Art History Professor Linda Henderson to speak at Guggenheim Symposium

Hilma af Klint, Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece (Grupp X, nr 1, Altarbild), 1915, from Altarpieces (Altarbilder). Oil and metal leaf on canvas, 237.5 x 179.5 cm. The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm. Photo: Albin Dahlström, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Professor Linda Henderson will talk at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in a lecture titled, "Visions of Space and Matter: Hilma af Klint in Her Occult/Scientific Context" on October 12, 2018. Henderson is set to speak, along with an international roster of speakers, to discuss theosophy and other esoteric belief systems’ impact on 20th century development of abstraction in both the United States and Europe, and how it connects with af Klint’s work.