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  • "Métro, Boulot, Lycée, Caveau" (Metro, Work, High School, Grave). A slogan of French high school students during the school blockades in October 2026.

    The lecture follows up on an exchange that took place in 2010: In the wake of a student occupation of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Anthony Davies invited Sabeth Buchmann to Central Saint Martins (University of Arts London) to discuss the relationship between institutional critique and institutional politics from the perspective of a ’squatting academy’. Now, Davies and Rowan Parker-Renwick are coming to Vienna to shed light on current developments in British art higher education and the “polycrisis” facing the University sector.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

  • Guided tour Plaster Cast Collection

    With its approximately 450 preserved plaster casts, the collection offers a unique overview of European sculpture history.

    Studio Building/ Plaster Cast Collection

    Plaster Cast Collection

    a few sculptures of people in a cellar

  • Deep Sustainability: Contemporary Debates on Animism and the Decolonization of Science

    A lecture by Florentine Maier as part of the Lectures for Future series, hosted by Kunst und Bild | Kontextuelle Malerei und Kunst und Bild | Zeichnung.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Nude Hall

    Fine Arts

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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

  • Threading Architecture: Towards a More Open and Evolving Architectural Practice

    Lecture with Jelena Mitrović and Davor Ereš, organised by Michelle Howard and Adam Hudec of the Institute for Art and Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as part of the Erasmus+ project Ignored Technology.

    Lecture

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    Poster, green background with black letters

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    honoris causa 2026

    Since 2023, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna has been dealing with its past in Austrofascism and National Socialism with the conference series honoris causa. 

    Conference

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

  • Book Launch: Plant Space Territories, Architectures, and Technologies of the Vegetal

    Join us for the launch of Plant Space, a new publication exploring how plants shape space, knowledge and technologies across ecological, historical and political contexts. Edited by Carmen Lael Hines, Adam Hudec and Michelle Howard.

    Book launch

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    beige poster with a book and black font on it

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Guided tour

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Visitors during a guided tour of an exhibition in a museum gallery.

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    Short presentations Dr.phil Winter Semester 2026/27 (Session 2)

    We cordially invite everyone interested to attend the public short presentations in the Dr. phil. program, where doctoral candidates present their exposés to an academic advisory board.

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

  • Ignored Common Housing Futures

    Lecture with Gabu Heindl, organised by Michelle Howard and Adam Hudec of the Institute for Art and Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as part of the Erasmus+ project Ignored Technology.

    Lecture

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    black and white Poster

  • The Governance of Animals as Problems and Solutions

    A lecture by Claudia Hirtenfelder as part of the Lectures for Future series, hosted by Kunst und Intervention | Konzept.

    Lecture

    Studio Building
    Lehárgasse 8
    1060 Vienna
    1st floor
    Kunst und Intervention I Konzept

    Fine Arts

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    Violence and victim protection: How are victims provided with medical and forensic care?

    A lecture as part of Orange the World. The Coordination Office for the Advancement of Women | Gender Studies | Diversity invites to a lecture featuring experts from the Victim Protection Group at Vienna General Hospital (AKH), the Examination Center for Victims of Violence, and the Forensic Examination Center for Children and Adolescents (FOKUS) at the University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna.

    Lecture

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    Online via Zoom

    Academy

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    Open Door Event Wintersemester 2026/27

    The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes all doctoral and PhD students to an open door event in the winter semester 2026/27.

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    Schillerplatz/ 201

    Academy

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    Rope, Line, Thread Workshop

    International rope-making workshop with Georg Winner and Joanna Zabielska, exploring traditional fibre technologies through hands-on making and digital experimentation organised by Michelle Howard and Adam Hudec, Institute of Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the Erasmus+ project Ignored Technology.

    Workshop

    Studio Building/ Prospekthof, gate 2

    Art and Architecture

    magentafarbenes Postr mit der Info zum Workshop und scribble in der Bildmitte

  • Tricky Relations: Perspectives on Power Dynamics and Gender-Based Violence in Artistic Teaching and Learning Contexts

    This event is part of the inter-university event series #MeToo Art: Gender-Based Violence and Power Dynamics at Art Universities, a collaboration between the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

    Lecture

    Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
    Fanny Hensel-Saal
    Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
    1030 Vienna

    Academy

  • Sunday tour

    Overview tour through the exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism 

    Guided tour

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    Visitors during a guided tour of an exhibition in a museum gallery.

  • Werner Busch: Carstens and Koch. The Destruction of Central Perspective and the Role of the French Revolution

    Lecture series Lektionen / Lessons

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Paintings Gallery

    Painting of a seated man in light clothing, leaning casually against a tree. He holds a book in his hand, with a colourful landscape in the background. The image includes the title “Lektionen / Lessons”.

  • Steps Toward an Ecology of Perception and Mind—Building a Participatory, Holistic Relationship with the World

    A lecture by Daniel Körner as part of the Lectures for Future series, hosted by Kunst und Raum | Installation.

    Lecture

    Sculpture Studios/ Project room 2, 104

    Fine Arts

  • The climate and environmental footprint of AI

    A lecture by Behnam Zakeri as part of the Lectures for Future series, hosted by Kunst und Zeit | Fotografie.

    Lecture

    Studio Building
    Lehárgasse 8
    1060 Vienna
    Ground Floor
    Photography Class

    Fine Arts

  • Visiting and the Land Education Dreambook

    Lecture by Eve Tuck, Impulse Professor for Indigenous Studies at the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

    Lecture

    Room tba

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies