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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

‘It’s a hostile takeover’: Hilma af Klint’s family fight ‘plundering’ deal for her art

Woman stands in front of three of Klint's large canvasses in a gallery
An exhibition of Hilma af Klint’s work at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2016. Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images

The family of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint claim that a potential agreement between the foundation responsible for preserving her work and the gallerist David Zwirner could lead to a “plundering” of her world-renowned abstract art.

Klint family members say that a proposed deal between Zwirner, who is one of the biggest gallerists in the world, and the foundation’s board would open the door to the “commercialisation” of the artist’s work, which they say directly contravenes her wishes and the statutes of the foundation.

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