Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast
Episodes
Is It a Modigliani? with Georgina Adam
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the spring of 2026 a new Modigliani catalogue raisonne was published. It was the first catalogue raisonne to include a painting previous not attrib...
Is It a Bronzino? with Bruce Edelstein
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Interview with Steve Berry on the Ghent Altarpiece
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is It a Said? with Jehane Ragai
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Is It a Van Eyck? with Till-Holger Borchert
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Eyc...
Is It Responsible? Guidelines for the Use of AI for Art Authentication
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 It a De La Tour? with Veronique Plesch
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is It a Velazquez? with Matthew Wilson
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is It a Caravaggio? with Clovis Whiftield
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**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, creatin...
Interview with AI Expert Carina Popovici
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 unc...
Is It a Rembrandt? with Blake Gopnik
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...