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Documenting the endless appetites of ‘starving artists’

'FOOD SEX ART,' which opens at the Ryan Lee Gallery this week, dispels the idea of artistic penury with this survey of artistic indulgence from the late 1980's.

by Clara Malley

At Large

Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once

Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration straight out of a prescription bottle.

by Philip Watts

Above the Fold

Vetements’s Spring 2019 collection told the story of Demna Gvasalia’s bared soul

A traumatic and violent youth served as an astonishing storyboard for the Georgian's latest collection.

by Ann Binlot

The Document Agenda: Recognizing power in the spotlight

Culture

The Document Agenda: Recognizing power in the spotlight

Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth.

At the Happy Family Night Market, a chance to enlighten your palette

Culture

At the Happy Family Night Market, a chance to enlighten your palette

This weekend at the 99 Scott event space in Bushwick, the Happy Family Night Market is planning a celebration of Asian-American cuisine and heritage.

Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men

Society

Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men

In the first study of its kind, researchers have found a direct correlation between increased access to healthcare and the legalization of same-sex marriages.

50 years on, Diptyque celebrates the art of the genderless fragrance

Fashion

50 years on, Diptyque celebrates the art of the genderless fragrance

Long before the iconic CK One and the age of gender fluidity, the French perfumer thought that a scent should be like a work of...

Raf Simons gives it the college try in Calvin Klein 205W39NYC’s pre-spring collection

Fashion

Raf Simons gives it the college try in Calvin Klein 205W39NYC’s pre-spring collection

Raf Simons played with the bright hues and nostalgic associations of America's sunniest university, the University of California, in his latest collection for Calvin Klein.

Researchers think millennial pink might be the oldest color known to man

Science

Researchers think millennial pink might be the oldest color known to man

Before Tumblr, Instagram, and mankind itself—there was pink, floating in Earth's primordial ooze.

On its 150th birthday, couture is alive, thriving and vital

Fashion

On its 150th birthday, couture is alive, thriving and vital

Embellished, exotic, and exclusive as ever, couture celebrated a century and half of turning heads during Paris Fashion Week.

With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier

Culture

With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier

According to a new report by two watchdog groups, the e-commerce hub has become a handy resource for extremist children toys.

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Igor Pjörrt

Igor Pjörrt

Born in Madeira Island, Portugal, Igor Pjörrt is a London based photographer traversing the intersections of masculinity, intimacy, and temporality through his work. Pjörrt often...

Quil Lemons

Quil Lemons

Quil Lemons is a student at The New School in New York City. His studies in journalism and design help actualize his vision of expanding...

Lucie Khahoutian

Lucie Khahoutian

Lucie Khahoutian is an Armenian visual artist based in Paris. Her work creates encounters between western contemporary culture and traditional Armenian references. Khahoutian tends to...

Jan Philipzen

Jan Philipzen

Jan Philipzen is a German born photographer currently studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. For the past three years, Philipzen has...

Ward Roberts

Ward Roberts

Based in the United States, Ward Roberts describes himself as a conceptual artist rather than a photographer. His images draw on themes like the effects...

Special Reportage Prize: Tahia Farhin Haque

Special Reportage Prize: Tahia Farhin Haque

Tahia Farhin Haque is based in Bangladesh. Originally a biochemistry major, she switched her focus when she was awarded a full scholarship to photography school...

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David Lynch still keeps his head

Film

David Lynch still keeps his head

Piecing together the fragments of the director's infamously opaque creative process with his new memoir, 'Room to Dream.'

by Judy Berman

The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality

Fashion

The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality

Document and graduating students from Parsons School of Design question the fashion industry’s model of excess in this sustainable editorial.

by Shawn Lakin

serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’

Music

serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’

Josiah Wise's latest release as serpentwithfeet is a sensuous plea to indulge the fantasies of unbroken human intimacy.

by Nathan Taylor Pemberton

A life of objects lost in translation

Art

A life of objects lost in translation

An intimate tour of Christie's acclaimed Rockefeller Auction, this past May, revealed the lie at the heart of estate sales—and of the American dream so...

by Vivien Lee

Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world

Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world

The Turner Prize-nominated research collective are bridging the space of war zones and human rights atrocities with the world of fine arts to establish undeniable...

by Caroline Christie

Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them

Art

Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them

As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York...

by Dalya Benor

If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books.

Photography

If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books.

