Sita Abellán’s Lilith soundtrack for channeling your inner demon goddess
The serpentine “technoprincess” conjures a playlist to celebrate the launch of her mens jewelry line, featuring tracks by Marie Davidson and Miss Kittin.
‘Viva L’Algerie!’: Amidst political turmoil in Algeria, New Yorkers speak out
“I want people back home to know that people here have their back...we don’t only have Algerian people, we have New Yorkers from all walks...
5 artists capturing the fluidity of human experience with watercolor
Document celebrates World Watercolor Month with Tschabalala Self, Mats Gustafson, and more.
From Iggy Pop to Blondie: meet the women who documented punk royalty in ’70s New York
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong tell us how they filmed at punk's most outrageous venues while surviving off gallery wine and cheese.
Climate change is real, just not on YouTube
YouTube corporate claims disinformation doesn't dominate the platform. Science says otherwise.
Before Boris, there was Thatcher: youth revolt in ’70s London
Photographer Janette Beckman looks back at the mods, punks, and ska kids who stuck it to the man before callouts were cool.
‘Three Women’ is a gonzo odyssey into the underbelly of desire
Author Lisa Taddeo sets the record straight on sex positivity, #MeToo, and why she's not Carrie Bradshaw.
Nike’s legendary 1972 ‘Moon Shoes’ just sold for $437,500
Canadian businessman Miles Nadal completed his haul of 100 of the world’s rarest sneakers.
Inside Albright Fashion Library with its notorious gatekeeper, Patricia Black
Experience the "alphabetized, colorized and disney-tized" collection in the first edition of our new 'Story of an Archive' series.
A Repeat Performance, the East Village antiques store that collected 38 years of New Yorkers’ stories
Owner Sharon Jane Smith takes her final bow as a life-long keeper of ephemera: "It’s not fair if I go to my grave knowing all...
Will Smith brings Big Genie Energy to his first-ever fashion campaign
Our wishes are granted: Will Smith is the new face of Moncler Genius.
Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim, and Hollywood hotels: Patti Wilson’s incredible archive of unseen Polaroids
Take a look behind the scenes at some of the '90s most iconic shoots, with a stylist who defined the era.
5 fantastical texts (and a Finnish cartoon) for escaping the heat
Designer Vasilis Loizides' summer reading list will transport you to new realms and change your perception.
Yeule’s summer playlist is a holographic hot cheeto
Astro-glide into the weekend with yeule's latest release, "Pretty Bones," and her mix of aquatic, spacey electronica.
Pierre Cardin’s intergalactic designs for worlds undiscovered
His Brooklyn Museum exhibition ‘Future Fashion’ opens on the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Soviet-era sci-fi gave Stanley Kubrick a run for his money
Beam me up Sputnik!—5 Soviet counterparts to your favorite space films
What is biocouture? Meet the Japanese designer rendering the needle and thread obsolete
Yuima Nakazato introduces fermented microbes and digital fabrication to the guarded tradition of haute couture.
Arthur C. Clarke’s 1986 ‘Playboy’ interview is a sci-fi prophecy for the counterculture
Read the futurist mastermind's revelations on UFOs, Reagan's ‘Space Force,’ and smooching Allen Ginsberg.
Grimes’s wellness regime proves we’re all still paranoid about androids
Scalping your eyeballs isn't a biohack, only a distraction from the root of our ills.
‘Storytellers of the black narrative’: Revisiting Gordon Parks’s ‘A Great Day in Hip Hop’ 20 years later
Photographer Jamel Shabazz recreates the iconic image of 177 artists including the Wu-Tang Clan and The Roots.
Alex Israel launches the Bat Signal into the Marseille sky
The artist brings Tim Burton's Gotham to Le Corbusierto's iconic Cité Radieuse.
2019 in photojournalism: encapsulating the stories we can’t afford to forget
Humanizing the headlines at this year's World Press Photo Exhibition.
Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
Emily Lipson photographs Campbell-Gillies on the Long Island Expressway, as the two discuss why fashion isn't ‘stupid girls playing dress up.’
Great, now global warming is causing woolly mammoth poaching
Even prehistoric beasts can't escape the wrath of climate change.
Who is Turkmenistan’s dictator and why is he always holding puppies?
