Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast

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Noah Charney

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Episodes 13

Avg. Duration 38m

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Apple Rating ★ 4.0 (4)

Since Sep 2025

Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

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 authentication from Art Recognition. While our guest expert is the star of the show, we’ve also conducted a cutting edge, brand new AI analysis of the painting in question—and we’ll reveal what it says in the final part of this episode. The podcast is hosted by award-winning presenter and best-selling art historian, Professor Noah Charney. We cover suspected works by Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Van Eyck and many more. So subscribe and listen for free wherever you get podcasts to find out: Is it? This series is sponsored by Art Recognition, a Zurich-based AI art analysis firm that tests the works featured in each episode. It is produced by Urska Charney.

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Recent Episodes

Is It a Basquiat? with Magnus Resch

Jun 10, 2026 42m

In Orlando a museum exhibited what it was claimed were a lost cache of 25 Basquiat paintings. Then the FBI raided and seized them. In this episode, we used cutting edge AI technology to check those…

Is It a Modigliani? with Georgina Adam

May 06, 2026 32m

In the spring of 2026 a new Modigliani catalogue raisonne was published. It was the first catalogue raisonne to include a painting previous not attributed to the artist in question, now authenticated…

Is It a Bronzino? with Bruce Edelstein

Mar 31, 2026 40m

This episode features a portrait of Eleonora de Toledo, the wife of Duke Cosimo de Medici and an impressive woman, indeed. But is this portrait of her by the Medici court painter Bronzino? Or by his…

Can AI Solve an Art Theft? Interview with Steve Berry on the Ghent Altarpiece

Feb 28, 2026 35m

In this special episode, we chat with Steve Berry. Steve is the mega bestselling author of thoughtful art and artefact treasure hunt thrillers. He has sold over 26 million books and counting, selling…

Is It a Said? with Jehane Ragai

Jan 31, 2026 33m

In this episode, we’re turning our attention to the work of Mahmoud Sa'id, one of the most important and influential figures in modern Egyptian art. Trained in Europe yet deeply rooted in Egyptian…

Is It a Van Eyck? with Till-Holger Borchert

Dec 31, 2025 43m

This episode of Is It? the art mystery podcasts looks at a small painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art which is largely attributed to Jan van Eyck: "Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata." But is…

Is It Responsible? Guidelines for the Use of AI for Art Authentication

Nov 30, 2025 36m

This episode is about the Guidelines on the Ethical Use of AI for Image Analysis in Art Authentication. AI is everywhere, but that means that the term is being used with sometimes reckless abandon.…

Is It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch

Oct 31, 2025 46m

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.…

Is It a Velazquez? with Matthew Wilson

Sep 30, 2025 38m

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,…

Is It a Caravaggio? with Clovis Whiftield

Sep 27, 2025 35m

**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…

Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici

Sep 26, 2025 32m

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…

Is It a Rembrandt? with Blake Gopnik

Sep 24, 2025 39m

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…

Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner

Sep 23, 2025 42m

Is it a Van Dyck? That’s the question we seek to answer in this episode. The painting in question is one of several versions of a Portrait of Don Diego Messia Felipe de Guzman, some of which are by…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast have?

Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast has published 13 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Arts, History.

Is Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast still active?

Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 38m.

How do I contact Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast for sponsorship or guest appearances?