NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World

Nate and Benjamin breakdown Halloween in the greatest city in the world 🎃🗑️🤢 and happier happenings. We then discuss our respective modes of transport to the Nation’s capital for the opening of the Brand New Rubell Museum. We are then joined by Jason Rubell to hear the fascinating story of his and his family’s art collecting odyssey. He discusses his first purchase as a teenager (on lay-away fro...

You've read Nate's Vanity Fair Column highlighting the boldfaced names in attendance at the TWOxTWO gala in Dallas last weekend, now listen as Nate and Benjamin offer an after action report of the experience on the ground. The bids, the parties, the tequila and so much more. We also cover some important art world news including the incredible opening and dinner celebrating the triumphant retrospec...

Benjamin is in Dallas while Nate is in New York though soon heading to join Mr. Godsill in the Lone Star State. Join them as they briefly discuss the scuttlebutt from this week in the world of art before moving on to what to expect this weekend in Dallas where both will attend the 2022 edition of the TWOxTWO for AIDs and Art Benefit Gala and Auction at the Rachofsky House Saturday night.  Ben...

Recorded in London, edited in Venice and now uploaded from 30,000 feet above the North Atlantic Nate and Benjamin are back to wrap-up everything that happened during Frieze week. The fair, the food, the parties, the robberies and SO MUCH MORE. Despite a myriad of technical difficulties we are back with a ton of juicy nuggets you won't hear (or read) anywhere else. Then we are joined by our friend...

Nate and Benjamin are back and recording in person from the comfortable environs of W1. Join us as we discuss everything we have - and are going to - see and eat. We discuss all the exhibitions and parties that will have tongues-a-wagging in Old Blighty and beyond. Whether you are on the ground or fighting Frieze Fomo this is an episode you won't want to miss.   All this, and more on the ONLY...

It may be late but its not stale. Check out a quick pod we did last week recapping private clubs and LA VIbes. Since then we've been on planes and prepping for european art fairs. Let this sate your appetite until next week when we bring you not one but TWO episodes from the rain (and crime) sodden streets of Mayfair.

Benjamin and Nate gab it up filling you in on all the week's artworld news including a preview of the return of Nate's Vanity Fair Column, an important meal , curatorial moves , Tillmans at MoMA and lots more gossip. We are then joined by Detroit Gallerist Bridget Finn to discuss FLOURISH: ART for the Future - a charity auction she has organized which will be included in the Post-War to Present sa...

Tune-in for a special Saturday drop. After an introduction featuring all the dining ( Corner Bar! , Le Rock! , Lodi! Cookshop !, L'avenue! ). Plus the evils of apple picking AND Glen Lowery's mealy-mouthed justifications for a sale of art to fund the MoMA's digital outreach. 70 Million bucks must hire a lot of web designers.  We are then joined by A Hug From The Art World founder, the irrepre...

Join us for the recording of a special live pod from the Vernissage of the Armory Art Show. Recorded in front of a live audience in the Armory Auditorium Nate and Benjamin are joined by artist (and pro podcaster ) Andrew Kuo and Broadway Gallery honcho Joe Cole . Join us for a free flowing conversation from four middle aged dads about Chinese food, suburbia, racquet sports, and a little bit about...

Nate and Benjamin are back to break down the end of summer blues and the upcoming season including a blockbuster estate sale at Christie's , shenanigans at an LA art-world canteen , and a profile of downtown's favorite fascist-adjacent PR .  We are then joined by David Kordansky , one of the most important gallerists of his generation , along with longtime friend and gallery artist Joel Mesle...

Nate and Benjamin return for a quick catch-up in these last quiet days before the fall season ramps up. Tune in for some delicious summer gossip. All that and more on the ONLY ART PODCAST. 

Nate and Benjamin are together again recording live to tape from beautiful S ag Harbor . We discuss summer sports and water hogs before transitioning to road rage and summer soirees . In the second half we are joined by Pace Gallery President and CEO Marc Glimcher to discuss the state of the art market, what he learned teaching science, the rise of Seoul and so much more. You will not want to miss...

And we are back with a solo nate-and-benjamin summer edition of Nota Bene. Nate and benjamin discuss a concert in Jones Beach and its attendant mafia , t he flannel-clad art weekend , a new neighborhood in LA which we can exclusively report will house a noted chef's first projects outside NYC , the divorce that is the talk of downtown PLUS a lame attempt to serve an iconic London drink in Chelsea...

