NOTA BENE: This Week in the Art World

Nate and Benjamin are back reporting on ArtBasel Paris with a very special guest: ⁠New York Times Critic-at-Large Jason Farago. ⁠

We discuss the great (and not so great) Museum and Gallery shows in the City of Lights this week as well as ArtBasel Paris.

Of course we can't help discussing the food and La Vibes in one of the great cities of the world.

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We are BACK with a special BONUS EPISODE recorded in the Eternal City. Benjamin is joined by guest host and super-gem James Michael Cardoso Shaeffer.

We wrap up the dregs of Basel including our experience in Jordan Wolfson's Little Room at the Beyeler.

Then it's onto Rome where we discuss Caravaggio, Pasta, Hotels, Socks, Frocks and Gavin Brown.

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With Nate absent due to the Tariffs Benjamin is joined by art advisor and chief GEM james michael cardoso schaeffer to discuss all they did and saw inside and outside the fair.

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We are back. Benjamin is joined by Zachary Small and Tim Schneider who led this season's auction reporting for the NY Times.

Zachary and Tim report out what the hell just happened and what it all (might mean).

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No Nate, No Problem. We are back and are joined by friend and cultural producer Michelle Hellman . Among many other things Michelle is the force (and the elbow grease) driving the innovative Artist Plate Project - a series of limited edition plates by the most renowned (and in demand) Artists and Artist's Estates sold in support of the Coalition For The Homeless.

We hear about the genesis of this project and all the amazing work the proceeds support. Hear all about this years editions in advance of the "drop" - IRL at the Frieze NY Verntisage on May 7 (and virtually here. )

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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.

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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.

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Benjamin is back. In a special (and sadly Nate-free) episode we have occasion to sit down with Jonas Wood on the eve of his exhibition opening at Gagosian, London.

Jonas and Benjamin discuss his recent travels, his new paintings and being a dad who's an artist. We also do our best Huberman impression and discuss our workout and recovery routines on the road.

In a special, special twist we are then joined by Jonas' family - his wife the ceramicist Shio Kusaka and their awesome kids Momo and Kiki. Shio and the kids discuss what it's like to have themselves and their work depicted in Jonas' paintings and how much fun it is traveling as a family.

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The boys are in Chicago and podcasting from the iconic Wieners Circle!

We briefly discuss our whirlwind day in Chicago before being joined by our friend Abby Pucker. Abby previews this coming Chicago Exhibition Weekend, as well as her role in founding GERTIE, a civic and cultural agency that aims to expand Chicago's creative economy.

Abby comes from a long line of innovative cultural philanthropists and she has a thoughtful, grass-roots fueled take on how art and culture can inform the transformation of cities for all residents. Also she is super fun.

Then, Benjamin finally breaks the self-imposed ban on NFT's on the pod to sit down with Matt Hall and John Watkinson, founders of Larva Labs and the creators of one of the earliest and most iconic NFTs - the Crypto Punks. We discuss their background, the blockchain and if NFTs are or are not art.

We also get into a work of theirs that will be auctioned off this week on FairWarning with all proceeds going to charity.

This wide-ranging interview was a long time coming and you won't want to miss it.

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We are then thrilled to be joined by Los Angeles gallerist Sebastian Gladstone along with an artist from his roster, Tristan Unrau. Sebastian has forgone any New York fairs this season and taken a short term lease on a downtown space for a series of exhibitions, the first of which is an exceptional solo show by Tristian. We discuss Sebastian's evolution as a gallerist, this innovative program in New York and then Tristian's intricate and seductive painting project. AND WE EVEN BREAK SOME NEWS.

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We are then joined by Sheri Pasquarella, executive director of THE CHURCH in Sag Harbor. We discuss Sheri's extensive history in the world of art and how she came to run this fairly new, thought already essential arts center.

This is a fantastic conversation you won't want to miss.

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Oh wow. What an episode. We are joined by our friend and artist Joel Mesler live from his just opened show on the upper east side at Levy Gorvy Dayan.

Hear about his evolution, the "Summer of Joel" and the coming of J-AWS.

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BUT it was well worth the wait. After Nate and Benjamin jaw about the auction results we are joined by NYTIMES journalist Zachary Small to discuss those same auctions, the Christie's hack and... most importantly their new book, TOKEN SUPREMACY .

To all those who have been advocating for us to cover NFTs here it is. The first and the last word on the subject. We hope you like it.

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We are back with our biannual mega-episode exploring the major auction season in New York. As always for these in-depth looks we are joined by market expert, our friend Lock Kresler .

Lock is a true subject matter expert and we get into all the lots, their consignors and what to expect as the three main houses gear up for their main spring sales week in new york. In the light of art market headwinds there is a ton at stake and we get into it all in this 1+ hour long episode.

You won't want to raise your paddle until you have listened to this episode.

Note that much like our friends in Rock Center we experienced some minor technical difficulties that are distracting but (hopefully) not rehabilitating. But hey, its a free podcast and at least we can say with confidence that none of your personal information was put at risk.

Nate and Benjamin report on their last night on the canals and their harrowing evacuation from Venice. Have no fear though, the gents landed high and dry. This episode finds them reporting live from Positano where they are in residence at Le Sirenuse, probably the most magical hotel in the world. They find themselves ashore here to celebrate and inaugurate a magnificent tile mosaic the artist Nicolas Party has blessed the hotel's pool with.

In the second half of the pod the boys are joined by Antonio Sersale, hotel owner and quite likley the best host in the world. Antonio briefs us on the history of the hotel, what it takes to be a great host and the genisis of their fantastic contemporary art collaborations and collection.

This is truely and episode of THE ONLY ART PODCAST that you won't want to miss.

We are on the road and we are podcasting. Nate and Benjamin report on their separate adventures in Chicago and London and then get into the incredible opening of the Aïshiti Foundation exhibition in Rome and all the other art and food they experienced in the Eternal City.

They are then joined by curator Alison Gingeras to discuss the Eddie Martinez exhibition she organized for the San Marino pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. We go on to her extensive history in the world of art and Venice specifically when she was the founding director of the two Pinault Collection spaces in the city. This is an EPIC interview and you won't want to miss it.

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Welcome back to earthquake ravaged New York where Nate and Benjamin are back to discuss all the happenings in the Art World. We chat about Frieze parent Endeavor's going private (and what that means for the fair) and the incredible Arthur Jaffa work at Gladstone.

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We are then joined by multimedia artist Chloe Wise to discuss her work, how images circulate and her upcoming shows in New York, Brussels and Venice. And Food!

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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 swag 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 a rigorous and influential program. She is as fun as she is smart and you won't want to miss a word.

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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.

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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.

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