If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long...

by Emily Wells

Fashion Portfolios

A retro treasure trove of family principles — Fashion Portfolio
A retro treasure trove of family principles

In this exclusive editorial, photographer Ronan Gallagher and stylist Grace Joel reimagine a typical English seaside family holiday.
by Document Journal

The urban cowboy: backstage at Saint Laurent men’s Spring/Summer 2019

A look at the faces before the glitter and glam of Saint Laurent's menswear collection was presented in New York City.

by Document Journal

Loverboy in Chinatown

Fashion Portfolio

Loverboy in Chinatown

Document joins designer Charles Jeffery as he explores the fluorescent

by Shawn Lakin

Composition in black and glitter

Fashion Portfolio

Composition in black and glitter

On an airy, black marble promenade in Liberty Park this

by Document Journal

Just Before It All

Fashion Portfolio

Just Before It All

Document's Shawn Lakin teams up with collaborator and photographer Ryan

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Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters

Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters

Challenging the ways in which the ancient epics ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Beowulf’ have been translated by men, authors Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley discuss...

by Aaron Hicklin

Genesis P-Orridge on a life spent transgressing one’s self

Genesis P-Orridge on a life spent transgressing one’s self

The performer and Throbbing Gristle co-founder discusses love, violence, and making life a work of art with gallerist Lia Gangitano for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue.

by Ashley Simpson

Charlotte Rampling, a Fox, and a Plate

Charlotte Rampling, a Fox, and a Plate

Writer Anthony Haden-Guest speaks to the actress about her forays in painting, the marriage between photography and performance, and the intoxicating energy of 1960s London...

by Anthony Haden-Guest

Massimo Giorgetti and Maurizio Cattelan look back at who they once were

Massimo Giorgetti and Maurizio Cattelan look back at who they once were

The Milanese designer behind MSGM sits down with his close friend, the provocateur behind 'Toilet Paper,' to recall the origin of their long-running collaboration, as...

by Joshua Glass

Juliana Huxtable and Stuart Comer on the new politics of trans visibility in the social media age

Juliana Huxtable and Stuart Comer on the new politics of trans visibility in the social media age

The artist and downtown 'It Girl' speaks with the MoMA curator about the fine line between transgender visibility and commercial exploitation for Document Spring/Summer 2016.

by Blake Abbie

Designer Milton Glaser still loves New York City, after all these years

Designer Milton Glaser still loves New York City, after all these years

The Bronx native behind one of the world's most famous logos discusses the city that, to him, is brimming with endless possibilities to unlock the...

by Eglée de Bure

Luca Guadagnino has conquered love, now he hopes to scare the world

Luca Guadagnino has conquered love, now he hopes to scare the world

The Italian director behind last year's most moving love story discusses his 'deeply personal' remake of Italian-horror classic 'Suspiria,' set to be released this September,...

by Nathan Taylor Pemberton

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A new cross-cultural book series will help you ‘unlearn’ the tired narratives on Asian identity — Documented
A new cross-cultural book series will help you ‘unlearn’ the tired narratives on Asian identity

Volume One of FAR-NEAR approaches the cultural complications of Asian identity with artworks free from the pressures of place, expectation and stereotype.
by Sharifa Morris

Documenting the endless appetites of ‘starving artists’

Art

Documenting the endless appetites of ‘starving artists’

'FOOD SEX ART,' which opens at the Ryan Lee Gallery this week, dispels the idea of artistic penury with a survey of artistic indulgence from...

by Clara Malley

Drenched and rapturous, New York City’s Dance Parade celebrates a new chapter

Drenched and rapturous, New York City’s Dance Parade celebrates a new chapter

With the repeal of the repressive Cabaret Laws that had been a thorn in the side of club goers for a century, New York City...

by Daisy Prince

Katharina Grosse rejects your idea that painting is archaic

Katharina Grosse rejects your idea that painting is archaic

Known for work that takes place on a captivating scale, the painter discusses a technique that operates far beyond the realm of one dimension for...

by Drew Sawyer

50 years later, a new look at the 1968 Paris protests from a lost archive

50 years later, a new look at the 1968 Paris protests from a lost archive

Hidden away for half a century, rare photographs by a young freelancer captured the chaos and optimism of three weeks of social unrest known as...

by Daisy Prince

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Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them

At Large

Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them

As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York...

by Dalya Benor

Backstage as Tbilisi’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week comes into its magnificent own

Fashion Portfolio

Backstage as Tbilisi’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week comes into its magnificent own

Photographer Ryan Koopmans captured the playful colors and fearless combinations that have come to define Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi as a singular European spectacle.

by Document Journal

Meet the women of Rome’s first all-female motorcycle club

Conversations

Meet the women of Rome’s first all-female motorcycle club

Document speaks with the four members of The Litas, featured in a Bulgari-produced documentary premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival.

by David Plaisant

The endless drawings of Joan Jonas

Documented

The endless drawings of Joan Jonas

Never before published drawings by Joan Jonas that were inspired by a “Female Devouring Ghost” perched on the shore between life and death.

by Gillian Young

Everything but the kitchen sink

Fashion Portfolio

Everything but the kitchen sink

Photographer Alex Lockett and stylist Ai Kamoshita explore the interrelated points of domesticity.

by Document Journal

Hedi Slimane and Sarah Richardson

Fashion Portfolio

Hedi Slimane and Sarah Richardson

Photographer Hedi Slimane and Document's Fashion Director Sarah Richardson in collaboration for the Spring / Summer 2018 issue.

by Document Journal

Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom

At Large

Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom

On ‘Freedom’, his fifth record as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon makes post-modern soul music that stares down the borderless terrain of the self.

by Nathan Taylor Pemberton