Open Days 2026
During Rundgang (Open Days), institutes will open their atelier doors and studios, and performances, discussions and educational programs are offered. The annual Academy Auction will also take place as part of the tour, for which world-famous and even lesser-known artists will make works available for auction.
Locations:
Schillerplatz
Paintings Gallery, Exhibit Gallery, Exhibit Studio,
Institute for Art and Architecture, Institute for Fine Arts,
Insitute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies, University Library
1010 Vienna, Schillerplatz 3
Studio Building
Institute for Art and Architecture (Scenography),
Institute for Fine Arts
1060 Vienna, Lehárgasse 8
Sculpture studios
Institute for Fine Arts
1020 Vienna, Kurzbauergasse 9
Exhibit Eschenbachgasse
1010 Vienna, Eschenbachgasse 11, corner Getreidemarkt
Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse
Institute for Education in the Arts
1070 Vienna, Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3
List of entries
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Concert evening by the Scenography Class
Concert and performances, organized by the Scenography class.
Concert
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Studio Building/ Studio
Art and Architecture
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Masterpieces of intaglio printing from the Graphic Collection
Guided tour in cooperation with the intaglio printing workshop.
Guided tour
Schillerplatz/ Study room
Graphic Collection
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Cloud of Unknowing
A Performance by Anna Grebennikova and Olga Shapovalova.
Performance
Sculpture Studios
Fine Arts
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Show printing in the intaglio printing workshop
In cooperation with the Graphic Collection, which introduces you to the world of intaglio prints by Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Dürer, and Rembrandt, we invite you to experience the complementary, practical, contemporary counterpart to this field of work following the guided tours. Students from various departments at the academy, who print small editions of their own work, will be giving visitors a glimpse behind the scenes.
Show printing
Schillerplatz/ S13
Fine Arts
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Lesung aus dem Memoir (Work in Progress): „Mama California, Schwester New York, Großtante Galizien“
Performance by Judith Wolfsberger, Studio for Art and Image | Context.
Reading
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 116Fine Arts
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Bruchpunkt (Breaking Point)
Live-Performance by Cornelia Frank with Phal:Angst as part of the exhibition Umbruchstellen (Turning Points).
Performance
Studio Building/ ground floor, north
Education in the Arts
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Rundgang 2026 – Guided tour in the Paintings Gallery
Overview tour through the current exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs
Guided tour
Schillerplatz
Paintings Gallery
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Zehnminutensalon: Still leben, laut lesen
Reading based on an open call in collaboration with the artist collective “die große__”.
Reading
Studio Building/ Studio
Art and Architecture
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but all echo scribbles
The studio of Art and Time I Media is hosting a live radio broadcast in cooperation with Radio Orange.
Live Radio Broadcast /Listening station
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Studio Building
Lehárgasse 8
1060 Vienna
1st floor
Lehrpavillon Kunst & Zeit | MedienFine Arts
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Roots
Roots (Unbelonging) is a poetic exploration of family ties, heritage and loss. From a trans*crip perspective, the piece looks at mothering (unmothering, remothering, antimothering) and its limits.
Performance
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 116Fine Arts
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EASY AND EASY
Reading-Performance by Kanako Tada, Studio for Art and Image | Context.
Reading-Performance
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 116Fine Arts
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PARTY Drawing Class
A party organized by the Studio for Art and Image | Drawing, with a raffle at 20:30 h.
Party
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 119Fine Arts
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The Dreamer has to Fall: A Musical Evening
The Dreamer Has To Fall: A Musical Evening is a small room concert.
Concert
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 116Fine Arts
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OPEN MIC: COUNTOUR
Join us for an open mic session, from 18:45 h to 19:20 h on Saturday, January 24, 2026, in Room 116.
Interactive Performance
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Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
Room 116Fine Arts
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Die Stürze (The Falls)
Performance on the theme of falling, based on Amitav Ghosh's book The Nutmeg's Curse. What must fall and how? Falling backwards, changing direction, falling in slow motion. The audience experiences falls to come, in the Gallery of the Studio Building.
Performance
Studio Building/ 3. floor, gallery
Art and Architecture
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Vodkabrunch
The studio for Art and Space | Object invites everyone to the Vodkabrunch in Kurzbauergasse.
Party
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Sculpture Studios/ ground floor, 60
Fine Arts
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Guided tour for the exhibitions of the Studio for Art and Space | Spatial Strategies
A guided tour for the exhibitions of Studio Spatial Strategies by Julia Kronenberg and Sheila Grace Tan.
Guided tour
Sculpture Studios/ EG 23
Fine Arts
