NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World - podcast cover

NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World

Benjamin Godsill & Nate Freemanpodcasters.spotify.com
NOTA BENE is the podcast version of a boozy lunch at Sant Ambroeus in which adviser Benjamin Godsill and Vanity Fair art columnist Nate Freeman dish fresh art world gossip from Dimes Square to Mayfair, peel back the curtain on auctions, galleries and fairs—and, critically, tell you where to eat and drink in every museum-stuffed port of call. Plus there’s a special guest each week, and we’ll roast them good regardless of how much clout they carry on the circuit. It’s NOTA BENE. Don’t close the deal until you tune in.
Last refreshed:
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

PAPAL SOCKS: Special ROME episode with James Michael Cardoso Shaeffer

We are BACK with a special BONUS EPISODE recorded in the Eternal City. Benjamin is joined by guest host and super-gem James Michael Cardoso Shaeffer . We wrap up the dregs of Basel including our experience in Jordan Wolfson's Little Room at the Beyeler . Then it's onto Rome where we discuss Caravaggio, Pasta, Hotels, Socks, Frocks and Gavin Brown . All that and More on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!...

Jun 21, 202536 min

May Auction Preview with LOCK KRESLER

we are SO back. This time with everyone's favorite auction expert, Lock Kresler. We break down all the lots in all the auctions, the consignors, the guarantees the story behind the story. You won't want to bid before you have listened. All that AND more on THE ONLY ART PODCAST. unedited and commercial free (mostly because we are too lazy for either).

May 12, 20251 hr 54 min

Artist Plate Project with Michelle Hellman

No Nate, No Problem. We are back and are joined by friend and cultural producer Michelle Hellman . Among many other things Michelle is the force (and the elbow grease) driving the innovative Artist Plate Project - a series of limited edition plates by the most renowned (and in demand) Artists and Artist's Estates sold in support of the Coalition For The Homeless . We hear about the genesis of this project and all the amazing work the proceeds support. Hear all about this years editions in advanc...

May 01, 202531 min

Opening Day

Welcome back! Nate and Benjamin discuss all the gossip - from Hong Kong to the Upper East Side. Gala's, art fairs and auctions. ALL THAT AND MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST.

Mar 31, 202528 min

Road Trip with Special Guest Lucy Bull

We are BACK. After a brief discussion of dinners, openings and Klaus curated Balenciaga ads as well as the CURSED art production fund gala Nate and Benjamin are joined by the painter LUCY BULL. Lucy comes out as bi-costal, tells us about her road trip from LA to NY, setting up a studio in NYC and her first solo US museum exhibition, at the ICA in Miami . ALL that and MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST....

Mar 12, 20251 hr 15 min

Jet Set

Join Nate and Benjamin for all sorts of juicy Art World news from London, Costa Rica, Los Angeles, Dallas and the greatest city in the world. If you've got the time, we've got the receipts on THE ONLY ART PODCAST

Mar 04, 202541 min

we BACK

Nate and Benjamin are back to give the people what they want: pure, uncut, straight art goss. We cover, Palm Beach, Dallas, Los Angeles and all the titillating subjects that have been lighting up the group chats. You've waited a minute for this one, so enjoy.

Feb 05, 202546 min

Bah Humbug: late Miami wrap-up

We are back. Recording in the new Harlem pod-studio and Nate and Benjamin recap all the shenanigans in Miami last week as well as the beginning the silly season. All that. AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Dec 15, 202432 min

Crab Nation with special guest Tim Schneider

Oh man. We are back. Barely. We are back to preview Art Basel Miami (though yes, this is being uploaded on the plane ride home). We are joined by our friend, journalist and writer of The Gray Market Tim Schneider for a belated look back at the auction season that was and a less belated look ahead at what Miami has in store. All that and MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Dec 06, 202455 min

Auction Time with Lock Kresler

We are back with our always eagerly awaited sale-by-sale auction season preview with the maestro himself LOCK KRESLER. Get all the stories behind the key lots and consignments of this November's marquee sales at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips.

Nov 19, 20241 hr 38 min

Soft Sculpture in a Hard Building with Special Guest Jacob King

We are (finally) BACK! We are pleased to welcome art advisor Jacob King to discuss the art program he has organized for the iconic Lever House. A new show of early and iconic work by Claes Oldenburg is opening this week and we take this opportunity to discuss the intersection of real estate and blue chip art. We also discuss the state of the market, and Jacob's widely circulated missive on the market from this past spring as well as his outlook for this coming auction season. All that AND MORE o...

Nov 18, 202440 min

Sunglasses in the Grand Palais: Paris Basel

Paris Basel makes its first appearance in the renovated Grand Palais. We talk about all the openings, parties and meals in Paris. We've got hot news fresh from the Vernissage. Its a lot to cover but cover it we do. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Oct 17, 202444 min

Frieze Fair - Opening Day Diary

Nate finally made it to London just in time for the vernissage of Freize. The gentleman discuss all the sales and gossip hot from the aisles of a redesigned fair tent. Plus all the parties Nate missed. All that and SO MUCH MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Oct 09, 202426 min

London! With Special Guest Jonas Wood AND FAMILY

Benjamin is back. In a special (and sadly Nate-free) episode we have occasion to sit down with Jonas Wood on the eve of his exhibition opening at Gagosian, London . Jonas and Benjamin discuss his recent travels, his new paintings and being a dad who's an artist. We also do our best Huberman impression and discuss our workout and recovery routines on the road. In a special, special twist we are then joined by Jonas' family - his wife the ceramicist Shio Kusaka and their awesome kids Momo and Kiki...

