Alok Vaid-Menon wants you to embrace vulnerability this Valentine’s day
The poet and performer, who will stage three different happenings for Valentine's Day, discusses the evolution of their personal style and challenging the established meaning...
Puppets and Puppets: fantastical costumes for a downtown fashion crowd
Created by Carly Mark and Ayla Argentina, the new fashion community looks to fuse art and fashion with a real New York twist
Tattooist Maxime Plescia-Büchi ponders the lovely ubiquity of symbols
In anticipation of the opening of his third tattoo studio, Sang Bleu LA, contemporary tattoo behemoth Maxime Plescia-Büchi discusses aesthetics and the potentially tumultuous state...
Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad on the evolution of Girlpool
The duo behind Girlpool sit down with Document to discuss their new album and their evolving relationship to each other and their music.
Gianni Lee and Elise Peterson on Black art and brainstorming the future
The artists discuss communal responsibility and imagine Black futures through their work and experience.
Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history
The self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Skypes with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the rise of the .net generation
Document is very sorry to hear of the passing of the wonderful and revolutionary Jonas Mekas, known as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.
Into the woods: Acne Studios’ Jonny Johansson takes on the Swedish outdoor icon Fjällräven
For Document Fall/Winter 2018, writer Mark Smith sat down with the Swedish co-founder to discuss his past and taking it slow in the age of...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the old San Francisco, his new novel, and his first 100 years
The literary legend discusses the legacy of City Lights, anarchism, and the San Francisco that was with editor Ira Silverberg.
Stella Tennant speaks with Tim Blanks about 25 years of era-defining fashion collaborations
Tim Blanks sits down with Stella Tennant to discuss her foray into the fashion world and the importance of utility for clothes at Holland &...
Artist Larry Bell tells architect Frank Gehry about his addiction to beginnings
Architect Frank Gehry and artist Larry Bell speak about their lifelong friendship and ruminate on the possibility of an unregulated art world for Document Fall/Winter...
Virgil Abloh tells Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak about the work that can never be erased
Virgil Abloh and Anne Pasternak discuss a "new Renaissance" in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Estonian Rapper Tommy Cash tells artist Slava Mogutin about the ideology of escapism
For Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue, artist and activist Slava Mogutin and Tommy Cash bond over mafia-esque Russian security and explore their differences in political outlook.
Actress Mia Goth and dancer David Hallberg uncover hidden symmetries in their artistic practices
In this joint fashion portfolio from Document Fall/Winter 2018 starring the Suspiria actress—photographed by Craig McDean with fashion by Grace Coddington—and conversation with dancer David...
In a system that demands simplicity, Miuccia Prada offers complexity without apology
Document editor-in-chief Nick Vogelson meets with Mrs. Prada to discuss the art of subversion, ditching politics for fashion, and why success isn't the key to...
Love dolls don’t love you back
Laurie Simmons cast Japanese "Love Dolls" in Connecticut settings. Unlike their sexed-up American sisters, the wholesome fragility makes them all the more insidious. For the...
New York’s unreciprocated love for Benedetta Barzini
Model Benedetta Barzini answered the curse of her cold Italian dynasty upbringing with radical feminism and a surrogate family composed of Salvador Dalí, Lee Strasberg,...
In my own fashion: Kembra Pfahler and Rick Owens
Artist and muse to Rick Owens, Kembra Pfahler sits down with the fashion designer to discuss how she resents art with a capital "A."
Willem Dafoe takes you inside his fanaticism
Writer and critic John Ortved sits down with the prolific actor to discuss the ritual of performance, falling in love with one's craft, and why...
An intimiate dive in Vince Aletti’s personal collections
Nicholas Weist visited Vince Aletti at his East Village apartment to dissect his immense collection of pop culture, fashion, fine art and gay pulp fiction.
“It is hard to do ‘new’ when it doesn’t sell”: Richard Buckley on fashion’s ‘new’ problem
Katharine K. Zarrella interviews legendary fashion journalist Richard Buckley about appropriation and copying in fashion from the past to the present.
