Events Archive - ERSTE Foundation

Ongoing Events

Events

#Culture

5 September – 8 November 2026

Modem Debrecen

CULTIVATORS OF LIFE: Growing Seedbeds of Knowledge

Red and white pencil drawing of a woman with flowing hair, surrounded by flowers and foliage.

Events

#Culture

24 September – 18 December 2026

Bratislava

Space for the 99%: Contemporary Slovak and Czech Spatial Practices

Events

#Culture

23 October – 1 November 2026

Jihlava, Czech Republic

How Are the Boundaries of the World Drawn and How Are Its Rules Written?

Upcoming Events

Events

#Culture

26–27 November 2026

Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory 2026

Events

#Europe & Democracy

29 November 2026

Akademietheater, 1030 Vienna

Eine Bühne für Osteuropa: Potemkin’s Empire – Behind the Scenes of Putin’s Russia

Audience seated in a theatre facing a dark stage with two chairs and a table, while people watch from the balconies.

Events

#Culture

4 December 2026

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL), 1010 Vienna

tranzit.org assembly vienna

Person presenting a large hand-drawn process diagram and trend chart during an artist talk, standing in front of a wall-sized drawing covered with notes, arrows, and graphs.

Events

#Europe & Democracy

9 December 2026

Grand Hall, Erste Campus, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna

Time To Decide Europe Summit 2026

Past Events

Events

#Culture

15–16 October 2026

Kunsthaus Graz

Networks of Cooperation: Sustainable Structures for Ukrainian Cultural Actors in Europe and Beyond

Events

#Social & Digital Innovation

13 October 2026

online

Young Carers in Austria

Events

#Culture

6 October 2026

Zagreb, Croatia

The Border as a Condition: Artistic Practices in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina

Lana Čmajčanin, 551.35 – Geometry of Time, 2014, Engin Şengenç © Pera Museum

Events

#Europe & Democracy

23–26 September 2026

SRH University Berlin

Mitmacht 2026 x reCampaign

Audience seated in a conference venue, with many people raising printed cards beneath blue stage lighting.

Events

#Europe & Democracy

23–27 September 2026

Vienna, Various Locations

Vienna Humanities Festival 2026: Agency / Tu was

Stylised orange illustration of people and oversized hands and feet arranged in dynamic, abstract poses.

Events

#Europe & Democracy

22–25 September 2026

Facing The Future

Railway tracks split and curve through a junction, with fallen leaves on the sleepers and grass alongside.

Events

#Foundation

24 August – 4 September 2026

Alpbach

European Forum Alpbach 2026

Events

#Culture

16 July – 16 August 2026

ERSTE Foundation, Vienna

After the Winter

Detail of a paper-like sculpture among leafless tree branches, with reflections of orange digital numerals visible on the right.

Events

#Europe & Democracy

8 July 2026

Volksgarten Club Wien

Lange Nacht des Journalismus 2026

Lange Nacht des Journalismus 2025 Fotocredits: Karo Pernegger

Freedom of the Media under Pressure – Disinformation as a Threat to Europe’s Democracies

8 March 2026 #Europe & Democracy

Artistic Practice in Times of War

25 February 2026 #Culture

Eine Bühne für Osteuropa with Ildikó Gáspár, Ernst Gelegs and Ákos Hadházy

15 February 2026 #Europe & Democracy

Ongoing Events

Modem Debrecen

CULTIVATORS OF LIFE: Growing Seedbeds of Knowledge

Bratislava

Space for the 99%: Contemporary Slovak and Czech Spatial Practices

Jihlava, Czech Republic

How Are the Boundaries of the World Drawn and How Are Its Rules Written?

Upcoming Events

Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory 2026

Akademietheater, 1030 Vienna

Eine Bühne für Osteuropa: Potemkin’s Empire – Behind the Scenes of Putin’s Russia

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL), 1010 Vienna

tranzit.org assembly vienna

Grand Hall, Erste Campus, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna

Time To Decide Europe Summit 2026

Past Events

Kunsthaus Graz

Networks of Cooperation: Sustainable Structures for Ukrainian Cultural Actors in Europe and Beyond

online

Young Carers in Austria

Zagreb, Croatia

The Border as a Condition: Artistic Practices in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina

SRH University Berlin

Mitmacht 2026 x reCampaign

Vienna, Various Locations

Vienna Humanities Festival 2026: Agency / Tu was

Facing The Future

Alpbach

European Forum Alpbach 2026

ERSTE Foundation, Vienna

After the Winter

Volksgarten Club Wien

Lange Nacht des Journalismus 2026

NGO Academy Keynote with Julie Battilana

Biennale Matter of Art 2026

The 2026 Biennale Matter of Art Opening Weekend

»Where Boundaries Blur«

»Outside of what I can see, framed within my window«

Europe, the Reflection

A Speech to Europe 2026 by Anne Applebaum

More than 20 Years of tranzit.org

(In-)Compatible?

Democracy needs you: Apply for the Re:boot Camp 2026 by 21 June

After Consensus: Decentralisation as the Future of Democratic Governance?

20 YEARS OF TRANZIT. HU

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TODAY?

Eine Bühne für Osteuropa with Karl Schlögel, with readings by Markus Meyer

Turning Point or Breaking Point?

»I Dream of Rain«

»Martin Pollack: Looking into the Abyss«

Joy #5: A (sort of) retrospective exhibition

»Martin Pollack: Looking into the Abyss«

Between Ashes and Light

Endnotes. On Reading Anarchy

Freedom of the Media under Pressure – Disinformation as a Threat to Europe’s Democracies

Artistic Practice in Times of War

Eine Bühne für Osteuropa with Ildikó Gáspár, Ernst Gelegs and Ákos Hadházy