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

Upcoming Events

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

#Social & Digital Innovation

13 October 2026

online

Young Carers in Austria

Events

#Culture

15–16 October 2026

Kunsthaus Graz

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

Events

#Culture

23 October – 1 November 2026

Jihlava, Czech Republic

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

Past Events

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

Events

#Social & Digital Innovation

18 June 2026

online

NGO Academy Keynote with Julie Battilana

Purple-lit close-up of a dark surface featuring cropped cream-coloured lettering, including “ngo” and “acco”, alongside wavy lines.

Events

#Culture

12 June – 13 September 2026

Prague and Pardubice

Biennale Matter of Art 2026

Person wearing a backpack and colourful embroidered clothing stands among tall grasses in a wooded area, holding their hands near their face.

Events

#Culture

11–14 June 2026

Prague and Pardubice

The 2026 Biennale Matter of Art Opening Weekend

Large multi-storey building at a city intersection, with illuminated windows, traffic lights, tram tracks, blurred vehicle lights and two cyclists at dusk.

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

Man Has Emerged Triumphant: Jan Medlen’s Arena

6 February – 27 March 2026 #Culture

Exhibition: In the Wheel of Emotions

30 January – 26 April 2026 #Culture

»elsewhereland« Exhibition

23 January – 6 March 2026 #Culture

Ongoing Events

Modem Debrecen

CULTIVATORS OF LIFE: Growing Seedbeds of Knowledge

Bratislava

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

Upcoming Events

Zagreb, Croatia

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

online

Young Carers in Austria

Kunsthaus Graz

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

Jihlava, Czech Republic

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

Past Events

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

online

NGO Academy Keynote with Julie Battilana

Prague and Pardubice

Biennale Matter of Art 2026

Prague and Pardubice

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

Man Has Emerged Triumphant: Jan Medlen’s Arena

Exhibition: In the Wheel of Emotions

»elsewhereland« Exhibition