Fans of Swedish abstract art pioneer Hilma af Klint are better off looking at her art than watching this Hallmark version of her life. | ✍️ Dmitry Samarov
The life and work of Swedish abstract art pioneer Hilma af Klint is tailor-made for a biopic. Mostly ignored in her lifetime, af Klint has been rediscovered and celebrated to such a fever pitch that a recent retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York was the best-attended exhibition in that museum’s history.
Unfortunately, what Lasse Hallström has made is a schmaltzy, sentimental ode to his wife, Lena Olin, and daughter, Tora Hallström, who play the titular role at different ages. The film spends too much time speculating on af Klint’s sexuality and too little on the art that has justifiably, if belatedly, made her an icon. In a Q&A after a recent screening, Olin admitted that they only learned about the painter a couple years before making this film. It shows.
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