![Emanuel Admassu and Anita N. Bateman’s ‘Where is Africa?’ forges a new framework for postcolonial artistic dialogue](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/21150541/DOCUMENT_Where-is-Africa_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Emanuel Admassu and Anita N. Bateman’s ‘Where is Africa?’ forges a new framework for postcolonial artistic dialogue
Following the release of their book, the architect-professor co-editors talk about their research process, Afrofuturism, and subverting expectations of Blackness
![In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/21144450/DOCUMENT_THEWRONGMOVIE_STILL-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection
Artist and writer Keren Cytter’s feature film debuted at the 74th Berlinale, leaving audiences wondering: did that guy really become a drone?
![‘Queues’ by Louis Osmosis serializes artistic epiphany](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/15114014/DOCUMENT_LOUIS-OSMOSIS_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
‘Queues’ by Louis Osmosis serializes artistic epiphany
The sculptor’s most recent solo exhibition at Kapp Kapp gives the potency of ideas a spermatozoan mascot
![Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12150211/DOCUMENT_AnaBenaroya_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration
Before her next solo show at Art Basel Hong Kong, Benaroya chats weaponized lactation and success in the art world with her mentor
![The art of Shibari](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24114603/DOCUMENT_Art-of-Shibari_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
The art of Shibari
For Marie Sauvage and Hajime Kinoko, rope bondage is a form of creative expression
![Artist Sofia Crespo’s ‘Structures of Being’ illuminates Barcelona](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/09141706/DOCUMENT_Casa-Batlio_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Artist Sofia Crespo’s ‘Structures of Being’ illuminates Barcelona
In a large-scale projection mapping, neural nets help reimagine Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló
![Kaur Alia Ahmed crafts poetry in three dimensions with ‘sky, harp’](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/30155849/DOCUMENT_SKY-HARP_THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Kaur Alia Ahmed crafts poetry in three dimensions with ‘sky, harp’
The New York–based artist and writer merges sound, sculpture, and sport in their debut solo show
![Noah Stalgia creates sculptures for an era of withering authenticity](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/29142941/DOCUMENT_Noah-Stalgia_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Noah Stalgia creates sculptures for an era of withering authenticity
The New York-based artist joins Document to discuss faux-transgressive design, working-class fetishism, and the drive toward belief
![Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23114654/DOCUMENT_Ottessa-Moshfegh_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need
Excavating the dark side of human nature, the author invites readers to find divinity in depravity
![On heaven, hell, and nothingness in Miami Beach](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20130133/DOCUMENT_Art-Basel-Miami_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
On heaven, hell, and nothingness in Miami Beach
A dispatch from Art Basel fielding questions of protest, spectacle, and frivolity through a quote by Slavoj Žižek
![Choreographer Ligia Lewis transforms CARA into a theater of concepts](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/19104938/DOCUMENT_Ligia-Lewis_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Choreographer Ligia Lewis transforms CARA into a theater of concepts
Currently on view, ‘study now steady’ is a foray into the relationship between audience and performer, told through a Black feminist lens
![(LA)HORDE challenges the canon of concert dance](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/18110036/DOCUMENT_La-Horde_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
(LA)HORDE challenges the canon of concert dance
Combining ballet and rave culture, the collective gives traditional choreography a much-needed update
![‘Virtual Volume’ makes space a thought experiment](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11122410/DOCUMENT_Patrick-Crowley_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
‘Virtual Volume’ makes space a thought experiment
Curated by Patrick R. Crowley, the sculpture show uses relief as a springboard into the many perspectives of the three-dimensional
![The perennial reinvention of Oneohtrix Point Never](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/16145529/DOCUMENT_ONEOHTRIX-POINT-NEVER_DEC23_THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
The perennial reinvention of Oneohtrix Point Never
Daniel Lopatin on the idiosyncrasies of his creative process, the life cycle of counterculture, and how he remains enchanted with art
![Iggy Teller does Teller](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25120916/Juergen_1-600x450.jpg)
Iggy Teller does Teller
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, Juergen Teller and Dovile Drizyte reimagine the artist’s iconic works in a portfolio with their baby, Iggy, as its star
![Elliot Reed’s writing on the wall](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/08110445/DOCUMENT_Elliot-Reed_WEB-THUMB_HEADER-600x450.jpg)
Elliot Reed’s writing on the wall
The cross-medium artist turns the body politic inside out in ‘Union,’ currently on view at Anonymous Gallery
![Olympia Le-Tan takes high fashion to the ring with Sukeban](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/08121736/DOCUMENT_Sukeban_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Olympia Le-Tan takes high fashion to the ring with Sukeban
A cross between drag, performance art, and wrestling, the all-women’s league combines high concept costuming with high-flying stunts
![Erica Deeman’s required reading for environmental hope](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/07143645/DOCUMENT_Climate-Futurism_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Erica Deeman’s required reading for environmental hope
The artist shares a list of books, compiled during her fellowship at Headlands Center for the Arts, that helped inspire her latest exhibition, ‘Climate Futurism,’...
