Art Ballroom Marfa celebrates two decades of mystery and subversion The contemporary art organization located in Texas’s enigmatic desert highlights dozens of artists in a new publication and at aa Manhattan gala
Art Artist Lorenzo Amos paints domestic space as a site for revelation and togetherness In his debut solo show ‘No Regrets Because You’re My Sunshine,’ depictions of a social network reveal the creative self
“Hope, however, is an act of faith and has to be sustained by other concrete actions.” Photographer Drew Jarrett and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
Redefining intelligence through intuition From medieval mystics to modern radicals, for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Ananda Yin explores the suppressed potency of intuitive knowledge
The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other Watch out, Sherlock. by Caroline Christie How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame The dangers of innocuous data have never been more visible until now. by Caroline Christie Five excerpts from the hunky and demonic Y.A. remake of Dorian Gray 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.' by Phil Backes The Oxford English Dictionary essentially created a new word for gender nonconformity Trans* can be pronounced three different ways and represents up to four different gender variances. by Caroline Christie The delirious diary: Art Basel in Hong Kong At the art world's biggest party in Asia, blue-chip gallery David Zwirner unveiled new work by Wolfgang Tillmans, while luxury brands such as Loro Piana,... by Ann Binlot Joel Sternfeld on his photo ‘After A Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage’ 'This photo of the flash flood in Rancho Mirage evokes all of the disasters that are going to happen because of extreme weather. I wish... by Vetle Egeland Voyaging into Lucy Dodd’s magical family space What Document overheard on the artist's latest opening at David Lewis Gallery. by Joshua Seidner North Korea is waging a war against its most precious pastime: karaoke Kim Jong-un's government is seizing all "anti-socialist" sing-along machines. by Caroline Christie Why does the Trump administration want the Census citizenship question? Total erasure of immigrant communities. by Caroline Christie Land degradation is the panic-button environmental issue that will affect millions across the globe Up to 3.2 billion people are already at risk due to overfarming, mining, and urban infrastructures. by Caroline Christie Why are the attacks on the march for our lives so laughable? Conservative America is in a panic. by Caroline Christie A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’ A bill filed by City Councilman Rafael L. Espinal would require companies with more than ten employees to refrain from off-hour communications. by Caroline Christie The Uber fatality highlights the plight of the American pedestrian The tragedy in Arizona took place at the intersection of economic inequality and urban planning's long-standing apathy for pedestrians. by Caroline Christie Imagining the end of Facebook, for the first time As the Cambridge Analytica revelations widen, the company's demise no longer seems like a fantastical possibility. by Caroline Christie On Loan: An observation on life in a British prison Document spoke with an archivist with England's Mass Observation Unit about a special artifact on life in one of the country's oldest prisons. by Caroline Christie Is Germaine Greer’s clear-eyed approach to #MeToo actually controversial? The prominent feminist author of 'The Female Eunuch' is thought to be against the #MeToo movement, yet a close reading of her words portrays an... by Caroline Christie Why does Facebook keep trying to censor artwork with nudity in France of all places? The platform has found itself in the past weeks waging cultural battles with several French users over the use of nudity in works of art,... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city” Los Angeles now has a design Czar, it turns out humans began innovating much earlier in history than assume, and the Vatican comes clean about... by Caroline Christie Joe Gaffney on his photo ‘Sunrise on the Avenue Montaigne’ For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work. by Vetle Egeland The Document Agenda: “An enchanted world now exists alongside the disenchanted one” Half of the world's wildlife may be gone in the next century, the devil is trending, and listening to your favorite song while studying isn't... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons” The iPhone may be a brain surgeon's best friend, meet the Cobalt Cowboy, and were Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn the original influencers? by Caroline Christie In pursuit of contemporary content at The Armory Show Document does some casual eavesdropping at the 24th edition of New York City's most collectable art fair. by Joshua Seidner The Document Agenda: “No deference to a good looking face” Wearing makeup may come at cost for women in leadership roles, Leonardo Da Vinci's notes on urban planning may be of use today, and DJ... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “Living in the loudest cities” A survey of noise pollution across the world, the Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll is problematic, and Russia now legally recognizes contemporary art. by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange” There is a toxic history to the pigment that makes the color orange, a shanty-town is home to the thriving Ugandan film industry, and is... