I VIVIDLY remember going to see this in theaters in 5th grade with my mommy in 2007. When we went to get tickets, the box office clerk looked at me and then my mom with a genuinely distressed face and said “ma’am. You know this movie has a *crossdresser* in it right?”. Then continued in some adult jargon that I don’t remember, pleading with my mom to not take me to see this movie.

Luckily my sweet suburban mom set…

First: Hilma Af Klint is my queen and one of my favorite artists of all time. Missing her show at the Guggenheim is one of my few regrets in life. 

“Beyond the visible” challenges us to completely deconstruct and rebuild art history, while dismantling the patriarchy along the way. gorg. 

My critique however with the ~2018/19 discourse around Af Klint, is the recontextualization of the “invention of abstraction”. I worry about a shift in the dialogue from a man invented…

Men at it again 😒

Kinda tricky thoughts on this film. Interested in the mental health questions. Kinda pushes trope of the “insane artist”… but understand why the spotlight on her health is needed. However, Instead of celebrating Kusama’s life the film celebrated her accomplishment as the “top-selling female artist in the world”. Lame. 

Talk about her support systems more in depth (Georgia O’Keefe, collectors, war protest communities). Talk about her treatment instead of just dropping “she lives in a…