Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens
January 31, 2019 5:25 pmIn her new project ‘Surface Tension,’ Tabitha Soren suggests our digital-era anxiety can actually bring us closer together.
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How Susan Hiller turned the occult into radical art
January 31, 2019 4:57 pmLooking back at the impact of the anthropologist turned ‘paraconceptual’ art pioneer, who passed away this week at 78.
The artist too radical for 18th century Paris finally gets an exhibition
January 31, 2019 9:00 amCenturies after his death, Jean-Jacques Lequeu's haunting sketches of architecture and erotica are finally being celebrated.
Cautious Clay, ex-real estate agent and R&B star on the verge
January 30, 2019 3:47 pmListen to his new single, ‘Honest Enough.’
Carlijn Jacobs and Imruh Asha
January 30, 2019 2:00 pmPhotographer Carlijn Jacobs and stylist Imruh Asha employ restrictive, sculptural, and voluminous shapes to alter our perception of the body.
Max of Homestead’s ‘Bruteman’ is an honest exploration of masculinity
January 30, 2019 12:00 pmThe musician hones in on isolation in his new project ‘Bruteman,’ which traverses an album and accompanying photo book.
‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,’ the anti-musical of French New Wave
January 29, 2019 5:34 pmLooking back at the musical starring Catherine Deneuve by director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand, who passed away late last week.
Gianni Lee and Elise Peterson on Black art and brainstorming the future
January 28, 2019 3:18 pmThe artists discuss communal responsibility and imagine Black futures through their work and experience.
Piers Secunda turns back time on ISIS’ cultural destruction
January 28, 2019 11:40 amArmed with industrial floor paint the artist is working to repair Iraq's bullet-ridden cultural artifacts and reconnect us with our cultural past.
The surrealist film noir set in the aftermath of Trump’s inauguration
January 25, 2019 4:44 pmJosephine Meckseper weaves Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March that followed into a new iteration of Maurice Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
Roe Ethridge embraces discordance in a post-truth world
January 25, 2019 2:00 pmThe photographer explores everyday sanctuaries at his latest exhibition in Hong Kong.
Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history
January 25, 2019 12:30 pmThe self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.
Roe Ethridge and Jodie Barnes
January 25, 2019 12:00 pmPhotographer Roe Ethridge and stylist Jodie Barnes team up in this fashion portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.
Exploring the rise of Soviet nostalgia in Russia
January 24, 2019 2:03 pmLooking into why millennials are championing the undying appeal of Soviet-era aesthetics.
Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions
January 24, 2019 12:27 pmWith his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Skypes with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the rise of the .net generation
January 23, 2019 4:35 pm Leave your thoughtsDocument is very sorry to hear of the passing of the wonderful and revolutionary Jonas Mekas, known as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.
Cheryl Donegan, 90s video provocateur, opens a show about air conditioners
January 23, 2019 3:53 pmThe feminist icon opened her latest exhibition, GRLZ + VEILS at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in homage to New York's air conditioner grills.
Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom
January 23, 2019 1:09 pmThe bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.
Grace Wales Bonner’s first major exhibition merges black mysticism and rituals
January 22, 2019 2:59 pmThe designer brings together work from her biggest inspirations, such as photographers Liz Johnson Artur and Rotimi Fani-Kayode, as well as British artist Sampha.
Behind the scenes at Kenzo’s ayahuasca-fueled Fall/Winter 2019 show
January 22, 2019 1:04 pmKenzo’s Humberto Leon and Carol Lim tapped Peruvian artist Pablo Amaringo to create a hallucogenic set inspired by an ayahuasca trip.
I brought my conservative dad to the Women’s March
January 22, 2019 12:34 pm“Unfortunately, Cincinnati was in the midst of a freezing rainstorm, but we were set on going through with this unusual father-daughter activity.”
At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut
January 21, 2019 4:08 pmThe designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.
Backstage at Dior Men’s Fall 2019 show
January 20, 2019 11:50 pmJust weeks after his cyborg-chic Tokyo extravaganza, Kim Jones teams up with Raymond Pettibon for an equally futuristic Fall/Winter 2019.