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow—taking a note from Trump, Kim, and Putin—has been distracting us from human rights violations with puppies, horses, and a viral rap video.
Meet 5 emerging photographers confronting race, gender, and identity
Red Hook Labs spotlights 25 globe-spanning artists, selected by a panel including Kim Jones and Edward Enninful.
Isamaya Ffrench’s 5 favorite ‘beauty’ books: romance, recipes, and Carl Jung
The British makeup artist tells Document about the books that shaped her progressive sense of beauty.
Barrio Chino: meet the Chinese-Cubans fighting to keep their culture alive
Photographer Sean Alexander Geraghty shares stories from Havana’s Chinatown—once the largest in all of Latin America.
Accompany Solange on her spiritual expedition home
Beginning next week, an extended cut of Solange's futuristic, redemptive film 'When I get Home' will be screened internationally.
Russia’s hottest influencer destination is actually a toxic dumping ground
Chemical runoff from a nearby power plant has made the "Novosibirsk Maldives" the perfect yoga selfie backdrop.
Kiyan Williams and Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski on the audacity of art-making at the margins
"Blackness and queerness are just such expansive and deep wells of knowledge and inspiration. It’s a gift to be able to access that and create...
Are China’s contemporary artists the saviors of its cultural heritage?
As historical sites are bulldozed daily, artists at JINGART 2019 reflect on the importance of the past.
Exorcising the social media ghosts of relationships past
Elisha Lim's upcoming graphic novel decodes our post-breakup nightmares.
‘The Year of Return’: 5 Ghanaian artists sound off on Pan-African solidarity
Document explores the marketing initiative bringing celebrities, world leaders, and diaspora artists back to West Africa.
Pussy Riot’s face down with the Alabama abortion ban
The punk protest performers trade Moscow for Birmingham in a sold-out show today.
Sarai Mari owns her existential crisis
Captivating images of paranoia and fantasy from the photographer's latest book.
A Superstar is Born: Adidas, basketball, and the 1986 rap show that started it all
How the humble 1969 “Shelltoe” and Run DMC laid the groundwork for contemporary sneaker culture.
Jess Cole’s 7 short books for each day of the week
“I'm seduced by writing that makes me feel something—and intensely so. I love the thrust of shorter literature it pulls, rolls, and leaves before you...
When Louis Vuitton met Grandmaster Flash: the eccentric ’90s campaign that shook high fashion
Document revisits Louis Vuitton's iconic 1997 Centennial Collection campaign with Guzman, the irreverent photography duo who pulled it off.
Chopova Lowena riot grrrls take over the East Village
The designer duo inspired by Bulgarian folklore creates traditional garb for women who don’t care what you think.
5 young photographers pushing the bounds of ‘feminine beauty’
Document's favorite emerging photographers from Dior Makeup’s Photography Award for Young Talent exhibition.
VHS tapes, vegetables, and sustainable glitter: Central Saint Martins’ green wave
Can Maison/0—an incubator project from CSM and LVMH—convince luxury brands to be more green?
Daichiro Shinjo, a calligraphy artist seeking Zen amidst our existing chaos
Photographer Markn captures the artist's contemplative and explosively kinetic process.
Documenting the rites and rituals of India’s sacred water source
Amidst political turmoil over water rights, pollution, and scarcity, photographer Marc Hibbert captures small moments of ecstasy and serenity at the Ganges.
On the ground at Milan Pride, as Italy’s LGBTQ immigrants speak out
“I believe it is our responsibility as people of color, as LGBTQ+ people of color, immigrants, refugees, to repossess the concept [of Pride] and bring...
Cheng Ran, the video artist melding underground stories with experimental DJ scores
On the heels of winning the $100,000 Nomura Emerging Artist Award, Cheng Ran tells Document how he stays on the cutting edge in today's globalized...
Valentino x Birkenstock: the fascinating origin story of summer’s best collaboration
Document travels to Görlitz and Bernstadt, the remote German towns home to Birkenstock's sprawling factories
Christian Louboutin travels to the Himalayas on the LouBhoutan Express
Christian Louboutin found inspiration in Jenga, Parisian nightlife, and the rich craftsmanship of Bhutan for his Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
Spectacles of society: exploring 600 years of British eyewear
Document goes inside the century-spanning archive of Cubitts for a special fashion portfolio.