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “A bath in radioactive water” Doctors in the Czech Republic have been using a radioactive pool to treat patients, the field of neuroforensics comes to the courtroom, and the Vatican... by Caroline Christie The liberating extravagance of Comme des Garçons’s camp Rei Kawakubo's Fall/Winter 2018 collection banished seriousness in favor of effusive expressions of form, color, and visual pleasure. by Ann Binlot The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned” A VR hacking collective take over MoMA for a night, the first major exhibition of western art is set to show in Tehran, and one... by Caroline Christie Designers are offering protection from the elements of a harsh world Bundled wraps, plastic sheets, thick coats—it’s not just layering that's dominating Fall 2018 collections, but a clear need for safety and comfort in times of... by Ann Binlot The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch” Holding hands might ease a partner's pain, polar regions encounter this year's spring weather before the rest of the globe, and Dolce & Gabbana comes... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “Looking into a portable funhouse mirror” Japan rebuts cannibalistic fake news, satire could actually, maybe, be a political motivator, and selfies are warping self-perception. by Caroline Christie Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’ Every week for Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer for the unseen story about the frame that has come to define their work. by Vetle Egeland After the show, Atlein’s Antonin Tron heads straight to the sea "I find a great sensuality in surfing itself, getting changed in the early morning in the parking lot, putting on the wetsuit and getting ready... by Divya Bala The Document Agenda: “A library of the 20th century” A pact protecting environmental activists in South America is set to be signed, 4G service comes to the moon, and the poetry collector behind the... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “A curiosity hangs by the thigh of a man” A dangerous toad threatens the ecology of Madagascar, a painkilling alternative to opioids may exist in the brain, and the story behind one of the... by Caroline Christie Erika Cavallini always has a very special good luck charm on hand for her shows Erika Cavallini reveals to Document the simple rituals she follows before any show and the one item she must always have on hand when it... by Divya Bala The Document Agenda: “Discovering that life has somehow found a way to make it work” Researchers look at the impact of sea-level rise on the West Coast, there may be the possibility life on Mars, after all, and a debate... by Caroline Christie On Loan: The sublime chaos of Egypt’s unknown surrealist collective, Art et Liberté As the works of this lesser-known art collective come to the Tate Liverpool this month, Document spoke with the show's curator about the stringent political... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “Some things have not changed” One writer explores masculine identity in the age of Trump, researchers are still confused by sonic attacks on U.S. diplomats in Cuba, and mathematicians uncover... by Caroline Christie Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli When Document asked the Italian filmmaker, image-maker, auteur, self-proclaimed "wild boy," and regular contributor to the magazine, to guest curate exclusive content for our site, the... by Document Journal Overheard at the new Barkley L. Hendricks show, Them Changes “The 1970s. Wow. There was a lot going on. That world doesn’t exist anymore.” by Joshua Seidner The Document Agenda: “We thought there was one last wild species” There are no more truly 'wild' horses left on the planet, Elon Musk's Hyperloop may finally break ground on the East Coast, and Mr. Chow... by Caroline Christie Pieter Hugo on his photo “Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014” "I like to think of some of these pictures as little gifts from the universe." by Phil Backes The Document Agenda: “Solid light works” Iran indulges its reptilian paranoia, machines are making art that's fooling the human eye, and book reviews, argues one critic, only seem to offer vapid... by Caroline Christie Before any Roksanda show, it’s a cup of tea Document asks designers about the backstage rituals that make the moments before the first look bearable. by Divya Bala Christopher Bailey leaves behind only multi-colored memories in his final Burberry collection The designer created a life-size prism through which to view youth, LGBTQ issues, and his extraordinary run at the British house. by Divya Bala The Document Agenda: “I think everybody should like everybody” Cape Town holds off its water crisis, for now, intimate Andy Warhol recordings recently unearthed, and one of the world's largest publishing CEOs says Ebooks... by Caroline Christie The Document Agenda: “How many times can you continue knocking on a closed door?” Iran's first and only female conductor on the country's political climate, Sotheby's helps you visual your taste in art, and is that really Trump tweeting? by Caroline Christie The unfinished business of William Eggleston’s Los Alamos The photographer's pursuit of American restlessness in Los Alamos is a collection of images suspicious of finality. It opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton The Document Agenda: “An appropriate place for a bit of end-of-the-world hedonism” Dubai relaunches a debauched luxury development, researchers uncover new secrets about Picasso's artistic practice, and scientists now understand the need for sleep better than ever. by Caroline Christie
