The art of storytelling, with Tilda Swinton and Kyle Abraham
What are fairytales? Swinton narrates the answer in six steps in an exclusive video directed by Andrew Ondrejcak, featuring striking footage of choreographer Kyle Abraham.
Vagabon fights through imposter syndrome to discover her most honest music yet
Brooklyn-based musician Laetitia Tamko speaks to Document about channeling her mother's business savvy in the DIY punk scene.
Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s summer in pictures: the Fire Island pines and Parisian birthdays
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
Simon Burstall captured the weird magic of Sydney’s ’90s rave scene
The photographer's new book '’93: Punching the Light' is a visual love letter to the DIY underground movement.
30 minutes with The Blessed Madonna, a DJ restoring dance music’s Holy Spirit
Talking liberation theology, dick pics, and being a 'bad Catholic' with Marea Stamper, A.K.A. The Blessed Madonna.
Lili Sumner’s summer in pictures: cliffside sunbathing and lazy afternoons
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
4 artists comment on Bill Saylor’s primordial, uncanny allure
‘Bill Saylor is one of the last natural ones. The last wild man. I don’t think people are having kids like him anymore.’ Justin Lowe,...
Jonas Glöer’s summer in pictures: empty Nova Scotia beaches and Kiki Willems
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
Assata Shakur to Ta-Nehisi Coates: Talib Kweli’s 5-step literary guide to overcoming adversity
The legendary rapper, who, along with Yasiin Bey, saved a pioneering African-American bookstore in the 90s, curates a booklist for self-reflection and revolution.
High fashion coloring and Mad Libs with CDLM’s Chris Peters
The Creatures of the Wind designer centers sustainability with his up-cycling solo venture CDLM.
Lanvin lets loose at Bushwick’s House of Yes
On Thursday night, the brand celebrated its new Soho storefront with Patrick Church, Richie Shazam, and Kim Ann Foxman. See all the evidence from the...
Watch: a strip club where Prada-clad dancers don’t need your dollars
Smoke, sex, and... sustainable energy investments? Lucian Clifforth's short film imagines the strip club of your fever dreams.
Cyndia Harvey’s summer in pictures: Muay Thai, drag bars, and chicken feet in Bangkok
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
Party polaroids of Tyga, Pat Tracey, and Kelsey Lu’s blue eyebrows at the Lanvin Soho opening
Experience the christening of the brand's latest, mirror-filled New York home.
Hélène Selam Kleih on the birth of ‘HIM + HIS’ and the importance of a communal approach to mental health
The artist's multimedia anthology exposes the disparities that still exist in the mental health conversation, particularly in regards to men of color.
Penelope Isles’s playlist is a love letter to their music community
‘We’re lucky enough to call some of our favorite musicians our pals.’ The Brighton-based indie rock quartet packs 18 of their friends onto one warm,...
Jawara’s summer in pictures: late nights in St. Martin and rum punch on the sea
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
This radical psychology album is the sleeper hit of 2019
Noam Chomsky and Nadya Tolokonnikova hop on Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian's 'I Am (Not) a Monster,' an album—and documentary—inspired by the teachings of Hannah Arendt.
The Sugarcubes’ Sigtryggur Baldursson talks to Robert Smith-favorite Kælan Mikla about Iceland’s anti-genre ethos
Darkwave, shitpunk, and trap-soul: Ahead of Iceland Airwaves 2019, a cross-generational survey of Reykjavik's DIY music melting pot.
The Rapture’s Luke Jenner and DJ Justine D. look 20 years back at the last era of ‘underdog New York’
The 2000's, when the Strokes took photos in front of Kaws paintings and moving to New York was still career suicide.
The exhibition in Tulum inviting viewers to see, smell, and fight the effects of pollution
Sargasso seaweed is choking Mexican ocean and beaches. Here are the artists and scientist striving for solutions.
Catherine Servel and Ye Young Kim meditate on movement and balance
‘I am made of matter and thought.’ The photographer-stylist duo consider what we're made of in this fashion portfolio.
Black market blues: how illegal denim became a Ukrainian streetwear staple
30 years ago, wearing denim could get you arrested in Ukraine—now it's everywhere you look. Document delves into Ukraine's recycled denim revolution with local designers...
Daniel C. Blight leverages imagery to help us unravel the systemic roots of white supremacy
'The Image of Whiteness', a multimedia collection of imagery and interviews released yesterday, examines whiteness and highlights artists who have risen to challenge it.
Bang, bang: the contemporary politics of violence on screen
From ‘Joker’ to ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘cultural critique’ was long used as the justification for onscreen violence by white men. Here are the filmmakers with a...
