The Secession Building (German: Secessionsgebäude) is a contemporary art exhibition hall in Vienna, Austria.

It was completed in 1898 by Joseph Maria Olbrich as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession,[1] a group of rebel artists that seceded from the long-established fine art institution.

The building features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt,[2] one of the most widely recognized artworks of Secession style (a branch of Art Nouveau, also known as Jugendstil in Germany and Nordic countries).

The Secession building is currently an artist-run kunsthalle centred around international contemporary art.

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