With a period hotel as your base in Budapest, see fabulous interiors and exteriors in the unique Hungarian variant of the Secession style at the Decorative Arts Museum and Parliament. Eat in famous coffeehouses, here and throughout the tour, including many designed by Adolf Loos, where period writers and musicians like Franz Kafka and Gustav Mahler convened with the artists and architects of the time. In Austria’s capital city, which nurtured the talents of countless artists including Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, and Otto Wagner and countless composers, attend a performance by the beloved Vienna Boys Choir. Visit the 19th-century villa Otto Wagner built for himself, a Jugendstil mansion that blends Fin de Siècle art and Fantastic Realism. See the collection of Wiener Werkstatte, established in 1903 by Moser and Josef Hoffman, which evolved from the Vienna Secession and later influenced the Bauhaus and Art Deco styles. Visit Wagner’s Am Steinhof church, Schönbrunn Palace, and the newly renovated Secession Building, which houses the famous Klimt masterpiece: a frieze dedicated to Beethoven that measures seven feet tall by nearly ten feet long. En route to Prague, visit the Villa Tugendhat of 1928 by Mies van der Rohe and Josef Hoffman’s birthplace, now a museum. Explore the art and architecture of Alphonse Mucha, the founder of Art Nouveau, in Prague and visit villas owned by sculptors and artists of the period, as well as landmarks by Josip Plecnik. This tour, organized and led by Irish art historian and Prague resident Harriet Landseer, is filled with special experiences.

The trip will be led by SBMA Curator of Photography and New Media, Charles Wylie.