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A Swirl of Intrigue Surrounds Swedish Painter Hilma af Klint's Newfound Status as an Icon of Abstract Art
In February 2013, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm’s national museum of modern art, opened a blockbuster show, “Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction,” heralding a then-obscure Swedish artist—a woman, a mystic—who painted at the turn of the 20th century. …