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  • Apr 18, 2024

    Kiosk – New Online Platform for Study Information

    Kiosk, the new platform for study information at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, has recently gone online in its full version in English and German. It offers comprehensive information on study programmes, application, counselling and all kinds of practical information about studying. New contributions from students are being published regularly.

    Student Service

  • Apr 04, 2024

    "Ballonhalle" Campus – architectural competition decided

    The new "Ballonhalle" location of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna will provide sufficient space for teaching, research and science communication in the studios, laboratories, event and seminar rooms for students of restoration and conservation, as well as all students of the university's science education programs. 

  • Mar 13, 2024

    Birgit Jürgenssen Award Winner 2024: Ayala Shoshana Guy

    The Birgit Jürgenssen Prize 2024, endowed with 5,000 euros, goes to the artist Ayala Shoshana Guy. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium.

  • Mar 19, 2024

    UNIQA Art Prize 2024 - 15,000 euros for our graduates

    In cooperation with UNIQA, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is inviting its graduates to apply for the UNIQA Art Prize 2024, which is endowed with €15,000 for young artists. In addition to the prize money, there will also be the opportunity to hold an exhibition in the UNIQA Tower in Vienna, which will open in February 2025.

  • Jun 11, 2024

    Christian Kravagna curates exhibition at mumok

    Christian Kravagna (Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies) is currently curating the exhibition Avant-Garde and Liberation at mumok.

  • Jun 20, 2024

    The Theodor-Körner-Preis goes to Rebecca Merlic and Vik Bayer

    Two alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Rebecca Merlic and Vik Bayer, were awarded the Theodor Körner Prize 2023. The award ceremony took place on June 13, 2024.

    Academy

  • Jun 24, 2024

    The Competition of Competitions: Summer School 2024

    The Summer School will take place from September 5 to 8, 2024 in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology.

  • Jul 02, 2024

    Stefanie Wuschitz and Patrícia Reis nominated for the S+T+ARTS Prize

    Stefanie Wuschitz (Institute for Education in the Arts) and Patrícia Reis were nominated this year for the prestigious S+T+ARTS Prize. Their project Clay PCB: Eco-Feminist Decolonial Hardware is one of the artist-based outcomes of the PEEK Project (AR580) Feminist Hacking: Building Circuits as an Artistic Practice hosted by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Education in the Arts

  • Jul 04, 2024

    Congratulations: Paula Maya Strunden and Sophia Rohwetter awarded for their theses

    The Award for Scientific Works 2023/24 is awarded to Paula Maya Strunden for her dissertation (IKA). The Honorary Award goes to Sophia Rohwetter for her dissertation (MA in Critical Studies).

    Academy

  • Jul 08, 2024

    Study: Fungi and lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art

    Biological processes contribute to the erosion of stone carvings in the Israeli Negev Desert - this was discovered by an international research team around Katja Sterflinger and Laura Rabbachin from the Institute of Natural Sciences and Technology in the Art (INTK), Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

    Natural Sciences and Technology in Art