144 Episodes

  1. Exile is a Hard Job, Nil Yalter (1974-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x Ab-Anbar Gallery)

    Published: 8/10/2023
  2. A History of a City In a Box, Ndidi Dike (2019) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate Modern)

    Published: 8/3/2023
  3. The Casablanca Art School (1962-1987) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate St Ives)

    Published: 7/20/2023
  4. Oneness, Shahrzad Ghaffari (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Leighton House)

    Published: 7/13/2023
  5. From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, Carrie Mae Weems (1995–1996) (EMPIRE LINES x Barbican)

    Published: 7/13/2023
  6. Silent Protests, Tewa Barnosa (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Shubbak Festival, The Africa Centre)

    Published: 7/6/2023
  7. Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman, Vincent van Gogh (1890) (EMPIRE LINES x Van Gogh Museum)

    Published: 6/28/2023
  8. Barbershop, Hurvin Anderson (2006-2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Hepworth Wakefield)

    Published: 6/22/2023
  9. Dal Puri Diaspora, Richard Fung (2012) (EMPIRE LINES x Museum of London Docklands)

    Published: 6/15/2023
  10. Too Loud a Dust, Musquiqui Chihying (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Tabula Rasa Gallery, London Gallery Weekend 2023)

    Published: 6/8/2023
  11. The Evolution, Paintings for the Temple, Hilma af Klint (1908) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate Modern)

    Published: 5/31/2023
  12. The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend (20th Century-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x Royal Academy)

    Published: 5/25/2023
  13. The Experiment with the Bird in the Air Pump, Joseph Wright of Derby (1768) and Nalini Malani (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x National Gallery, Holburne Museum)

    Published: 5/18/2023
  14. We Kiss the Earth: Danish Modern Art, 1934-1948 (EMPIRE LINES x Cobra Museum of Modern Art)

    Published: 4/19/2023
  15. Spouts, Ai Weiwei (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Design Museum)

    Published: 4/13/2023
  16. Red-Figure Hydria of Oedipus and the Sphinx, Ancient Greece (380-360BCE) (EMPIRE LINES x Freud Museum London)

    Published: 4/5/2023
  17. River Atlas, Law Yuk-Mui (2021) (EMPIRE LINES x Two Temple Place and Kakilang)

    Published: 3/30/2023
  18. Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery (EMPIRE LINES x Rijksmuseum, United Nations)

    Published: 3/23/2023
  19. Antique French Military Uniform with Kumihimo, Hasegawa Akira (2021) (EMPIRE LINES x Japan House London)

    Published: 3/16/2023
  20. Painting on an Island (Carrera), Peter Doig (2019) (EMPIRE LINES x The Courtauld Gallery)

    Published: 3/2/2023

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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