Sunday, 30-June-2024
Moving on from the St. Charles’s Church, I simply wandered toward the next most interesting looking building – one that looked a little bit like a triumphal arch from a distance, but with an interesting sphere attached to the top, maybe? It actually took me a little bit to navigate my way over to it – the day was getting hot, and the building in my sights was somehow across multiple lanes of traffic, in a strange spot that seemed to vanish every so often.
Suddenly, after getting caught on the wrong side of a pathway, I turned a corner and found myself at the building I’d been searching for. Up close it wasn’t quite an arch, but it did have that vaguely Greco-Roman styling to it that I enjoy. I read the sign, and headed in.
The Secession Art Gallery.
I had high hopes, going into the gallery. A name like that, a building like this, it boded well!
Unfortunately, the gallery inside the museum didn’t quite live up to my hopes. It was a small modern art museum, mainly populated by art that requires a bit more context that I have… I looked for signage to help me understand, but I was unfortunately left a bit flabbergasted throughout. I mean, okay. I totally get that I miss the point of art that requires a Masters to understand, but… they’re painted iPhone cases. Finger-painted iPhone cases. Bro just had spare cases and paint, and probably convinced a museum to pay thousands of tens of thousands of dollars.
Still, I was diligent and explored all galleries and exhibitions on offer. About 30min later, though, I was leaving the blessed air conditioning and venturing forth back into the sweltering Vienna summer.
