Book presentation
“Josef Hoffmann – Essays & Texte“ by Markus Kristan

For more than 45 years, BEL ETAGE Gallery has been synonymous with masterpieces of Viennese Jugenstil /Art Nouveau, the glorious period that covered the years from around 1900 to the outbreak of the First World War and the end of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

It was a time of artistic awakening, during which Vienna played a pioneering role among the artistic avant-garde of Europe. At the same time, however, this era may also be regarded as the modernist swan song of a declining empire, a farewell that continues to be a hallmark of Viennese identity to this day.

Landmarks of the time were the founding of the Secession in 1897 and Wiener Werkstätte in 1903, whose artists and craftsmen are represented in our gallery with many of their outstanding works.

This explosive artistic movement, which shook Viennese society around 1900, was characterised not only by functional, modern buildings but also by extraordinary works of art – art that was conceived for and tailored to inspire and cater to the open-minded citizen of the early 20th century who was efficient and rational and yet an aesthete. For the then Viennese society, which was still completely into pomp-loving historicism, these first objects of purist austerity came as almost a shock. However, it is precisely their presumed lack of flamboyance that made them so iconic. For the artists of Wiener Werkstätte were breathing new life into the Viennese tradition of first-class craftsmanship.

"You can indeed feel the artist’s spirit and the craftsman’s soul radiating from the finished object. At a first glance their design may not seem particularly striking, but this is precisely what makes these works of art so impressively powerful. There is an inner quality to them that defies the laws of maths. If one, for instance, puts several works by Josef Hoffmann together, rather than just looking at one single object, one can effectively feel their accumulated power. Although they might be considered just “dead matter”, these works of art are filled with life and soul.”

Wolfgang Bauer

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1. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

When visiting the website: Every time a customer (or other visitor) accesses our website, the internet browser used on your device (computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) automatically sends information to the server of our website , This information is temporarily stored in a so-called logfile (log file) on the server side (web hosting provider).

The following data will be collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

• if necessary IP address of the requesting computer, as well as device ID or individual device identifier and device type,
• name of the retrieved file and amount of data transferred, as well as date and time of retrieval,
• Message about successful call,
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Our legitimate interest in accordance. Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR for the collection of data is based on the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection setup and comfortable use of the website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability as well
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In no case we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you.

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c) When concluding a contractual relationship of any kind: When concluding any contractual relationship of any kind on our website, we ask you for the following personal data:

• Data that personally identifies you, such as your natural name and e-mail address
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The mentioned data will be processed to process the contractual relationship. The processing of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The retention period is limited to the purpose of the contract and, if available, statutory and contractual retention requirements.

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2. Transfer of personal data

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• You have given your express consent to this (Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR),
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In these cases, however, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required. Our privacy policy is consistent with applicable data protection laws and the data is processed only in the European Union. A transfer to third countries does not take place and is not intended.

3. Affected rights

On request, we will be pleased to inform you whether and which clearly personal data about you are stored (Article 15 GDPR), in particular the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will , the planned storage period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of their data, if they were not collected from us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to correct any incorrectly collected personal data or to complete incomplete data collected (Art. 16 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your data, provided that the legal conditions for doing so are met (Art. 18 GDPR). You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible (Art. 20 GDPR). In addition, you are entitled to the so-called "right to be forgotten". H. You can request the deletion of your personal data from us, provided that the legal prerequisites exist (Art. 17 GDPR). Regardless of this, your personal data will be automatically deleted by us if the purpose of the data collection has been omitted or the data processing has been unlawful.

In accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, you have the right to revoke your once given consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, provided that a right of objection is provided for by law. In the case of an effective revocation, your personal data will also be automatically deleted by us (Article 21 GDPR). If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an e-mail to the e-mail address listed at the end of this privacy policy. In case of violations of the data protection regulations you have acc. Art. 77 GDPR the possibility to file a complaint with a supervisory authority.

4. Duration of data storage

The data collected will be stored by us as long as necessary for the performance of the contracts we have entered into, or you have not exercised your right to cancellation or your right to transfer data to another company.

For example, we use cookies to statistically record and evaluate the use of our website and to optimize our offer for you. These cookies allow us to automatically recognize when you visit our website again that you have already been with us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time. The data processed by cookies are for the purposes mentioned in order to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR required. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want us to recognize information about your computer, please set your Internet browser to delete cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or warn you before a cookie is stored. You can find out how to delete or block cookies in the Help and Support section of your Internet browser. There you will find instructions for searching the file or directory where cookies are stored. Please note in any case that the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you can not use all functions of our website.

