Events

The Open Innovation in Science Center of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft and the Knowledge Transfer Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna cordially invite you to the final event of the long-lasting cooperation OPEN ARTS.

Closing event

Opening of the Exhibition with works of the winners of the Kunsthalle Wien 2022 Award. A cooperation of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Kunsthalle Wien.

Opening

Lecture by Oliver Rathkolb, Professor of Modern History with special emphasis on contemporary history at the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. Welcome: Johan F. Hartle, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Lecture

The 20th award ceremony of the Birgit Jürgenssen Prize - this time to Hanna Kučera - will take place on April 19, 2023 at 6 pm in the Aula of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at Schillerplatz. On the occasion of the anniversary, a publication will be published in cooperation with the BMKÖS, presenting the award winners of the years 2014 to 2023, which will also be presented on this evening.

Award ceremony and book presentation

Students and staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna will be advising interested parties on the study programmes at Austria's traditional art university.

Fair

Online on the website of the Dorotheum to support students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and associations that care for refugees in Austria.

Auction

Johan F. Hartle, Rektor
Ingeborg Erhart, Vizerektorin für Kunst und Lehre
Werner Skvara, Vizerektor für Infrastruktur und Nachhaltigkeit

In 2022, the 18th BEST AUSTRIAN ANIMATION FESTIVAL returns to the Filmcasino in Vienna, where Austrian animated film in all its diversity will be placed at the centre of the festival on the big screen. With films by students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Festival

Finnissage der Ausstellung DOM-INO (VR-Installation) im Rahmen des BEST AUSTRIAN ANIMATION FESTIVAL.

Finissage

Im Rahmen der Preisverleihung werden die Filme der Gewinner_innen zur Gänze oder in Ausschnitten gezeigt.

Preisverleihung

VFMK and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna are pleased to present a book launch followed by a panel discussion about the life and work of the acclaimed artist Carolee Schneemann. 

Panel Discussion

Discussion on the occasion of the book launch between Monica Narula (Raqs Media Collective), Johan F. Hartle (Rector), Ingeborg Erhart (Vice-Rector), and Jan Wenzel (Spector Books), moderated by Barbara Mahlknecht (Associate Curator). (English)

Book presentation

Organised by the University Library and the Student Welcome Center the Accessibility Day aims to raise awareness of the multidimensional topic of accessibility with a varied programme for many target groups.

Accessibility Day

Getting to know the queer literature of Turkey. This project, curated by Ece Özdemir, will show the past of a culture that could be called queer culture today and how it continues in the Turkish Republic, to this day.

Panel discussion

The new Conversations program is intended to bring students and employees of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna into conversation with artists who are showing an exhibition in the city that goes hand in hand with key topics of the Academy.

Talk