21. VIENNA ART WEEK
7-14 NOV 2025
The 21st edition of VIENNA ART WEEK is dedicated to the theme “Learning Systems” — exploring learning not as mere knowledge acquisition, but as a dynamic process of understanding, unlearning, and rethinking.
Art serves as a medium to investigate how knowledge is created, transmitted, and transformed within history, nature, technology, and society. The festival invites reflection on the systems that shape our understanding of the world — from ecological cycles and artificial intelligence to oral traditions and digital archives.
Since learning is never neutral but always influenced by power, participation, and ideology, the festival also critically examines who has access to knowledge, who controls it, and how knowledge is preserved or erased.
More than 100 events with free admission across institutions, independent spaces, exhibition venues, and galleries will offer a diverse and exciting program throughout the week. Once again, art mediation will play a central role.
Under the motto “VIENNA ART WEEK for all”, there will be once again an extensive inclusive program for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
The full program will be available online from October 1st. Until then, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the theme and discover what the leaders of our member institutions associate with “Learning Systems.”
