Events
List of entries
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Beyond the Aesthetics of Collapse: Artistic Practices in Times of Emergency
A lecture by and conversation with Daphne Dragona, fellow at the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures. The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures at the University of Applied Arts and the new Research Cluster | Digital Cultures at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna are pleased to jointly invite you.
Lecture and Talk
Research Cluster | Digital Cultures
Exhibit Eschenbachgasse
Eschenbachgasse 11
1010 ViennaAcademy
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Kohei Saito: Planning Against Climate Fascism
To mark the publication of the German translation of his book Dark Socialism. Hope in a Ruined World (not yet available), Japanese philosopher and bestselling author Kohei Saito will give a lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Lecture
Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2
Academy
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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 ViennaConservation – Restoration
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Photography of Activism, Exile, and Espionage: Gu Shuxing in 1930s–40s U.S.
Lecture from Dr Yizhou Wang, Assistant Professor in Chinese Art and Culture at Hong Kong Chu Hai College, organized from the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies, Univ.-Prof. Noit Banai. The lecture focuses on Gu Shuxing’s photographs of working-class Americans captured during her exiles in New York in the late 1930s and late 1940s.
Lecture
Schillerplatz/ M13a
Art Theory and Cultural Studies
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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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Artistic Internationalism in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
A lecture by Jens Kastner, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.
Lecture
Schillerplatz/ M20
Art Theory and Cultural Studies
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Parcours Opening
The opening of this year's Parcours takes place on June 23, 2026, 16 h in the Courtyard at Schillerplatz.
Opening
Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
CourtyardAcademy
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Online info session for the Early Postdoc Fellowship 2026 (2nd call)
The Early Postdoc Fellowship aims to support early-career postdocs in preparing their first postdoctoral research project application. In this info session, the call for applications will be discussed.
Info session
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Academy
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Book launch Fine Companions 3: Cuaderno de tareas de Ana Victoria Jiménez
With Johan Hartle (Rector Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), andrea ancira, Nina Hoechtl (tumbalacasa ediciones), Thomas Geiger, Astrid Seme (Mark Pezinger Books).
Book launch
VBKÖ
Maysedergasse 2/28
(4th floor, Lift)
1010 ViennaAcademy
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KinderuniKunst 2026
KinderuniKunst 2026 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 6 July to 17 July 2026.
KinderuniKunst
Various locations
Academy
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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.
Info session
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Online via Zoom
Academy
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Opening: Schwelle
Opening of the exhibiton with Adrien Tirtiaux, Maria Petschnig, Michaela Schweighofer, Ralo Mayer, and Stine Ølgod, curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sofie Mathoi.
Exhibition opening
Schillerplatz
Exhibit Gallery
