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
Spanning decades and mediums, Komal Shah and Cecilia Alemani’s ongoing exhibition puts women artists in the limelight
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
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
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
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
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
Mast Books remolds the choose your own adventure genre in exhibition form
‘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
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
The tool sabotages machine learning models from the inside, causing them to break in unprecedented ways
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
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
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
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
Magazzino Italian Art’s new free-standing structure boasts two inaugural exhibitions, marrying the spirit of community with postwar art
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
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
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
The artist’s chocolate ruins are meant to be activated, celebrated, and, ultimately, digested
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ideated by renowned artist Jeffrey Gibson, the landmark artbook builds roots from the Indigenous creative community
Parsing the Willyverse
Toronto photographer William Ukoh’s first solo show, ‘JANGILOVA,’ is a quest for unfettered independence
For Robert Roest, snarling dogs aren’t always angry
The painter's ongoing show at bridddge gallery invites audiences to distrust their senses—both in the clouds and the jaws of the beast
The coterie of cardistry
In London, Cardistry-Con’s 2023 edition saw the craft contending with its relationship with magic and deliberating new methods of recruitment
Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor
Working across mediums, the author of ‘Working Girl’ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalism—complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system
In Tuscany, a sanctuary for Black queer artists
A trio of creatives reflect on their residency with MQBMBQ, in partnership with Villa Lena
Racquel Chevremont melds death with decadence
Following the opening of ‘This Too Shall Pass,’ the curator joins Document to discuss the still life and her philosophy of impermanence
‘Tree & Serpent’ strikes a balance between the sacred and the secular
In collaboration with a handful of Indian cultural institutions, the Met’s new exhibition traverses six centuries of Buddhist art
At the Chelsea Hotel, queer subculture continues to thrive
Inside the clandestine parties keeping the creative spirit of the space alive, decades after its illustrious heydey
‘Quantum Piñata’ is a talent show for the artistically-aware
This Saturday at Pioneer Works, a cast of distinct performers—from Poncili Creación to Nu Jazz to Ex Wiish—will take part in a cross-medium bonanza
At #CreateCOP28, art is the answer
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, the competition challenges young artists to amplify the call for climate action
‘KAGAMI’ marries the present with the past in an imaginative landscape
Produced by Tin Drum, the mixed reality show sees the late Ryuichi Sakamoto in concert, traversing his decades-long career
‘Public Enemy’ charts 30 years of Gary Simmons
A retrospective at MCA Chicago studies the artist’s storied career, crossing mediums to prod at questions of race, class, and popular culture
‘Workflow’ interrogates repetitive and embodied violence
Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, Jenson Leonard joins Document to expound upon his film’s intent, and muse on the compassion of comedy
Pippa Garner and Gray Wielebinski construct modern mythologies
Grounded by a shared affection for contemporary folklore, the two artists meet to discuss trompe l’oeil, gender-hacking, and queer visibility
The enduring impulse of Adam Goldberg
Following his stint as a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor joins Document to anatomize his storied career
Tamo Jugeli lets the process lead her paintbrush
The Georgian artist speaks on creative risk-taking, the chaos of New York, and stumbling upon her craft
Daytripping: Embracing the barely-known
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark mediates on the work of Elysia Crampton, and the problem of letting otherness into our lives
Brontez Purnell’s parafiction of performance
Staged at Trotter & Sholer, the artist’s first solo exhibition challenges the borders of identity and artifice, dreaming of an in-between space
For Jeanette Andrews, magic is a mode of philosophy
Ahead of the premiere of ‘In Plain Listen,’ the artist joins Document to examine the meaning of her medium, and make a case for its...
‘Titanic Depression’ is not a parody
Following a two-night run of her show, Jibz Cameron joins Document to philosophize on Jack and Rose, tragedy addiction, and the nature of performance
Epistolary Filth: The life and death of ‘J.D.s’ zine
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2023 issue, Jesse Doris looks back on the transgressive queer digest, and the subculture it willed into existence
Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture
The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture
