Documentary Practices: Quentin Bajac & LaToya Ruby Frazier
May 25, 2016 2:24 pm Leave your thoughtsMoMA chief curator of photography Quentin Bajac and artist LaToya Ruby Frazier explore the role of photography.
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Lynda Benglis’s Ode to the American Southwest
May 23, 2016 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe artist shares work inspired by the colors, textures, and spirit of the New Mexico terrain.
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars
May 20, 2016 8:56 pm Leave your thoughtsSculptor Abigail DeVille shares work which navigates layers of space, memory, and bodily sensation.
Scarecrows by Kaari Upson
May 19, 2016 3:56 pm Leave your thoughtsThe sculptor elaborates upon the impetus behind her human-esque pieces.
How is Sense Distinguished From Sensibility?
May 18, 2016 3:05 pm Leave your thoughtsPhotographer Alex John Beck teams up with fashion editor Jaime Kay Waxman to capture an intimate series for Document.
“For You,” by Max Hirschberger
May 15, 2016 9:39 pm Leave your thoughtsDocument presents Hirschberger's upcoming exhibition and book "For You," exploring the photographer's fascination with 1970s pre-AIDS era New York and San Francisco through the reimagining of characters inspired by archival images.
Veronique Branquinho and Dirk Van Saene reflect on Antwerp, reinvention, and fashion’s exhausting pace
May 11, 2016 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsThe collaborators discuss their hiatus from the fashion industry, women designing menswear, and breaking with the need for perfection.
Moynat and Daniel Arsham
May 9, 2016 8:59 pm Leave your thoughtsTo celebrate the opening of the first store in New York for the LVMH-owned heritage brand, Moynat, its creative director Ramesh Nair enlisted the artist Daniel Arsham to collaborate on a bag. Arsham's practice floats between art, design, and architecture, and for this collaboration he created a bag with a trompe l'oeil hole, allowing a peak into its owner's world, exclusively available at the Madison Avenue store. Here the two creatives discuss how they met and what came of their collaboration.
New African Photography
May 7, 2016 11:21 am Leave your thoughtsSaturday, May 7th, marks the curatorial debut between Red Hook Labs and new global media platform Nataal, highlighting contemporary African photography, fashion, music, and arts.
Fashion in an Age of Technology
May 6, 2016 1:07 pm Leave your thoughtsSci-fi prophet noir William Gibson and the Met’s Andrew Bolton explore the future of fashion.
“Say Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything”
May 5, 2016 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsSay Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything, Published by Capricious Press, is a hybrid of poetry, criticism, and fiction. Guest-edited by New York based poet and Document contributor, Andrew Durbin, the book contains works by Dodie Bellamy, Cecilia Corrigan, Amy De'Ath, Lynne Tillman, and Jackie Wang that challenge the the lines of literary genre and explores topics ranging from sexuality and politics to personal narratives and art criticism.
Document No. 8 Dinner at The Standard, East Village, Penthouse
May 4, 2016 8:40 pm Leave your thoughtsThis past week Document celebrated the launch of Issue No. 8 at The Standard, East Village, Penthouse, with guests including Grace Coddington, choreographer Yvonne Rainer, Performa's RoseLee Goldberg, Christopher Kane, architect Charles Renfro, Jason Wu, Laurent Claquin, Pierre Rougier, Alex Galan, Nina Ricci's Guillaume Henry, Cavalli's Peter Dundas, Patrik Ervell, Sies Marjan's Sander Lak, Nick Vogelson, Sarah Richardson, Eglee de Bure, Monique Long, Richard Bush, casting directors Piergiorgio Del Moro and Samuel Ellis Scheinman, and models Nathalie Westling, Vittoria Ceretti, Frederikke Sofie, Anna Cleveland, Dilone, Jacquelyn Jablonski.
Grace Coddington on fashion’s evolution, renewal, and her third act
May 1, 2016 10:52 am Leave your thoughtsAn icon of fashion since her days modelling for David Bailey, Grace Coddington speaks to Joe McKenna about moving onto new things.