

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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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.

Jun 22, 2023 • 1h 10min
IDEAS ARE FUN with special Guest Darren Bader
First of all Benjamin catches Nate up on everything he missed in Basel last week and the gents go on to discuss the "meh" Pharrell LV show and other delicious and sundry topics.
We are then joined by friend and artist Darren Bader to discuss what he does, why he does it and why he is selling off his entire practice. It's an intelligent and wide ranging conversation you won't want to miss.
All that AND MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST!

Jun 15, 2023 • 47min
WICKELFISCH: Basel Mega Episode with Guest Host James Michael Cardoso Schaeffer
We are back in Basel, Baby. Or at least Benjamin is. In Nate's inexplicable absence we are joined by guest host James Schaeffer to help break down all the sales, parties, gossip and MORE. We eat Weisswürste, see art, swim in the Rhine and let you know what everyone is talking about on the terrace of The Three Kings at 1:30 in the morning.
All that and SO MUCH MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Jun 7, 2023 • 41min
Did you get your hotel room in Basel yet, Nate? With Special Guest Meredith Rosen
Benjamin and Nate meet up in New York where Nate breaks the devastating news that he will not be in attendance at ArtBasel next week.
But they rally to discuss all the happenings in the global art-world before being joined by a very special guest.
Meredith Rosen has an eponymous gallery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where she has been showing some of the most radical and interesting artists imaginable in two charmingly idiosyncratic spaces. Meredith discusses the vision of her her project, how she got her start in the art world and where to get a decent bite on the UES.
All that and MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST

Jun 3, 2023 • 35min
It's Problematic
From York Avenue to Madison, and all the way out to Brooklyn join Nate and Benjamin for a deep dive into this week’s most intriguing and talked about stories in the art world.
All that and more on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!


