The 12th SAR Conference on Artistic Research of the Society for Artistic Research from 7th to 9th April 2021 was hosted by mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

The 13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research took place from 30th of June until 3rd of July, 2022, for the first time in Germany at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The conference consisted of a 24-hour online event and three days of live, on-site events in Weimar.

From April 19-21, 2023, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) hosted the 14th International Conference on Artistic Research in Trondheim. 50 presentations by researchers across the arts, peer reviewed and scheduled in five parallel tracks showcased a wide range of approaches.

In 2024, the Society for Artistic Research (SAR) introduced a new meeting format that is held every two years. This format offers time and space for meaningful and interesting conversations between artistic researchers, artists, practitioners, as well as policy makers and stakeholders from different backgrounds.