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,...
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.
Destination POV
In the age of Instagram, travel has become the pursuit not of a singular experience—but the same point of view.
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.
Porches make a record for and by New York City
Identity, club music, boredom and distraction all collide on Aaron Maine's latest album.
Telfar Clemens’ deconstructed designs for the post-identity generation
The New York designer is making clothes to demolish the status quo
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
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
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...
Adrift in America
As hyper-media and violence create a dysphoric present, one writer stops to survey our collective unmooring.
What drives our search for utopia?
Religious freedom, inequality, sexual freedom—the pursuit of utopia is always a reflection of contemporary moods
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
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
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
Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web
If Anarchism has always existed, might it just be a base state of human existence?
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
Piers Secunda and the Preservation of Destruction
The sculptor speaks about cultural violence in the Middle East
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Objects Without Shadows
One of the most historically significant regions in the world is currently being pillaged.
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.
On the 25th Anniversary of Serge Gainsbourg’s Passing, Jane Birkin Recounts Their Love
The icon of film, fashion, and music shares stories of her life with the late musician in Document's Fall/Winter 2016 issue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Boyd McDonald: True Homosexual Experiences
Los Angeles-based artist William E. Jones discusses his latest project, True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to Hell, with Ryan Linkof, Associate Curator at...
Deana Lawson and Mickalene Thomas on the direct gaze
The artists discuss process, the significance of their mothers in their work, and how Lawson creates the intimacy that is signature in her photographs in...
Striking a pose with Brooklyn-based multi-hyphenate artist K8 Hardy
The rising artist invigorates Coach's accessories with a dose of shock value in Document's Fall/Winter 2015 issue.
Shaping the fashion world of the future with Delphine Arnault and the LVMH Prize.
One of the most remarkable things about the LVMH Prize is that nothing is asked of the winners by LVMH—they want nothing in return. That...
Olivier Rizzo: A Tribute to His Obsessions
To reduce Olivier Rizzo down to the title of “stylist” is an underestimation; he is more like the member of a quasi-religious cult, the keeper...
Paco Rabanne designer Julien Dossena explains why the new Paris might be the new New York
“There is no fight against what is new.” Blake Abbie interviews the designer for Document's Spring/Summer 2015 issue.
The World of Jacquemus
For Document S/S 2014, Daniele Balice talks to Simon Porte Jacquemus about navigating through emerging stardom in the world of fashion, while maintaining accessibility, humble...
The secret world of the Macdowell Colony, favorite respite of James Baldwin and Alice Walker
Author Cris Beam reveals the secret world of America's oldest artist retreat in Document's Spring/Summer 2014 issue.
Robert Heinecken implicates himself in a vast system of sex, money, and power with his ‘comprimised’ magazines
A portfolio from Document's Spring/Summer 2014 issue pays tribute to the pioneer of appropriation art whose his altered magazines, culled directly from mass media and...
Internet killed the public access star: Welcome to Glenn O’Brien’s ‘TV Party’
How Glenn O’Brien’s ‘TV Party’ ushered in the do-it-yourself entertainment era, from Document's Fall/Winter 2013 issue.
Alissa Bennett imagines the meeting of a pair of artists who redefined erotic symbolism
A dark commentary on female sexuality interpreted by the works of two artists from very different time periods, Toyen and Emily Sundblad, from Document's Fall/Winter...
Daniel Pinchbeck’s extraterrestrial explorations through LSD, UFO encounters, and ‘parasitic’ spirits
The writer and activist Daniel Pinchbeck recounts his personal journey through space, and time for Document's Fall/Winter 2013 issue.
Pure Murder: An American Honor Killing
A thrill-seeking kid and the ‘underage’ middle-aged man—David McConnell recounts a true story in which innocence and experience aren’t what they seem for Document's Spring/Summer...
The Source Family is one of L.A.’s most infamous cults: Isis Aquarian takes Document behind the curtain
How Father Yod conquered Hollywood and captivated John Lennon and Warren Beatty in Document's Fall/Winter 2013 issue.
Bryan Adams reenergizes the concept of celebrity portraits
The musician and photographer discusses his technique behind the camera for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
