Essential Fall Drinks: Material Vodka
Creating funding for non-commercial artist practices has always been a creative endevour in and of itself. With this goal in mind, founding partners Pati Hertling...
An inside look at Document’s S/S 2015 cover shoot with Collier Schorr
As we gear up for the launch of Document's F/W 2015 issue, we take a peek behind the scenes at Collier Schorr’s epic portfolio from...
Les Rencontres D’Arles 2015—Part Deux
In our second installment, Photographer Thomas Giddings and Art Editor Drew Sawyer sit down with some of the festival's most fascinating contributors, Natasha Caruana (exhibiting...
Document hosts Norisol Ferrari’s Concept Store Opening
This past week Document hosted an exciting event to celebrate the opening of the Norisol Ferrari's concept store in West Chelsea. Guests including Roxanne Lowit,...
Julia in Saint Laurent
New York cool-girl and muse Julia Cumming in Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane—photographed by Anna Alek and Ronald Burton III in a Document exclusive.
James Welling’s Wyeth Series at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
In 2010, the Connecticut-born artist James Welling began a series of photographs inspired by the paintings of Andrew Wyeth. Welling is known for numerous experiments...
The House of Saint Laurent Couture
There’s a new couture house in Saint-Germain-des-Prés on Paris’s Left Bank. Saint Laurent Couture just moved into its new headquarters at 24, Rue de l’Université....
Revisiting “H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS” by Philippe Parreno at the Armory
The exhibition H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS which closed last week, was something of a love letter from the French artist Philippe Parreno to the...
Les Rencontres d’Arles 2015—Part Un
Document travels to Arles, France, for the influential photography festival, Les Rencontres d'Arles and visits with some of the festival's most compelling contributors.
José Parlá: Segmented Realities
Despite the humidity and the showers that plagued New York last week, a crowd of well-wishers and art enthusiasts filled the Standard Plaza at the...
Yuta Nakajima and Madeline Warren on ‘Passing Leap’ at Hauser & Wirth
During the summer months, when many residents escape the oppressive heat of the city, New York galleries have the chance to break out of their...
A First for New York: Men’s Fashion Week
Document highlights the season's strongest collections at New York Fashion Week: Men's with photographer Joshua Woods.
Agenda Founder Aaron Levant’s Top Brands To Watch
What started out as a creative canvas for about 30 emerging artists, Agenda, founded by Aaron Levant, quickly grew to be the largest tradeshow of...
Summer Escapes: Document’s contributors share their getaways
As the summer season is hitting feverish temperatures, we catch up with our contributors to find out where they're hiding out.
Volatile Smile: A Conversation with Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann
Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann are both a couple and multi-media artist duo, collaborating since 1996. After a high frequency trading company threatened to sue...
The Stroke of a New Era: Maison Margiela
Artist Aurore de la Morinerie paints John Galliano’s debut haute couture collection for Maison Margiela for Document Issue 6.
Original Document: Donna Karan by Denis Piel, 1985
Unearthing Donna Karan's rare video directed by Denis Piel and starring Rosemary McGrotha from the year Karan founded her brand, one can't help but feel...
Men’s Fashion Week in Paris
Document visits Paris Men's Fashion Week with photographer Joshua Woods.
Gavin Brown’s enterprise bids farewell to its West Village Gallery with Jannis Kounellis
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, the perennially hip downtown art gallery, recently announced it would be moving to Amsterdam Ave. and 126th Street, adjacent to Columbia University’s...
The Art of Collaboration with Juergen Teller
Bottega Veneta continues their Art of Collaboration series for the Fall/Winter 2015 campaign enlisting photographer Juergen Teller. Have a look at the film above.
Moda a Milano
Document visits Milan with a backstage look at the best of men's Spring/Summer and women's Resort 2016.
J.W.Anderson at London Collections: Mens
We can’t deny the surplus of fresh and forward thinking ideas that shape a pretty interesting conversation of what British designers have to offer to...
En Plein Air: New York’s Artists Residencies
Escaping the city life is a powerful lure for artists seeking reinvigoration. Many residencies offer scenic environs in which to ensconce oneself and make art—which...
A Visit to LISTE 2015
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, LISTE used to be called the “The Young Art Fair in Basel,” but it has since grown up and...
Document’s 10 Must-Sees at Art Basel 2015
Art Basel runs like a Swiss clock, flawlessly operated and enjoying its 46th edition. At the helm is the French-American director Marc Spiegler; if ever...
“Love each other”: Maripol & Léonard Lasry
Document contributor and famed Polaroid artist Maripol sits down with Léonard Lasry, the French songwriter, music producer, and co-owner of the sunglasses brand Thierry Lasry,...
