NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World

Nate and Benjamin are back. First to talk about Larry's JMB in LA show, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, our migration back east and other events of the past week including Christopher Wool's astounding self produced show in the Financial District. We are then joined by cultural critic Dean Kissick to discuss his and our immediate reactions to the 2024 Whitney Biennial ("Even Better Than the Real Thin...

Nate is (still) in LA and Benjamin is back in the greatest city in the world. We discuss openings in LA and NYC as well as iconic restaurants in both cities. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST

Nate and Benjamin are back to break down the week that was. We threw an epic party and attended several more and we are here to spill all the goss on those, as well as the fancy dinners, lunches and MOST IMPORTANTLY the celebrities in attendance at the Vernissage. We cover great LA restaurants, big (and not so big) sales at the fairs and MUCH MUCH MORE. You won't want to miss this episode of T...

Welcome Back (finally)! We are reporting live from the beginning of a busy Frieze Week in Los Angeles. Catch-up on all the art world gossip, parties, personalities and SO MUCH MORE. On the ONLY ART PODCAST.

At the top of the episode Nate and Benjamin gab about their latest dinners in architecturally iconic New York apartments, Sotheby's legal victory, the Venice Biennale List, artists making Met's swa g and more. We are then lucky to be joined by iconoclastic downtown gallerist, the brilliant and soulful Bridget Donahue who speaks to how she arrived in the art-world and how she has sustained...

Nate and Benjamin discuss meals that were, dueling Gagosian gallery dinners and other tidbits from the artworld. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST

Nate and Benjamin are back to debrief the week that was. We cover the epic opening and afterparty for our show Friend of the Pod at the Broadway Gallery as well as a raft of other meals and events in the world of art. We get into the story behind the story of some of the headlines in the art market and look forward to another big week ahead. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

We are BACK on the eve of the exhibition Nate and Benjamin organized for the Broadway Gallery with one of the founders of that space, the legendary Pascal Spengemann . We discuss OUR SHOW but also his long and varied history in the art world as a gallerist and curator. All this AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

We are SO back. Welcome to the first pod of the new year where we announce a very special exhibition: Friends of the Pod curated by Nate and Benjamin opening next Monday 8 January at the Broadway Gallery in New York City. For this special announcement we are joined by one of the included artists, Al Freeman and her dealer Ellie Rines for a hilarious discussion. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PO...

Nate and Benjamin are joined by James Michael Cardoso Schaeffer to discuss the highs and lows of the week that was in Miami Beach. Recorded live on Thursday in the crappiest hotel room 600 bucks a night can buy we cover all the parties, dinners, people and ART that was. This is an epic rundown you won't want to miss. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

We are BACK live from the Magic City for a quick hit podcast previewing the week of art and events. Catch us before we run off to an outstanding dinner at Joe's followed by the first ever (and very epic) Not Bene Miami Party. Download it to listen in traffic on the Causeway, this one is full of nuggets you WONT want to miss. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST

Nate and Benjamin are done with the auctions and back from (separate) trips to Los Angeles. In this episode we recap everything that happened in the sales rooms, on the west coast PLUS reportage from a very special private club opening party in Manhattan. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST

We are once again joined by market expert and our friend Lock Kresler to break down all the lots in the chock-a-block November auctions in New York. Learn about the stories behind all the key works up for sale and what to look for in this key market testing moment. This is a special episode you won't want to miss. All that AND MORE on THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

You might want to skip past the audio quality challenged introduction with Nate and Benjamin right to the meat of the episode. From the Fifteen Minute, Fifty-Two second mark to catch this poetic conversation with artist Josh Smith that is not only more interesting, but also sounds way better.

LIVE FROM (the worlds smallest hotel room in) PARIS The boys are break to break down all the happenings in the city of light this week. Gallery openings, museum shows, art fairs AND FOOD. All that AND MORE from THE ONLY ART PODCAST!

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

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

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.

Nate and Benjamin are back and we are eating, looking, gossiping, reading and snarking. All that and MORE on the ONLY ART PODCAST.

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

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.

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

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

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...

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 MOR...