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The University of Applied Arts Vienna is home to more than 2.000 students, many of whom come from other countries, both within Europe and abroad. The broad spectrum of artistic disciplines, complemented by a large number of scientific subjects, certainly enriches the special atmosphere that prevails at the »Angewandte«.

04/06/2026

Unwritten Biographies

Hans Felix Kraus was admitted to the Kunstgewerbeschule (today’s University of Applied Arts Vienna) in 1930, when he was just fourteen. While still a student, he featured prominently in exhibitions, including the spring and fall exhibitions of the Vienna Secession in 1934 and the Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles the following year. He was especially passionate – as both author and artist – about a number of creative printing techniques and, in particular, the woodcut.
Hans Felix Kraus fled Austria in summer 1938 and, after spending some time traveling across Europe, arrived in New York in spring 1939. His death in Guadalajara in Mexico on October 13, 1973, was particularly tragic given that it came a month before an exhibition was due to open in the city – his first since escaping from Vienna.

Today, Hans Felix Kraus is completely unknown – but no longer forgotten: His rediscovery is underway. This began with an enquiry made to the archive of the Angewandte in the spring of 2013 by Helen Kraus, who wanted to learn more about her artist father.

Kraus is not an isolated case – with the anthology “Unwritten Biographies – Fractures and Continuities. Artists of the Angewandte Vienna 1933–1955“ (eds. Bernadette Reinhold), the University of Applied Arts Vienna sets out to trace the lives and legacies of artists from all fields of art, architecture, and design and, in doing so, uncover a little-known history of both the Angewandte and Viennese Modernism.
The book will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – 6 p.m. at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Flux 1.
More information: https://www.dieangewandte.at/en/news/detail?artikel_id=1770867740755

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1 Hans Felix Kraus, before 1938, photographer unknown, Hans Felix Kraus Estate
2 Hans Felix Kraus, Baron Münchhausen in the East, ca. 1934, watercolor, Hans Felix Kraus Estate
3 Hans Felix Kraus, The Dancer Gertrud Kraus, 1937, lithograph from the portfolio of the same name, Kunstverlag Würthle & Sohn Nachfolge, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Collection and Archive
4 Hans Felix Kraus, Singing Muezzin on the Minaret in Algiers, illustration for Alphonse Daudet’s Tartarin of Tarascon,1933/34, watercolor on paper,Jewish Museum, New York
5 Hans Felix Kraus, untitled (poem likely translated from Japanese), 1934, woodcut, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Collection and Archive (donated by Helen Kraus)
6 Hans Felix Kraus, Zanimals from Alphabetia, cover design and inner pages, ca. 1965, collage, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Collection and Archive, donated by Helen Kraus)

26/05/2026

Die Angewandte unterstützt die von der Österreichischen Universitätenkonferenz (uniko) organisierte Großdemonstration am 27. Mai 2026 gegen die geplanten Einsparungen der Bundesregierung in der Universitätenfinanzierung.

„In Zeiten zunehmender Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit bedeutet das Sparen an Universitäten auch ein Sparen an kritischem Denken und an gesellschaftlicher Zukunftsfähigkeit“, betont Rektorin Ulrike Kuch und fordert die politischen Entscheidungsträger*innen auf, die geplanten Kürzungen zurückzunehmen.

Die Angewandte lädt ihre Studierenden und Lehrenden herzlich ein, bei der Demonstration die Relevanz von Kunst sichtbar zu machen: Please bring your art along!

Treffpunkt: 13 Uhr, Universität Wien

21/05/2026

This May, and in anticipation of the upcoming Show Modeklasse on 2 June, we present a piece by designer Larissa Falk (.falk_) in our object of the month series.

The coat, made of red and brown knitted fabric, was digitally knitted in the Fashion Department () and handcrafted by Larissa Falk. It is part of her graduation collection “alienation,” which was awarded the RONDO-Modepreis in 2020.

