Classroom-based training is complemented by comprehensive art historical and theoretical studies as well as workshop-related studies. With its commitment to the autonomy of art, the academy relies on teaching that is based on artistic questions and produces artistic answers.
The Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe sees itself as a place where established artistic disciplines, which must prove their contemporary significance in the face of recent developments, are tested. At the same time, the latest forms of expression are measured against the achievements of older traditions. Such a productive dialogue between media and genres corresponds to the ideal of a community of the arts in which both students and teachers participate.
The Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe owes its high reputation in large part to its deliberately chosen concentration on the fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing), which it openly represents as a creative process in permanent dialogue with the changing media. This focus on central areas of artistic creation has not only proved its worth in the past and repeatedly led to cross-border expansions of the artistic spectrum, it also confirms the Academy as one of the most important art academies in Germany today.