Nate and Benjamin are back to discuss all the goings on of the art world this week.  In the second half we are joined by gallerist David Lewis to discuss his new East Hampton space (featuring an incredible Tomás Esson exhibition ), the genesis and evolution of his gallery, and so much more. It's a fascinating and fun chat you won't want to miss. All that, and more! on THE ONLY ART PODCAST.

Oh Baby! Nate had a Lady Baby. But paternity leave is over and we are back to cover all the scuttlebutt in the global art world. Live to tape from points east and north of the city the gents get back into the groove dishing on new fair hires, museum departures, gallery closings and so much more. Don't miss it on the ONLY ART PODCAST

Benjamin is back from his European tour and fills Nate in on his Menorcan adventure featuring an exhibition of new work by Rashid Johnson at Hauser and Wirth, Menorca .  We talk air travel (lie flat and other), caviar bumps . We also cover a certain art world romance covered in the Wall Street Journal , Jeff Koons on Hydra and a bunch more. All this on THE ONLY ART PODCAST  

If it's June, It must be ArtBasel. Join Nate back in New York on baby-watch and Benjamin in Basel as they discuss all the parties and art on offer in Switzerland this week. We touch on Art Weekend Zurich, all the gallery dinners, the scores of dealers at the Three Kings, Kronenhalle and so much more. Benjamin is then joined by fellow art advisor James Michael Cardoso Schaeffer to discuss all the h...

You might want to save this one to listen to as you recline in the lie flat. Benjamin previews his upcoming trip to the Land of Milk and Honey for art weekend Zurich and ArtBasel's return to its traditional June dates AND his hop to the Balearic islands for a Rashid Johnson exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Menorca .   We also touch on art world news from Newport Beach, Dallas, an eagerly awai...

OH BABY!  It's another fantastic episode of the ONLY ART PODCAST, brought to you exclusively by Will Shott Jewelry .  Mills Morán and Benjamin are in Mexico City to install the exhibition Mr. Godsill curated, A Form of Magic at Morán Morán . As they wait (and wait and wait) for the artworks to clear out of customs they dial up Nate back in New York to catch-up. The three amigos discuss B...

The boys gab about Frieze, auctions. gallery dinners and Gala's, PLUS Nate's scene report from the floor of the NYSE .  They are then joined (at the 39 minute mark) by the brilliant horologist Brynn Wallner proprietress of the growing Dimepiece media empire . We go over what dealers wear what watches, why Richard Mille is actually kind of cool, the allure of junkets and a whole bunch more. Al...

Ohhhh baby. It's another (exhausting) week in New York in this world we call art. Benjamin and Nate take a break from the sales rooms and cocktail parties to report on the auctions that were, the Frieze to be, as well as bad takes, dress codes and the downtown wedding to end all downtown weddings.  All that, and more on the ONLY ART PODCAST

After a quick recap of our epic miss on the Marilyn and some epic parties the gents are joined by one of the finest and most amusing minds in the game: Martin Klosterfelde . Recently appointed as the Director of Skarstedt Gallery based out of London, Martin has had a long history as a (rear direction) tank driver in the west german army, gallerist , auction house specialist, auctioneer, sailor and...

Buckle-up and batten down we have 2+ intense weeks of auctions ahead of us and we kick it all off with an in-depth look at the top lots of the season and what to expect. We are once again joined by market-expert Lock Kresler to dissect what's in store for us this week. We cover Christie's , Sotheby's and even Phillips . You will NOT want to miss this special episode of the ONLY ART PODCAST. 

The Met Gala is a Snooozefest but at least we have art fairs! On this episode, the boys are joined by White Columns Director, Manchester-bred god and all-around art world hero Matthew Higgs as we discuss the independent art fair, the groundbreaking efforts of alternative spaces in New York and why Taylor Swift is a genius.

Annnnnnd Benjamin is back from COVID and Nate is back from Venice and we have a lot to catch up on. Some final venice notes, Elaine Wynn's collection , Sotheby's Hong Kong sale , Bosco Sodi's expanding empire , and downtown moving more downtown. All that. And More! on the ONLY ART PODCAST.