Events
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              A Disciplining of the GazeA book presentation and panel discussion on the history of conservation training at the Academy as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt. Book presentation and Panel discussion held in German Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7) University Library ![Sigrid Eyb-Green, [em]Eine Disziplinierung des Blicks[/em] [A Disciplining of the Gaze], Letter P, 2025, cover (detail) Detail oft he book cover of "A Disciplining of the Gaze" by Sigrid Eyb-Green. It features a detailed drawing with fine blue and red lines on a beige background. A yellow vertical strip with the Letter P publisher logo is visible on the left side. The subtitle reads: "Conservation Training at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the 20th Century".](https://www.akbild.ac.at/en/university/universitylibrary/activities/lectures-events/2025/a-disciplining-of-the-gaze/eyb-green_disziplinierung_2025.jpg/@@images/image-300-0accaa79fbdbe44031e20a9cb47d9e1e.jpeg)  
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              Categorical Impertinence: From the Surrealists to the SituationistsAn 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   
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              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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              – Robert Vanis – back of a bookIn back of a book, Robert Vanis will replace the spines of selected historical books in the reading room with mirrors, photographs, facsimiles, photographic paper, and glass. The work reflects on representation and (in)accessibility, as well as the materiality and transience of knowledge. A project realised as part of Foto Wien 2025 at the Academy Library. Exhibition Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7) University Library ![Robert Vanis, [em]back of a book[/em], exhibition view 2025; photo: Robert Vanis The color photograph in landscape format shows a section of a bookshelf with historical holdings, designed by Theophil von Hansen for the reading room of the Academy Library. Some books have been removed, and their place between the spines is taken by a portrait-format color photograph with a cloudy sky.](https://www.akbild.ac.at/en/university/universitylibrary/activities/exhibitions-didactic-program/2025/robert-vanis-back-of-a-book/vanis_back-of-a-book.jpg/@@images/image-300-6c58c95444d166a398777561d6e7f2c2.jpeg)  
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              Sunday tourOverview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs Schillerplatz Paintings Gallery   
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              – Open Door Event Winter Semester 2025/26The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes new and continuing doctoral students to an open door event in the winter semester 2025/26. – Schillerplatz/ 201 Academy 
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              – Bourdieu Lectures: Gender – Domination – VisualityThe first edition of the Bourdieu Lectures will take place on 19–20 November 2025 at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, under the title Gender – Domination – Visuality. This conference is a joint initiative by the University of Bielefeld, Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen), University of Education Freiburg and Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, in close cooperation with the Fondation Bourdieu. Conference Kunsthalle Bielefeld 
 Artur-Ladebeck-Straße 5
 33602 Bielefeld
 GermanyArt Theory and Cultural Studies   
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              Entangled Art HistoriesInvitation to two lectures and a book presentation, organized by Sabeth Buchmann, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies. Lecture and book presentation Schillerplatz/ M13a Art Theory and Cultural Studies   
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              Sunday tourOverview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs Schillerplatz Paintings Gallery   
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              – Copyright - Citing correctly, avoiding plagiarismThe workshop deals with questions relating to copyright in dissertations and provides information, tips and background knowledge on how copyright must be taken into account when writing a dissertation. Workshop – Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna, DG 18 (meeting room) 
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              – Who Gets to Feel Safe? Who Gets to Speak Up? A Lecture by Dr. Bontu GuschkeThe Coordination Office for Women's Advancement | Gender Studies | Diversity as Part of the Genderplattform invites to a lecture by Dr. Bontu Guschke titeld Who Gets to Feel Safe? Who Gets to Speak Up? Understanding and Addressing the Intersections of Sexism and Racism in Higher Education. Lecture – Online via Zoom Academy   
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              Sunday tourOverview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs Schillerplatz Paintings Gallery   
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              Curator’s tourConsidering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs Curator's tour with Synne Genzmer and Claudia Koch 
 (in German)Schillerplatz Paintings Gallery   
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              KI Care Cafè – Eva FischerOrganized 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   
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              Evan Neely: North of Robert Duncanson’s CanvasArt historian Evan Neely will be presenting on the work of African American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson. One of three lectures on the legacy of colonial histories in North America; the privatization of nature and land; and the logic of the plantation and enclosure on contemporary life in the series Nature and Sovereignty organized by Alena Williams, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in Winter Semester 2025/26. Lecture Schillerplatz/ M13a Art Theory and Cultural Studies   
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              – Lecture series: Nature and SovereigntyThree talks on the legacy of colonial histories in North America; the privatization of nature and land; and the logic of the plantation and enclosure on contemporary life organized by Alena Williams, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in Winter Semester 2025/26. Legacies of the Plantation 
 K. Wayne Yang, Professor of Ethnic Studies & Provost of John Muir College, Co-founder, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
 Monday, 13.10. 2025, 17hFrom Plantations to Invasive Infrastructures: Kanaka Maoli Mobilization for 'Āina 
 Architectural Historian Kelema Moses, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Member, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
 Friday, 17.10.2025, 11hNorth of Robert Duncanson’s Canvas 
 Art Historian Evan Neely, Associate Chair, History of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, New York
 Wednesday, 3.12.2025, 11hLecture series Schillerplatz/ M13a Art Theory and Cultural Studies   
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              – KI Care Café - networking, exchanging ideas, thinking aheadon artificial intelligence in art classes The KI Care Café is a practice-oriented exchange for art teachers and student teachers in art and design, but is open to anyone interested. Over three evenings, we will explore ways to meaningfully use artificial intelligence in art classes and in supervising student work. Invited experts will provide insights into current AI technologies and related issues and potential. This will be followed by an exchange of experiences on everyday teaching, the critical use of various tools, and the collaborative development of new ideas. The format promotes networking and provides space to reflect on AI in the context of art education, school practice, and beyond. We invite you to a relaxed evening get-together in the Academy Library, including snacks and drinks. Everyone is welcome! Event series Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7) Education in the Arts   
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              – Goose Quill, Squiggle, Ink Blot – Reading and Writing Kurrent ScriptA 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 – Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7) University Library   
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              – honoris causa 2025With honoris causa, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna launched a series of events in 2023 to face up to historical responsibility as an educational institution. Conference Schillerplatz/ Conference room Academy   
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              PhD in Practice | Info MeetingIn advance of the PhD in Practice application process 2026, the program invites potential and interested applicants to an online information session where you will have the opportunity to meet the program leaders and professors Anette Baldauf and Renate Lorenz, learn about the program, requirements, the call for submissions and decision procedure of the PhD in Practice program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Study information Online via Zoom Art Theory and Cultural Studies 