Issue #156 Traces of Cosmos: Notes on Hilma af Klint’s Paintings and Their Reception

Traces of Cosmos: Notes on Hilma af Klint’s Paintings and Their Reception

Maria Lind

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Hilma af Klint, Fiery Flames (Eldslågor), 1930. Collection and courtesy of Firestorm Foundation, Stockholm. Photo: Hong Cheolki.
Issue #156
September 2025










Notes
1

The cosmists were a loose group of intellectuals, scientists, and artists who emerged from the revolutionary conditions prevailing in late nineteenth-century Russia and were committed to the achievement of a utopian future in which humans would colonize the cosmos and achieve immortality.

2

Quoted in Jo Lawson-Tancred, “Is Hilma af Klint’s Legacy at Risk of Being Locked Away?” ArtNet News, March 10, 2025.

3

Briony Fer, “The Bigger Picture,” Frieze, September 30, 2013 →.







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