In the early 20th century, two artists were on a similar path. One of them was the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944). He founded a radical artists’ association called The Blue Rider, and in his treatise “On the Spiritual in Art” he argued that art should not mimic its surroundings but should instead reflect the inner workings of the soul. The other artist was the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944). As a young woman she studied drawing and painting, and she began to treat these mediums as spiritual channels. Working in isolation, af Klint painted strange abstractions that took patterns and geometries from nature. Kandinsky became famous; af Klint remained mostly unknown until the new millennium. This exhibition brings their work together for the first time in history. —Elena Clavarino