Julie Baumgardner

May 9, 2024 | artsy.net | Julie Baumgardner

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the actress Chloë Sevigny noted something about dogs in New York City: They are everywhere. “The dogs are taking over, and that’s really unfortunate,” she said. “Everybody’s in Lululemon and has a f***ing dog!” While many (perhaps a majority) will not share Sevigny’s opinion, dog ownership has shot up in recent years.

May 3, 2024 | hyperallergic.com | Julie Baumgardner

Remember when Frieze New York was new? It feels like eons ago. Back in 2012, the import of London’s latest concept for a market moment shook up the sleepy Armory Show and smaller outfits that have since pivoted a zillion times, some folding, others like Volta pushing for a comeback to offer something distinct. Add in Independent, and by 2014, the New York art press was declaring “Fair Fatigue” — I would know, we at Art+Auction (RIP) ran an editorial with that headline.

May 3, 2024 | wallpaper.com | Julie Baumgardner

Sometimes change and opportunity intersect at fateful moments. For ceramicist Simone Bodmer-Turner, a special offer presented itself: 'I was lightly looking,' for something different, she says. That proposition? A Deerfield-style farmhouse, in rural central Massachusetts, on land well-tilled by a family-friend. Bodmer-Turner, for the record, 'never worked in anything but ceramics,' she says matter-of-factly. 'I'm very interested in function, making a space and its design.

Apr 29, 2024 | hyperallergic.com | Julie Baumgardner

VENICE — There was a minute when the art press might have been able to meet the Pope. It was a short minute, a New York one, even — definitely not a Venetian one. The encounter was slated to take place at the Pavilion of the Holy See at the Venice Biennale on April 21; instead, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to visit the contemporary art event on Sunday, landing by helicopter in a private event with no outsiders allowed. The Papacy is an organization that operates on secrecy.

Apr 22, 2024 | washingtonstand.com | Julie Baumgardner

If you’re planning a marriage proposal for 2024, you’re far from alone. Wedding industry experts suspect that 2024 and the following few years are going to be a boom for proposals. But every proposal represents the beginning, in its way, of a new marriage. Marriage isn’t something that just happens to you. It is carefully built and nurtured every day. You and your spouse are called to show up, even on the hard days, to do the work.