AES+F’s techno-feminist reimagining of ‘Turandot’
January 18, 2019 5:54 pmThe Russian art collective and director Fabio Cherstich strip the Orientalism from Puccini's famous opera, setting it in the multi-ethnic matriarchy of 2070 Beijing.
Watch Dior Men’s Winter 2019 show live from Paris
January 18, 2019 10:49 amThe livestream of Kim Jones' latest collection for Dior Men's begins Friday, January 18 at 6 PM Paris/12 PM EST.
Ondine Viñao’s beautiful, disturbing clown videos exorcise childhood trauma
January 17, 2019 4:15 pmPulling inspiration from Bruce Nauman’s iconic “Clown Torture” videos, Viñao’s “Holy Fools” experiments with torture as a form of exposure therapy.
Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge
January 17, 2019 2:53 pmAries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.
Future Retro: Y-3 by Alice Lefons and Takahito Sasaki
January 16, 2019 11:50 amPhotographer Takahito Sasaki and Document fashion editor Alice Lefons take inspiration from artificial and rarified setting of virtual reality.
Stendhal Syndrome: can art be so beautiful it almost kills you?
January 16, 2019 9:58 amPsychiatrists delve into the elusive science behind the 'art attack.'
Get a first look at Raf Simon’s soda-inspired SS19 campaign
January 15, 2019 6:10 pmThe designer teamed up with frequent collaborators Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo to capture his Spring/Summer 2019 collection.
Supreme super-collector Ryan Fuller reveals the stories behind your favorite decks
January 15, 2019 9:00 amSupreme's entire 248-deck history is currently on view at Sotheby's for a staggering $2 million
The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture
January 14, 2019 1:30 pmIn the midst of globalization, appropriation, and rising nationalism, meet the designers redefining fashion's view of "the East."
Eric N. Mack challenges conventional painting at the Brooklyn Museum
January 14, 2019 12:40 pmThe painter dives in on his experience as a black man from DC metro area influenced by art and fashion in his new Brooklyn Museum exhibition.
Watch Ermenegildo Zegna XXX Fall/Winter 2019 live from Milan
January 11, 2019 10:21 amSee the full show streamed lived Friday, January 11 2019 at 8:30pm Milan/2:30pm EST.
Inside Virgil Abloh’s iridescent Louis Vuitton pop-up in NYC
January 10, 2019 4:36 pmVirgil Abloh brings his Louis Vuitton debut stateside, where the brand set up a “temporary residency” inside the West Village’s Chrome Hearts flagship store.
Slava Mogutin’s very queer, very NSFW response to online censorship
January 10, 2019 4:16 pmThe Russian refugee opens his archive of banned images for an online exhibition with Tom of Finland.
Watch Marisa Tomei transform into opera diva Maria Callas
January 10, 2019 1:47 pmMakeup artist James Kaliardos discusses the surprisingly emotional video.
Backstage at A-Cold-Wall*’s most political show yet
January 8, 2019 6:27 pmSamuel Ross’ Fall 2019 collection snarls with brutalist infused streetwear
Charles Jeffrey heads to the Weimar Republic and Never-Never Land
January 8, 2019 5:52 pmCharles Jeffrey parties on—with a socially-conscious message—in his Fall 2019 Loverboy collection.
VHFdigital takes Fendi back to the 80s
January 7, 2019 12:43 pmUsing 3D mapping and animations, along with an aesthetic that throws back to the genesis of the internet, the art duo reimagines Fendi in the digital sphere.
Frankenstein 200 years later: are we finally living in a transhumanist world?
January 7, 2019 11:00 amAs science-fiction experiments become reality, author Hubert Haddad performs a head transplant and imagines a “modern prometheus” for the 21st century in ‘Desirable Body.’
Lara Baladi, the Egyptian-Lebanese artist changing our perception of protest
January 3, 2019 10:31 amAs part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future of image making, and transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures.
Gucci by Katy Grannan and Sarah Richardson
January 3, 2019 9:00 am Leave your thoughtsPhotographer and filmmaker Katy Grannan teams up with Document's fashion director Sarah Richardson to photograph Gucci for Document Journal F/W 2018.
Plasticene Excess
January 2, 2019 9:00 amPhotographer Nicolas Kern and stylist Coco Cassibba remind us of the connection between our ongoing use of disposable plastic items and our future on this planet.