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Internal Newsletter April 2026

Dear colleagues and students,

here are the news updates from April. Enjoy reading! Best regards, your Public Relations Office!
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A visit at Kelsenstraße

The Institute for Conservation and Restoration (IKR) and the Institute for Natural Sciences and Technology in the Arts (INTK) have been located at Kelsenstraße 2, 1030 Vienna, since the beginning of March. Offices for Architecture, the Master in Critical Studies, Art | Research | Support, and one of our research clusters are also located there. Kelsenstraße is not far from a future, new location of the Academy, the "Ballonhalle" – check the website regularly to stay up to date!

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UNIQA Art Prize 2026 – 15,000 euros for Academy graduates

In cooperation with UNIQA, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is awarding the UNIQA Art Prize for the second time. The EUR 15,000 prize for emerging artists is aimed at graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and was established in 2024.

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Fashions and Styles on the Move

Part 3: Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, Swakopmund 2025
The Fashion and Styles department at the IKL of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Humanities and Arts/ Fashion Design at the University of Namibia, and the Department of Fashion Design at the Faculty of Arts, Design, and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg launched a collaboration in spring 2023 under the banner “Decolonizing Fashion Research, Textile Healing, and Social Justice” with the support of the Academy's International Office and the EU program ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility.

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Academy ranks among the top 50 universities worldwide in the field of Art and Design

Eight Austrian universities have made it into the top 50 in one of the 55 subject rankings in the current "QS World University Ranking by Subject". Of Austria's art universities, three have made it into the top 50. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna achieved a place among the top 50 for the first time in Art and Design (ranked 26th).

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