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The sincere glamor of Candy Darling — At Large
The sincere glamor of Candy Darling

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the artist and trans starlet’s divahood is reconsidered five decades after her passing
by Grace Byron

Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge — Conversations
Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge

The scientist and scholar discuss UFO sightings, AI utopias, and top-secret projects for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
by Drew Zeiba

Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection — Conversations
Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection

In conversation for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the curator and critic recount the friendships, politics, and small graces of New York City’s cultural legacies
by David Velasco

Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce — Conversations
Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce

The multidisciplinary artists untangle lyric metaphors and pop cultural myths for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
by Maya Kotomori

Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration — Conversations
Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the filmmakers ruminate on the transportive power of cinema, the art of interpretation, and the importance of honoring your audience
by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future — Conversations
Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future

The musician and designer participate in a visionary mind meld for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, addressing everything from artistic truth-telling to their gold teeth
by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Music-made memories, from the mind of C.FRIM

Music

Music-made memories, from the mind of C.FRIM

Ahead of her appearance at Barcelona’s Sónar Festival, the Melbourne-based DJ curates an eclectic track list born out of sonic remembering

At Pageant’s second annual gala, experimental performance reigns supreme

Culture

At Pageant’s second annual gala, experimental performance reigns supreme

This year’s fundraising event for the artist-run space features footlong high heels, whipped cream-spewing bras, and live tattoos

Artist Julia Weist’s latest exhibition gives audiences the vantage of a private investigator

Art

Artist Julia Weist’s latest exhibition gives audiences the vantage of a private investigator

Ahead of her solo presentation at NADA with Moskowitz Bayse gallery, Weist sits down with Document’s editor-in-chief to discuss surveillance data as artistic material

The Shoptimist Speaks: In conversation with Christine Alcalay

Fashion

The Shoptimist Speaks: In conversation with Christine Alcalay

Columnist Maya Kotomori’s new mini-series of interviews with NYC-local craftspeople begins with a spotlight on the Park Slope designer, discussing her eponymous brand, fashion labor,...

ESSX drops new photos that show high fashion in the LES wild

Fashion

ESSX drops new photos that show high fashion in the LES wild

Document shares an exclusive preview of the multi-brand concept store’s upcoming campaign

Document Launches Spring/Summer 2024: New Mythologies

Culture

Document Launches Spring/Summer 2024: New Mythologies

‘Like Love’ guides readers through years of Maggie Nelson’s thoughtful work

Literature

‘Like Love’ guides readers through years of Maggie Nelson’s thoughtful work

The autotheorist’s latest book is a best-of collection of essays equal parts academic and personal

Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of glamor

Art

Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of glamor

On view at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, the artist’s paintings are a gleaming tribute to womanhood and perfectionism

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Document Launches Spring/Summer 2024: New Mythologies

Document Launches Spring/Summer 2024: New Mythologies

by Nick Vogelson

Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future

Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future

The musician and designer participate in a visionary mind meld for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, addressing everything from artistic truth-telling to their gold teeth

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge

Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge

The scientist and scholar discuss UFO sightings, AI utopias, and top-secret projects for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Drew Zeiba

Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection

Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection

In conversation for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the curator and critic recount the friendships, politics, and small graces of New York City’s cultural legacies

by David Velasco

Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce

Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce

The multidisciplinary artists untangle lyric metaphors and pop cultural myths for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Maya Kotomori

Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration

Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the filmmakers ruminate on the transportive power of cinema, the art of interpretation, and the importance of honoring your audience

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

The eternal dreams of Jean Paul Gaultier and Simone Rocha

The eternal dreams of Jean Paul Gaultier and Simone Rocha

Wit! Romance! Femininity! The designers talk with Fashion Critic-at-Large Katharine K. Zarrella about the state of haute couture for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Katharine K. Zarrella

Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance

Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the actor and director discuss the cinematic language, fashion, and revolution in their filmographies

by Whitney Mallett

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Fashion Portfolios

How To Live Together — Fashion Portfolio
How To Live Together

Photographer Paul Kooiker and Fashion Director-at-Large Robbie Spencer collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
by Document Journal

Éléments de Sémiologie

Éléments de Sémiologie

Photographer Théo de Gueltzl and Fashion Director-at-Large Robbie Spencer collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Document Journal

The Responsibility of Forms

Fashion Portfolio

The Responsibility of Forms

Photographer Thue Nørgaard and stylist Beat Bolliger collaborate on this

by Document Journal

Littérature et Réalité

Fashion Portfolio

Littérature et Réalité

Photographer Suffo Moncloa and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate

by Document Journal

Pleasure of the Text

Fashion Portfolio

Pleasure of the Text

Photographer Davit Giorgadze, stylist Thistle Brown, and make-up artist Yadim

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Art

Martine Gutierrez deconstructs the avatar, in conversation with Zackary Drucker

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the artist shares ‘Child Interrupted,’ a portfolio positioning the self as invention

by Morgan Becker

The sincere glamor of Candy Darling

The sincere glamor of Candy Darling

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the artist and trans starlet’s divahood is reconsidered five decades after her passing

by Grace Byron

Living among the City of the Dead in Colma, California

Living among the City of the Dead in Colma, California

For Document’s Fall/Winter 23, writer Daniel Gumbiner explores life, death, and industry in the state’s largest necropolis

by Daniel Gumbiner

Iggy Teller does Teller

Art

Iggy Teller does Teller

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, Juergen Teller and Dovile Drizyte reimagine the artist’s iconic works in a portfolio with their baby, Iggy, as its star

by Juergen Teller

Resisting simulations of the self

Resisting simulations of the self

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, McKenzie Wark grapples with society’s love for identity-making, imagining a future free from flags or labels

by McKenzie Wark

B-girls shoulder the history of breaking

B-girls shoulder the history of breaking

Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue profiles the women at the forefront of breakdancing as it makes its way to the Olympic floor

by Ann Binlot

Between mountains and sea, Brioni safeguards traditions of tailoring

Between mountains and sea, Brioni safeguards traditions of tailoring

For its Fall/Winter 2023 issue, Document travels to Italy’s Abruzzo region where the atelier’s heritage collides with la dolce vita

by Divya Bala

Best Of

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Conversations

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal

by Megan Hullander

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