Moynat and Daniel Arsham
To celebrate the opening of the first store in New York for the LVMH-owned heritage brand, Moynat, its creative director Ramesh Nair enlisted the artist...
New African Photography
Saturday, May 7th, marks the curatorial debut between Red Hook Labs and new global media platform Nataal, highlighting contemporary African photography, fashion, music, and arts.
“Say Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything”
Say Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything, Published by Capricious Press, is a hybrid of poetry, criticism, and fiction. Guest-edited by New York based...
A Curator’s Collection, Revealed
Cabinet d'Amis, an exhibition at Art Brussels, showed the "accidental collection" of letters, artwork and gifts Belgian curator Jan Hoet accumulated from artists like Joseph...
Enoc Perez on Being an Architecture Groupie
Puerto Rican artist Enoc Perez likes to refer to himself as an architecture groupie. He even shows it in his work, immortalizing buildings like the...
Surface and Depth
Ahead of photographer Willa Nasatir's first solo exhibition at Albright-Knox, Document presents an exclusive portfolio of her work.
Hedi Slimane on his online photographic Diary—a project that has spanned a decade and two fashion houses—and rediscovering New York
The designer shares his longtime side project with Document.
Anthony Vaccarello on Discovering a New Life
Following his appointment as creative director for Saint Laurent, we revisit Anthony Vaccarello's profile from issue No. 6 with musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.
A Short, Pleasurable Journey with Jamie Hawkesworth
British photographer Jamie Hawkesworth's first solo show, A Short, Pleasurable Journey: 51 Photographs by Jamie Hawkesworth, contains 51 images of Jamie's personal and editorial work....
Tom Sachs and Van Neistat on “A Space Program”
Tom Sachs and Van Neistat talk about their collaboration A Space Program and take Document on a tour of the artist's Downtown studio.
Bjarne Ruins VFILES: Shop Takeover by Bjarne Melgaard & Babak Radboy
Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard and creative director Babak Radboy are taking over the VFILES store, located at 12 Mercer St, on March 17th at 7pm,...
Herzog & de Meuron Reimagine the Musée Unterlinden
Located in a building that was originally a 13th-century Dominican convent, the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, France is one of the most-visited museums in the...
An Inaugural Opening; Benoît Platéus at Skibum MacArthur
Like so many artists and art dealers, Kibum Kim—a lawyer, a faculty member of Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art, and the co-founder of...
The Inspiration: Maiyet Fall/Winter 2016
Declan Kearney, Creative Director at Maiyet, shares the inspiration behind his Fall/Winter 2016 collection.
Digital Process: Claudia Li
Exclusive to Document, these studies are for Claudia Li's eponymous Fall/Winter 2016 show, which debuted today at NYFW.
“Curtains” by Stewart Uoo
A telling fashion moment during Uoo's show opening at 47 Canal, featuring Cunt Mafia, photographed by Benedict Brink and styled by Mark Jen Hsu, exclusively...
The Not So Simple Life: Buck Ellison on his solo show “Country Day”
Drew Sawyer chatted with the Buck Ellison about his current solo exhibition, Country Day.
Synth Pioneer Giorgio Moroder on the Big Moog, Studio 54, and Basslines with Deborah Harry
Synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder on the Big Moog, Studio 54, and basslines with queen of New Wave Deborah Harry.
Endnotes
Fourteen canvas by artist Suha Traboulsi in collaboration with Walid Raad appear for the first time in Document with permission of an anonymous collector.
Andrés Laracuente at 83 Pitt Street
Sculptor Andrés Laracuente speaks with curator Matthew Lyons for Document.
A Jewelry Fetish by @BessNYC4
In an exclusive collab with Doug Abraham, aka @BessNYC4, the artist takes a more “intimate” look into one of a kind high jewelry collections with...
Belgian artist Jan Fabre on keeping audiences awake for 24 hours and passing fire to emerging artist
Boundary pushing Belgian artist Jan Fabre speaks with art curator Tim Goossens about what the passionate and uber-energetic master is cooking up in the future.
Andrea Rosen on the Passing of Time, Synaptic Experiences, and Cellphones with Miranda July
Andrea Rosen, of the Andrea Rosen Gallery, Skypes with performance artist, author and filmmaker Miranda July about her role in representing artists and raising children.
The Met’s Beatrice Galilee and architect Elizabeth Diller on new approaches to architecture
The Met’s Beatrice Galilee and architect Elizabeth Diller discuss exhibiting architecture in museums and architectures role in society in Issue No. 7.
