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Mocked by contemporaries at the end of the 19th century for its golden dome and for its simple and unadorned architecture, the Secession building designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich is now considered to be one of the key works of the Jugendstil movement in Vienna. The Beethoven Frieze, painted by Gustav Klimt in 1902, is on display in the basement of the building, while the ground floor houses changing exhibitions by contemporary artists such as Doug Aitken, Sharon Lockhart, or Terence Koh.
