Events

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.

Open Studios | Performances | Talks | Guided tours Organisational Units Academy

Jonida Laçi (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Luīze Nežberte (University of Applied Arts Vienna) will hold a joint exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in November 2025.

Exhibition

The annual online auction of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Dorotheum Vienna, takes place again in 2026. The artistic works can be viewed from Wednesday, 21.1. to Friday, 23.1.2025 at the Prospekthof of the Atelierhaus of the Academy.

Charity Auction

Jonida Laçi and Luīze Nežberte in conversation with Anna Marckwald and Hannah Marynissen, Co-Curators Kunsthalle Wien Preis 2025.

Artist talk

With honoris causa, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna launched a series of events in 2023 to face up to historical responsibility as an educational institution.

Conference

The Coordination Office for Women's Advancement | Gender Studies | Diversity as Part of the Genderplattform invites to a lecture by Dr. Bontu Guschke titeld Who Gets to Feel Safe? Who Gets to Speak Up? Understanding and Addressing the Intersections of Sexism and Racism in Higher Education.

Lecture

Talk

Kick-off of the discussion and lecture series From Burnout To Siesta, which will explore how art and artistic research will open up new horizons for a more relaxed future life in 2025. SALON°FUTUR is an event series of the Research Cluster | Sustainability in the Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in cooperation with FUTURAMA°LAB. It takes place as part of VIENNA ART WEEK.

Event series

OUT NOW!! Vol. 28 of the Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Book presentation

Jonida Laçi (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Luīze Nežberte (University of Applied Arts Vienna) will hold a joint exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in November 2025.

Exhibition opening

The Coordination Office for Women's Advancement | Gender Studies | Diversity invites you to a lecture by  Dr. Anke Lipinsky on the topic of gender-based violence in academic institutions—findings from the EU project UniSAFE—Gender-based violence and institutional responses.

Lecture

AVU Gallery warmly invites you to the exhibition Margins of the Visible, with artists from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Exhibtion

Organised by the International Office of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the Erasmus+ project at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Dr Debbie Bargallie is an Associate Professor (Principal Research Fellow) at Griffith University, an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, and an Adjunct Professor at Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum Jombang, Indonesia, reflecting her commitment to global Indigenous solidarity and decolonial scholarship.

Lecture/Workshop

A collaborative event on the topic of asexuality. Organized and funded by the Gender Research Department of the University of Vienna and financially supported by the Working Group on Equal Opportunities of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Part of GENDER TALKS 2025.

Lecture

How does submitting applications for projects, art acquisitions, grants, prizes, or studios actually work? What dos and don'ts should applicants consider, what criteria are used for decisions, and what funding amount can realistically be expected?

Lecture

We would like to open this academic year with a semester kick-off and invite all students, teachers and staff of the Academy to join us on Monday, October 6 at 16 h to the Mensa at Schillerplatz. DUE TO BAD WEATHER, THE EVENT IS NOW HAPPENING IN THE MENSA!

Get-together

In 2025, the festival will be organized by the IWM and TTT in cooperation with ERSTE Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the City of Vienna, Ö1 Intro, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Wien Museum and the Volkstheater.

Conference