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 reverse depicts a detail from the Beethoven Frieze, which is housed in the building.

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