Exploring Etudes
Études Studio—the multidisciplinary collective focusing on menswear and publishing—sits down with Document contributor Max Hirschberger to discuss the studio's practice and future.
Miuccia Prada Likes to Disturb
On the 20th anniversary of Fondazione Prada, and the opening of the Koolhaas designed museum in Milan, Miuccia Prada discusses why she likes to disturb.
Performa founder RoseLee Goldberg and artist Shirin Neshat reflect on the performance art biennial
Performance art maven RoseLee Goldberg meets Shirin Neshat at her downtown New York home and discuss taking risks and performance art’s place in art history.
Paul Solberg’s Ten Years in Pictures
This season, photographer Paul Solberg launches his latest book, Ten Years in Pictures, looking back at his past decade of picture making. Called both "powerful"...
Photography at MoMA
At the end of this month, The Museum of Modern Art, long considered the arbitor of contemporary photography, will release the first of a three...
A Visionary Debut: Carlo Lavagna’s ‘Arianna’
Hailed by Variety as “a strikingly presented debut,” Carlo Lavagna’s Arianna is a visionary film about an intersex post-adolescent (played by the ravishing Ondina Quadri),...
Raf Simons and the Flemish Masters
The creative director speaks on "forbidden fruit."
Willa Nasatir’s Spectral Images
New York-based artist Willa Nasatir makes seductive still lifes in which objects, bodies, and their traces meld into otherworldly photographic images. For the launch of...
Les Rencontres D’Arles 2015—Part Deux
In our second installment, Photographer Thomas Giddings and Art Editor Drew Sawyer sit down with some of the festival's most fascinating contributors, Natasha Caruana (exhibiting...
James Welling’s Wyeth Series at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
In 2010, the Connecticut-born artist James Welling began a series of photographs inspired by the paintings of Andrew Wyeth. Welling is known for numerous experiments...
Document reads: Chad Moore’s “June”
Chad Moore’s June, is a selection of photographs, arranged by color and filled with New York’s downtown art kids.
Revisiting “H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS” by Philippe Parreno at the Armory
The exhibition H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS which closed last week, was something of a love letter from the French artist Philippe Parreno to the...
Les Rencontres d’Arles 2015—Part Un
Document travels to Arles, France, for the influential photography festival, Les Rencontres d'Arles and visits with some of the festival's most compelling contributors.
José Parlá: Segmented Realities
Despite the humidity and the showers that plagued New York last week, a crowd of well-wishers and art enthusiasts filled the Standard Plaza at the...
Yuta Nakajima and Madeline Warren on ‘Passing Leap’ at Hauser & Wirth
During the summer months, when many residents escape the oppressive heat of the city, New York galleries have the chance to break out of their...
Photographer Collier Schorr recalls her meeting with Fran Lebowitz 30 years later
Fran Lebowitz and I were born three days and 13 years apart, which means we are both Scorpios. We are both from New Jersey, though...
Volatile Smile: A Conversation with Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann
Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann are both a couple and multi-media artist duo, collaborating since 1996. After a high frequency trading company threatened to sue...
Video and performance visionary Charles Atlas speaks with young artist Stewart Uoo
Charles Atlas discusses developing the genre of video dance with Stewart Uoo in Issue No. 6.
The Stroke of a New Era: Maison Margiela
Artist Aurore de la Morinerie paints John Galliano’s debut haute couture collection for Maison Margiela for Document Issue 6.
Alex Da Corte: When the Whip Falls
Taking inspiration from a Wikipedia entry, artist Alex Da Corte envisages post-internet pop scenes of household objects in a new series, Cat o’ Nine Tails,...
Gavin Brown’s enterprise bids farewell to its West Village Gallery with Jannis Kounellis
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, the perennially hip downtown art gallery, recently announced it would be moving to Amsterdam Ave. and 126th Street, adjacent to Columbia University’s...
Lauren Cornell in Conversation with Cory Arcangel
Lauren Cornell, Curator and Associate Director of Technology Initiatives at the New Museum, chats with post-conceptual artist Cory Arcangel in Issue No. 6.
The Art of Collaboration with Juergen Teller
Bottega Veneta continues their Art of Collaboration series for the Fall/Winter 2015 campaign enlisting photographer Juergen Teller. Have a look at the film above.
En Plein Air: New York’s Artists Residencies
Escaping the city life is a powerful lure for artists seeking reinvigoration. Many residencies offer scenic environs in which to ensconce oneself and make art—which...
A Visit to LISTE 2015
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, LISTE used to be called the “The Young Art Fair in Basel,” but it has since grown up and...
