An intimate salon with the author of the landmark Hilma af Klint biography

Sliver Salon 007: Julia Voss on Hilma af Klint

Sliver Salon is delighted to host the author, art historian, art critic and curator, Julia Voss, for an evening of discussion on the fascinating Swedish artist Hilma af Klint - currently the subject of abrilliant exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland (https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/hilma-af-klint) - whose work continues to enrapture.

Voss' biography of af Klint (https://www.kennys.ie/shop/hilma-af-klint-a-biography-voss-julia-9780226689760) (translated by Anne Posten) is an exceptional piece of writing, research, and art history. It details and reveals the incredible life of a pioneering artist, her spiritual practice, her scene of women artists, her radical processes, and so much more.

Hosted in the beautiful setting of theIrish Architectural Archive (https://irisharchitecturalarchive.ie/)on Merrion Square, an area of Dublin connected to both the theososphy movement and Dublin's 19th and 20th century literary salons, Sliver Salon 007 will feature Voss in conversation with Una Mullally, and an audience discussion.

Thank you to the National Gallery of Ireland for their support with this event, and to the Irish Architectural Archive for hosting. Sliver is supported by the Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaoín.

We recommend attending the Hilma af Klint exhibition before this event.

About Julia Voss

Julia Voss is an author, art historian, art critic and curator from Germany, and the author of Hilma af Klint: A Biography.

Her books include; Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinksy (with Daniel Birnbaum); Why Art Criticism? (with Beate Söntgen); Darwin's Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874; The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel (with Rainer Willmann), and more.

She has also contributed to various other books including; The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint; Hilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge; Hilma af Klint: Visionary, and more.

In 2009, she was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize for scientific prose.

About Sliver Salon

Sliver Salon is a series of intimate author talks hosted by Dublin's queer independent press, Sliver (https://www.sliverpress.com/).

About Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint is arguably the most compelling artist of the late 19th and 20th century. A pioneer of abstract art, much of af Klint's work never garnered attention during her lifetime, yet she is now regarded as uniquely seminal. A clairvoyant, mystic, and student of Theosophy, af Klint's work continues to find new audiences, drawn to its radical composition, energy, and deeply spiritual inspirations.

About the Irish Architectural Archive

Built in the late 18th century, Number 75 Merrion Square is an extraordinary building, the largest house on the square and was core to Dublin’s social scene in the 19th century.

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