It was in the winter of 2016 that Jan Six, a Dutch art dealer based in Amsterdam, made a discovery that would upend his life. He was leafing through a Christie’s catalog when he spotted a painting featuring a young man wearing a dazed look, a lace collar and a proto-Led Zeppelin coif. Christie’s had labeled it a painting by one of Rembrandt’s followers, but ... Show More
Yesterday
The Voters Who Flipped Congress
The midterm elections were an electoral tsunami for Democrats: a complete collapse of the Republican coalition and a landslide victory.Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, examines the results to figure out which voters showed up, which stayed home and h ... Show More
28m 56s
Nov 3
A Guide to Election Night 2026
After two years of campaigning, the 2026 midterm election is now in the hands of the American voters.As the ballot counting begins, Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, offers a guide for how to understand the results.Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief politica ... Show More
35m 17s
Mar 2019
The Many Deaths of a Painting
<p>When Barnett Newman’s painting <em>Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III</em> was placed in the Stedelijk museum it was meant to be provocative, but one reaction that it received was so intense, so violent, it set off a chain of events that shook the art world to its core.< ... Show More
40m 47s
Feb 2022
The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art
In 2006 Thomas Schultz and his business partner Lawrence Joseph made a business plan. They were looking for a property to buy, do up and sell. Thomas had his eye on a little cottage near his home in Bellport, a small coastal village to the east of New York City. It was old, dilap ... Show More
23m 41s
Mar 2023
Re-Air: Why Vermeer’s Many Secrets Are Now Coming to Light
Next to the Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring is quite possibly the most famous portrait of all time. The 17th-century painting inspired a movie starring Scarlett Johansson and last year, was the target of climate activists protest, and it’s on view right no ... Show More
33m 15s
Nov 2019
Episode 06: Ongoing and Active
<p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> A newspaper publisher thinks he's found Kristin Smart, until he hits a brick wall.</span></p>
56m 3s