Literature ‘Like Love’ guides readers through years of Maggie Nelson’s thoughtful work The autotheorist’s latest book is a best-of collection of essays equal parts academic and personal
Art Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of glamor On view at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, the artist’s paintings are a gleaming tribute to womanhood and perfectionism
Fashion ESSX evolves the New York retail landscape At an iconic intersection on the LES, the multi-brand retailer redefines what it means to shop luxury Downtown
David Lynch still keeps his head Piecing together the fragments of the director's infamously opaque creative process with his new memoir, 'Room to Dream.' by Judy Berman serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’ Josiah Wise's latest release as serpentwithfeet is a sensuous plea to indulge the fantasies of unbroken human intimacy. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton A life of objects lost in translation An intimate tour of Christie's acclaimed Rockefeller Auction, this past May, revealed the lie at the heart of estate sales—and of the American dream so... by Vivien Lee Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world The Turner Prize-nominated research collective are bridging the space of war zones and human rights atrocities with the world of fine arts to establish undeniable... by Caroline Christie Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York... by Dalya Benor If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books. If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long... by Emily Wells Visions of Vigilantism How two recent films, Eli Roth's remake of 'Death Wish' and the Safdie Brother's 'Good Time,' update a less-spoken promise of the American dream: instant... by Jonathon Sturgeon In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty Automated for the people What does the rise of workwear in fashion say about our own ideas about labor in the age of automation and the Amazon warehouse? by Mindy Meissen Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls. by Anders Christian Madsen The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm. by Katherine Cross Aggregators of anxiety Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica. by Barrett White Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom On ‘Freedom’, his fifth record as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon makes post-modern soul music that stares down the borderless terrain of the self. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton The end of fur as we know it? As an increasing number of designers end their relationship with fur, we ask if the split is permanent. by Divya Bala Saskia de Brauw says the #MeToo moment has made her rethink ‘normal’ The artist and model on working in an industry looking to make amends. by Divya Bala Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror The art made by Guantanamo Bay detainees and the photographs of Edmund Clarke, both on display in New York City this spring, offers new perspectives... by Rahel Aima The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City The stately painter, whose attentive personality flourished in the underground of 1970s New York, tells Document the stories behind the stories of his collected journals,... by Kelly Harris Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future Irv Teibel’s ‘Environments’ created a whole new category of escapist listening in the ’60s and ’70s. Now reissued as an app by the Numero Group,... by Thea Ballard Taking back New York City’s nightlife NYC is finally free to dance without fear of crackdown again with the repeal of New York’s 91-year-old Cabaret Law. by Daisy Prince Destination POV In the age of Instagram, travel has become the pursuit not of a singular experience—but the same point of view. by Michael McGregor The American politics of the radical presidential portrait Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are the latest entries in a visual tradition defining the politics of the present. by Ann Binlot Porches make a record for and by New York City Identity, club music, boredom and distraction all collide on Aaron Maine's latest album. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Telfar Clemens’ deconstructed designs for the post-identity generation The New York designer is making clothes to demolish the status quo by Sharifa Morris Pieter Hugo on ‘Victory of Youth,’ his exclusive collaboration with Nike and Riccardo Tisci The acclaimed photographer sits down with art editor Drew Sawyer to discuss his exclusive latest work for Nike and Document Books by Drew Sawyer The Eternal Peter Hujar Nan Goldin, Gary Indiana, Dev Hynes, and more, reflect on ten of the photographer's singular portraits, some never before published, until now by Sarah Nicole Prickett The Energy of a New Moment As the chaos of 2017 gives way to a new year, Document asked a number of artists, writers, musicians, and designers to sum up an... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Adrift in America As hyper-media and violence create a dysphoric present, one writer stops to survey our collective unmooring. by Patrick Blanchfield What drives our search for utopia? Religious freedom, inequality, sexual freedom—the pursuit of utopia is always a reflection of contemporary moods by Cody Delistraty The haute couture fascination inspiring London’s newest class of designers Haute Couture is finding a new audience with a group of upcoming designers who place craft and individualism at the forefront by Anders Christian Madsen If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today? Noah Berlatsky explores the parallels between cultural fear and the work of science fiction by Noah Berlatsky Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution How do you turn what was once demonized into a source of pride and exploration? Matt Baume writes on cosplay's gender defying evolution by Matt Baume Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web If Anarchism has always existed, might it just be a base state of human existence? by Kyle Chayka Will virtual reality have an empathy breakthrough? In a internet landscape filled with cynicism and cyber attacks, artists are looking to virtual reality to bridge the digital gap by Cody Delistraty Piers Secunda and the Preservation of Destruction The sculptor speaks about cultural violence in the Middle East by Fiona Rose-Greenland Oxford’s Dr. Anders Sandberg Combats A.I.’s Threat to Humanity with His Whiteboard Dr. Anders Sanberg is looking to save humanity from extinction from an unlikely instigator. by Cody Delistraty Japanese internment camp survivors reflect on America’s dark past 75 years later A forgotten and hidden stain on American history, Japanese internment camps were yet another point of damage done to minorities in the U.S. by Ann Binlot Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today One positive to note from troubling times is the rise of virulent and decisive art and expression. