Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

@akbild student Anna Poell talks about her work „Raumlinie“, currently on view as part of the exhibition “In the Fold of the Sack” at Exhibit Gallery and Studio! Stop by to see it in person! 👀 In the Fold of the Sack Only till 24.5.2026! Exhibit Gallery Schillerplatz 3, 1. floor 🎥 Newsroom GmbH #akbild #exhibitgallery #inthefoldofthesack @an_the_na

ONE MORE MONTH! Don't miss the chance to visit "In the Fold of the Sack", on view till 24.5.2026! 📍Exhibit Gallery, Schillerplatz 3, 1. floor In the Fold of the Sack proposes a critical framework in which materials are understood not simply as the substrates of artistic production, but as active agents embedded within systems in relation to artists’ bodies, memories, and positionalities. 📸Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com #akbild #exhibitgallery #inthefoldofthesack

Get ready for the fifth edition of Platz nehmen! Platz nehmen #5: Let's stick with the Unicorns – Aesthetic Consequences of Care, Tidying and Re.use 📍Schillerpark, May 13, 2026 A project by Transformation group Akbild, Research Cluster Sustainability in the Arts and Academy | Art | Public Sphere, in cooperation with Klima Biennale Wien. "Let's stick with the Unicorns" is a large-scale artistic intervention at Schillerplatz that examines public space as a concrete ecological and social situation. At its core is the question of how artistic practice can remain effective under conditions of ecological crisis. Transformation is not understood as a goal or a promise for the future, but as a present practice. The artistic works use existing materials, vegetation, traces of use, and temporal processes to actively position themselves against existing capitalist climate narratives. The artistic explorations are temporary, reversible, and site-specific. The event begins two days before the main event, on May 11. These first two days are dedicated to lectures and various interventions. On the third day, May 13, the project opens with the format Platz nehmen #5 for collective reflection and invites the public to actively participate in the program: 16 h Softening the Ground - Participatory Drawing Performance 16:45 h What does climate protection have to do with peace? - Lecture by Helga Kromp-Kolb followed by a discussion 18 h Summer Showing - Performances by the Studio Art and Time | Performance @performativekunstklasse 19:30 h Construction Choir Collective - Concert @constructionchoir 📸Beton @betonbetonbeton #akbild #platznehmen5 @biennale.wien

Some impressions from the Award ceremony of the Birgit Jürgenssen Prize 2026 yesterday! So Young Park was honored as this year's winner. 📸@eselat - Robert Puteanu @robertputeanu #akbild #birgitjürgenssenpreis @work_so_young_

@akbild student Theresa Katharina Horlacher talks about her work „es ist schwierig“, currently on view as part of the exhibition “In the Fold of the Sack” at Exhibit Gallery and Studio! Stop by to see it in person! 👀 In the Fold of the Sack 13.3.2026–24.5.2026 Exhibit Gallery Schillerplatz 3, 1. floor 🎥 Newsroom GmbH #akbild #exhibitgallery #inthefoldofthesack

Currently, there is an ongoing Call for Content for our information platform Kiosk 💻kiosk.akbild.ac.at! Academy students are invited to submit ideas for digital content about their experiences around studying at the Academy in various digital formats. Need inspiration for applying? Listen to/read the Podcast-Interview with Veronika Dirnhofer, professor of the drawing studio at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She provides insights into her artistic practice and the work in her class. She also talks about the application process at the Academy, and about activism and identity politics in artistic practice. A great contribution by @akbild student Amar Priganica @amarpriganica for Kiosk. ➡ Link to the full interview in Bio! 📸Veronika Dirnhofer

Eine Woche am Badeschiff: Solutions & Strategies 💡 Für die Klima Biennale Wien haben rund 80 Kunststudierende der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien und der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Arbeiten zur Klimakrise entwickelt. Gezeigt wird alles in der Fokuswoche 29.04.–03.05.2026 am Badeschiff Wien 🛳️ Von Zeichnungen und Textil über Video bis Performance, Installation und Talks – mit Workshops und wissenschaftlichen Impulsen für neue Perspektiven und Lösungsansätze 💚 Alle Facts auf einen Blick: Universitäten / Klassen: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Skulptur und Raum, Leitung: Hans Schabus Social Design, Leitung: Brigitte Felderer Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien Kunst und Bild | Zeichnung, Leitung: Veronika Dirnhofer Kunst und Intervention | Umfeld, Leitung: Judith Huemer Fokuswoche 29.04.–03.05.2026 Ort: Badeschiff Wien Komm vorbei! #KlimaBiennaleWien

Wir gratulieren der Künstlerin So Young Park, die den Birgit-Jürgenssen-Preis 2026 erhält. Sie wurde für ihre Performances und Installationen ausgezeichnet, die eine poetische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Verhältnis von Körper und Objekt zeigen. Der Preis wird von der @akbild vergeben. Wir haben ihre Performance zur Eröffnung der Akademieauktion 2026 dokumentiert. 

