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EPISODE · May 13, 2026 · 56 MIN

Life Legacies and Canvas Portals (SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN)

from ART FICTIONS · host Jillian Knipe

Guest artist SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN joins MARCELLE JOSEPH to discuss her work via 'Martyr!' by Kaveh Akbar.  Originally published in 2024 by Knopf, it portrays bereaved Iranian-American writer, searching for a reason to live. Sophie and Marcelle talks about love, survival sacrifice, guilt, lightness, martyrdom, autofiction, resourcefulness, addiction, mythology, baroque, discovering, uncovering, subconscious, action painting, dark angels, lavender buds, raw pigments, suicidal ideation, time travel, hot stones, fleeting images, crimson flowers, catalyst for change, painting on the walls and walking hand in hand with Turner along the beach in Margate. SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN @sophievonhellerman 'Wabi-Sabi: Untangling the Meaning of Beauty' until 14 September 2026, Paul Smith Space, London  Pilar Corrias Gallery London 'Sophie von Hellermann: Letters to a Young Painter' until 13 June, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin 'After a Dream' 30 April - 20 June, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York ARTISTS  Caspar David Friedrich Dieter Krieg Francis Bacon Henri Matisse Marlene Dumas JMW Turner Paula Rego Robert Kushner Vincent Van Gogh BOOKS + WRITERS Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' Hafez Virginia Woolf 'Mrs Delaware' Rainer Maria Rilke 'Letters to a Young Poet', 'The Panther' Rumi  

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Guest artist SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN joins MARCELLE JOSEPH to discuss her work via 'Martyr!' by Kaveh Akbar.  Originally published in 2024 by Knopf, it portrays bereaved Iranian-American writer, searching for a reason to live. Sophie and Marcelle talks about love, survival sacrifice, guilt, lightness, martyrdom, autofiction, resourcefulness, addiction, mythology, baroque, discovering, uncovering, subconscious, action painting, dark angels, lavender buds, raw pigments, suicidal ideation, time travel, hot stones, fleeting images, crimson flowers, catalyst for change, painting on the walls and walking hand in hand with Turner along the beach in Margate. SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN @sophievonhellerman 'Wabi-Sabi: Untangling the Meaning of Beauty' until 14 September 2026, Paul Smith Space, London  Pilar Corrias Gallery London 'Sophie von Hellermann: Letters to a Young Painter' until 13 June, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin 'After a Dream' 30 April - 20 June, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York ARTISTS  Caspar David Friedrich Dieter Krieg Francis Bacon Henri Matisse Marlene Dumas JMW Turner Paula Rego Robert Kushner Vincent Van Gogh BOOKS + WRITERS Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' Hafez Virginia Woolf 'Mrs Delaware' Rainer Maria Rilke 'Letters to a Young Poet', 'The Panther' Rumi

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Guest artist SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN joins MARCELLE JOSEPH to discuss her work via 'Martyr!' by Kaveh Akbar.  Originally published in 2024 by Knopf, it portrays bereaved Iranian-American writer, searching for a reason to live. Sophie and Marcelle...

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