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
Fashion The Shoptimist: An unbearable uniformity of being In her monthly column, previously closeted gym member Maya Kotomori ruminates on the role of the yoga set on her shopping psyche
Literature Fine Print: You’re a winner, baby On the heels of the National Book Awards announcements, columnist Drew Zeiba asks what prizes mean for publishing
“Everything has been dressed by the act of painting.” Photographer Nicolas Kern and fashion editor Julie Ragolia collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
Above the Fold The sound of Halloween, according to The Dare The Brooklyn-based DJ embraces the delirium of the holiday in this 12-song playlist for Document by Razzi Schlosser Above the Fold Within the glitz of Hollywood Hills, Leyla Blue is finding her voice In championing art as therapy, the Gen Z musician provides a peek into the metaphorical bedroom of an uncertain generation by Alessandra Schade Above the Fold Ladyfag takes the underground rave scene to greater heights with LadyLand, a music festival celebrating queerness “If you come to Ladyland, I want you to leave feeling like you had the time of your life.” by Tiana Randall Above the Fold Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas curate a show that subverts tradition At Parrish Art Museum, ‘Set It Off’ pulls from an international roster of artists to address themes of sexuality, memory, and identity by Madeleine Beck Above the Fold Cookie Mueller’s cult classic writings gain a second life in an intimate reissue ‘Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black’ follows the iconic creative on her almost-unbelievable exploits by Meka Boyle Above the Fold The risks and rewards of sex tapes—according to the experts, and everyday people who make them When filming yourself in the bedroom, a lot can go wrong really fast. So how can you ensure your experience stays sexy? by Jack Riewe Above the Fold AssangeDAO imagines the social justice potential of online collectives The community bought an NFT for $53 million, with the aim to fund the WikiLeaks founder’s legal fees by Peter Miklas Above the Fold Miles Greenberg is creating spaces to transcend The Québécois artist joins Document to discuss the Black origins of surrealism, the future of performance, and being a low-key biohacker by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Tao Lin’s required reading for going off-grid Long before the global pandemic necessitated lifestyle changes for millions of Americans, Tao Lin was already seeking solace in the natural world. “The mind is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Trevor Paglen wants you to stop seeing like a human The artist on CIA-funded facial recognition technology, images in the post-truth era, and why AI is its own form of politics by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Better living through anarchy: Tracking the rise of the temporary autonomous zone As calls to abolish the police amplify and protest zones evolve into self-governing communities, it’s clear that Americans are fed up with the current system.... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold King Kumo might be the future’s flyest marine biologist Meet the 26-year-old, DaBaby-approved dancer, inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold In a world of injustice, Orion Sun believes boundless love is still possible The rising R&B star on the power of mass protests, the performativity of social media, and finding strength in making music. by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Artists for Humans, the underground initiative leveraging art to protect New York’s most vulnerable With the help of fellow artists and donors, painter Hannah Beerman has raised upward of $130,000 for pandemic relief by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The secret world of images not meant for human eyes In a new exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford investigate AI’s political underpinnings. by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Ondine Viñao’s beautiful, disturbing clown videos exorcise childhood trauma Pulling inspiration from Bruce Nauman’s iconic “Clown Torture” videos, Viñao’s “Holy Fools” experiments with torture as a form of exposure therapy. by Allie Monck Above the Fold Flatbush Zombies are the hip-hop Santas of NYC The rap trio brought holiday cheer to Canal Street with their toy-drive that saw all donations and proceeds raised for Camba, a non-profit which connects... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Meet the women leading Latin America’s abortion rights revolution Document’s Sam Weir spoke to five female activists on the fight for abortion in Argentina and found a common thread between them all: an unwavering... by Sam Weir Above the Fold Young activists take UK government to court over failing to tackle climate change After research suggests the younger generation will be facing the effects of climate change, activists in the UK are holding the government responsible. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold James Welling on his photo ‘1538’ “The challenge is to create something I haven't seen before." by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold Martine Rose is designing for the ‘dodgy’ man of her dreams, one piece at a time Ahead of her Spring / Summer 2019 collection, Document met up with the London-born designer to discuss intuition, music, and the unpredictable, flashy, always dodgy,... by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold Tomas Maier on the ‘raw, simple, and emotional’ works of Donald Judd We asked the Bottega Veneta creative director about his fascination with the legendary sculptor, whose aluminum works are on display this summer at the Judd... by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’ 'In those days, it was so much fun to take pictures of people because they were never suspicious. They were just honored.' by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold Who’s that in the garden? The latest monograph from Aperture, The