📸 MATERIALMATTERS / Robert Vanis
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In Memoriam Alexander Kluge (1932-2026) „Im Februar hatte die Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien die Chance, im Rahmen der Ausstellung „Nachts träumen die Kulissen von ungesehenen Bildern“ und eines Podiumsgesprächs die letzte große Veranstaltung mit Alexander Kluge zu realisieren. Für alle, die daran teilhatten, war es ein großes Glück ihn erleben zu dürfen und an seinem Ideenreichtum, seiner Sprache, philosophischen und historischen Wissen teilzuhaben. ‚Für mich brennt die Bibliothek von Alexandria noch heute‘, schreibt Kluge einleitend in seiner Chronik der Gefühle. Am 25.3.2026 ist ein großes Stück dieser Bibliothek verloren gegangen.“ - Johan F. Hartle, Rektor der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien @alexanderkluge_offiziell 🖤 📸eSeL.at - Joanna Pianka @eselat

PSA: You can now find the Institute for Conservation – Restoration (IKR) and the Institute of Natural Sciences and Technology in the Arts (INTK) at Kelsenstraße 2, 1030 Vienna. The building also provides spaces for the Insitute for Art and Architecture, the Master Critical Studies , Art | Research | Support, and our Research Clusters. 🌷 Kelsenstraße is not far from where eventually the Ballonhalle will be a new location of the Academy in the future (follow us to stay tuned!)👀 How to get there? 🚌 Metro Station U1(Südtiroler Platz | Hauptbahnhof) S-Bahn-Station Quartier Belvedere (S1, S2, S3, S4) S-Bahn-Station St.Marx (S7) Tram18 (Heinrich Drimmel-Platz) Tram O (Fasangasse) 📸 Public Relations Office @akbild

We are pleased to announce that the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Bank Austria, is realizing the project package “The Sum of the Individual Parts”. The project is a long-term initiative for the sustainable promotion of Vienna as an art center. The collaboration comprises three closely intertwined sub-projects: “The Sum” – Scholarships for Students UniCredit Bank Austria is funding eight scholarships for the 2026/27 academic year. These are aimed at socially disadvantaged students in the final stages of their diploma or master's studies. “The Parts” – Art in Public Space Graduates of the Academy have the opportunity to create a sculpture as part of a competition. After its presentation in the city center near the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the work will be moved to Bank Austria Park at Mühlschüttel. “The Sum of the Individual Parts” – International Art Discourse A discussion format with international experts focuses on the conditions for a sustainable art scene. The project title, "The Sum of the Individual Parts," symbolizes the initiative's central idea: An art hub unfolds its full potential when various measures work synergistically together—resulting in something greater than the mere sum of individual contributions. Wanna know more? ➡️Link in Bio! 📸 Helmut Wimmer #akbild #thesumoftheindividualparts @unicreditbankaustria

⬅️ OVER NOW: Thanks for joining us for the opening of In the Fold of the Sack yesterday at Exhibit Gallery! ➡️ COMING UP: Events as part of this new exhibition 📆 12.3.–15.3.2026 Fans, Fans. by JH Gim A parallel performative installation by JH Gim as a part of the exhibition In the Fold of the Sack at Exhibit Gallery and Exhibit Studio. Auditorium, Schillerplatz 3 📆 Thursday, 19.3.2026 Shoe Shining Workshop with Lucía Ugena A reading and shoe polishing Workshop 16h PLANT PLANT and Other Works, or to be made up of the Earth is not necessarily easy Screening of Plant Plant, 2021 followed by an artist talk by Katrin Hornek 18:30h both at Exhibit Gallery For more info 🔗 see Link in Bio! 📸 @eSeLat - Sarah Tasha @iamsarahtasha #akbild #exhibit #inthefoldofthesack