Pipped as a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, with works that were for a long time shrouded in secrecy and hidden from view, tickets are now on sale for Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, in association with the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
Born in Sweden in 1862, Hilma af Klint is regarded as one of Europe's earliest abstract painters. No mean feat for a woman making her way in a male-dominated landscape at the turn of the 20th century.
Both an artist and a mystic, spiritualism played a huge part in af Klint's work. Seances and prayer were often undertaken as part of an all-female artist group, of which she was a member, known as "The Five". The quintet liked to channel various invisible forces into their creations, although af Klint was also inspired by scientific advances.
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