![Robert Storr’s ‘Retinal Hysteria’ renders calamity artistic](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/07120258/DOCUMENT_Retinal-Hysteria_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Robert Storr’s ‘Retinal Hysteria’ renders calamity artistic
The curator's current exhibition reflects on Christian Braum’s early naughties ‘Eye Infection’ with a wink, and a nod to our contemporary moment
![Samuel de Saboia navigates chaos on canvas](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/04125226/DOCUMENT_SAMEUL-DE-SABOIA_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Samuel de Saboia navigates chaos on canvas
The Brazilian painter discusses what’s on the horizon following his recent exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery
![‘Lavender Deal’ summons love in the time of COVID](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/28161230/DOCUMENT_Niko_Hallikainen_Baranova_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
‘Lavender Deal’ summons love in the time of COVID
Niko Hallikainen’s sprawling performance poem reflects on heartache over synth and across countries for the Performa Biennial
![Molly Crabapple’s world of art and action](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/16134719/Molly_1-600x450.jpg)
Molly Crabapple’s world of art and action
The artist returns to her roots with ‘The Chair Series,’ an intimate meditation on human connection amidst political upheaval
![In the Skateroom with Michèle Lamy and Charles-Antoine Bodson](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/28124833/DOCUMENT_MICHELE-LAMY_SKATEROOM_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
In the Skateroom with Michèle Lamy and Charles-Antoine Bodson
The creative multihyphenate isn’t afraid to show teeth across an exclusive collection of art decks, shot by Jeurgen Teller
![Something Special Studios’s cool, cool summer](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/16154144/DOCUMENT_SUMMEROFSOMETHINGSPECIAL_WEB-THUMBNAIL-600x450.jpg)
Something Special Studios’s cool, cool summer
The creative agency’s fifth annual photo book ‘Summer of Something Special’ presents a visual diary of the world’s favorite season
![‘Making Their Mark’ crafts its own canon](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/08110827/Mark_1-600x450.jpg)
‘Making Their Mark’ crafts its own canon
Spanning decades and mediums, Komal Shah and Cecilia Alemani’s ongoing exhibition puts women artists in the limelight
![Designing the traveling art show](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/07131129/Magda_1-600x450.jpg)
Designing the traveling art show
Writer and philosopher FT speaks with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery, breaking down her decision to go nomadic after four decades in the game
![Tracey Emin’s ‘Lovers Grave’ serializes the supine and the sentimental](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/06125340/Tracey_1-600x450.jpg)
Tracey Emin’s ‘Lovers Grave’ serializes the supine and the sentimental
On view at White Cube, the artist’s latest exhibition grapples with mortality and marks her return to New York
![Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington work between the folds of familiar and imaginative belonging](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/01114605/Sumayya_1-600x450.jpg)
Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington work between the folds of familiar and imaginative belonging
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the architect and artist assess the importance of embracing historical nuance to fabricate new futures
![Paul Sepuya holds a mirror up to the medium, in conversation with Ryan McNamara](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/27125247/Paul_1-600x450.jpg)
Paul Sepuya holds a mirror up to the medium, in conversation with Ryan McNamara
The photographer presents ‘Setups and In-Betweens’ for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, a portfolio of improvisational images
![For Joan Jonas, everything is ongoing](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24114148/Joan_1-600x450.jpg)
For Joan Jonas, everything is ongoing
The artist joins curator Daisy Desrosiers for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, revisiting her metamorphic archive of performance
![‘C.Y.O.A.: The Suturing of Objects’ prizes process over product](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/30134910/231026-MB_05-600x450.jpg)
‘C.Y.O.A.: The Suturing of Objects’ prizes process over product
Mast Books remolds the choose your own adventure genre in exhibition form
![‘Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)’ excavates cultural memory](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/27131246/Suneil_1-600x450.jpg)
‘Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)’ excavates cultural memory
Part documentary, part visual poem, Suneil Sanzgiri’s video installation at the Brooklyn Museum examines colonial resistance across India and Africa
![Martine Gutierrez deconstructs the avatar, in conversation with Zackary Drucker](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24120845/Martine_1-600x450.jpg)
Martine Gutierrez deconstructs the avatar, in conversation with Zackary Drucker