In this collection, Falk questions representations of the female body and subverts the traces of the male gaze through her designs:
“The collection is based on my experience of growing up in a Gasthaus in rural Styria in Austria owned by my parents. It is an exploration of female ideal identities and their sexualization within the Gasthaus.“ Larissa Falk

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Credits:
Slide 1: Larissa Falk, knitted coat, „alienation“ collection, 2021, 108 x 70 x 5 cm, wool, mohair, digitally knitted, KM 8546, Collection and Archive, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Slide 2: Fashion, photography Larissa Falk, Model Tina Enöckl

Slide 3: Fashion Larissa Falk, photography Lea Sophia Mair, Anna Skuratovski, models Adele Falk, Elfriede Falk, Roswhitha Scheibelhofer-Falk

Slide 4: Fashion Larissa Falk, photography Lea Sophia Mair Anna Skuratovski, models Lea Sophia Mair, Anna Skuratovski, Larissa Falk

19/05/2026

Bringing Contemporary Art into the Future

Hans Schabus, Professor of Sculpture and Space, speaks about the importance of artistic archives and the documentation of one’s own work.

The interview is part of a short film produced for the Angewandte’s panel discussion "Performing the Archive – The Future of Artistic Archives", which took place as part of the Biennale Sessions at this year’s Venice Biennale. Watch the full film via the link in bio.

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Video: Kilian Immervoll () & Anna Sophia Rußmann ()
Interview: Isabella Pohl

13/05/2026

Let us sail into an ocean of colour, bodies and sound: Students of the Department of Transmedia Art () are devising a cosmology of myths for the Republic of Gods (). The floating House of the Republic at the Badeschiff invites its visitors to travel through mists and in-between worlds.

TRANSMYTHICAL, a series of installations, performances, workshops, concerts, and rituals by students, graduates, and lecturers, opens on 20 May. Every Wednesday night, the students design a one-off special edition of Transmythical with installations, performances and music at the Badeschiff.

With works by:
Reza Shirvan, Otis Vogl-Fernheim, Francesca Centonze & Iris Writze, Ida Mariboe Nielsen, Laura Chalabi, Mina Banabak, Sophia Festini Sughi & Marietheres Reichegger & David Spanier/AA+, Angela Proyer, Ymo09, Leonie Holtkamp, SHE SAID, Sebastian Krenn, Luna Maluna Gri, Barbara Oberhofer, Paul-Can Atlama, Mahdi Bakhshi, Julius Lugmayr, Lea Gander & Matthias Sanoll, Jona Lingitz & Neptunia Monna Anarchus, Doris Krüger, Aisel Gulieva, Rage, Lea Neckel, Janine Scheer-Erb, Leonie Wimmer, Katharina Busl, Daryna Moisieienk and more

Curated by Eva Chytilek, Gerald*ine Grestenberger, Alexander Martinz, Anna Zwingl and Thomas Kasebacher, Wiener Festwochen

Installations May 15 – June 21, 2026 Wednesday – Sunday, 4 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Opening May 20, 2026, 6 p.m.
Weekly Program (Each Wednesday)
* 3:30 p.m. | Procession: University of Applied Arts Vienna to Badeschiff
* 4 p.m. – 12 a.m. | Workshops, Performances & Concerts

📍 Badeschiﬀ, Wolfgang-Schmitz-Promenade 4, 1010 Vienna

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Credits:

1) Laura Chalabi, This is how we tell it now
2) Francesca Centonze, Iris Writze, Sirens, Snakes and other S***s
3) Kara Paul-Can Atlama, Hermaphroditus
4) Martina Menegon, Glitchaelia, photo Charlotte Raeithe
5) Ida Mariboe Nielsen, On the floor
6) GIGGIDALESSIO
7) Sophia Festini Sughi, Marietheres Reichegger, David Spanier/AA+, PANIS MATER

09/05/2026

About yesterday: The Venice Biennale provided the backdrop for a warm gathering of students, faculty, alumni and friends of the Angewandte – a moment to connect before today’s panel discussion.

We are looking forward to discussing the future of artistic archives! Rector Ulrike Kuch, the panelists – Nora-Swantje Almes, Jakob Lena Knebl, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Martin Reinhart, Dagmar Schink – and moderator Beatrice Jaschke will take the contribution of this year’s Austrian Pavilion by Florentina Holzinger as a starting point to explore broader transformations in how artistic and especially performance archives are conceived, activated, and made relevant for present and future generations.

