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Due to the nationwide unification of the deadlines for the continuing student registrations, the extended deadline will no longer exist.

The traditional charity auction of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Dorotheum raised approximately 270.000 Euro in January 2022 to support students in financial need and the associations tralalobe, solidarity matters and Habibi & Hawara.

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Emma Linnea Carlén receives the Gustav Peichl Award 2022, sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport and the Society of Friends of the Fine Arts and endowed with 4,000 euros.

Albin Bergström (Object Sculpture / Julian Göthe), who was awarded the main prize for the Academy, convinced the jury with his daring and cheerful sculptures.

Starting in October 2022 Tizza Covi will take over the professorship for Art and Film. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna congratulates it’s new professor to the Austrian Film Award in the category "Best Documentary" for Records from the Underworld.

For the academic year 20|21, the Academy will award the following prizes to distinguished graduates and students:

by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

Andreas Werner, a 2012 graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Gunter Damisch, is the winner of the Strabag Artaward International 2022.

The University Council and the Senate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna have re-elected the current Rector Johan F. Hartle for a second term. The Rector's second term will begin in October 2023 and last four years until the end of September 2027.

The prize, endowed with 4,000 euros, was awarded for the first time to two graduates of the Institute of Art and Architecture, Maximilian Unterfrauner and Svetlana Starygina.

Kyungrim Lim Jang receives the Cathrin Pichler-Prize 2022, sponsored by the City of Vienna and endowed with 2,500 euros. The award ceremony and presentation of the work will take place on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 18:00 h in the Anatomy Hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.