Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is one of the most significant 19th/20th century abstract painters in the Western art history canon, but exhibitions and public access to her works may soon cease. Chairman of the Hilma af Klint Foundation, Erik af Klint, also the artist’s great grandnephew, has indicated that this is what the artist would have wanted, based on a close reading of the Foundation’s statutes.
He is also against the sale of Hilma af Klint’s paintings by the Foundation, which currently permits works to be sold to help preserve the Collection, with the exception of the Paintings for the Temple series (1906-1915).