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat Burberry’s Christopher Bailey Finds Balance in a Time of Social and Political Uncertainty As the creative director-turned-C.E.O. of Burberry prepares to step back into the atelier full-time, he reflects on a monumental year of change. by Anders Christian Madsen The lost glamour of historic-art collector Alexander Iolas Artist and filmmaker William E. Jones reflects upon the complicated, seductive legacy of a legendary personality for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by William E Jones Objects Without Shadows One of the most historically significant regions in the world is currently being pillaged. by Fiona Rose-Greenland No More Weird Buildings—China’s Architectural Revolution Can the use of a single adjective transform an entire country’s built landscape? From Document No. 9, we investigate the changing landscape. by Aric Chen Jane Birkin on love and loss The late icon of film, fashion, and music shares stories of her life with Serge Gainsbourg for Document’s Fall/Winter 2016 issue by Jane Birkin El Paquete: an Underground Railroad for Art in Cuba On an island where the all-consuming freedom of the internet is just beyond reach, Nestor Siré and El Paquete make art downloadable. by Richard Morgan The Yavapai-Apache Creation Story Curator Barbara London introduces the photography of feminist video artist Dara Birnbaum and a powerful ancestral tale of generative power for Document's Fall/Winter 2016 issue. by Barbara London In a fashion world where realists are pulling dreamers out of their fantasies, Peter Dundas is leading Roberto Cavalli into a new era of glamour. In Paris, the legendary designer discusses the transition to Cavalli, his international upbringing, and the service of fashion in troubled times. by Anders Christian Madsen Christopher Kane on Creativity and Art Brut at the Center Gugging As told to Sarah Mower, the designer recounts his visit to the artistic psychiatric clinic and museum with photograher Laurence Ellis. by Christopher Kane Alternative Vision: Martine Sitbon Discusses Testimony and New Tome with Partner Marc Ascoli In the forthcoming book, the designer recounts significant moments from her past and carefully focuses on the garments themselves that have defined not only her... by Joshua Glass Thoughts on Paper: Donald Judd on longtime friend and collaborator Dan Flavin in an exclusive text Caitlin Murray introduces one of Judd's previously unpublished manuscripts complete with his handwritten annotations. by Caitlin Murray Future Formats: How Electronic Arts Intermix Propelled Video Art in a Pre-YouTube, Pre-internet Era Curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan and artists affiliated with the visionary nonprofit consider the evolution of video art. by Tina Rivers Ryan Milan Vukmirovic & Michael Lau: Larger Than Life Acclaimed "Godfather" of the designer toy movement, Michael Lau connects with Ports 1961's Milan Vukmirovic for a larger-than-life collaboration. by Ronald Burton III
David Lynch still keeps his head Piecing together the fragments of the director's infamously opaque creative process with his new memoir, 'Room to Dream.' by Judy Berman
serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’ Josiah Wise's latest release as serpentwithfeet is a sensuous plea to indulge the fantasies of unbroken human intimacy. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
A life of objects lost in translation An intimate tour of Christie's acclaimed Rockefeller Auction, this past May, revealed the lie at the heart of estate sales—and of the American dream so... by Vivien Lee
Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world The Turner Prize-nominated research collective are bridging the space of war zones and human rights atrocities with the world of fine arts to establish undeniable... by Caroline Christie
Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York... by Dalya Benor
If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books. If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long... by Emily Wells
Visions of Vigilantism How two recent films, Eli Roth's remake of 'Death Wish' and the Safdie Brother's 'Good Time,' update a less-spoken promise of the American dream: instant... by Jonathon Sturgeon
In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty
Automated for the people What does the rise of workwear in fashion say about our own ideas about labor in the age of automation and the Amazon warehouse? by Mindy Meissen
Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls. by Anders Christian Madsen
The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm. by Katherine Cross
Aggregators of anxiety Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica. by Barrett White
Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom On ‘Freedom’, his fifth record as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon makes post-modern soul music that stares down the borderless terrain of the self. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
The end of fur as we know it? As an increasing number of designers end their relationship with fur, we ask if the split is permanent. by Divya Bala
Saskia de Brauw says the #MeToo moment has made her rethink ‘normal’ The artist and model on working in an industry looking to make amends. by Divya Bala
Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror The art made by Guantanamo Bay detainees and the photographs of Edmund Clarke, both on display in New York City this spring, offers new perspectives... by Rahel Aima
The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City The stately painter, whose attentive personality flourished in the underground of 1970s New York, tells Document the stories behind the stories of his collected journals,... by Kelly Harris
Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future Irv Teibel’s ‘Environments’ created a whole new category of escapist listening in the ’60s and ’70s. Now reissued as an app by the Numero Group,... by Thea Ballard
