Document Journal

Michèle Lamy on taking her love affair with Comme des Garçons to the dance floor — Above the Fold
Michèle Lamy on taking her love affair with Comme des Garçons to the dance floor

Boxing, voguing, and en pointe ballet—Behind her legendary Performa collaboration with choreographer Cecilia Bengolea.
by Coco Romack

Kristin-Lee Moolman imagines a mystical world with Bottega Veneta — Fashion Portfolio
Kristin-Lee Moolman imagines a mystical world with Bottega Veneta

Enter the photographer's sexy, sci-fi vision for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.
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Jacolby Satterwhite’s unwavering mission to honor his mother’s artistic legacy — Above the Fold
Jacolby Satterwhite’s unwavering mission to honor his mother’s artistic legacy

Using the recordings, lyrics, and art his mother produced over her lifetime, the artist collaborated with Teengirl Fantasy's Nick Weiss and cellist Patrick Belaga on a moving tribute.
by Clara Malley

With visceral rage, Lingua Ignota ignites a new form of healing and empowerment on her album ‘Caligula’

Music

With visceral rage, Lingua Ignota ignites a new form of healing and empowerment on her album ‘Caligula’

After formal and informal justice failed her, the artist expresses her pain from past abusive relationships with expansive, uncensored metal.

My uncanny experience reading Tegan & Sara’s queer coming-of-age memoir

Culture

My uncanny experience reading Tegan & Sara’s queer coming-of-age memoir

‘High School’ inspires Matilda Douglas-Henry to meditate on her own memories of sleepovers, secret love letters, and the agonizing weight of queer desires.

Bubbling champagne and early morning dancing: Scenes from Document’s holiday celebration

Bubbling champagne and early morning dancing: Scenes from Document’s holiday celebration

Document welcomed the season alongside Grace Coddington, Mario Sorrenti, and more at the Public Hotel.

‘Love in the Time of Hysteria’—3 Miami Basel artists reflect on artistic freedom in a world of social chaos

Art

‘Love in the Time of Hysteria’—3 Miami Basel artists reflect on artistic freedom in a world of social chaos

Mikhaile Solomon's PRIZM returns to Miami Art Week, providing artists of the African diaspora a platform to exhibit their work without restriction.

Katya Bankowsky and Michèle Lamy wage a boxing ‘Battle Royale’ in the Bronx

Culture

Katya Bankowsky and Michèle Lamy wage a boxing ‘Battle Royale’ in the Bronx

The director of ‘Shadow Boxers’ speaks about documenting the violent beauty of boxing in her films. ‘I wanted to make a movie about a female...

Rapper Lava La Rue would rather ‘Do it Together’ than ‘Do it Yourself’

Music

Rapper Lava La Rue would rather ‘Do it Together’ than ‘Do it Yourself’

Our favorite ‘Taurus-Gemini’ on how the creative hotbed of West London helped her find her singular sound.

A photographer’s 18-year quest to uncover Spiritualism’s radical feminist history

Culture

A photographer’s 18-year quest to uncover Spiritualism’s radical feminist history

Shannon Taggart and Pam Grossman, host of ‘The Witch Wave’ podcast, discusses the egalitarian spirit of occult practices from around the world.

Nicola Cruz’s latest album embraces dance music’s global roots

Music

Nicola Cruz’s latest album embraces dance music’s global roots

The musician infuses influences from his international upbringing into expansive, unusual electronica on 'Siku.'

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‘Queen & Slim’ star Daniel Kaluuya and author Marlon James are the legendary heroes of the new mythologies they’re creating

Film

‘Queen & Slim’ star Daniel Kaluuya and author Marlon James are the legendary heroes of the new mythologies they’re creating

The Oscar Nominee and Booker Prizewinner on challenging the white gaze, resisting the need to self-justify, and ‘appreciating black art on black terms’ in conversation...

by Bridget Minamore

Frida Escobedo and Pedro Reyes look to the future to save Mexico’s lost past

Frida Escobedo and Pedro Reyes look to the future to save Mexico’s lost past

The architect and artist discuss the decolonization of culture and honoring tradition through innovation in Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Alberto Ríos de la Rosa

Roxane Gay, Gloria Allred, and Siri Hustvedt envision the law rewritten by women

Roxane Gay, Gloria Allred, and Siri Hustvedt envision the law rewritten by women

The women discuss the 2020 candidates, reproductive freedom, sci-fi matriarchies, and the power of female anger for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Meg Thomann

King Princess and Mj Rodriguez on the self-actualizing power of inventing a new persona

King Princess and Mj Rodriguez on the self-actualizing power of inventing a new persona

‘Queer people are the reason we have fashion’—the singer and 'Pose' star get real about giving credit, being crowned 'queer icons', and serving a greater...

by Trish Bendix

Damson Idris and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje bring Britain’s dark racial history to light—and discover masculinity’s hopeful future

Damson Idris and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje bring Britain’s dark racial history to light—and discover masculinity’s hopeful future

In 'Farming,' Idris plays a teenage Akinnuoye-Agbaje as he seeks empowerment through joining his neighborhood skinhead gang

by Colin Crummy

‘We’re facing a societal collapse’: Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam speaks to ACT UP’s Peter Staley about disrupting the world in order to save it