Photographer in the Garden, is a simple homage to the garden's delicate perfection. by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 Above the Fold 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 At Large 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 Above the Fold Lucid dreaming backstage with Sies Marjan Sies Marjan and Sander Lak take Document inside of their varicolored fantasy by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold Andreas Laszlo Konrath on his photo “Untitled (Joe #11, Braces 1)” Contact Sheet is Document's newest weekly installment on the story behind the images shaping our visual culture. by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold Tempting fate backstage with Vaquera The New York label's FW18 extravaganza was equal parts Sin City and Sunday morning. by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “An approach that is better aware of uncertainty is more reliable” Uncertainty might help with making better decisions, a Vantablack house is built for the Winter Olympics, those who contemplate the future are better at waiting. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Ryker Allen looks at the upcoming models of New York Fashion Week Men’s Seeing the new look of the next generation of models at New York Men's Fashion Week. by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Time is not at all something that is an immutable truth” Director Agnes Varda sends the Academy of Motion Pictures a cut-out of her face, the first Britons may have actually been black, and Facebook’s algorithms... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The ‘Soul of a Nation’ comes to a small corner of America’s heartland The groundbreaking Tate Modern show comes, of all places, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas by Daisy Prince Above the Fold The cryptocurrency revolution begins to fray Is one of the most-hyped advancements in technology beginning to wreak havoc? by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Museums are gradually practicing the art of embracing women’s stories Museums in the UK are removing stereotypical representations of the female form and replacing them with stories of female empowerment by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The Vatican is looking to capitalize on Andy Warhol’s closeted Catholicism A retrospective of the artist's "spiritual works" will be featured in a joint exhibition by the Vatican and The Andy Warhol Museum in 2019 by Caroline Christie Above the Fold PFW18: Viktor & Rolf’s couture is a meticulous cultural commentary The Dutch "fashion artists" can't just do style for style's sake by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold Hobby Lobby can’t stop smuggling Mesopotamian artifacts The Justice Department has requested another 245 artifacts smuggled out of Iraq by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The Dutch Fashion Police are scanning the streets for Gucci and Rolex Police in Rotterdam will soon be on the hunt for “Big Rolexes" and "Gucci jackets" by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The epidemic ravaging the developed world? Loneliness. Social atomization, separated families and lack of physical contact between people are creating a spike of loneliness across the U.S. and U.K. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The sound of Halloween, according to The Dare The Brooklyn-based DJ embraces the delirium of the holiday in this 12-song playlist for Document by Razzi Schlosser
Above the Fold Within the glitz of Hollywood Hills, Leyla Blue is finding her voice In championing art as therapy, the Gen Z musician provides a peek into the metaphorical bedroom of an uncertain generation by Alessandra Schade
Above the Fold Ladyfag takes the underground rave scene to greater heights with LadyLand, a music festival celebrating queerness “If you come to Ladyland, I want you to leave feeling like you had the time of your life.” by Tiana Randall
Above the Fold Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas curate a show that subverts tradition At Parrish Art Museum, ‘Set It Off’ pulls from an international roster of artists to address themes of sexuality, memory, and identity by Madeleine Beck
Above the Fold Cookie Mueller’s cult classic writings gain a second life in an intimate reissue ‘Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black’ follows the iconic creative on her almost-unbelievable exploits by Meka Boyle
Above the Fold The risks and rewards of sex tapes—according to the experts, and everyday people who make them When filming yourself in the bedroom, a lot can go wrong really fast. So how can you ensure your experience stays sexy? by Jack Riewe
Above the Fold AssangeDAO imagines the social justice potential of online collectives The community bought an NFT for $53 million, with the aim to fund the WikiLeaks founder’s legal fees by Peter Miklas
Above the Fold Miles Greenberg is creating spaces to transcend The Québécois artist joins Document to discuss the Black origins of surrealism, the future of performance, and being a low-key biohacker by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Tao Lin’s required reading for going off-grid Long before the global pandemic necessitated lifestyle changes for millions of Americans, Tao Lin was already seeking solace in the natural world. “The mind is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Trevor Paglen wants you to stop seeing like a human The artist on CIA-funded facial recognition technology, images in the post-truth era, and why AI is its own form of politics by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Better living through anarchy: Tracking the rise of the temporary autonomous zone As calls to abolish the police amplify and protest zones evolve into self-governing communities, it’s clear that Americans are fed up with the current system.... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold King Kumo might be the future’s flyest marine biologist Meet the 26-year-old, DaBaby-approved dancer, inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold In a world of injustice, Orion Sun believes boundless love is still possible The rising R&B star on the power of mass protests, the performativity of social media, and finding strength in making music. by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Artists for Humans, the underground initiative leveraging art to protect New York’s most vulnerable With the help of fellow artists and donors, painter Hannah Beerman has raised upward of $130,000 for pandemic relief by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The secret world of images not meant for human eyes In a new exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford investigate AI’s political underpinnings. by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Ondine Viñao’s beautiful, disturbing clown videos exorcise childhood trauma Pulling inspiration from Bruce Nauman’s iconic “Clown Torture” videos, Viñao’s “Holy Fools” experiments with torture as a form of exposure therapy. by Allie Monck
Above the Fold Flatbush Zombies are the hip-hop Santas of NYC The rap trio brought holiday cheer to Canal Street with their toy-drive that saw all donations and proceeds raised for Camba, a non-profit which connects... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Meet the women leading Latin America’s abortion rights revolution Document’s Sam Weir spoke to five female activists on the fight for abortion in Argentina and found a common thread between them all: an unwavering... by Sam Weir
Above the Fold Young activists take UK government to court over failing to tackle climate change After research suggests the younger generation will be facing the effects of climate change, activists in the UK are holding the government responsible. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold James Welling on his photo ‘1538’ “The challenge is to create something I haven't seen before." by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold Martine Rose is designing for the ‘dodgy’ man of her dreams, one piece at a time Ahead of her Spring / Summer 2019 collection, Document met up with the London-born designer to discuss intuition, music, and the unpredictable, flashy, always dodgy,... by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold Tomas Maier on the ‘raw, simple, and emotional’ works of Donald Judd We asked the Bottega Veneta creative director about his fascination with the legendary sculptor, whose aluminum works are on display this summer at the Judd... by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’ 'In those days, it was so much fun to take pictures of people because they were never suspicious. They were just honored.' by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold Who’s that in the garden? The latest monograph from Aperture, The Photographer in the Garden, is a simple homage to the garden's delicate perfection. by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
Above the Fold 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
At Large 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
Above the Fold Lucid dreaming backstage with Sies Marjan Sies Marjan and Sander Lak take Document inside of their varicolored fantasy by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold Andreas Laszlo Konrath on his photo “Untitled (Joe #11, Braces 1)” Contact Sheet is Document's newest weekly installment on the story behind the images shaping our visual culture. by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold Tempting fate backstage with Vaquera The New York label's FW18 extravaganza was equal parts Sin City and Sunday morning. by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “An approach that is better aware of uncertainty is more reliable” Uncertainty might help with making better decisions, a Vantablack house is built for the Winter Olympics, those who contemplate the future are better at waiting. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Ryker Allen looks at the upcoming models of New York Fashion Week Men’s Seeing the new look of the next generation of models at New York Men's Fashion Week. by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Time is not at all something that is an immutable truth” Director Agnes Varda sends the Academy of Motion Pictures a cut-out of her face, the first Britons may have actually been black, and Facebook’s algorithms... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The ‘Soul of a Nation’ comes to a small corner of America’s heartland The groundbreaking Tate Modern show comes, of all places, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas by Daisy Prince
Above the Fold The cryptocurrency revolution begins to fray Is one of the most-hyped advancements in technology beginning to wreak havoc? by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Museums are gradually practicing the art of embracing women’s stories Museums in the UK are removing stereotypical representations of the female form and replacing them with stories of female empowerment by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The Vatican is looking to capitalize on Andy Warhol’s closeted Catholicism A retrospective of the artist's "spiritual works" will be featured in a joint exhibition by the Vatican and The Andy Warhol Museum in 2019 by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold PFW18: Viktor & Rolf’s couture is a meticulous cultural commentary The Dutch "fashion artists" can't just do style for style's sake by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold Hobby Lobby can’t stop smuggling Mesopotamian artifacts The Justice Department has requested another 245 artifacts smuggled out of Iraq by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The Dutch Fashion Police are scanning the streets for Gucci and Rolex Police in Rotterdam will soon be on the hunt for “Big Rolexes" and "Gucci jackets" by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The epidemic ravaging the developed world? Loneliness. Social atomization, separated families and lack of physical contact between people are creating a spike of loneliness across the U.S. and U.K. by Caroline Christie