DIIV has a song for all your deepest fears—but still finds something to root for
On ‘Deceiver,’ the Brooklyn-based musicians own their mistakes and find hope in the rubble.
Show Me The Body’s playlist for dodging corporate punches and mourning New York City
See the band building a hardcore community in the ashes of gentrification at Thrasher Magazine's Death Match.
Euphoric photos from India’s most extravagant weddings, before the guests have even arrived
Stefan Dottor captures the unexpected humanity in Mumbai’s booming wedding business.
Sibylle vs. Twen, a Cold War-era fashion bible for each side of the Berlin Wall
The fascinating story of two feuding magazines, and the ideological clash that catalyzed Germany's youth uprising.
Meet Balenciaga’s biggest fans outside the Paris Spring/Summer 2020 show
“Doesn’t give a shit. That’s Balenciaga.” Filmmaker Pablo Di Prima asked Demna Gvasalia's young fans what earned their rabid enthusiasm.
Justin von Olderhausen photographs his longtime tenants as North Bronx royalty
In a dazzling fashion editorial, von Olderhausen honors the residents he encountered while working in real estate in Bronx's Little Italy.
Louis Vuitton journeys back to La Belle Epoque
Nicolas Ghesquière closes out Paris Fashion week with tender affection for French sartorial history.
An afternoon in New Haven with Tschabalala Self, the artist with Louis Vuitton and Pilar Corrias at her feet
The artist spoke to Document about combatting misconceptions and what it's like to see your art auctioned for half a million and not see a...
Givenchy was a Miranda Hobbes-approved tribute to ’90s New York
Clare Waight Keller loves a divisive female heroine, and the Givenchy SS20 collection spun a mythology fit for the big screen.
Brockhampton’s Kevin Abstract heralds a new era of digital intimacy
The internet is rendering the music industry's physical and cultural barriers to entry irrelevant.
Loewe’s serene, modern ode to Spanish nobility
Jonathan Anderson showcased his craftsmanship through contemporary elegance and aristocratic detailing.
‘Together Alone’: A model-turned-filmmaker’s personal journey behind the BS façade of ‘perfection’
Dorith Mous turned a paralyzing mental health scare into a powerful essay and short film series aimed at destigmatizing mental health.
The Chanel woman has broken the glass ceiling and is lounging on the roof
Business meeting at 6? Parisian rooftop party at 9? Virginie Viard has a tweed suit for that.
Meet the fragrance scientist behind Balenciaga’s blood-and-money scent
Are our noses a portal into our minds? Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas spoke to Document about why she thinks our sense of smell can change...
From Berghain to Tate Modern, Pan Daijing heralds the incendiary future of opera
Ahead of 'Tissues,' a new play performed by an ensemble of 13 opera singers and performers, the experimental sound artist discusses her obsession with dualities.
5 books to help you see like an artist, by Samuel Ross of A-Cold-Wall*
A literary guide for the visually curious, from semiotics to color theory (don't be intimidated).
From Elizabethan-era actors to RuPaul, discover the radical, glamorous history of drag
‘Drag: The Complete Story,’ Simon Doonan's new book celebrates the heroes who risked life and liberty to simply be who they were.
Nina Ricci’s euphoric ode to summer
Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh opted for pastels, poufs, and dream-girl lust for their Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
Hermès’s modern homage to the Parisian artisan
Nadége Vanhee-Cybulski invents haute leather workwear for Spring/Summer 2020.
A politician, a scientist, and an architect walk into the Guggenheim. Here’s what they discussed
Ahead of the February 2020 exhibition 'Countryside: The Future' patrons gathered for a panel on sustainability and youth resistance.
Craig McDean’s latest book ‘Manual’ is an elegant collision of muscle cars and femme fashion
The preeminent photographer combines car iconography with images from his fashion archive.
Torkwase Dyson tells the history of black liberation through cartographic art
100 years after the Red Summer riots, the artist subverts the notion that abstract painting is non-narrative in her new show ‘1919: Black Water.’
Self-guided walk or all-night rager? Alana O’Herlihy’s playlist is a ‘choose your own adventure’
This infinitely adaptable 20-track playlist from Alana O'Herlihy, a.k.a. @lilmami_lani, has something for everyone—from Billy Idol to Rosalía.
James Murphy revives a golden era of NYC nightlife at The Kitchen
The LCD Soundsystem frontman inaugurates Benefit Nights at the nonprofit arts space with vinyl, vodka, and echoes of ’00s New York.
