How the stunning abstract art of Hilma af Klint opens our eyes to new ways of seeing
- Written by: Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
Hilma af Klint, Group IX/UW, The dove, no 2. 1915. Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 115.5 cm.Courtesy of the Hilma af Klint Foundation. Kak174. Photo: The Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SwedenReview: Hilma af Klint, The Secret Paintings. Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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