03 In Search of the Missing Artist | The Name
4/24/202633 min
Jean Paul Mangin is a nom de plume, an alias, a fake name. But no one seems to know that. So why would a commercial gallery – a family-run business – go to such extreme lengths to protect the identity of its artist?
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more What would you do if someone you loved vanished and you discover the person she's been living with isn't who they said they were?
Dominique Baynes0:14
I'm Dominique Baynes, host of Expanse: The Nan Up Four.
Speaker 00:18
Is he, you know, a murderer or- Self-styled cult leader It's just not knowing, the emptiness, really, that just kills you.
Dominique Baynes0:26
This is the bizarre story of the Nan Up Four. Binge all episodes now. Search Expanse on ABC Listen and iview.
Julia Bergin· Host0:34
Julia Bergin.
Madison Connaughton· Host0:37
Madison Connaughton.
Julia Bergin· Host0:38
Episode three of In Search of the Missing Artist.
Madison Connaughton· Host0:41
Final episode.
Julia Bergin· Host0:42
This is the last one, but you're still in search of Jean Paul Marjan. You haven't found him yet.
Madison Connaughton· Host0:48
Still looking for Jean Paul Marjan.
Julia Bergin· Host0:49
So where does your quest take you next?
Madison Connaughton· Host0:53
[gentle music] We're actually gonna go back to where it all started, to the five-star Fullerton Hotel, where I'm sitting at a table in this very grand lobby cafe opposite a man called Simon Dalhunty, and as he's talking, I'm pretty quickly realizing he's not who I thought he was.
Julia Bergin· Host1:12
Mm. You thought he was a source. It turns out he's a media guy for Studio Gallery Group's lawyer.
Madison Connaughton· Host1:18
Yeah, that's right, and he's telling me to stop asking questions and to back off the story and to leave this internationally acclaimed Parisian artist, Jean Paul Marjan,