5. Externe Anwendungen als Integration auf unserer Webseite Google Maps

Google Maps

Our website sometimes uses the Google Maps product of Google Inc. By using our website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automated data collected by Google Inc, its agents and third parties. You can find the terms of use of Google Maps under "Terms of Use of Google Maps".

Facebook

Our website sometimes uses social plugins ("plugins") from the social network facebook.com operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA ("Facebook"). If you open our website with the plugin, it connects directly to the Facebook servers via your browser. This will transfer to Facebook the information that you have accessed the page. If you are logged in with your Facebook account, by clicking on the plugin, the visit to our website can be assigned directly to your profile. Even if you do not have a profile, it can not be ruled out that your IP address will be saved by Facebook. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy (www.facebook.com/about/privacy) of Facebook. If you are a member of Facebook and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our online offer and link it to your member data stored on Facebook, you must log out of our website before visiting Facebook and delete corresponding Facebook cookies. It is also possible to block Facebook social plug-ins with add-ons for the browser, for example with the "Facebook Blocker".

Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are sometimes included on our website. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. We point out that as a provider of our website we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Twitter. For more information, see the Twitter Privacy Policy at www.twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the Account Settings at www.twitter.com/account/settings. To prevent Twitter from collecting data when you visit our website, log out before visiting Twitter. In order to prevent Twitter from accessing your personal information via internet pages, you can exclude Twitter social plug-ins with an add-on for your browser (eg "Twitter Blocker", www.disconnect.me).

Instagram

Some of our social networking sites Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA) are also integrated on our website. The Instagram plugin can be recognized by the "Instagram button" on our website. If you click on the Instagram button while logged in to the Instagram account, you can link the contents of our websites to your Instagram profile. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that as a provider of our website we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Instagram. For more information on the Instagram privacy policy, please visit www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

YouTube

Our website sometimes uses plugins under / or content from YouTube (belonging to Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). When you open our website, it connects directly to the servers of YouTube through your browser. This will transmit to YouTube the information that you have accessed our website. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, your visit to our website, as well as all of your interactions with the plugin (eg, clicking the YouTube button), can be associated with your YouTube profile and saved to YouTube - even if you have not YouTube profile, it can not be ruled out that YouTube will save your IP address. Please also note the YouTube privacy policy: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. To prevent YouTube from collecting the data when you visit our website, log out before visiting YouTube. To prevent YouTube from gaining general access to your information about websites, you can exclude YouTube plug-ins with an add-on for your browser (e.g., www.youtube.com/user/disconnecters).

Social Links & Recommendations

On our website, you may have the option of submitting the respective page to selected social media platforms in order to recommend them within your individual group of friends ("friends", social graph). After using the respective social icons (click on the Facebook icon, for example), you will be redirected to the respective platform in a new window, which may ask you to log in to your profile first. Thereupon, or during this or even before, only the page contents of the page to be recommended are analyzed exclusively by the platform operator and processed differently depending on the platform (title of the page, picture motif as icon, continuous text). We point out in the context that we have no influence on the data collection of the respective platform, which applies to the registered as well as not registered condition in the respective social media offer. When using the social media recommendations (buttons), you automatically and knowingly agree that the respective social media offers can collect and store data about your person and your usage behavior. We as the provider of the website offered here have no influence on this and therefore we hereby release ourselves from any liability with regard to the data collection and storage of third parties

Web Statistics Collection (Web Statistics Tool)

Our website currently does not use a dedicated web statistics tool except the regular logging via our webhosting provider (details below). The collection of such web statistics should allow us as website providers only to expand the present offer continuously and oriented to user behavior.

6. Data security

We take all necessary technical and organizational security measures to store your personal data so that it is not accessible to third parties or the public. If you would like to contact us by e-mail, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the transmitted information can not be completely guaranteed with this communication method. We therefore recommend that you send us confidential information only by telephone or by post. For e-mail communication, we recommend the best possible encryption of your outbox via SSL technology. For more information, please contact your e-mail service provider.

7. Up-to-dateness and change of this data protection explanation

This privacy policy is currently valid.

Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be viewed and printed on our website at any time using the link below.

Name and contact details of the controller

This privacy policy applies to data processing by:

Bel Etage Kunsthandel GmbH
Mahlerstraße & Dorotheergasse
1010 Vienna
Austria
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