Oct 07, 202437 min

Darling Danke Shoen: with special guest Abby Pucker

The boys are in Chicago and podcasting from the iconic Wieners Circle ! We briefly discuss our whirlwind day in Chicago before being joined by our friend Abby Pucker . Abby previews this coming Chicago Exhibition Weekend , as well as her role in founding GERTIE, a civic and cultural agency that aims to expand Chicago's creative economy. Abby comes from a long line of innovative cultural philanthropists and she has a thoughtful, grass-roots fueled take on how art and culture can inform the transf...

Oct 03, 202452 min

NFT SHE DIDN'T: With Special Guests LARVA LABS

We are back. Join Nate and Benjamin for a quick catch-up on the traffic hell that is the United Nations General Assembly. Then, Benjamin finally breaks the self-imposed ban on NFT's on the pod to sit down with Matt Hall and John Watkinson, founders of Larva Labs and the creators of one of the earliest and most iconic NFTs - the Crypto Punks . We discuss their background, the blockchain and if NFTs are or are not art. We also get into a work of theirs that will be auctioned off this week on FairW...

Sep 24, 202446 min

Back on the Road: DALLAS, LA and NYC Art news

We are back with a one-on-one pod with Nate and Benjamin. We talk BPS cuts, art events in Dallas and Los Angeles, big upcoming shows and BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GREATEST DELI IN ALL THE LAND. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Sep 19, 202438 min

Back to WORK with Gallerist Sebastian Gladstone & Artist Tristan Unrau

Nate and Benjamin are back in the saddle (finally) to discuss a yuuuge week back in New York. We talk art fairs, gallery openings, fashion week and the US OPEN. We are then thrilled to be joined by Los Angeles gallerist Sebastian Gladstone along with an artist from his roster, Tristan Unrau . Sebastian has forgone any New York fairs this season and taken a short term lease on a downtown space for a series of exhibitions, the first of which is an exceptional solo show by Tristian . We discuss Seb...

Sep 11, 20241 hr

Take me to Church

Nate and Benjamin are together IN PERSON with a brand new episode. We begin by discussing Hamptons Do's and Don't as well as our busy social schedule out east. We are then joined by Sheri Pasquarella , executive director of THE CHURCH in Sag Harbor. We discuss Sheri's extensive history in the world of art and how she came to run this fairly new, thought already essential arts center. This is a fantastic conversation you won't want to miss. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST....

Aug 19, 20241 hr 16 min

Ocean to Mountains

And... Nate and Benjamin are back with a report on the state of Aspen and "out east" as well as the market. All that, and more. ON THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Aug 14, 202442 min

Hot Time, Summer in the City

And we are back. With reports from Provence and Wellfleet both this is a gossip filled episode you won't want to miss. All that and MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST.

Jul 17, 202431 min

MERICA

Welcome back to a special independence day edition of Nota Bene. Nate and Benjamin catch each other up on our recent travels and adventures in Maine, LA, Philly and Sag Harbor, discuss an incendiary letter by an art advisor to his clients on the state of the market and a goop houseguest that allegedly sh@t the bed. All that and more. ON THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Jul 04, 202431 min

Post Basel Recap

Welcome back to Nota Bene. First up, Benjamin recaps to Nate everything the scribe missed in Basel. Then we discuss the sad passing of an art world legend. All that, and MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Jun 19, 202430 min

Pre Basel with Meredith Darrow

We are back; Nate missed his flight to Basel but Benjamin is joined by art advisor to the stars Meredith Darrow to discuss what they were looking forward to at ArtBasel which opened just hours ago. Stay tuned for a special Basel recap covering the market and the parties, dinners and events in the coming days.

Jun 11, 202427 min

Kitchens are Good Rooms to Cry In with Joel Mesler

Oh wow. What an episode. We are joined by our friend and artist Joel Mesler live from his just opened show on the upper east side at Levy Gorvy Dayan . Hear about his evolution, the "Summer of Joel" and the coming of J-AWS. All that and more on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Jun 08, 202432 min

Special Guest Zachary Small

We are FINALLY back after a week of self-goal techncial difficulties. BUT it was well worth the wait. After Nate and Benjamin jaw about the auction results we are joined by NYTIMES journalist Zachary Small to discuss those same auctions, the Christie's hack and... most importantly their new book, TOKEN SUPREMACY . To all those who have been advocating for us to cover NFTs here it is. The first and the last word on the subject. We hope you like it. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!...

May 31, 20241 hr 7 min

Mega Auction Preview with Lock

We are back with our biannual mega-episode exploring the major auction season in New York. As always for these in-depth looks we are joined by market expert, our friend Lock Kresler . Lock is a true subject matter expert and we get into all the lots, their consignors and what to expect as the three main houses gear up for their main spring sales week in new york. In the light of art market headwinds there is a ton at stake and we get into it all in this 1+ hour long episode. You won't want to ra...

May 13, 20241 hr 26 min
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android