If you are in Venice, please join us at Sala F, Central Pavilion. The panel discussion in the frame of the Biennale Sessions starts at 3 pm.
kuch .jaschke

61st International Art Exhibition by

03/05/2026

Roman Fleischmann: Touch Grass

Yeah, I know it’s stupid. �But it’s also funny, you know? �Just need to unwind a little, it’s been a long day. �Like, just a little brain rot to take the edge off reality. �And some of the stuff is actually not that bad, �like, you learn something. �Kinda like podcasts. ��I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?

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Video: Kilian Immervoll () & Anna Sophia Rußmann ()

30/04/2026

Final Projects · Winter Semester 2025/26
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education

Art and Communication Practices (MA)
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Isabella Burtscher: Bedeutungszuschreibung von NS-Objekten der Besucher*innen der Ausstellung ‚Hitler entsorgen‘

Lisa Gruber: Pinterest als Inspirationsquelle für den Kunstunterricht an der österreichischen Sekundarstufe I (AHS). Chancen und Herausforderungen aus Sicht von Künstler*innen

Thomas Hasenbichler: „Mit bloßen Füßen auf sandigen Wegen“. Perspektiven auf das Werk von Angelika Kaufmann

Daniel Hayden: Translanguaging zur Förderung für Fach- und Bildungssprache in Kunst und Gestaltung. Evaluierte Methoden zur Sprachförderung der 5. und 6. Schulstufe.

Hannah Katzlberger: Abhäutung – Ablösung. Heidi Buchers Herrenzimmer

Sarah Pleiler: Mr. & Mrs. Punch. Das satirische Puppenspiel und sein Londoner Straßenpublikum um 1800

Maja Schrattenthaler: Performative Dekonstruktion von Geschlecht. Crossdressing und Drag-Kunst als Instrumente zur Infragestellung binärer Bekleidungsformen und tradierter Geschlechterrollen

Marie-Elisabeth Weiher (.el_weiher): Jenny Savilles Atonement Studies. Zeitgenössische Malerei zwischen religiösen und profanen Bildtraditionen

29/04/2026

Final Projects · Winter Semester 2025/26
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education

Art and Communication Practices (BA)
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Andrea Hu: Sino-Xenic Roots
The project examines how different yet interconnected spaces of meaning emerge from a shared historical repertoire of characters. In doing so, it makes invisible historical and semantic links between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean physically tangible.(Slide 1-3)

Magdalena Kernegger (): Textile Umarmung – Ein Wollkorsett als textile Reflexion über Körperformen und Körperbilder
The project challenges the historically burdened corset, transforming it into a body-friendly, sustainable object of well-being. Crafted from hand-processed Valais Blacknose sheep wool, this wrap-around corset provides warmth, support, and comfort. It adapts flexibly to the body, alleviates physical discomfort, and is envisioned as both a textile embrace and a wearable sculpture. (Slide 4-6)

Paula Leona Klein (): *INNEN (Slide 7-9)
The film project explores female and q***r friendships as a space of empowerment and solidarity, a place where the world grows small and quiet, allowing our voices to become loud. It is a wide-reaching web that catches us, a site of growth, and a brave space that remains constant while being in a state of perpetual change.

The works shown here are the artistic projects. The research projects of Andrea Hu, Magdalena Kernegger and Paula Leona Klein are listed at aaa.angewandte.at. 
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Slide 1-3: © die Angewandte, 2026, Fotos: Lea Sonderegger, CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 Slide
4-6 © die Angewandte, 2026; Fotos: Jorit Aust, CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,
Slide 7-9: © Paula Leona Klein

27/04/2026

Final Projects · Winter Semester 2025/26
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education

Expanded Museum Studies
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Konstantina Maria Hornek: Dis/placement in the Collection. Sammeln von Objekten zu Flucht des 21. Jahrhunderts in österreichischen Museen und Archiven

Janina Lutz (.lutz): Lebendige Archive. Über die Möglichkeiten von Ausstellen, Leerstellen und Einstellen

Deborah Susanne Schultheis (): Unsichtbares sichtbar machen

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