

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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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.

Nov 19, 2024 • 1h 38min
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 18, 2024 • 40min
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 on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Oct 17, 2024 • 44min
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 9, 2024 • 26min
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!


