After breaking Guggenheim records, Hilma af Klintâs work is headed down under Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement More than 75 years since the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint died in obscurity and two years after she became an overseas word-of-mouth sensation, the Art Gallery of NSW is to launch the first major survey of the artist in the Asia Pacific. Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings will open on June 12, supported by Destination NSW which is banking on the show driving local and interstate tourism with its mystery of a pioneering abstract artist and occultist who believed her art was a ârevelationâ from higher guides from the spirit world.