Taking back New York City’s nightlife NYC is finally free to dance without fear of crackdown again with the repeal of New York’s 91-year-old Cabaret Law. by Daisy Prince
Destination POV In the age of Instagram, travel has become the pursuit not of a singular experience—but the same point of view. by Michael McGregor
The American politics of the radical presidential portrait Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are the latest entries in a visual tradition defining the politics of the present. by Ann Binlot
Porches make a record for and by New York City Identity, club music, boredom and distraction all collide on Aaron Maine's latest album. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Telfar Clemens’ deconstructed designs for the post-identity generation The New York designer is making clothes to demolish the status quo by Sharifa Morris
Pieter Hugo on ‘Victory of Youth,’ his exclusive collaboration with Nike and Riccardo Tisci The acclaimed photographer sits down with art editor Drew Sawyer to discuss his exclusive latest work for Nike and Document Books by Drew Sawyer
The Eternal Peter Hujar Nan Goldin, Gary Indiana, Dev Hynes, and more, reflect on ten of the photographer's singular portraits, some never before published, until now by Sarah Nicole Prickett
The Energy of a New Moment As the chaos of 2017 gives way to a new year, Document asked a number of artists, writers, musicians, and designers to sum up an... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Adrift in America As hyper-media and violence create a dysphoric present, one writer stops to survey our collective unmooring. by Patrick Blanchfield
What drives our search for utopia? Religious freedom, inequality, sexual freedom—the pursuit of utopia is always a reflection of contemporary moods by Cody Delistraty
The haute couture fascination inspiring London’s newest class of designers Haute Couture is finding a new audience with a group of upcoming designers who place craft and individualism at the forefront by Anders Christian Madsen
If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today? Noah Berlatsky explores the parallels between cultural fear and the work of science fiction by Noah Berlatsky
Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution How do you turn what was once demonized into a source of pride and exploration? Matt Baume writes on cosplay's gender defying evolution by Matt Baume
Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web If Anarchism has always existed, might it just be a base state of human existence? by Kyle Chayka
Will virtual reality have an empathy breakthrough? In a internet landscape filled with cynicism and cyber attacks, artists are looking to virtual reality to bridge the digital gap by Cody Delistraty
Piers Secunda and the Preservation of Destruction The sculptor speaks about cultural violence in the Middle East by Fiona Rose-Greenland
Oxford’s Dr. Anders Sandberg Combats A.I.’s Threat to Humanity with His Whiteboard Dr. Anders Sanberg is looking to save humanity from extinction from an unlikely instigator. by Cody Delistraty
Japanese internment camp survivors reflect on America’s dark past 75 years later A forgotten and hidden stain on American history, Japanese internment camps were yet another point of damage done to minorities in the U.S. by Ann Binlot
Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today One positive to note from troubling times is the rise of virulent and decisive art and expression. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Burberry’s Christopher Bailey Finds Balance in a Time of Social and Political Uncertainty As the creative director-turned-C.E.O. of Burberry prepares to step back into the atelier full-time, he reflects on a monumental year of change. by Anders Christian Madsen
The lost glamour of historic-art collector Alexander Iolas Artist and filmmaker William E. Jones reflects upon the complicated, seductive legacy of a legendary personality for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by William E Jones
Objects Without Shadows One of the most historically significant regions in the world is currently being pillaged. by Fiona Rose-Greenland
No More Weird Buildings—China’s Architectural Revolution Can the use of a single adjective transform an entire country’s built landscape? From Document No. 9, we investigate the changing landscape. by Aric Chen
Jane Birkin on love and loss The late icon of film, fashion, and music shares stories of her life with Serge Gainsbourg for Document’s Fall/Winter 2016 issue by Jane Birkin
El Paquete: an Underground Railroad for Art in Cuba On an island where the all-consuming freedom of the internet is just beyond reach, Nestor Siré and El Paquete make art downloadable. by Richard Morgan
The Yavapai-Apache Creation Story Curator Barbara London introduces the photography of feminist video artist Dara Birnbaum and a powerful ancestral tale of generative power for Document's Fall/Winter 2016 issue. by Barbara London
In a fashion world where realists are pulling dreamers out of their fantasies, Peter Dundas is leading Roberto Cavalli into a new era of glamour. In Paris, the legendary designer discusses the transition to Cavalli, his international upbringing, and the service of fashion in troubled times. by Anders Christian Madsen
Christopher Kane on Creativity and Art Brut at the Center Gugging As told to Sarah Mower, the designer recounts his visit to the artistic psychiatric clinic and museum with photograher Laurence Ellis. by Christopher Kane
Alternative Vision: Martine Sitbon Discusses Testimony and New Tome with Partner Marc Ascoli In the forthcoming book, the designer recounts significant moments from her past and carefully focuses on the garments themselves that have defined not only her... by Joshua Glass
Thoughts on Paper: Donald Judd on longtime friend and collaborator Dan Flavin in an exclusive text Caitlin Murray introduces one of Judd's previously unpublished manuscripts complete with his handwritten annotations. by Caitlin Murray
Future Formats: How Electronic Arts Intermix Propelled Video Art in a Pre-YouTube, Pre-internet Era Curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan and artists affiliated with the visionary nonprofit consider the evolution of video art. by Tina Rivers Ryan
Milan Vukmirovic & Michael Lau: Larger Than Life Acclaimed "Godfather" of the designer toy movement, Michael Lau connects with Ports 1961's Milan Vukmirovic for a larger-than-life collaboration. by Ronald Burton III