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Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast

Noah Charney
Caravaggio
Art Authentication
Diego Velazquez
AI Authentication
Rembrandt Van Rijn
The Polish Rider
The Lute Player
Georges De La Tour
AI Art Authentication
Antony Van Dyck
Art Recognition
Portrait Of a Man
Don Diego Messia Felipe De Guzman
Artificial Intelligence
AI In Art
17th Century Art
The Fortune Teller
Connoisseurship
Machine Learning
Montispectral Imaging

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 mystery centers on a painter of light and silence—Georges de La Tour. His candlelit saints and beggars are hauntingly still, so perfect in their quiet intensity that they almost seem modern. But as with many great artists, the line between wh... more

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

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Recent Guests

Veronique Plesch
James M. Gillespie Professor of Art at Colby College, former professor of Noah Charney
Colby College
Episode: Is It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch
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.
Art Recognition
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

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • So interesting !

    Soooo interesting and entertaining!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Noway.com
    United Kingdom25 days ago
  • Each episode a fascinating tale

    This is something new. A chance to hear the history of a work of art whose provenance or authorship is questionable and follow the experts who, like detective, solve the case. The latest tool for this is AI based, allowing for a comprehensive exploration of each piece. I found the Rembrandt episode particulary intriguing with the guest a skeptic about how AI could help, and reluctantly impressed with the result. Listen to this Podcast…you won’t regret it and you will learn much to share with... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Newhavenmaven
    United Statesa month ago

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#168
United Kingdom/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#246
Canada/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#60
France/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#94
Australia/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#16
Belgium/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#61
Russia/Arts/Visual Arts

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Is It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch
Q: How does the AI handle different styles for the same artist?
Carina elaborates on how they create subsets during training to manage distinct styles and ensure accurate analysis.
Is It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch
Q: Why would someone commission this painting?
Veronique explains that this work was likely not commissioned and discusses its narrative tradition and associations with theatrical elements.
Is It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch
Q: What characteristics should we look for when identifying and validating the authenticity of a work?
Carina explains how their AI process is set up to ensure accurate validation, including creating subsets for distinct styles.
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.

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