The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other Watch out, Sherlock. by Caroline Christie
How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame The dangers of innocuous data have never been more visible until now. by Caroline Christie
Five excerpts from the hunky and demonic Y.A. remake of Dorian Gray 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.' by Phil Backes
The Oxford English Dictionary essentially created a new word for gender nonconformity Trans* can be pronounced three different ways and represents up to four different gender variances. by Caroline Christie
The delirious diary: Art Basel in Hong Kong At the art world's biggest party in Asia, blue-chip gallery David Zwirner unveiled new work by Wolfgang Tillmans, while luxury brands such as Loro Piana,... by Ann Binlot
Joel Sternfeld on his photo ‘After A Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage’ 'This photo of the flash flood in Rancho Mirage evokes all of the disasters that are going to happen because of extreme weather. I wish... by Vetle Egeland
Voyaging into Lucy Dodd’s magical family space What Document overheard on the artist's latest opening at David Lewis Gallery. by Joshua Seidner
North Korea is waging a war against its most precious pastime: karaoke Kim Jong-un's government is seizing all "anti-socialist" sing-along machines. by Caroline Christie
Why does the Trump administration want the Census citizenship question? Total erasure of immigrant communities. by Caroline Christie
Land degradation is the panic-button environmental issue that will affect millions across the globe Up to 3.2 billion people are already at risk due to overfarming, mining, and urban infrastructures. by Caroline Christie
Why are the attacks on the march for our lives so laughable? Conservative America is in a panic. by Caroline Christie
A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’ A bill filed by City Councilman Rafael L. Espinal would require companies with more than ten employees to refrain from off-hour communications. by Caroline Christie
The Uber fatality highlights the plight of the American pedestrian The tragedy in Arizona took place at the intersection of economic inequality and urban planning's long-standing apathy for pedestrians. by Caroline Christie
Imagining the end of Facebook, for the first time As the Cambridge Analytica revelations widen, the company's demise no longer seems like a fantastical possibility. by Caroline Christie
On Loan: An observation on life in a British prison Document spoke with an archivist with England's Mass Observation Unit about a special artifact on life in one of the country's oldest prisons. by Caroline Christie
Is Germaine Greer’s clear-eyed approach to #MeToo actually controversial? The prominent feminist author of 'The Female Eunuch' is thought to be against the #MeToo movement, yet a close reading of her words portrays an... by Caroline Christie
Why does Facebook keep trying to censor artwork with nudity in France of all places? The platform has found itself in the past weeks waging cultural battles with several French users over the use of nudity in works of art,... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city” Los Angeles now has a design Czar, it turns out humans began innovating much earlier in history than assume, and the Vatican comes clean about... by Caroline Christie
Joe Gaffney on his photo ‘Sunrise on the Avenue Montaigne’ For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work. by Vetle Egeland
The Document Agenda: “An enchanted world now exists alongside the disenchanted one” Half of the world's wildlife may be gone in the next century, the devil is trending, and listening to your favorite song while studying isn't... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons” The iPhone may be a brain surgeon's best friend, meet the Cobalt Cowboy, and were Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn the original influencers? by Caroline Christie
In pursuit of contemporary content at The Armory Show Document does some casual eavesdropping at the 24th edition of New York City's most collectable art fair. by Joshua Seidner
The Document Agenda: “No deference to a good looking face” Wearing makeup may come at cost for women in leadership roles, Leonardo Da Vinci's notes on urban planning may be of use today, and DJ... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “Living in the loudest cities” A survey of noise pollution across the world, the Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll is problematic, and Russia now legally recognizes contemporary art. by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange” There is a toxic history to the pigment that makes the color orange, a shanty-town is home to the thriving Ugandan film industry, and is... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “A bath in radioactive water” Doctors in the Czech Republic have been using a radioactive pool to treat patients, the field of neuroforensics comes to the courtroom, and the Vatican... by Caroline Christie
