Announcing Document Journal S/S 2019
For Document's S/S 2019 edition, we scan the landscape, both past and present, to identify the power structures, technologies, and cultural forces that shape what...
4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise
On the occasion of Chloe Wise’s portrait exhibition ‘Not That We Don’t’ at Almine Rech London, Document reached out to her subjects to gain their...
‘Fades and Braids,’ the short film exploring Asian identity through hairstyles
FAR–NEAR, a cross-cultural book series aimed at broadening perspectives of Asia, launches its second issue with a short film about hair and heritage.
Anna Delvey’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ and the gaslighting of an entire generation
Anna Sorokin—the fake heiress on trial for swindling New York’s elite—is being propped up as a symbol for millennials as deluded, entitled, and narcissistic.
Learning to turn taglines into real change with Hillary Clinton and Anna Wintour
Activists, artists, and entrepreneurs took to the tenth annual Women in the World Summit to discuss ageism, gun control, and why it’s time for men...
Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy
The artists reconstruct the idea of home in their Fondazione Prada exhibition ”Whether Line.”
Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials
The artist and model is advocating for better communication through art.
Shayne Oliver takes Colmar A.G.E. to the western frontier
The Italian outerwear brand tapped the New York designer for their second collaborative collection.
Digital defenders: meet the queer activists fighting surveillance and censorship online
With the fight for LGBTQ rights increasingly being waged online, Document speaks to four individuals on the frontlines.
Trace the ‘Journey of a Raindrop’ at Milan’s Issey Miyake flagship
Issey Miyake tapped Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel to create a series of installations in its Milan flagship for Salone del Mobile.
Mumbai, Unstyled: everyday fashion in India’s City of Dreams
Photographer Martin Mae captures families, fashion models, and rickshaw drivers in the beautifully cacophonous city.
The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten
On the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, look at five groundbreaking women who were erased from art history.
6 stories of compassion and contradiction on America’s southern border
In 'American Backyard,' photographer Elliot Ross and writer Genevieve Allison give voice to the families, ranchers, and indigenous activists negotiating life on the U.S.-Mexico border.
5 Agnès Varda films that taught us how to be vulnerable
Document remembers the vulnerable tenor of Varda’s oeuvre—and the 5 films that it is best embodied by.
Genevieve Gaignard removes our rose-colored glasses for white Americana
The artist explores the disturbing resonances of domestic life and white nostalgia in "Black White and Red All Over" at Monique Meloche Gallery.
Helen Schulman explores age-old questions in the age of information
Set in a Silicon Valley multiverse ruled by apps and algorithms, Schulman's latest book 'Come With Me' reveals the myriad consequences of our gluttonous hunger...
The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture
Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif, and Claire Tancons curated the 14th Sharjah Biennial, ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber,’ which looks at how systems dictate culture.
Why everyone is rediscovering the spiritual illustrations of Emma Kunz
The Serpentine in London plays host to the UK’s first solo show of the Swiss naturopath, healer, and environmental artist.
What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?
Artist and activist Liv Wynter explains why we need to redefine the term emotional labour.
Wardrobe Therapy: sorting out my inner psyche and my summer aesthetic
In the era of minimalism and Marie Kondo, we’re made to feel bad about not wanting to give items up. Janelle Abbott's 'Wardrobe Therapy' makes...
Anne Imhof’s ‘Sex’ convulses with death and desire
The artist gives expression to human yearnings and the futile quest for refuge—against a frenetic soundtrack spanning Vivaldi to Nirvana.
Su Misu’s erotic photographs reveal Taiwan’s subversive underbelly
The Taiwanese photographer's daring images are on display at Art Basel in Hong Kong through March 31.
Yasiin Bey released his newest album and all I got was a Polaroid of myself
The artist formerly known as Mos Def released Negus at Art Basel in Hong Kong—but you could only listen to it if you were there.
Photographing the vibrant, disappearing community of elderly Jews in 1970s South Beach
The late Andy Sweet's legacy is the subject of a recent documentary and photography book.
Marie Tomanova captures the vulnerability of American youth
The Czech-born, New York-based photographer immortalizes her American Youth series with her new book ‘Young American.’
How Arthur Rimbaud became the blueprint for outsider teen fashion
Exploring how the 19th-century poet influenced River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, and Hedi Slimane.
A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer
The artist discusses his affinity for parks, creating in the spirit of the internet, and how he's changed since the end of The Still House...
