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Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast

Noah Charney
Caravaggio
Diego Velazquez
AI Authentication
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Art Authentication
The Polish Rider
The Lute Player
Art Recognition
AI Art Authentication
Antony Van Dyck
Portrait Of a Man
Don Diego Messia Felipe De Guzman
Artificial Intelligence
AI In Art
17th Century Art
Connoisseurship
Machine Learning
Verification Methods
Beltrache Forgery Case
Cultural Heritage

Is It? is a brand new podcast on art history’s mysteries. In each episode, we ask the question of whether a certain painting is by a certain famous artist. These are puzzle paintings, works that have divided and confounded scholars, sometimes for centuries. To answer this question, we bring in a guest expert, a specialist in the artist in question. And we also bring in an expert in AI authenticati... more

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Today’s featured picture is called Portrait of a Man. It certainly looks like a Velazquez. But you know what question I’m going to ask. Is it?

To answer this question, I've invited two guests. First, Batu Arda Düzgün, originally from Turkey, is a re... more

**Featured in The Guardian**

Caravaggio lived a violent fist of a life, but man could he paint. He is one of a handful of true revolutionaries, creating a style that was unlike anything that had come before, and was hugely influential. But he only m... more

Most episodes of this podcast will feature a special guest art expert who chooses a painting that they’d like to have analyzed—a painting with uncertain or debated authorship. We are joined by, an AI specialist who reveals the test results and we dis... more

This episode of Is It? dives deeply into one of art history's enduring mysteries: The Polish Rider. A star attraction at the Frick in New York, it has long confused scholars. Is it entirely by Rembrandt? Mostly? Is it derivative or even a forgery? Th... more

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Recent Guests

Matthew Wilson
British art historian and author, expert on visual symbolism.
Thames & Hudson
Episode: Is It a Velazquez? with Matthew Wilson
Batu Arda Düzgün
AI researcher at Art Recognition, specializing in machine learning and art history.
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Episode: Is It a Velazquez? with Matthew Wilson
Clovis Whitfield
British art historian and gallerist specializing in Italian old master paintings
Whitfield Fine Art
Episode: Is It a Caravaggio? with Clovis Whiftield
Carina Popovici
Co-founder and CEO of Art Recognition, a company using AI for art authentication.
Art Recognition
Episode: Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici
Blake Gopnik
Art critic and author of the biography Warhol.
Episode: Is It a Rembrandt? with Blake Gopnik
Nils Büttner
A distinguished art historian specializing in the visual culture of Germany and the Netherlands from the 15th to the 17th centuries.
State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart
Episode: Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner
Alita de Foudis
An art historian affiliated with Art Recognition, specializing in AI-driven art authentication.
Art Recognition
Episode: Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner

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Apple Podcasts
#126
United States/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#96
United Kingdom/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#182
Italy/Arts/Visual Arts
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#224
Australia/Arts/Visual Arts
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#23
Denmark/Arts/Visual Arts
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#35
Ukraine/Arts/Visual Arts
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#43
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#64
Netherlands/Arts/Visual Arts
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#71
United Arab Emirates/Arts/Visual Arts
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#88
Russia/Arts/Visual Arts
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#91
New Zealand/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#96
Ireland/Arts/Visual Arts
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#97
Austria/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#101
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#141
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#153
Mexico/Arts/Visual Arts
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#164
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#185
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Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner
Q: So in the end, what did the AI say?
The AI concluded a 79% probability that the painting in question was not by Van Dyck but likely by a student or apprentice from his studio.
Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner
Q: Could you tell us a little bit about what your work is like at Art Recognition?
Alita discusses her role as an art historian at Art Recognition, where she focuses on creating a high-quality image dataset to train their AI model for authenticating artworks.
Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici
Q: What limitations does AI face in art analysis currently?
Currently, AI learns only from images, but we are developing models to incorporate textual information as well.
Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici
Q: What are some of the elements that your AI will look for?
The AI analyzes various visual patterns like brush strokes and compositions at different levels of detail.
Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici
Q: Can you walk us through how Art Recognition's system functions?
It begins with data gathering of authentic and inauthentic artworks, then training the AI on these datasets to calculate authenticity probabilities.

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