladungstext: „Vernetzen, Austauschen, Weiterdenken zu Künstlicher Intelligenz im Kunstunterricht“. Es folgt eine Beschreibung, dass das KI Care Café ein praxisorientiertes Austauschtreffen für Kunstlehrpersonen und Studierende ist, mit Expertinnen-Inputs, Diskussionen und Snacks. Veranstalterinnen sind Helena Schmidt (IKL) und Andreas Ferus (Universitätsbibliothek der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien). Termine: 22.10. um 18 Uhr mit Erich Prem, 05.11. um 18 Uhr mit Sónia Braga, 03.12. um 18 Uhr mit Eva Fischer. Ort: Hauptbibliothek der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Schillerplatz

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    Fashions & Styles on the Move

    A lecture by David Eisner, Elke Gaugele, Anna Hambira, Sarah Held, and Constanze Pirch about an Erasmus+ project with  students and academic staff from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the University of Namibia (UNAM).

    Lecture

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    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3
    1070 Vienna
    Room 4.11

    Education in the Arts

    Digital bearbeitetes Bild von Wüstensand aus Namibia, mit Text zur Veranstaltung „Fashions and Styles on the Move“ im Vordergrund.

  • Book presentation Vol.28 Standpoint Autotheory. Writing Embodied Experiences and Relational Artistic Practices

    OUT NOW!! Vol. 28 of the Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    Book presentation

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    Academy

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    Curator's tour SUCK MY CODE! Vienna Art Week

    In keeping with this year's theme of Vienna Art Week 2025, "Learning Systems," we'll examine the knowledge and economic systems surrounding selected works of art. Together, we want to ask ourselves which ideas about physicality in the digital space we want to (un)learn.

    Guided tour

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    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

  • Categorical Impertinence: From the Surrealists to the Situationists

    An event organized by the IKW, organized by Jens Kastner in collaboration with Eva Schörkhuber and Andreas Pavlic.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ M20

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Market in Place – What contribution do art fairs make to the art market?

    Market in Place is a series of events organized by the alumni association that focuses on current developments in the art market and offers discussions with experts from this field.

    Talk

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

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    Open Door Event Winter Semester 2025/26

    The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes new and continuing doctoral students to an open door event in the winter semester 2025/26.

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    Schillerplatz/ 201

    Academy

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    Goose Quill, Squiggle, Ink Blot – Reading and Writing Kurrent Script

    A three-unit Kurrent workshop of the University Archives with Ulrike Hirhager as part of the Academy Library’s WissensWert event series

    Free course held in German

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Top left: Matriculation register from the holdings of the university archive of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 1754–1769/72; top right: Kurrent alphabet; bottom left: Kurrent memory cards; bottom right: Practice sheet, quill with steel nib, glass inkwell