Getting weird with mystery Instagrammer Bread Face, the best performance artist you’ll never know
The anonymous artist behind @breadfaceblog on why sunlight is overrated, the cathartic joy of smashing your face into carbs, and why she doesn't care if...
Daniel Arnold, New York’s best-loved street photographer, takes us on a beautiful journey into his ‘crazy brain’
The writer-turned-photographer on his first solo show and why he sees the streets of New York as a perpetually exciting sandwich platter
Cult up-and-coming brand Commission pay homage to their earliest style icons—their mothers
Jin Kay, Dylan Cao, and Huy Luong on bringing authentic East Asian aesthetics to the New York fashion scene
Early Halloween, the iconic costume source where you can find Elvis jumpsuits and showgirl headdresses
'They don't make things like they used to'—Document's video ode to the celebrated, family-owned archive
Talking slime, sexuality, and fishing lures with Sara Tagaloa, the makeup artist creating personas with King Princess
The artist discusses the intimacy of transformation and why we should embrace our under-eye bags
Why do curators still equate the ‘queer experience’ with pain?
Suffering for our sexuality—In contemporary art, being queer looks authentic if it hurts
Deathprod, dark lord of ambient sound, wants to show you the light
Helge Sten's first album in 15 years is an 'anti-fascist ritual' fueled by anger, empathy, and compassion
How Floating Points, producer and neuroscientist, made the perfect soundtrack for our existing chaos
Sam Shepherd discusses the unhinged, five-week process of creating 'Crush,' his most club-ready album yet
Madison McFerrin turns a humiliating moment into motivational, musical gold
The singer-songwriter gives us the story behind her upcoming EP 'You + I' and shares an inspirational playlist inspired by its themes.
Electronic-techno-pop artist Giorgia Angiuli says toys aren’t just for kids
From Chopin to Radiohead—the composer on her broad range of influences and her romantic, dreamy take on techno
‘For the skaters, by the skaters’: London’s roller skating scene is more like a family
Mototake Makishima takes Document into the rink at Fix8, with the roller skating community putting the culture first
Easy, breezy, beautiful: Sara Cwynar’s ’Covergirl’ and the political economy of color
The 16mm short film investigates the relationship between color, cosmetics, and social capital.
Larry Legaspi’s legacy: Rick Owens recalls 5 looks that changed his life
The designer's new book is a racy, leather-clad ode to fashion's unsung iconoclast
Thrifting as rebellion: How Gen Z killed fast fashion
As the secondhand fashion market is poised to outpace fast fashion, Document celebrates sustainability with a fashion portfolio of exclusively used clothing
500 years, 400 artists, and 54 countries: ‘Great Women Artists’ is the most extensive collection of female created art yet
Ocean's 8 of the art world: Ghada Amer, Sharon Hayes, Deana Lawson, and Martha Rosler took down the tired ‘female artist’ narrative at The Met...
Starting from square one with Satoshi Kondo, Issey Miyake’s new design director
Skateboarding models and garments descending from the heavens: Document catches the designer following his wild Paris presentation.
‘Glenn O’Brien: Center Stage’: 17 artists pay homage to the late ‘Style Guy’
The exhibition, curated by Natacha Polaert, features pieces from Dan Colen, Ouattara Watts, and Walter Robinson, among others.
Document Journal launches its 15th print issue for Fall/Winter 2019
“What I’m interested in…is the possibility, as our protest showed, that you can take 5,000 people and change the course of history.” — Extinction Rebellion...
In Iceland, strangely utopian techno-punk for a world on the brink of disaster
In a country of only 350,000 people, creativity is an increasingly vital export—no greenwashing required. Document went to Reykjavik ahead of Iceland Airwaves to discover...
Quil Lemons’s summer in photos: intimate portraits and the ‘boys of Soho’
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
Cristina Mittermeier on the incredible power of images in the fight to save our planet
Tina Brown’s Women in the World Summit teamed up with Prada to spotlight the crucial work of conservation photography.
David Antonio Cruz, the artist giving LGTBQ victims of violence a place in art history
5 stories of heartbreak, cruelty, and vibrant, resilient spirit—told by Cruz and his colorful, floral portraits.
Vagabon’s playlist for quitting your day job and becoming a DIY rockstar
The multi-genre musician shares the 'Vagabops' that inspired her new self-titled album.
Thomas Lohr’s summer in pictures: salty air and golden light in Corsica
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
Studio visit: Sarah Sze investigates the way we experience time in her Hudson Yards studio
Sarah Sze shows Document around her Hudson Yards studio to see her exploration of the way people experience time through imagery.
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.
