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    Class of Daniel Richter – A Delicate Matter

    With works by Rui Cao, Bora Demirgören, Sinem Ergenekon, Inannis Fischer, Swetlana Gerner, Gona, Tilda Göransson, Magdalena Herzog, Hong Giwon, Ines Kaufmann, Albert Løje, Jérôme Meinlschmidt, Daniel Oksenberg, Lisa Pirker, Mimoza Liza, Polina Sokolova

    Exhibition

    KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD
    Schottenfeldgasse 45
    1070 Vienna

    Fine Arts

  • Curator’s tour

    Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    Guided tour with the artist Ana Torfs and curator Synne Genzmer

    Guided tour

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

    exhibition space with oil paintings on the wall and other art objects

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    Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

    The format Considering the Collection & An Insert by … features highlights from the collection of the Paintings Gallery as well as installations and groups of works conceived as inserts by contemporary artists and incorporated into the temporary arrangement from the permanent collection. The insert by Belgian artist Ana Torfs is the third presentation in this series.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz

    Paintings Gallery

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    Online info session for enrollment in the Doctor of Philosophy WiSe 2026-27

    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

  • Opening: Schwelle

    Opening of the exhibiton with Ralo Mayer, Stine Ølgod, Maria Petschnig, Michaela Schweighofer, Adrien Tirtiaux 
    curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sofie Mathoi.

    Exhibition opening

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

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    Drawing after Antiquity – The Plaster Cast Collection opens for an afternoon of drawing

    The afternoon opening of the Plaster Cast Collection is an offer to all those who want to deal intensively with drawing.

    Workshop

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    Studio Building/ Plaster Cast Collection

    Plaster Cast Collection

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    Postdoc Get-together

    We cordially invite you to the Postdoc Get-together at the Academy which forms part of the Postdoc Appreciation Week Austria. The event aims to foster informal exchange and networking between colleagues in similar career stages.

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    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

    Academy

    The event banner in the Postdoc Appreciation Week Austria design. Against a grey and orange gradient background, an abstract glass figure is depicted. It features the text ‘Postdoc Get-together’, the date and time of the event, a link to this website, and the logo of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

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    Micropolitics

    A conference in collaboration between the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the eipcp / European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policie.

    International conference

    Schillerplatz/ M13a

    Art Theory and Cultural Studies

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    Online information session: Dissertation Completion Fellowship

    This session will provide information about the call, the submission process and the fellowship.

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    Online via Zoom

    Academy

  • Semester Welcome

    We would like to open this academic year with a semester kick-off and invite all students, teachers and staff of the Academy to join us on Monday, October 5 at 16 h to the Courtyard at Schillerplatz.

    Get-together

    Courtyard
    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna

    Picture of many people in the Mensa of the Academy listening to the speech of the vice rector

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    Red threads, loose ends, another sculpture is possible

    A symposium with Enrico David, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Iris Touliatou and Trisha Donnelly, organized by the studios of the sculpture studios at Kurzbauergasse.

    Symposium

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    Sculpture Studios/ EG 23

    Fine Arts

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    Schwelle

    An exhibition with Ralo Mayer, Stine Ølgod, Maria Petschnig, Michaela Schweighofer, Adrien Tirtiaux
    curated by Ingeborg Erhart and Sofie Mathoi.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz

    Exhibit Gallery

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    Narrative Techniques for Clear, Memorable Research Presentations

    From Planning and Messaging to Structure and Slides

    This workshop helps doctoral and PhD candidates design research presentations that are clear, engaging, and easy to follow. Instead of focusing on delivery techniques, the course builds strong foundations: defining a clear message, structuring content, and creating slides that support understanding.

    Workshop

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    Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna, room DG18

    Academy

  • #DIDAKTIK. Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis: Ecological artistic practices and archive for research and arts education

    Lecture by Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz and Tiago Barbedo Assis, as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

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    Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings as part of the WissensWert series.

    Introduction held in English

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert

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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 as part of the WissensWert series. 

    Introduction held in German

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    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Logo WissensWert

  • #DIDAKTIK. Christin Lübke: Learning (forward) from One Another in Art Education

    Lecture by Christin Lübke as part of the lecture series #Didaktik, Department for Art and Education.

    Lecture

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

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    #DIDAKTIK: Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times

    The lecture series #DIDAKTIK Articulations, Algorithms, Infrastructures and Social Media in Critical Art Education in Digital Times poses new questions in the context of the increased use of digital technology in art education.

    It is a joint project between the Department of Art and Education at the Institute for Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Art Education programme at the Bern University of the Arts (since 2021). 

    This year, the talks are part of the BIP project N—DAE (Network for Digital Art Education) organized by Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt (IKL) with the partner universities TU Dresden (Christin Lübke) and University of Porto (Filipa Sofia Correia Carvalho e Cruz & Tiago Barbedo Assis).

    Lecture series

    Online via Zoom

    Education in the Arts

  • Short presentations Dr.phil Winter Semester 2026/27 (Session 1)

    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.

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room

  • 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.

    Schillerplatz/ Conference room