On View: Yayoi Kusama’s Give Me Love at David Zwirner Gallery
Yayoi Kusama’s current exhibition Give Me Love at the David Zwirner Gallery is a visual trip: pumpkin sculptures are covered in polka dots; large paintings...
The Various Visions of Stephen Posen
In Stephen Posen’s first monograph Ellipsis: Dual Vision, meaning is created through the pairing of photographs. The collection as a whole abandons narrative in favor...
Goldrush at the Fondazione Prada
In a drab neighborhood in southern Milan, far behind the Porta Romana train station, peeks something gold. It's the centerpiece of Fondazione Prada Milano, an...
Gentle Sometimes: An Interview with Sons of an Illustrious Father
In the roughly six years of their existence, the New York-based band Sons of an Illustrious Father have developed a definite affinity for repurposement—of musical...
Dior’s Secret Garden IV
Document Journal previews the next chapter in Dior's Secret Garden campaign. Directed by Steven Klein, the newest film stars Rihanna running through the corridors and...
Document’s 10 Must-Sees at Frieze New York
The current edition of Frieze New York—the fourth since the launch in 2012—is among its best.
Getting to Know noir by kei ninomiya
Tucked away behind an autobody shop facade and amongst galleries in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, you'll find the entrance to the world of Comme des...
It’s Symptomatic… by Carissa Rodriguez
If our bodily functions are to be imagined as computing, the tongue is something like a screengrab of the artist’s internal state.
Joseph Szabo on Photography
The work of Joseph Szabo, the American photographer known for capturing American teenage culture of the 70s, has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of...
Ed Atkins “Recent Ouija” at The Stedelijk Museum
Three of the great themes in art remain: love, death, and god—or the lack there of. In the new exhibition on until May 31 2015...
Self-Portraits by Zanele Muholi
A photographer, an educator, a human rights advocate, a documentarian, an artist—Zanele Muholi is a fearless visual activist whose work creates visibility for the black...
Last Look: East of Eden by Philip-Lorca diCorcia at David Zwirner Gallery
Early on associated with the Boston School of American Photography, Philip-Lorca diCorcia is among a group of artists who trained in the 70s at the...
“#Girlsgetahead”: A Closer Look at Balmain’s Spring/Summer 2015 Collection
Olivier Rousteing began at Balmain in 2011, at only 25. Rousteing’s over-the-top rock aesthetic has garned him critical acclaim. And in a world where everything...
Haunted: Michaël Borremans’ Enigmatic Art
For nearly 20 years, the Belgium artist Michaël Borremans has been producing a surreal body of work in painting, drawing, and film that simultaneously mines...
Instant Magic: An Intimate Look at Hugo Boss’ Spring/Summer 2015 Collection
Two years ago when Hugo Boss hired Jason Wu as creative director, many were scratching their heads as Wu had never worked for a fashion...
Document S/S 2015: “Come Here, Look Back, Move Forward”*
When we begin each new issue of Document Journal, we are reacting not only to our previous issues, of course, and to the season in...
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Origins of the Species
Since the late '90s, the American artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has gained international acclaim for her feminist science-fiction movies starring Tilda Swinton, such...
“Legs Are Not Doors” A Film for Proenza Schouler by Harley Weir
Inspired by “Real Sex” and “Taxi Cab Confessions”—idiosyncratic muses and friends share fleeting thoughts and gazes while wearing the Proenza Schouler Spring/Summer 2015 collection. Have...
Chandeliers Bloom at the New York Botanical Gardens
The annual Orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden is a sight to be seen, housed in the atriums of the 250 acre property....
Côte&Ciel Expands Into Luxury Leather Handbags With the Alias Collection
After more five years of making subtly sculpted bags from technical fabrics, Côte&Ciel, led by creative director Stephan Wembacher, is launching a division of luxury leather...
Document Diary: Slow Factory’s Céline Semaan on Fashion, Technology, and Connectedness
The intersection of design, arts, culture, and technology has been the subject of many think pieces, op-eds, and editorials, but musing on it is different...
“The Smell of Us”—A Collaboration with Larry Clark and J.W.Anderson
Document Journal invites you to celebrate The Smell of Us at collaborative book between Larry Clark and J.W.Anderson with a special performance by reVolt (thisisnotrevolt)....
“Monuments of the Memory” at the Refectory
Last week, Le Livre Art Publishing celebrated the release of its second project, Monuments of the Memory at The Refectory at the High Line Hotel in New York. Monuments is a...
