
Justine Kurland’s ‘SCUMB Manifesto’ creates a vision of female artistic legacy
Inspired by Valerie Solanas, the photographer's latest project slices away the influence of male artistic 'geniuses' to make room for women in the canon

How Paris Hilton got hot again
With the Y2K resurgence, a new documentary, and now the Lanvin SS21 campaign, the patron saint of the social media age has become more relevant...

Julien Sage captures the enduring eccentricities of Venice Beach
“Through gentrification and a worldwide pandemic, the microcosm that is Venice has kept its identity and the unique magic that has always existed there."

Sex, power, Brandy Melville: the gospel according to Rachel Sennott
Twitter's favorite fallen angel on ‘Shiva Baby,’ finding her comedic voice, and her chaotic introduction to the secular world

Adriana Cuenca’s new film is a rich, diaristic journey through Myanmar
As we travel through the nation’s expansive landscape, we are given a glimpse into the daily life of its people

Why the Pentagon’s Soviet bear meme was destined to fail
Recently released documents outline the Department of Defense's attempt to make Russian hackers look uncool

Alice Neel revealed New Yorkers at their most vulnerable
The painter's subjects included everyone from Andy Warhol to her neighbors in Spanish Harlem

Fraser T. Smith provides the Midas touch to London’s grime scene heavyweights
Ahead of his 50th birthday, the British producer behind Stormzy and Kano's biggest hits talks creativity, curiosity, and human connection

Juergen Teller’s off-center celebrity portraits have the internet divided
Teller’s celebrity portraits rocked Twitter last week—but in the context of the photographer’s extensive oeuvre, they're part of his larger crusade to problematize “beauty”

Everything you need to know this week, from fashion week fantasies to Dolly Parton’s vaccine dose
An essential roundup of the week’s buzziest topics of varying importance and consequence

Meet the master flag-maker preserving the Ghanaian Fante culture’s rich past
Ahead of Ghana Independence Day, Document premieres a short film about Baba Issaka, custodian of the Fante Asafo flags

Pacifico Silano’s ‘I wish I never Saw the Sunshine’ collages queer identity from the tattered folds of gay erotica
The photographer and legendary drag queen Linda Simpson discuss honoring the legacy of their queer predecessors

Photographer Jason Landis explores the intimacies of evolution
Set in the depths of the rainforest, Jason Landis' new book, ‘When I Close My Eyes I See A Golden Orb,’ captures the innate ability...

Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin make jazz-inspired hip hop from the soul
The rappers discuss their collaborative album 'FlySiifu's' and tell us why the turtle always wins the race

Chris Korda’s booklist for black-pilled environmentalists
The Church of Euthanasia founder offers 8 books that prove human civilization is already doomed

Princess Lockerooo and Richard James are history in motion
The two dancers bring 1 Moncler JW Anderson to life with the intoxicating exuberance of Waacking

Everything you need to know this week, from the Buttigieg doc no one asked for to Instagram’s potential death knell
An essential roundup of the week’s buzziest topics of varying importance and consequence

Mavi is the latest rising star in New York’s lo-fi hip hop renaissance
The rapper discusses his new EP, "The End of the Earth," and how Toni Morrison shaped his style

Mobley’s soulful pop challenges the political status quo—and celebrates human connection
The musician's latest EP ‘Young and Dying in the Occident Supreme’ explores his complicated relationship with the United States

Photographer Jack Davison finds hope in the quiet of extinction
In his new book ‘Ol Pejeta,’ the London-based artist documents the last northern white rhinos on Earth

Everything you need to know this week, from Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos to Anna Delvey’s return to Instagram
An essential roundup of the week’s buzziest topics of varying importance and consequence

Lisa Remar takes a baseball bat to bad relationships in her new music video
The artists speaks with model Cayley King about her video for ‘Sonny’ and the perils of romance

Everything you need to know this week, from robot companions to the raffle that might send you to space
An essential roundup of the week’s buzziest topics of varying importance and consequence

Blueprints for a better world: Messages of hope
For Document’s F/W 2020 issue, Tao Lin, Rhea Dillon, and Rachel Rabbit White reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re headed

Shirin Neshat’s ‘Land of Dreams’ is an absurdist journey into our subconscious minds
The Iranian artist has lived in the U.S. in self-imposed exile for 40 years. But she hasn't turned her lens to American society until now,...