Mariette Pathy Allen spent 40 years documenting the transgender community’s radical resilience
'Rites of Passage,' on display at The Museum of Sex, reveals all that has changed and all that tragically remains the same in the battle...
8 questions with Alice and Molly Goddard, fashion’s coolest sibling duo
Alice and Molly Goddard discuss dress-ups, Avril Lavigne, and three decades of collaboration
Denise Murrell calls attention to the forgotten black muses of contemporary art
The art curator's new exhibition at the Musee D'orsay in Paris places black figures at the center of contemporary art.
Artists Bryndon Cook and Rahim Fortune find stability in their Southern roots
Ahead of his new album, Bryndon Cook—a.k.a. Starchild and the New Romantic— discusses southern identity and strong women with photographer Rahim Fortune.
Revisiting Godard’s ‘Tout Va Bien,’ a manifesto for post-1968 class struggle
Starring a newly radicalized Jane Fonda, Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece of radical cinema documented a workers strike at a French sausage factory, and revealed the stratification...
Farah Al Qasimi photographs the playful everyday behind Dubai’s flashy veneer
The New York and Dubai-based photographer disrupts the notion that Dubai is all flashy cars and towering skyscrapers in an exhibition at Jameel Arts Centre.
Paul Hanlon’s 6 favorite beauty looks from the Fall 2019 shows
Hair stylist Paul Hanlon takes Document backstage to see his creations for the Fall 2019 shows at Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Lacoste, Chloé, and Paco Rabanne.
Art gives a voice to South Asia’s most persecuted communities
‘Fabric(ated) Fractures,’ a group exhibition at Concrete in Dubai, tells the untold stories of rape, religious violence, and loss in South Asia.
Anthony Turner’s 6 favorite beauty looks from the Fall 2019 shows
Anthony Turner, a regular Document contributor, takes us through his favorite Fall 2019 shows: No.21, Ann Demeulemeester, Missoni, Erdem, and Rochas.
Holli Smith’s 7 favorite beauty looks from the Fall 2019 shows
The hair stylist takes Document backstage to showcase her favorite creations for GmbH, Acne Studios, Kenzo, Eckhaus Latta, Proenza Schouler, and Helmut Lang.
China learns what happens when you tell goths to remove their makeup
An online protest has erupted in China after a woman was banned from getting on public transport because her goth-style makeup was “too frightening.”
Photographer Alec Soth spent a year being a stranger in people’s homes
The photographer’s latest series ‘I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating’ captures a glimpse of people in their own homes.
Lauren Parsons’s 6 favorite beauty looks from the Fall 2019 shows
Parsons takes Document on her fashion week rounds, sharing her highlights at Grace Wales Bonner, Camper, Moncler x Simone Rocha, and Bottega Veneta.
Paradise Found: Can this new club make Times Square fun?
Can the joint venture between ex-Studio 54 proprietor Ian Schrager and the bohemian nightclub House of Yes create a new Paradise in Times Square?
Meet the artist starting a roadkill-to-table revolution
Petr Davydtchenko, who’s been living off roadkill as an alternative to capitalism, likens his practice to the bitcoin revolution.
Pangolins: The world’s most illegally trafficked animal (and arguably the cutest)
Exploring why the real-life pokemon are the world's most trafficked animals.
Thomas de Kluyver’s 6 favorite beauty looks from the Fall 2019 shows
The make up artist drew inspiration from late 90s proms, a punk Oliver Twist, and Japanese cosplay.
Premiere: Sunbeam Sound Machine’s new video is a psychedelic meditation on loneliness
Hazy melodies meet Uber Eats in the music video for ‘Seems Like You've Made Up Your Mind’ about a delivery man’s buoyant break from monotony.
Girls who beat boys: 5 female athletes on pushing the limits of possibility
At the Nike Women presentation in Paris, Document spoke to Brandi Chastain, Vashti Cunningham, Leticia Bufoni, Zeina Nassar, and María José Rojas about how dreaming...
Theaster Gates illuminates the dark history of Maine’s interracial exiles
For his first solo museum exhibition in France at Palais de Tokyo, the artist explores America’s dark forgotten past through the interracial exiles of Malaga...
Science proves banning violent music is total BS
Drill, juggalos, death metal—studies have shown that listening to violent music can actually make us happy, so why do authorities continue to censor it?
Unlock your creative potential by staring quietly into the void
In his new book, ‘Not Working: Why We Have to Stop,’ psychoanalyst Josh Cohen makes the case for embracing inertia.
