Events
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Lectures for Future
Lecture series in the winter semester of 2025/26. 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
Fine Arts
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Fashion for pets: Petfluencers, posthumanism, and emotional capitalism
A lecture by Dr. Diana Weis, organized by Fashion and Styles, Institute for Education in the Arts.
New date. 18.12.2025Hybrid lecture
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Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse/ 2.11
Education in the Arts
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The Complexities of Clothing in Gendered Practices. A reflection on the intersections of art and activism.
A lecture by Karina Roosvita, organized by Stefanie Wuschitz as part of the FWF project V994 (Elise Richter PEEK), www.perma.at.
Lecture
Schillerplatz/ Conference room
Academy
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Sunday tour
Overview 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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Sunday tour
Overview 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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IKA Lecture Series Winter 2025
Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices in Europe curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.
Lecture series at the Institute for Art and Architecture (IKA) in Winter Semester 2025/26.Lecture series
Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 211aArt and Architecture
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Final steps: Submission of your PhD thesis and thesis defense / Rigorosum
How do I submit my dissertation or PhD thesis? What exactly does revocation application mean in AkademieOnline? How does this relate to the planned publication of my dissertation thesis? Why can a plagiarism check before submission be advisable? How and when can I register for my defense or rigorosum?
Informative meeting
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Online via Zoom
Academy
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Info Meeting | PhD in Practice
We cordially invite you to attend this online appointment to learn about the requirements, the call for submissions and decision procedure of the PhD in Practice program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Informative meeting
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Online via Zoom
Art Theory and Cultural Studies
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PhD in Practice | Info Meeting
In 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
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Exposé Writing in English
The exposé represents the foundation and starting point for the doctoral thesis and is a crucial first step in the overall writing process. This one-day workshop is designed for doctoral and PhD candidates and offers hands-on guidance for writing exposés in English.
Workshop
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Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna, room DG 18
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Opening Open Doors 2026
Official Opening of Rundgang 2026 with Johan F. Hartle (Rector), Ingeborg Erhart (Vice-Rector for Art and Teaching), and Werner Skvara (Vice-Rector for Infrastructure and Sustainability).
Opening
Schillerplatz/ Aula
Academy
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Book presentation: Social Psychology of Authoritarianism. On the Relevance of the Frankfurt School's Research on Authoritarianismer Frankfurter Schule
An event hosted by the IKW, organized by Jens Kastner.
Book presentation
Schillerplatz/ M20
Art Theory and Cultural Studies
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Academy Auction 2026
The annual online auction of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Dorotheum Vienna, takes place again in 2026. The artistic works can be viewed from Wednesday, 21.1. to Friday, 23.1.2025 at the Prospekthof of the Atelierhaus of the Academy.
Charity Auction
Academy
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piercing through
A group exhibition by DAS WEISSE HAUS in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the program Curators’ Agenda.
Exhibition
DAS WEISSE HAUS
Souterrain
Hegelgasse 14
1010 ViennaAcademy
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Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2025
Jonida Laçi (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Luīze Nežberte (University of Applied Arts Vienna) will hold a joint exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in November 2025.
Exhibition
Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz
Treitlstraße 2
1040 ViennaAcademy
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Open Days 2026
During Rundgang (Open Days), institutes will open their atelier doors and studios, and performances, discussions and educational programs are offered. The annual Academy Auction will also take place as part of the tour, for which world-famous and even lesser-known artists will make works available for auction.
Open Studios | Performances | Talks | Guided tours Organisational Units Academy
all Academy locations
Academy
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Listening/DJ Session with Chase (Cumgirl 8)
Closing event of the exhibition SUCK MY CODE!.DJ Session
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XENO
Schleifmühlgasse 21
1040 ViennaExhibit Gallery
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SUCK MY CODE!
The group exhibition SUCK MY CODE! opens up a glitchy experiential space in which digital physicality is negotiated in the tension between capitalization and sexualization.
Exhibition
Schillerplatz
Exhibit Gallery
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Online info session for enrollment in the Doctor of Philosophy SuSe 2026
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
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Open Door Event summer semester 2026
The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes all doctoral and PhD students to an open door event in the summer semester 2026.
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Schillerplatz/ 201
Academy