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Statement of Austrian student unions against illegalization of refugee students from third countries.

Clear, simple and intuitive to use. This is how the online presence of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna now appears.

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is pleased to announce that this year again numerous works by teachers, former teachers, students, as well as alumni will be represented at the Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, in Graz.

Marion Thuswald

Spaces for Sex Education in Teacher Training. Spechlessness, Desire, Vulnerability and Emancipation as Challenges facing Pedagogical Professionalisation

The Birgit Jürgenssen Prize 2022, endowed with 5,000 euros, is awarded to the artist Anca Benera.

Following the position statement of the Senate, the University Council has confirmed Werner Skvara as Vice Rector for Infrastructure and Sustainability. The Academy is pleased about its new Vice Rector, who will take over the supervision and further development of the agendas "Infrastructure and Sustainability".

The poster series designed by Beton Studio in the new corporate design for the relocation to Schillerplatz was chosen in the competition as one of the "100 best posters" in the German-speaking countries.

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is deeply shocked by the war of aggression in Ukraine that has been launched by the Russian military in recent days.

The Prize for Scholarly Works 2020/21 is awarded to Marion Thuswald for her dissertation (IKL). The Honorary Award goes to Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, also for her dissertation (PhD in Practice). Congratulations!

Johanna Dohnal sponsorship prizes are awarded to students or graduates from Austrian colleges and universities for master's or diploma theses or dissertations that promote the realization of gender democracy and set an example for girls and women in training and study.

The 40 best dissertations of the academic year 2020/21 will be honored with the state prize “Award of Excellence 2021” from the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF).

Nora Schultz will be our new professor for Sculpture and Installation at the Academy. Starting February 2022 she will be leading the studio for Sculpture and Installation at the Institute for Fine Arts.

Status: 1 August, 2022

We welcome Francis Ruyter, Doireann O'Malley, DI Andreas Rumpfhuber, Nina von Mechow, Aristide Antonas, Mag. Dr. Sigrid Eyb-Green and Dr. Heike Derwanz, MA to the Academy.

Programme of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna within the framework of the Vienna Art Week 202 1

Orange the world - 16 days against violence against women is an annual international campaign that starts on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on December 10, Human Rights Day. The Academy of Fine Arts is again in solidarity with the Orange the World campaign in 2021 and will illuminate the building at Schillerplatz during this period.