A review by thebooktrail88
The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma AF Klint and Her Creative Circle by M.J. Rose, Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman

4.0

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What a fascinating read – all about the artist Hilma af Klint and in the present time, associate curator Eben. I had a great time finding all out Hilma and what she lived like with her friends who were painters and writers. Apparently they would hold seances where they would try and see if they could talk to spirits. This part of a forgotten and for me, unknown world was utterely fascianting if not a little scary.

In the present day Eben is the one to bring this story of Hilma to light. There are lots of questions about art and its relevance in the current world and how this art and Hilma will be accepted and interpreted by the world today.

The book was written by three authors – something I have never read before. I went into it knowing a great deal about Sofia Lundberg as she is a well-known Swedish author. I’ve never read her in English though but you can tell she has written and influenced a lot of this book.

This book made me look up the paintings of Hilma apart from the most famous one and I found the whole story as fascinating as the art work!