The liberating extravagance of Comme des Garçons’s camp Rei Kawakubo's Fall/Winter 2018 collection banished seriousness in favor of effusive expressions of form, color, and visual pleasure. by Ann Binlot
The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned” A VR hacking collective take over MoMA for a night, the first major exhibition of western art is set to show in Tehran, and one... by Caroline Christie
Designers are offering protection from the elements of a harsh world Bundled wraps, plastic sheets, thick coats—it’s not just layering that's dominating Fall 2018 collections, but a clear need for safety and comfort in times of... by Ann Binlot
The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch” Holding hands might ease a partner's pain, polar regions encounter this year's spring weather before the rest of the globe, and Dolce & Gabbana comes... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “Looking into a portable funhouse mirror” Japan rebuts cannibalistic fake news, satire could actually, maybe, be a political motivator, and selfies are warping self-perception. by Caroline Christie
Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’ Every week for Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer for the unseen story about the frame that has come to define their work. by Vetle Egeland
After the show, Atlein’s Antonin Tron heads straight to the sea "I find a great sensuality in surfing itself, getting changed in the early morning in the parking lot, putting on the wetsuit and getting ready... by Divya Bala
The Document Agenda: “A library of the 20th century” A pact protecting environmental activists in South America is set to be signed, 4G service comes to the moon, and the poetry collector behind the... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “A curiosity hangs by the thigh of a man” A dangerous toad threatens the ecology of Madagascar, a painkilling alternative to opioids may exist in the brain, and the story behind one of the... by Caroline Christie
Erika Cavallini always has a very special good luck charm on hand for her shows Erika Cavallini reveals to Document the simple rituals she follows before any show and the one item she must always have on hand when it... by Divya Bala
The Document Agenda: “Discovering that life has somehow found a way to make it work” Researchers look at the impact of sea-level rise on the West Coast, there may be the possibility life on Mars, after all, and a debate... by Caroline Christie
On Loan: The sublime chaos of Egypt’s unknown surrealist collective, Art et Liberté As the works of this lesser-known art collective come to the Tate Liverpool this month, Document spoke with the show's curator about the stringent political... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “Some things have not changed” One writer explores masculine identity in the age of Trump, researchers are still confused by sonic attacks on U.S. diplomats in Cuba, and mathematicians uncover... by Caroline Christie
Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli When Document asked the Italian filmmaker, image-maker, auteur, self-proclaimed "wild boy," and regular contributor to the magazine, to guest curate exclusive content for our site, the... by Document Journal
Overheard at the new Barkley L. Hendricks show, Them Changes “The 1970s. Wow. There was a lot going on. That world doesn’t exist anymore.” by Joshua Seidner
The Document Agenda: “We thought there was one last wild species” There are no more truly 'wild' horses left on the planet, Elon Musk's Hyperloop may finally break ground on the East Coast, and Mr. Chow... by Caroline Christie
Pieter Hugo on his photo “Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014” "I like to think of some of these pictures as little gifts from the universe." by Phil Backes
The Document Agenda: “Solid light works” Iran indulges its reptilian paranoia, machines are making art that's fooling the human eye, and book reviews, argues one critic, only seem to offer vapid... by Caroline Christie
Before any Roksanda show, it’s a cup of tea Document asks designers about the backstage rituals that make the moments before the first look bearable. by Divya Bala
Christopher Bailey leaves behind only multi-colored memories in his final Burberry collection The designer created a life-size prism through which to view youth, LGBTQ issues, and his extraordinary run at the British house. by Divya Bala
The Document Agenda: “I think everybody should like everybody” Cape Town holds off its water crisis, for now, intimate Andy Warhol recordings recently unearthed, and one of the world's largest publishing CEOs says Ebooks... by Caroline Christie
The Document Agenda: “How many times can you continue knocking on a closed door?” Iran's first and only female conductor on the country's political climate, Sotheby's helps you visual your taste in art, and is that really Trump tweeting? by Caroline Christie
The unfinished business of William Eggleston’s Los Alamos The photographer's pursuit of American restlessness in Los Alamos is a collection of images suspicious of finality. It opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
The Document Agenda: “An appropriate place for a bit of end-of-the-world hedonism” Dubai relaunches a debauched luxury development, researchers uncover new secrets about Picasso's artistic practice, and scientists now understand the need for sleep better than ever. by Caroline Christie