Wiener Secession

Om museet

The Secession was founded in 1897, when young artists around Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich broke away from the conservative Künstlerhaus. A dedicated exhibition building was part of the new association's programme from the start. Olbrich, then an employee of Otto Wagner, designed the building; because the site originally planned on the Ringstraße met with resistance in the city council, it was built on Friedrichstraße – initially only as a pavilion with a time-limited permit. Financed, among others, by the industrialist Karl Wittgenstein, the building was completed in autumn 1898 after about six months of construction.

The cube-shaped building with the gilded laurel-leaf dome and the motto above the entrance was initially mocked and is now regarded as a key work of Viennese Art Nouveau. For the 14th exhibition in 1902, a homage to Beethoven, Klimt created his monumental wall frieze. It was actually meant to be removed afterwards; instead it was divided into sections, sold, confiscated in 1938 from the Jewish collector family Lederer, and only acquired by the Republic of Austria in 1972 and subsequently restored.

During the general renovation in the mid-1980s, the frieze received its own air-conditioned room in the basement; since 1986 it has been on permanent view there as a loan from the Belvedere. The other spaces – the main hall with its glass roof, the Graphic Cabinet and the gallery in the basement – continue to serve changing exhibitions of contemporary art. The association is still run by artists, whose elected board jointly determines the programme.

Højdepunkter

• Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze of 1902 in its own room
• Art Nouveau building by Joseph Maria Olbrich with gilded laurel-leaf dome
• Inscription with the association's motto above the entrance
• Main hall with glass roof for contemporary exhibitions
• Exhibition venue run by artists since 1897

Permanent udstilling

• Gustav Klimt: Beethovenfries – Klimt's wall cycle of 1902 on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, on permanent display since 1986 in its own air-conditioned room in the basement (loan from the Belvedere).

Grundlagt

1897

Ejer

Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Wiener Secession

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Free admission on the first Wednesday of every month ("Freie Kunst für Alle")

One ticket is valid for the Beethoven Frieze and the current exhibitions. Free admission with the Niederösterreich-CARD and the Kulturpass ("Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur").

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
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The room with the Beethoven Frieze and most of the exhibition rooms are accessible without barriers. To the left of the entrance, a lift leads into the building – please ring the bell or call reception (+43 1 587 53 07-14). Video guide in Austrian Sign Language (tablet on loan at the ticket desk or via QR code), tours in Austrian Sign Language on selected dates; the website is also available in Easy Language.

Børn og familie

Children under 12 have free admission. With "Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst …" ("I Spy with My Little Eye …") there is an educational project together with the mumok in which children and seniors experience contemporary art together.

Transport & parkering

The building is right next to the Naschmarkt, a few minutes from the State Opera and Karlsplatz.

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