The first major retrospective in Asia of Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), a pioneer of abstract painting titled Hilma af Klint: The Beyond will be held from March 4th to June 15th 2015 at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

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Hilma af Klint from Sweden has been reevaluated in recent years as a creator of abstract paintings that preceded her contemporaries, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian. For many years, her oeuvre of more than 1,000 works was known only to a very few people. As late as in the 1980s, several exhibitions began to introduce her works, and by the turn of the 21st century, her presence became international all at once.

Including The Ten Largest (1907), a set of ten paintings over three meters high, all 140 works in this exhibition will travel to Japan for the first time. Centering on her representative accomplishment, The Paintings for the Temple (1906–1915), the exhibition will provide an overview of af Klint’s career in five chapters, while introducing materials left by the artist and diverse sources of her inspiration, including the spiritualism and the women’s movements of her time.

Hilma af Klint: The Beyond
Date: March 4th – June 15th 2015
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 17:00 (Friday and Saturday till 20:00)
Closed on Mondays (except March 31st and May 5th), May 7th
Place: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Address: 3-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)50 5541 8600
https://www.momat.go.jp/en/