The Association of Visual Artists of Austria was an artistic movement around Gustav Klimt's artwork at the end of the 1800s, and they built a building named the Vienna Succession to house their exhibitions. The architecture of the building functions as a gallery but also appears to be styled as a temple. The gallery hosts exhibitions, but the main attraction is the "Beethoven Frieze" by Klimt. Music was important to the group of artists.
The frieze is painted directly onto the walls of the gallery, and it is inspired by Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony". The figures represent human emotions and a series of different stages of life.
Visitors to the exhibition can listen to the music on headphones while they view the painting.
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