24/08/2026
Welcome to our second floor: The Secession. ✨ Vienna Secession
At Hotel Beethoven, every floor tells a different story of Vienna. On the second floor, that story begins with a group of artists who wanted to break with convention.
Founded in 1897, the Vienna Secession became a symbol of artistic freedom and a defining force of Viennese Modernism. Gustav Klimt, Kolo Moser and Josef Maria Olbrich helped shape its early years, while artists like Egon Schiele carried that spirit forward.
And the story did not end around 1900.
The Secession is still an important exhibition house for contemporary art today, welcoming artists from all over the world and constantly adding new chapters to its history.
That is exactly what inspired our second floor.
Each room is dedicated to an artist, architect, exhibition or moment connected to the Secession, from Klimt’s legendary Beethoven Frieze to contemporary artists such as Francis Alÿs and Marc Camille Chaimowicz.
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201 | Francis Alÿs
Belgian artist Francis Alÿs presented Le temps du sommeil at the Vienna Secession in 2016, bringing his poetic world of painting, film and performance into its exhibition spaces.
202 | Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Marc Camille Chaimowicz transformed the Vienna Secession into his own artistic environment in 2009, combining art, interiors, carpets, patterns and furniture in an exhibition created especially for the space.
203 | Egon Schiele
In 1918, Egon Schiele became one of the stars of the Vienna Secession’s 49th exhibition, presenting his work prominently in the main hall and celebrating one of the great successes of his career.
204 | Friedrich Kiesler
Viennese-born architect and designer Friedrich Kiesler belonged to the generation that carried the experimental spirit of Viennese Modernism into the worlds of architecture, exhibition design and theatre.
205 | Beethoven Exhibition 1902 & Oliver Laric
Two chapters of Secession history meet here: the legendary 1902 Beethoven Exhibition, where Klimt’s Beethoven Frie