Beyond the Visible: Hilma Af Klint
Artists on Camera
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1h 34m
Directed by Halina Dyrschka | 94 mins | 2019
The Swedish painter and mystic Hilma af Klint was, for decades after her death, a nearly forgotten figure, but her coterie of admirers swelled to an army after a blockbuster 2018 exhibition. Dyrschka, in her assured debut, continues the crucial work of placing af Klint in her rightful place in the story of abstract art.
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