

NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World
Benjamin Godsill & Nate Freeman
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.
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May 21, 2025 • 43min
I'm Dead but I'm Alive - Auction Season Wrap-up with Zachary Small and Tim Schneider
We are back. Benjamin is joined by Zachary Small and Tim Schneider who led this season's auction reporting for the NY Times.Zachary and Tim report out what the hell just happened and what it all (might mean).All that, and MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

May 12, 2025 • 1h 54min
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 7, 2025 • 27min
Lets get ready to FRIEZE (and INDEPENDENT & TEFAFF & NADA & &...)
Nate and Benjamin are BACK to discuss all the news in the world of art, focusing in the MET GALA, and the upcoming week of art FAIRS in NYC.All that and MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST!

May 1, 2025 • 31min
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 advance of the "drop" - IRL at the Frieze NY Verntisage on May 7 (and virtually here. ) All that, AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

Mar 31, 2025 • 28min
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 12, 2025 • 1h 15min
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 4, 2025 • 41min
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

Feb 5, 2025 • 46min
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.

Dec 15, 2024 • 32min
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 6, 2024 • 55min
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.


