143 Episodes

  1. Whites Can Dance Too, Kalaf Epalanga, translated by Daniel Hahn (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Kizomba Design Museum, Africa Writes 2023 at the British Library)

    Published: 12/21/2023
  2. Where Worlds Meet, Maha Ahmed (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Leighton House)

    Published: 12/14/2023
  3. Arcadia, John Akomfrah (2023) (EMPIRE LINES at 100 x The Box, Sharjah Biennial 15)

    Published: 12/7/2023
  4. Africa Series, Carrie Mae Weems (1993) (EMPIRE LINES x Kunstmuseum Basel)

    Published: 11/30/2023
  5. Did You Come Here To Find History?, Nusra Latif Qureshi (2009) (EMPIRE LINES x MK Gallery, The Box)

    Published: 11/23/2023
  6. Hélène Amouzou: Voyages (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Autograph)

    Published: 11/16/2023
  7. Against Apartheid, Ashish Ghadiali (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Radical Ecology, KARST)

    Published: 11/9/2023
  8. And I Have My Own Business In This Skin, Claudette Johnson (1982) (EMPIRE LINES x The Courtauld Gallery)

    Published: 10/26/2023
  9. Declaration of Independence, Barby Asante (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Art on the Underground)

    Published: 10/18/2023
  10. Story, Place, Tony Albert (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Sullivan+Strumph, Frieze London)

    Published: 10/12/2023
  11. Chorus in Rememory of Flight, Julianknxx (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Barbican)

    Published: 10/4/2023
  12. Living in the Wake of the Lust for Sugar, Elsa James (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Museum of London Docklands)

    Published: 9/28/2023
  13. Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Fitzwilliam Museum)

    Published: 9/21/2023
  14. UNRWA Dress from Ramallah, Palestine (1930s) (EMPIRE LINES x Kettle’s Yard)

    Published: 9/14/2023
  15. Home is Not a Place, Johny Pitts and Roger Robinson (2021-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x The Photographers’ Gallery)

    Published: 9/7/2023
  16. What Remains at the End of the Earth?, Imani Jacqueline Brown (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Hayward Gallery)

    Published: 8/31/2023
  17. Lagos Soundscapes, Emeka Ogboh (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x South London Gallery, Southbank Centre)

    Published: 8/24/2023
  18. WAVE: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts at Japan House London (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x historicity Tokyo)

    Published: 8/18/2023
  19. Photographs of the Polar Silk Road, Gregor Sailer (2017-2021) (EMPIRE LINES x Natural History Museum)

    Published: 8/17/2023
  20. Exile is a Hard Job, Nil Yalter (1974-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x Ab-Anbar Gallery)

    Published: 8/10/2023

3 / 8

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