‘We’re facing a societal collapse’: Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam speaks to ACT UP’s Peter Staley about disrupting the world in order to save it

As Extinction Rebellion's two-week ‘International Rebellion’ kicks off, Hallam and Staley tell us why civil disobedience is our most viable tool for survival.

by Elizabeth Rush

Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model

Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model

The Detroit artist and the curator discuss sanctuaries, hair salons, and the art world's conservative underbelly.

by Hannah Ongley

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Fashion Portfolios

Moncler Genius by Hugo Comte and Robbie Spencer — Fashion Portfolio
Moncler Genius by Hugo Comte and Robbie Spencer

Explore the toasty genius of Moncler's FW19 collaborations with Pierpaolo Piccioli, Craig Green, Richard Quinn, 1017 Alyx 9SM, Simone Rocha, and more
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Grace Joel and Max Cornwall’s steamy take on ’80s street style

Grace Joel and Max Cornwall’s steamy take on ’80s street style

Shot over the course of a day, this fashion portfolio recalls the glamorous car culture of the era.

by Document Journal

Kristin-Lee Moolman imagines a mystical world with Bottega Veneta

Fashion Portfolio

Kristin-Lee Moolman imagines a mystical world with Bottega Veneta

Enter the photographer's sexy, sci-fi vision for Document's Fall/Winter 2019

by Document Journal

Daddy’s favorite uniform: David Richardson and Hugo Lavin capture leather as a lifestyle

Fashion Portfolio

Daddy’s favorite uniform: David Richardson and Hugo Lavin capture leather as a lifestyle

Modern dating apps meet Robert Mapplethorpe, Tom of Finland, and

by Document Journal

Breaking through the digital haze with OAMC

Fashion Portfolio

Breaking through the digital haze with OAMC

Immerse yourself in the retro-futuristic world of Luke Meier’s OAMC,

by Document Journal

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Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’

Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’

We revisit the oddball ’70s magazine, which counted Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger among its cover stars, for Document Fall/Winter 2019

by Anthony Haden-Guest

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Culture

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue.

by Aaron Hicklin

What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub

Culture

What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub

Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's University of the Underground offers a Master's in the Design of Experiences. After the program's first two chaotic years, Ben Hayoun...

by Bella Bathurst

The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it

The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it

With talk of Space Force and Moon colonization, Becky Ferreira explains why it might be time to update our 50 year old space treaty in...

by Becky Ferreira

‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories

Culture

‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories

Writer Bob Morris reflects on the alternative weekly golden era with Hilton Als, Lynn Yaeger, Michael Musto, and Vince Aletti.

by Bob Morris

Document spotlights 5 extraordinary people whose work is transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures

Culture

Document spotlights 5 extraordinary people whose work is transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures

We hear from Jose Antonio Vargas on immigration, Marion Nestle on food, Damian Woetzel on the arts, Sarah Lewis on images, and Irin Carmon on...

by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now

Fashion

Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now

The graphic artist discusses his relationships with Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas and why it’s time to ask the hard questions about the fashion industry.

by Hilary Moss

Art, decadence, and religion: Francesco Vezzoli reinterprets a French literary legend at Musee D’Orsay — Documented
Art, decadence, and religion: Francesco Vezzoli reinterprets a French literary legend at Musee D’Orsay

An exhibition exploring the many artistic stages of Joris-Karl Huysmans, as seen by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli for Document Fall/Winter 2019.
by Jack Cox

Pope.L layers performances and haunted places to question dominant historical narratives

Art

Pope.L layers performances and haunted places to question dominant historical narratives

Coinciding with the artist's on-going show at the Whitney, Document revisits 'The Escape,' a profound meditation on space, convention, and liberation, in Document F/W 2019.

by Suzie Oppenheimer

Borderlands: Mitch Epstein’s portfolio of America’s changing physical and social landscape

Borderlands: Mitch Epstein’s portfolio of America’s changing physical and social landscape

From gun-toting ranchers to sweeping mountain vistas, the photographer unravels the implicit and explicit politics of the US-Mexico border.

by Drew Sawyer

Vivian Suter sculpts her own meaning out of landscape painting

Vivian Suter sculpts her own meaning out of landscape painting

By allowing leaves and fruit to fall on her canvases, Suter invites the natural elements of Guatemala to become collaborators in her artistic process, in...

by Cecilia Alemani

Tschabalala Self maps the intricacy of the black aesthetic

Tschabalala Self maps the intricacy of the black aesthetic

In her portfolio for Document S/S 2019, the artist layers and collages fabrics in a movement toward black beings existing without compromise.

by Sasha Bonét

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Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Conversations

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

by Maraya Fisher

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

Conversations

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.

by Hannah Ongley

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

Above the Fold

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.

by Hannah Ongley

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

Above the Fold

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.

by Ann Binlot

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

Above the Fold

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.

by Hannah Ongley

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Above the Fold

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

by Hannah Ongley

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

Above the Fold

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

In the midst of globalization, appropriation, and rising nationalism, meet the designers redefining fashion's view of "the East."

by Lulu Yao Gioiello