Julianne Moore's West Village Apartment Pairs Louise Bourgeois and Nan Goldin

A Collector's Apartment, Not a Hollywood Spread

Julianne Moore's West Village residence, a two-bedroom duplex she shares with her husband, film director Bart Freundlich, is also home to work by Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, David Armstrong and Robin Rice. The actor discussed the apartment with Architectural Digest for a feature in its upcoming November issue.

What Hangs Where

In the living room, Moore has installed Bourgeois' work on paper My Secret Life (2007) and Goldin's New York skyline from bridge (1994). The mantelpiece holds bronze pieces by Rogan Gregory, Nancy Pearce and Lisa Eisner, along with a Tiffany & Co. bowl and tin. The primary bedroom features a photograph of the moon taken by Freundlich. Elsewhere, a photograph of a person cycling naked by Robin Rice hangs above a ceramic piece by Isabel Rower, and a large framed photograph by Thomas Struth takes up the majority of one wall.

Moore's holdings place museum-level names — Bourgeois, Goldin, Struth and Armstrong — inside a domestic prewar duplex rather than a purpose-built gallery setting.

A Prewar Container for a Modernist Eye

The building was constructed in the 1920s as a residential hotel, with most units used as studios or one-bedroom apartments. "Because of that, there's a diverse group who live here, lots of young people in small apartments or older people who have been here for years. It's super funky," Moore said.

Her taste, she told the magazine, is consistent but has evolved. She loves modernism, yet the apartment is prewar, a condition she said has to be addressed. "It's not tiny, but it's not massive, either, so materials and choices become even more important," she said.

The renovation was carried out by architectural designer Oliver Freundlich, who is also her brother-in-law. According to the account, the renovation makes space for her collection.

Collecting as Continuity

Moore framed the apartment in terms of the building's accumulated past. "It feels very serene here. I wanted a sense of history, of time, of all the people who have lived here before us. We're just passing through. That's the magic of New York City," she said.

What the Feature Documents

The published details are specific and limited: named works by Bourgeois and Goldin, named artists whose pieces appear on the mantelpiece and in other rooms, and a renovation designed to accommodate the collection. The feature presents Moore on the cover of Architectural Digest's November issue, photographed by Clement Pascal. No prices, acquisitions, sales or valuations are disclosed in the material, and none should be assumed.