Classroom-based training is supplemented 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 are tested and have to prove their contemporary significance in the face of recent developments. At the same time, the latest forms of expression are measured against the achievements of older traditions. Such a productive dialog 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 exchange with the changing media. This focus on central areas of artistic creation has not only proven itself in the past and has 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.
