Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint

Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) created a remarkable body of artwork that only gained international recognition following a Guggenheim Museum exhibition in 2018–19. Beyond the Visible tells the story of this artist who began creating radically abstract paintings in 1906—before Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, and Piet Mondrian—and yet has never been part of the official history of abstraction. The film questions how it was that af Klint’s significant achievements were left out of art history and showcases her paintings and handwritten journals in a highly visual, cinematic style, bringing long-overdue attention to this visionary talent.