Chairman's Statements
“When I look at Hilma af Klint’s paintings, it is not really abstract art, it is a symbolic work of art, with a message. Hilma devoted her life to this work, giving up career, family, and reputation. For her, it was not about the art (she never signed them), but about the message. If you listen to Hilma’s voice today, she would be appalled at what has happened to her work. She has become a curiosity for many, and her art has been sold to the highest bidder on the internet as an investment. It has been sold as tea cups and socks. To her, this was never meant to be. She even hid the art during her lifetime for fear of what the world would do to it.”
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Stop the Commercialization and Dispersal of Hilma af Klint's Work
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Watch the Documentary Film
The Battle for Hilma af Klint's Legacy
Erik af Klint, Johan af Klint and Hedvig Ersman discuss how the Foundation Hilma af Klint’s work has become infiltrated by commercial interests.
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The af Klint family inherited and preserved the work of 1,300 paintings and 26,000 pages of notes that Hilma af Klint left behind. A sacred work that Hilma dedicated her life to receiving from higher spiritual beings. In 1972, Hilma's nephew formed the "Foundation Hilma af Klints work" to create a legal network around the work. When Hilma becomes internationally known and recognized, actors with strong capital become aware of the financial potential that resides in her work, and the foundation is infiltrated. This film is about how a spiritual message has become a capitalistic asset, benefitting private companies, and how the af Klint family struggles to protect their legacy. Read more and delve into the story: https://safetrade.media/en/thehilmapapers. Read more about Hilma's temple: https://www.templet.info.
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