Document Journal

Escapism without escape — Above the Fold
Escapism without escape

Drew Zeiba seeks the source of infinity at the fairs, museums, parties, and performances surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach
by Drew Zeiba

Redefining intelligence through intuition — At Large
Redefining intelligence through intuition

From medieval mystics to modern radicals, for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Ananda Yin explores the suppressed potency of intuitive knowledge
by Ananda Yin

“Hope, however, is an act of faith and has to be sustained by other concrete actions.” — Fashion Portfolio
“Hope, however, is an act of faith and has to be sustained by other concrete actions.”

Photographer Drew Jarrett and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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The Shoptimist: An unbearable uniformity of being — Above the Fold
The Shoptimist: An unbearable uniformity of being

In her monthly column, previously closeted gym member Maya Kotomori ruminates on the role of the yoga set on her shopping psyche
by Maya Kotomori

“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.” — Fashion Portfolio
“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.”

Photographer Nicolas Kern and fashion editor Julie Ragolia collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
by Document Journal

Desiring literature with Nate Lippens and Kate Zambreno — Above the Fold
Desiring literature with Nate Lippens and Kate Zambreno

Following Semiotext(e)‘s release of Lippens’s ‘Ripcord’ and ‘My Dead Book,’ the authors trace consciousnesses of queerness and class through both novels and friendships
by Kate Zambreno

Etro takes the stage in Holiday Paisley

Fashion

Etro takes the stage in Holiday Paisley

The Milanese house releases The Etro Holiday Show campaign to celebrate its latest collection

Emily Allan’s ‘Steps to Destruction‘ propels listeners on a serpentine journey

Music

Emily Allan’s ‘Steps to Destruction‘ propels listeners on a serpentine journey

In her newest music video, premiering on Document, Allan traces the seductions of romantic descent

‘The Whitney Review of New Writing’ turns Performance Space into a speculative archive

Art

‘The Whitney Review of New Writing’ turns Performance Space into a speculative archive

In ‘LIBRARY,’ four live acts revel in the absurd, magic, and tender possibilities of literary encounters

Approaching ecstasy at Whole Festival

Approaching ecstasy at Whole Festival

Berlin-based photographer Alexander Fischer celebrates queer aesthetics and community at the weekend’s 2024 edition

Ballroom Marfa celebrates two decades of mystery and subversion

Art

Ballroom Marfa celebrates two decades of mystery and subversion

The contemporary art organization located in Texas’s enigmatic desert highlights dozens of artists in a new publication and at aa Manhattan gala

Artist Lorenzo Amos paints domestic space as a site for revelation and togetherness

Art

Artist Lorenzo Amos paints domestic space as a site for revelation and togetherness

In his debut solo show ‘No Regrets Because You’re My Sunshine,’ depictions of a social network reveal the creative self

Fine Print: You’re a winner, baby

Literature

Fine Print: You’re a winner, baby

On the heels of the National Book Awards announcements, columnist Drew Zeiba asks what prizes mean for publishing

Kiernan Francis’s ‘Champions’ reimagines interior life

Fashion

Kiernan Francis’s ‘Champions’ reimagines interior life

The filmmaker visits his family’s Chicago home, presenting an architectural vision of victory with local designers

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Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón vitalize narrative potential

Film

Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón vitalize narrative potential

The actor and director unfurl the cinematic story for Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Drew Zeiba

The intimacy of beauty with Holli Smith and Pony Rivers

The intimacy of beauty with Holli Smith and Pony Rivers

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the hairstylist and longtime contributor transforms her partner into an array of characters for his fashion debut accompanied by a...

by Yadim

Chloë Sevigny and Eileen Myles disrupt artistic expectations

Chloë Sevigny and Eileen Myles disrupt artistic expectations

The filmmaker and actor joins the writer to talk about performance, Provincetown, and loving the broken and pathetic for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Drew Zeiba

Multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas transforms before the lens for her debut as the indomitable model Mickey!

Multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas transforms before the lens for her debut as the indomitable model Mickey!

To accompany this exclusive fashion portfolio in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Thomas is joined by actor and screenwriter Lena Waithe to unpack the art of...

by Monique Long

Venus Williams expresses generosity through style and sport

Venus Williams expresses generosity through style and sport

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the athlete, author, and designer joins Style Director Ronald Burton III to discuss the creative and connective potentials of self-inquiry

by Ronald Burton III

Jake Gyllenhaal and Hans Ulrich Obrist put language into action

Jake Gyllenhaal and Hans Ulrich Obrist put language into action

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024-25 issue, the actor and curator discuss the potency of the word on paper, stage, and screen

by Maya Kotomori

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the activist, model, and jewelry designer opens up about the twists and turns of her career and the political power...

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

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Fashion Portfolios

“Drawing involves subtracting as much as adding.” — Fashion Portfolio
“Drawing involves subtracting as much as adding.”

Photographer Giovanni Corabi and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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“Seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world.”

“Seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world.”

Photographer Luca Khouri and fashion editor Isabelle Sayer collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

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“Hope, however, is an act of faith and has to be sustained by other concrete actions.”

Fashion Portfolio

“Hope, however, is an act of faith and has to be sustained by other concrete actions.”

Photographer Drew Jarrett and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate

by Document Journal

“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.”

Fashion Portfolio

“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.”

Photographer Nicolas Kern and fashion editor Julie Ragolia collaborate on

by Document Journal

“What we habitually see confirms us. Yet it can happen, suddenly, unexpectedly.”

Fashion Portfolio

“What we habitually see confirms us. Yet it can happen, suddenly, unexpectedly.”

Photographer Pegah Farahmand and fashion editor Dogukan Nesanir collaborate on

by Document Journal

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The lyric monuments of Barbara Chase-Riboud

Art

The lyric monuments of Barbara Chase-Riboud

Currently the subject of a Paris retrospective spanning eight institutions, the artist and author divulges her poetic process for these works-on-paper published for the first...

by Drew Zeiba

Redefining intelligence through intuition

Redefining intelligence through intuition

From medieval mystics to modern radicals, for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Ananda Yin explores the suppressed potency of intuitive knowledge

by Ananda Yin

Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhée’s punk house codes

Fashion

Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhée’s punk house codes

The French designer explores her vision for the storied maison in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Katharine K. Zarrella

From sacred hot springs to the Esalen Institute, where does the ‘mystical-type experience’ emerge in Big Sur?

From sacred hot springs to the Esalen Institute, where does the ‘mystical-type experience’ emerge in Big Sur?

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Angie Sijun Lou reflects on how self-optimization and psychedelic liberation are shaping life in Northern California

by Angie Sijun Lou

Mike Kelley’s final paintings are character studies of the lost self

Art

Mike Kelley’s final paintings are character studies of the lost self

In this portfolio of never-before-exhibited images from Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the late artist reveals fractured lines of humor, submission, and solitude

by Drew Zeiba

The architecture-forward resort Desa Potato Head is redefining tourism by sustaining an artistic ecology that’s both local and international

The architecture-forward resort Desa Potato Head is redefining tourism by sustaining an artistic ecology that’s both local and international

For its Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Document Journal travels to Bali to trace the legacies and futures of hospitality and design

by Harry Burke

What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future?

What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future?

Inspiration ignites from the most unknown places. For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal posits that creativity could be transmissions from a time...

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

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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