Hilma af Klint’s Art Should Be for Everybody—Even If Her Descendants Don’t Think So

It’s tough to remember there was a time when museums didn’t show Hilma af Klint’s work widely, when she wasn’t the subject of retrospectives and biopics and merchandise. And it remains tougher still to remember that there very nearly was an entire museum for af Klint’s work during her lifetime.In 1940, the Swedish painter deepened her friendship with Tyra Kleen, a Symbolist artist whose rich life led her from Sweden to Java and back again. Kleen proposed a collabora