Writing as exorcism: Chris Kraus on the art of confessional literature
The alt-intellectual icon shares five books that couldn’t not be written, from William S. Burroughs’s ‘Queer’ to ‘Great Expectations’ by Kathy Acker

Everything you need to know this week, from corsets to encryption
An essential roundup of the week’s buzziest topics of varying importance and consequence

Liv.e is the songs she creates
Liv.e's intuitive, holistic approach to making music will make you rethink what a song can be

Lauren Wasser, the girl with the golden legs, is waging war on Big Tampon
With help from congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the model-turned-activist hopes to end toxic shock syndrome

Blueprints for a better world: proposals and manifestos
The Guerrilla Girls, Zegna's Alessandro Sartori, and architect Charles Renfro present concrete ideas for a kinder, more sustainable and just future

The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram
“To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.”

The founders of Herrensauna, Berlin’s wild techno haven, find freedom in a nightlife pause
While many are mourning the club's closure, DJs Cem Dukkha and Nicolas Endlicher have channeled their energy into fulfilling another lifelong dream: starting their own...

Blueprints for a better world: Rethinking the role of community
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2020 issue, we invited a selection of the culture’s most compelling creative minds to envision a new way of living

Inside ‘Mondo 2000,’ the cyberpunk magazine that gave us a glimpse of the utopian future that never was
The magazine's founder R.U. Sirius talks with Claire L. Evans about internet culture's psychedelic early days and its clusterfuck present

American Artist and Legacy Russell are hacking the cultural mainframe for a nonbinary future
For Document's Fall/Winter 2020 issue, the artist and writer discuss the emancipatory power of the glitch

The politics of pleasure: Is there a place for partying in the revolution?
In pursuit of this question, Michelle Lhooq takes Document inside Seattle’s autonomous zone and through the history of protest

The battle over the visual language of counterculture, from Dada to the digital age
Transgressive design has been defined by the provocative, cut-and-paste aesthetics of punk. Now, a new face of counterculture has emerged.

The timely revival of ‘Brideshead Revisited,’ a defiantly opulent antidote to our bleak present
75 years and several adaptations on, the lavish indulgence of 'Brideshead Revisited' still provides audiences with champagne-flavored escapism

Freddie Gibbs and Moxie Marlinspike decrypt the modern American Dream
The rapper and founder of Signal on the luxury of privacy, the future of community, and their radical visions of the future

Ai Weiwei answers 20 questions from his son, Ai Lao
For Document Fall/Winter 2020, the renegade artist contemplates human nature, cosmic forces, and hummus

Alison Jackson’s staged portraits pierce through the absurdity of celebrity culture
Featuring doppelgängers of Donald Trump and Princess Diana, the photographer's new exhibition proves truth is only a construct

Fariha Róisín turns personal trauma into narratives of cultural resistance
Document takes you inside Róisín’s home as she talks beauty, recovery, and navigating cultural shame

French musician Oklou embodies many states of mind on ‘Galore’
The singer-songwriter talks to Tati Cotliar about finding answers amidst the noise and expressing different personas on her debut mixtape

Björk reflects on mistakes and miracles with Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, the conductor who taught Iceland to sing
On 'Come and Be Joyful,' Björk collaborates with Ingólfsdóttir's acclaimed Hamrahlíð Choir on a series of folk songs

Inez & Vinoodh launch an artful challenge to the Christmas-Industrial Complex
The photographer duo enlist the help of Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, and more for their new charity gifting platform

Portland rapper Aminé reignites his hometown’s indie-rock roots
With his sophomore album ‘Limbo,’ the genre-blending rap visionary is already leaving a legacy

Ziwe Fumudoh and Patti Harrison talk Christian guilt, shitty exes, and Spice Girls
The comedians unpack their psychological demons and dating records in a hard-hitting fucking interview for Document’s Fall/Winter 2020 issue

Saved by the rave: British youth are reclaiming public land to party, even during a pandemic
Photographer Laurence Ellis documents the outdoor free parties where communitarian spirit rages on

Meet Sama’ Abdulhadi, the DJ championing the Arab world’s music underground
Two years after her viral Boiler Room set, Palestine's 'queen of techno' is further amplifying the singular sounds of her homeland, even with nightlife on...