“They were a ‘high-tech’ shoe at the time”: Tennis legend Stan Smith on his iconic Adidas sneaker
Ann Binlot quizzes Stan Smith on the 50-year rise of the minimal white shoes Adidas initially named after tennis player Robert Haillet.
Frankie Knuckles and Honey Dijon bring down the house
The late Frankie Knuckles and Honey Dijon both brought Chicago house music to New York, albeit in different decades. Here, the DJs reminisce about a...
COS head of menswear design Christophe Copin takes the deep dive into movement
Document talks to Christophe Copin and Karin Gustafsson about art, design, dance and the COS x Pitti Uomo Soma Collection.
Pat and Anna Cleveland find the rainbows in family jewels
The mother-daughter duo recount their favorite fashion moments and discuss how their differing personalities come out while modeling together.
Larry Clark and Chloë Sevigny reunite and reminisce
The director sits down with Chloë Sevigny, who first appeared in his cult classic Kids, to discuss his film Marfa Girl, underage sex scenes and...
Vaginal Davis skypes with artist Bjarne Melgaard about toe sucking, Xerox parties, and her many personas
From Berlin, to Bowie, to sexual frustration, the artists discuss the experiences which fuel their creative projects for Document's Fall/Winter 2015 issue.
Detroit artists Jova Lynne and Mario Moore question the class and racial complexities of leisure
Megan Wray Schertler spoke to Jova Lynne and Mario Moore during Detroit Art Week.
Frédéric Sanchez and Laurie Anderson discuss the relationship between image and sound
Sound designer Frédéric Sanchez and multimedia artist Laurie Anderson discuss the influence of memories, the relationship between image and sound, and Anderson’s new film, “Heart...
Illustrator Eri Wakiyama and jewelry designer Yoon Skype about how creativity can’t be taught
The artists talk navigating social media, hyphenated identity, and self-promotion for Document's Fall/Winter 2015 issue.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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,...
If knowledge is power, then coders like Fereshteh Forough and Barbara Liskov will inherit the earth
Two women helping to lead the tech sector towards greater diversity and inclusion discuss the power of code to advance women from America to Afghanistan.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asia Kate Dillon on the fine art of creative survival
The co-founder of Black Lives Matter sits down with the 'Billions' actor to discuss the responsibilities of artistry and the present-day struggle over language.
The directors of ‘McQueen’ on portraying the designer’s life beyond the tabloids and tell-alls
Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui refused to whitewash the tumult and glory of the late designer's life in their documentary co-effort. It premiered, this...
Ermenegildo Zegna’s artistic director, Alessandro Sartori, finds inspiration close to home
Ermenegildo Zegna’s artistic director—who can trace his heritage to the region responsible for the existence of luxury menswear—discusses the brand's newfound approach to sustainable innovation...
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.
For Chloé’s creative director, Natacha Ramsay-Levi, inspiration springs from routine
After coming off of a triumphant second season leading the house Chloé, the designer sets her faith in the power of habit.
Photographer William Klein has spent a lifetime looking at the world
Long revered and often imitated, the photographer surveys a storied career overflowing with experimentation and left turns with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Novelists Édouard Louis and Zadie Smith on writing in a distracting political present
The novelists, famous for addressing the trauma of the present and the past in their work, seek to harness the energy of uncompromised political beliefs.
Composers Steve Reich and Nico Muhly on the music’s ecstatic expressions
The experimental composers discuss the musical ideas that, for them, burn more brightly than the rest.
Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham
The actress in conversation with Alissa Bennett, the creator of the biannual morbid zine "Dead is Better."
Designer Kris Van Assche and musician Yoann Lemoine reflect on the last decade in fashion and look to the future
The former artistic director of Dior Homme speaks with the Grammy-nominated musician Woodkid on creativity in the age of Instagram and what it means to...
Maria Grazia Chiuri on her feminist vision for Dior
The first woman to lead the House of Dior and her daughter Rachele Regini share their thoughts on femininity, wearability and taking fashion into the...
