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EMPIRE LINES
EMPIRE LINES
EMPIRE LINES

EMPIRE LINES uncovers the unexpected, often two-way, flows of empires through art. Interdisciplinary thinkers use individual artworks as artefacts of imperial exchange, revealing... more

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Episodes

Casa de Maria, Beatriz Milhazes (1992) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate St Ives, Turner Contemporary)

Contemporary artist Beatriz Milhazes collages arabesques from Baroque Portugal and Brazil’s many indigenous communities, tracing religious and natural patterns in... more

25 Jul 2024 · 13 minutes
Avi-Alarm, Hanna Tuulikki (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Invasion Ecology)

Artist Hanna Tuulikki connects plantation landscapes in Finland, Scotland, and across the South West of England, making kin across species... more

11 Jul 2024 · 17 minutes
The Time is Always Now, Ekow Eshun (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x National Portrait Gallery, The Box)

Curator Ekow Eshun reframes the Black figure in historic and contemporary art, surveying its presences, absences, and representations in Western/European... more

27 Jun 2024 · 17 minutes
Taboo Durag, Paul Maheke (2021) (EMPIRE LINES x MOSTYN, Glasgow International)

Contemporary and performance artist Paul Maheke moves between France, Congo, and Canada, exploring the ‘archive of their body’ through drawing... more

13 Jun 2024 · 16 minutes
Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Invasion Ecology)

In this special episode, EMPIRE LINES returns to Ingrid Pollard’s 2022 exhibition, Carbon Slowly Turning, the first major survey of... more

30 May 2024 · 14 minutes
Twist, LR Vandy (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x October Gallery, Chatham Ropery)

Artist LR (Lisa) Vandy shows EMPIRE LINES the ropes in a studio visit to Chatham’s Royal Navy Dockyard in Kent,... more

16 May 2024 · 30 minutes
Melted into the Sun, Saodat Ismailova (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Fondazione In Between Art Film, Venice Biennale)

Filmmaker Saodat Ismailova traces stories of spirituality, dissent, and environmental extraction around the Aral Sea from post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Central... more

02 May 2024 · 15 minutes
Decolonised Structures (Queen Victoria), Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (2022-2023) (EMPIRE LINES x The Serpentine Galleries, Venice Biennale)

Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tamsin Hong of the Serpentine Galleries, coat London’s historic statues... more

18 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
Dreams Have No Titles, Zineb Sedira (2022-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x Whitechapel Gallery, Goodman Gallery, Venice Biennale)

Artist Zineb Sedira records cultural and postcolonial connections between Algeria, France, Italy, and the UK from the 1960s, featuring films,... more

04 Apr 2024 · 17 minutes
Giolo’s Lament, Pio Abad (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Ashmolean Museum)

Artist and archivist Pio Abad draws out lines between Oxford, the Americas, and the Philippines, making personal connections with historic... more

28 Mar 2024 · 18 minutes
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Casa de Maria, Beatriz Milhazes (1992) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate St Ives, Turner Contemporary)
EMPIRE LINES