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We congratulate Elisabeth von Samsonow on winning the 1st prize of the Schiele Award, endowed with 5000€.

The artist and former academy professor of Figurative Painting, Silke Otto-Knapp, died in Los Angeles after a long serious illness at the age of 52.

The Austrian Universities Conference (uniko) is shocked by the continuing brutal violence of the Iranian regime against students, professors and civil society and attempts to surpress any protest from the start.

We look forward to the future cooperation with:

At this point, the Rectorate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna vehemently points out the urgent need for additional financing of the Austrian universities. Since the beginning of the drastic price increases, the Academy has also been waiting for a clear signal from the Ministry to cover the additional costs of maintaining a functioning university. We do not want to leave the current situation without comment and inform members of the Academy as well as the wider public about the drastic nature of the situation.

We warmly welcome Tizza Covi (Univ.prof. §99 Art and Film at IBK), Romana Hagyo (Univ.prof. §99 Gender & Space at IBK), IJsbrand Hummelen (Univ.prof. §99 at IKR), Alastair Mackinven (Univ.prof. §98 Figurative Painting at IBK) and Ines Weizman (Univ.prof. §99 Architectural Theory and Design (HTC) at IKA) to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna!

After a student competition in cooperation with the Sound labor under the direction of Franz Pomassl, the concept of Luisali Theisen convinced the jury the most for a corporate sound, which was announced in connection with the new visual appearance of the Academy for various digital applications.

Within the framework of the BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) funded by the EU and supported by the International Office of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Tizza Covi will take over the professorship of art and film from October 2022. The Austrian film Vera by the Vienna-based directing duo Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel has won two awards in the Orizzonti supporting track at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The film received the award for best director.

As forward-looking educational institutions, art universities have a special responsibility concerning sustainability and climate protection. With their focus on creative practice, they also have a special competence in framing and helping to shape social discourses. With its focus on sustainability, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna underlines its role as a contributor to social transformation and a place for experimentation.

Registration: August 29 - September 9, 2022

In the first round of calls for proposals for the funding initiative "Aufbruch - Neue Forschungsräume für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften," the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Foundation approved nine projects out of 196 applications received, with total funding of 2.6 million euros.

On the façade of the sculpture studios in Kurzbauergasse, a single wild wine plant has been growing on the front of the houses for 100 years. Now it is becoming a natural monument – and a model for further greening.

The architectural competition has been decided - the new building for 130,000 linear metres of books will be a particularly climate-friendly timber hybrid building.

Der Hackathon Raum Schaffen: Co-Design your MQ findet im Rahmen und unter Förderung der New European Bauhaus Hackathon Woche des EIT Climate KIC und der EIT Community: New European Bauhaus statt. Der Hackathon wird von Impact Hub Vienna und dem Museumsquartier Wien in Kooperation mit der Vienna Design Week und der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien durchgeführt. Einreichungen bis 14.9.2022.

We are happy to present the winner of the Open Call for Studio in Residence "Year of Climate Care 2022": Veza Czyn, student of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

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