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.
Episodes
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Oct 14, 2023 • 36min
Catching the next Eurostar - Frieze Week in Review
Benjamin and Nate are back, together, podcasting live (to tape) from a hotel room in Europe (kind of).
The gents report on all the museum shows, gallery exhibitions, auctions, dinners, parties and of course the 2003 edition of the Frieze Art Fair.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST
Oct 10, 2023 • 31min
London Frieze Preview
Aaaaaaand we are (finally) back. With a gossip packed preview of the 20th year of FRIEZE in the tents in Regents park.
Nate and Benjamin catch up on our travels and events over the past two weeks, recent concerning auctions in Hong Kong, real estate transactions on the UES and preview the shows in London.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST
Sep 24, 2023 • 56min
The Canvas with Special Guest Jeremy Hodkin
We are joined by the editor of the influential & essential art market newsletter The Canvas to discuss recent gossip from the upper regions of the art world. Jeremy is well sourced and thoughtful and there are lots of juicy nuggets in this extensive chat.
All that AND MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST.
Sep 16, 2023 • 28min
San Gennaro
Nate and Benjamin are back and we are eating, looking, gossiping, reading and snarking.
All that and MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST.
Sep 10, 2023 • 37min
We Back
Oh baby, we back. And we've got you covered with all the news from a busy "back-to-school" week across the artworld. From Seoul to NYC and all points in between we take you to the openings, the parties, the afterparties and always the stories behind the story.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST
Aug 16, 2023 • 32min
Poolside August Edition
Recorded live, next to a pool and at one of the best cribs in the hamptons nate and benjamin debreif the Ballroom Marfa dinner, artworld news (and gossip) and so much more.
You won't want to miss this rare summer edition of Nota Bene.
The ONLY art podcast.
Jul 28, 2023 • 29min
The GoGo profile
The boys are back!
Nate and Benjamin nibble on an appetizer course of East End happenings, Foundation dinners and NYC meet-ups before FEASTING on the Larry Gagosian Profile in the most recent New Yorker.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST
Jul 17, 2023 • 28min
Live from Sag Harbor
And we are back! With an episode recorded live from the eastern end of long island as Nate visits Benjamin as he summers.
We discuss the Parish Gala, the hungry FREIZE acquisition machine, and needless summer auctions.
All that AND MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST
Jun 29, 2023 • 45min
DRAWING with Jonas Wood
In this week's special bonus episode we are joined by our friend, the Los Angeles based artist Jonas Wood.
We discuss Jonas' artistic journey with a focus on his drawing practice, a twenty-year retrospective of which opened this week at KARMA in New York.
This is a fantastic conversation with one of contemporary art's most important and warm hearted practitioners and one you won't want to miss.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.
Jun 27, 2023 • 40min
UGLY PAINTING with curators Dean Kissick and Eleanor Cayre
At the top of the episode the gents wrap up their weekends and the top stories in art.
We are then joined by Eleanor Cayre and Dean Kissick to discuss their show UGLY PAINTING which opened at Nahmad Contemporary last night. This is a wide ranging conversation about the state of painting RIGHT NOW with two fun and intelligent thinkers and you won't want to miss a second of it.
All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.