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the artist shares ‘Child Interrupted,’ a portfolio positioning the self as invention
![Artists are poisoning AI image generators with Nightshade](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24152500/Nightshade_1-600x450.jpg)
Artists are poisoning AI image generators with Nightshade
The tool sabotages machine learning models from the inside, causing them to break in unprecedented ways
![Daytripping: Out of the bubble](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24110420/Daytripping22_1-600x450.jpg)
Daytripping: Out of the bubble
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark weekends outside of Brooklyn, finding more queerness and Pippa Garner’s Art Omi show
![‘De cara al sol’ is a photographic odyssey](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/11120734/1-1-600x450.jpg)
‘De cara al sol’ is a photographic odyssey
Diego Vourakis’s debut book is a call to adventure, painting a multifaceted picture of Cuba’s landscapes and its people
![Katharina Kaminski fashions beings from fire and clay](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/03155214/Womb_1-600x450.jpg)
Katharina Kaminski fashions beings from fire and clay
At Paris’s Sainte Anne Gallery, ‘Womb’ examines the sculptor’s intersex identity, offering up the body as a well of creativity
![‘Blind Tongue’ constructs Mel Odom’s surrealist dreamscape](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/22084740/Blind_1-600x450.jpg)
‘Blind Tongue’ constructs Mel Odom’s surrealist dreamscape
The artist’s aloof figures are burdened by their own beauty in this career-sweeping exhibition, curated by Michael Bullock and staged at David Lewis Gallery
![Beyond the looking glass, in the Robert Olnick Pavilion](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/15104905/Mag_1-600x450.jpg)
Beyond the looking glass, in the Robert Olnick Pavilion
Magazzino Italian Art’s new free-standing structure boasts two inaugural exhibitions, marrying the spirit of community with postwar art
![Singing the ‘Orchid Blues’](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/14132436/Cam_1-600x450.jpg)
Singing the ‘Orchid Blues’
Cameron Patricia Downey speaks on their inaugural museum show in conversation with their former art teacher, painter Caroline Kent
![Willa Nasatir’s art illuminates more than it illustrates](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/10140740/1-600x450.jpg)
Willa Nasatir’s art illuminates more than it illustrates
Upon her third solo exhibition with Chapter NY, the artist muses on the making and the meaning of her work
![‘je t’adore’ is a rhinestone-encrusted exploration of erotica](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/09130504/Mickalene_1-1-600x450.jpg)
‘je t’adore’ is a rhinestone-encrusted exploration of erotica
At Yancey Richardson, artist Mickalene Thomas engenders a stratified approach to the Black body as narrative
![Andrea Ferrero’s sculptures give the audience something to chew on](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/06132411/Andrea_1-600x450.jpg)
Andrea Ferrero’s sculptures give the audience something to chew on
The artist’s chocolate ruins are meant to be activated, celebrated, and, ultimately, digested
![George Rouy’s riotous canvases grapple with the carnal](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/05124010/George_1-600x450.jpg)
George Rouy’s riotous canvases grapple with the carnal
‘Endless Songs,’ on view at Nicola Vassell, renders artwork imbued with life’s contradictory essence
![The convivial spirit of Seth Fountain](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/05122734/Seth_1-600x450.jpg)
The convivial spirit of Seth Fountain
Meet the artist who Photoshopped his way into internet infamy, using memes and merch to support his paintings
![Carmen Winant’s ‘The last safe abortion’ depicts overlooked networks of labor](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/01112232/Carmen_1-600x450.jpg)
Carmen Winant’s ‘The last safe abortion’ depicts overlooked networks of labor
The artist’s latest photo exhibition creates a visual language countering that of the anti-choice movement
![Richie Culver dives into the witch’s cradle](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/28112323/Richie_1-600x450.jpg)
Richie Culver dives into the witch’s cradle
The artist offers a few words on what was intended to be his inaugural wordless project, ‘Alive in the Living Room’
![‘Dear Jean Pierre’ is a portrait of a young man on fire](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/16103931/Jean_1-600x450.jpg)
‘Dear Jean Pierre’ is a portrait of a young man on fire
In its collection of approximately 300 letters, postcards, sketches, Xeroxes, and photographs, the book charts a young man finding himself through art, love, and loss
![Amelia Winger-Bearskin renders climate optimism with technology](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/21114056/Amelia_1-600x450.jpg)
Amelia Winger-Bearskin renders climate optimism with technology
Following a showcase in group exhibition ‘ANTI•VENOM,’ the artist joins Document to discuss her AI-influenced creative practice
![‘An Indigenous Present’ is the the bedrock of its own conversation](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/14130717/1-1-600x450.jpg)