Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema
The polymath artist curates a transportive and transformative playlist of tracks that elicit memories, and form new ones of their own
‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters
Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance
How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation
“Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem
Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces
‘FACES II’ subverts traditional forms of portraiture
The second iteration of a two-part exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery explores the multifaceted nature of the face
‘This Will Not End Well’ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first
The storytelling central to the photographer’s practice takes precedence in a book that features her multimedia artworks, mimicking the formatting of their source material
‘Mr Wonderful’ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux
Gallerist Ronald Sosinski and curator Joseph Bannan discuss the making of the retrospective, and the creative legacy of ’80s New York
Andy Shauf doesn’t play God
On ‘Norm,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter uses fiction to tackle dark themes—leaving it to the audience to make their own conclusions
Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution
Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape
‘Impossible Failures’ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L
At 52 Walker, the artists’ practices are examined through parallel motifs—the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value
Moncler Genius looks beyond fashion, drawing from all corners of the creative landscape
The label presents ‘The Art of Genius’ later this month, featuring a lineup of co-creators from the realms of music, design, sport, and entertainment
Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy?
The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place
Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online
The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be
Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity
The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes
Mayan Toledano’s portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City
The photographer’s ongoing series ‘No Mamés’ takes the image-making process down to its bare bones, lending intimacy though immediacy
Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue
Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray
Marni’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion
Francesco Risso’s traveling runway is testament to the house’s global reach, and its alignment with Japan’s design affinities
The “non-work” of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner
The pioneering’s artist’s abstraction is brought to the forefront at the gallery, joining the aesthetic and the political into one common body
In the eyes of photographer Axel Swan, the appeal of youth is its ease of fascination
A photo diary in Southern Australia tracks a lazy summer, and the the coming-of-age of local teens
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January
From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendi’s couture collection
For the first installment of her column for Document, the iconic stylist and fashion multihyphenate offers a poetic examination of Kim Jones’s showroom
Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak
TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other
In ‘Infinity Pool,’ everything is as picturesque as it is perverse
Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-if horror film ultimately falls flat, but teases at a innovatory career to come
15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work
Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them
Bad Words: In defense of the faithless
In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature
Casablanca designer Charaf Tajer and Syrian activist Yusra Mardini on fashion’s unifying potential
Ahead of their joint Paris Fashion Week debut, the pair met with Document to speak to the origins of the perception-shifting label
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In the January edition of their column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about ghosting, pronouns, and maintaining work-life balance
Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno
Damian Lazarus’s festival—hosted on the Tulum coast—celebrates rebirth and the formation of community through music
Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3
Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception?
Viktor & Rolf’s haute couture collection revels in play and resists practicality
Document offers a look backstage at the Spring 2023 presentation—corsets, bows, crinolines, and all
Model Diaries: Paris Men’s Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano
A day-in-the-life of the breakout star, between parties, castings, and the Kenzo runway
The winding path to Mac DeMarco’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’
The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting
Daniel Arsham’s ‘Objects IV Life Chapter .003’ embraces decay to create living garments
Following his Paris Fashion Week debut, the designer joins Document to expound upon the evolution of his practice, and embracing material corruption
‘Recycling Beauty’ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past
Fondazione Prada’s ongoing exhibition presents over 60 Greek and Roman art objects, transformed or altered throughout history
Word on the Street: Document solicits the public’s opinion on KidSuper’s Louis Vuitton debut
“For me, Louis Vuitton is a tradition. A tradition that evolves with time, evolves with people, evolves with style.”
DIOR haute couture honors Joséphine Baker’s radical mark on style
The house’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection looks to 1920s Paris, channeling the sensibilities of its founder’s best customer
The C.I.A. play with the parables of punk
With ‘Surgery Channel,’ the LA-based band dissects both society and the self, offering a rhythm that feels danceable and dissonant at once
Word on the Street: Document surveys the crowd outside Givenchy’s Fall 2023 menswear show
“It’s audacity. It’s passion. It’s breaking out of the norm.”
Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin
Ahead of his Fall/Winter 2023 presentation, the designer filled Document in on his influences—from Charlie Chaplin, to boys’ tuxedos, to ’50s Polish outerwear
KidSuper is flouting fashion’s rulebook
Between his Fall/Winter 2023 shows, Colm Dillane joined Document to talk comedy in fashion and his Louis Vuitton debut
Model Diaries: Inside Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus
The fresh face takes Document behind the scenes at Louis Vuitton, divulging this season’s best looks and best catering
Backstage at Hermès’s Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady
Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality
Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection
Craftsmanship proved central to the presentation, with pared-back garments built from classic materials to spotlight sculptural silhouettes
In Dior’s latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new
Artistic director Kim Jones pays tribute to his predecessors for Fall/Winter 2023, imagining timelessness in the neoteric
Issey Miyake’s latest mens collection augments its pleated language
For Fall/Winter 2023, the Japanese house renders grace through simple geometry, featuring triangle pressing, bold prints, oversized silhouettes
Saint Laurent’s Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress
Grand River’s “Kura” is an all-consuming embrace
Ahead of the release of ‘All Above,’ Aimée Portioli expounds upon the evolution of her practice and the art of translating emotion through sound
For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience
The 27-year-old Malian-Canadian is among New York’s youngest curators—and her namesake gallery is dedicated to bringing marginalized artists to the fore
‘Spirit of Kibera’ illuminates Nairobi’s dynamic dance culture
Premiering with Document, Romy Maxime’s film celebrates the Kenyan community’s affinity for movement, and its influence on Africa’s broader artistic landscape
