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Sue Cramer, the curator of Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings, introduces the show to the first audiences here in Aotearoa—Zoomed into our auditorium from her home in Melbourne. Then, join Senior Curator Aaron Lister as he leads a guided tour through the exhibition on its opening day.

The recent rediscovery of Hilma af Klint's abstract paintings has changed the course of art and art history. A Swedish artist-mystic working at the turn of the twentieth century, af Klint saw herself as a receiver of messages from the spirit powers who guided the creation of her work. Af Klint recognised that the world was not ready for her work and anticipated a future more open to its message and possibilities. She left instructions that her work be kept secret until at least twenty years after her death. That time has come.