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The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for the position of Rector, to commence on October 1, 2027. We are seeking a leader with extensive experience in university politics and international affairs, and an outstanding academic and/or artistic record. The ideal candidate will possess openness, a proactive approach, strong supportiveness, innovative spirit, teamwork skills, and a proven track record of implementation, enabling them to lead the Academy and align it with future requirements for the development of teaching and research. Applications are accepted until September 10, 2026.

Lotti Brockmann (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Valentino Skarwan (University of Applied Arts Vienna) will be featured in a joint exhibition at the Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in December 2026. Our warmest congratulations to both of them!

The Awards for Scholarly Works 2025/26 goes to Hannah Katalin Grimmer for her dissertation (IKW). The 3 (!) Honorary Awards go to: Franzis Kabisch for her dissertation (IKW), Jasemin A. Khaleli for her master-thesis (Master in Critical Studies) and Doris Leitner for her final thesis (IKR). Congratulations!

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Bank Austria, is realizing the project package The Sum of Its Individual Parts. As part of the project package, a graduate will create a temporary sculpture in a public space. The competition is aimed at graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The winning project will receive prize money of 20,000 euros and will be installed for a period of about one year at the northwestern corner of Karlsplatz (on the triangular traffic island between Friedrichstraße and Operngasse).
Submission deadline: Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 11 h