143 Episodes

  1. Palimpsest: Tales Spun From Sea And Memories, Billy Gerard Frank (2019) (EMPIRE LINES Live x PEACE FREQUENCIES, St James’s Church, Paxton House)

    Published: 5/29/2025
  2. Hero’s Head, Richard Hunt (1956) (EMPIRE LINES x White Cube, Centre Pompidou)

    Published: 5/15/2025
  3. Our Island Stories: Ten Walks Through Rural Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire, Corinne Fowler, with Ingrid Pollard (2024) (EMPIRE LINES Live at Invasion Ecology)

    Published: 4/17/2025
  4. Furnace Fruit, Karanjit Panesar (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Leeds Art Gallery, British Library)

    Published: 1/23/2025
  5. Terratypes, Tanoa Sasraku (2022-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x RAMM, ICA)

    Published: 1/9/2025
  6. The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 (EMPIRE LINES x Barbican, with Shanay Jhaveri, Anita Dube, and Nalini Malani) (2024)

    Published: 12/19/2024
  7. World Civil War Portraits, Sara Shamma (2015) (EMPIRE LINES Live at PEACE FREQUENCIES, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Museum of Damascus)

    Published: 12/12/2024
  8. Ancestral Future, Ailton Krenak (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Arika, Tramway)

    Published: 12/5/2024
  9. I Am in a Pretty Pickle, Steph Huang (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x esea contemporary, Tate Britain)

    Published: 11/28/2024
  10. It Will End in Tears, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Barbican)

    Published: 11/21/2024
  11. M Street, Sylvia Snowden (1978-1997) (EMPIRE LINES x White Cube Paris)

    Published: 11/14/2024
  12. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging, Jessica J. Lee (2024) (EMPIRE LINES Live at Invasion Ecology)

    Published: 11/7/2024
  13. A Right of an Exile, Kedisha Coakley (2024) (EMPIRE LINES Live at Hepworth Wakefield)

    Published: 10/24/2024
  14. House of Weaving Songs, Dhaqan Collective (2024) (EMPIRE LINES Live at the Eden Project, Cornwall x Counterpoints Arts, Art Reach)

    Published: 10/10/2024
  15. Innocence, Permindar Kaur (1993) (EMPIRE LINES x John Hansard Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2024)

    Published: 9/26/2024
  16. Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta, El Anatsui (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Talbot Rice Gallery)

    Published: 9/12/2024
  17. Sekondi Locomotive Workshop, Ibrahim Mahama (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Fruitmarket, White Cube)

    Published: 8/29/2024
  18. Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby, Sequoia Danielle Barnes (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh Art Festival 2024)

    Published: 8/15/2024
  19. Casa de Maria, Beatriz Milhazes (1992) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate St Ives, Turner Contemporary)

    Published: 7/25/2024
  20. Avi-Alarm, Hanna Tuulikki (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Invasion Ecology)

    Published: 7/11/2024

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EMPIRE LINES uncovers the unexpected, often two-way, flows of empires through art. Interdisciplinary thinkers use individual artworks as artefacts of imperial exchange, revealing the how and why of the monolith ‘empire’. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast Read articles, and join talks, tours, events, and exhibitions: jelsofron.com/empire-lines Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines TRANSCRIPTS: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-pwfn4U_P1o2oT2Zfb7CoCWadZ3-pO4C?usp=sharing MUSIC: Combinación // The Dubbstyle PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic