Francisco Costa looks to the earth to nourish the body
Following the launch of AROMA, the founder of Costa Brazil joins Document to discuss the line's ethos and his creative practice
Inside ‘My Comrade,’ a time capsule of NYC’s legendary drag scene
Nightlife personality Linda Simpson joins Document to discuss the magazine that captured New York’s queer fringe in the ’80s and ’90s—and its triumphant return
Document celebrated ten years at The Broken Arm with a collection images from the archive selected by Raf Simons
Images by Wolfgang Tillmans, Lucio Fontana, Anne Collier, and Willy Vanderperre were displayed at the intimate cocktail during Paris Men’s Fashion Week
Unified’s designs foreground versatility and collectability
Michael Colovos joins Document to discuss the eternal power of denim, and the making of Unified’s zine for Document’s tenth anniversary issue
Roe v. Wade is overturned, undoing centuries of cultural progress
Not only does today’s Supreme Court decision mark a major regression in social progress, it carves a path for further institutional backslides
In ‘Bad Thoughts,’ Nada Alic imagines a world for women who are aspirational for all the wrong reasons
In a series of short films debuting exclusively for Document, the author offers cinematic interpretations of scenes from her upcoming novel
‘Spiderhead’ shows us what cinema gets wrong about the prison of the mind
In sci-fi, the metaphor of prison can convey complex truths. But does it encourage empathy for actual prisoners?
Frédéric Lagrange finds faith in faces
For Document’s tenth anniversary, the photographer presents the most memorable moments of his career in a series of portraits
The life and death of Blackhaine
On his latest EP, ‘Armour II,’ Tom Heyes’s poetic dexterity drives a narrative ridden with guilt and paranoia
NFT television is the latest attempt to manufacture token utility
The failure of Seth Green’s ‘White Horse Tavern,’ starring a Bored Ape NFT, exemplified the risks of pairing investment with media creation
The art of cruising in the post-digital age
From screens to streets: Drew Zeiba outlines the resurgence of anonymous sex in the city
A war vocabulary: Displaced Ukrainians share fragmented stories of loss, trauma, and absurdity
“In a time of war, beauty becomes dangerous. Beautiful things, people, relationships—nowadays they don’t exist to inspire. They exist to be annihilated.”
The new coming of age, according to Ever Anderson and Diana Silvers
The actors meet to investigate the next generation of teenage cinema
Mapping a modern trans bohemia in the borough of the flesh
From Greenpoint to Flatbush, McKenzie Wark outlines community on the margins of straight life
Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing
The authors muse on Wallace Stevens, American boyhood, and abandoning the present for the sake of fiction
Ashton Sanders and Kimberly Drew on the inextricable link between art and chaos
The ‘Moonlight’ actor divulges his plans to build an empire of his own
A beginner’s guide to Sidney Poitier, America’s first Black matinee star
The late pioneer’s work made history, paving the way for a new generation of Black cinema
Document Journal launches Summer/Pre-Fall 2022: A Coney Island of the Mind
For Hyd, music is a vessel for material transformation
From geothermal mud fields to Death Valley, the artist explores the energetic properties of the earth in three new music videos premiering exclusively for Document
BASEMENT’s GeGa Japaridze and Téa Abashidze merge techno’s cutting edge with community engagement
The pair join Knockdown Center’s Tyler Myers to discuss the makings of Wire Festival, a two-night event that reimagines the future of entertainment and activism
In the Cayman Islands, the Batabano Festival brings creative communities together
The Palm Heights hotel united artists across the Caribbean diaspora, redefining luxury in the process
Kevin Morby makes friends with the dead on ‘This Is A Photograph’
The artist embarked on a ghoulish tour of artists who have passed, emerging with his most thoughtful album to date
At Freshii, your ‘virtual cashier’ is actually a person working for $3.75 per hour
Public debate around a Canadian franchise’s experiment raises questions about automation, labor laws, and the ignorance of the Western consumer
The false promise of payment plans sends Gen Z into debt
‘Buy now, pay later’ trends, popularized on social media, aren’t sustainable in the long run
Remembering Ron Galella, the godfather of American paparazzi
The iconic photographer was both loved and hated, but his work left an indelible mark on celebrity culture
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
Ten young Ukrainians on how the war has changed their lives
Seeking refuge in Poland, they reflect on family, culture, politics, and living in solidarity from outside their home country
How The Satanic Temple became a source of social justice
The organization filed a lawsuit against an elementary school for barring the establishment of an After School Satan Club
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?
Blackballing Russia might not be the answer
A country’s political leaders aren’t necessarily a reflection of its people and culture. So why do we treat it as such?
How the zoot suit became a symbol of political resistance
The iconic trend was disruptive and seductive, bestowing communities with power from Harlem to LA
The hedonism and kinship of New York disco, through the lens of Bill Bernstein
From Studio 54 to GG’s Barnum Room, the photographer captured the quintessential scenes of the nightlife era
Photographer Chad Unger evolves in unison with his work
The New York-based artist captures intimacy in portraits and landscapes alike
The world’s skinniest skyscraper disguises capitalistic greed with architectural ambition
On Billionaires’ Row, some units are not residences, but rather act as cash vaults for their ultra-rich owners
Gen Z isn’t as sustainable as we thought
The $100 billion valuation of fast fashion giant Shein reveals a consumer base that values trend over virtue
A panel at SCI-Arc leads to backlash, revealing ugly truths about creative industries
Even in environments that encourage us to question systemic norms, discussions around labor practices are often met with resistance
Teen hackers are wreaking havoc on the world’s biggest companies
LAPSUS$ collective recently breached Microsoft and Samsung, calling the motivations and power of cyber gangs into question
The normalization of reality isn’t happening
New social media apps like BeReal romanticize the everyday. The problem? It’s boring.
Art Partner teams up with the 1K Project, devoting print sales to Ukranian families in need
Photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Theo Wenner, and David Sims have listed works to support the organizations' mission
Baird is keeping in motion and “letting things flow”
The multi-instrumentalist discusses his ‘Birdsongs’ EP series, charting his evolution from Brockhampton collaborator to indie upstart
How the Y2K fad, Dollz, was the blueprint for online identity
Fashion week is now headed to the metaverse—but for many, The Palace was the first place to experiment with styling your own avatar
Stars—they’re sort of like us: Julia Fox and Anna Delvey welcome the next era of celebrity news
The actress’ ‘Forbidden Fruits’ podcast typifies a media landscape where Clubhouse and DeuxMoi could replace tabloids and the paparazzi
Inside Hole Pics, a multidimensional performance by and for queer creatives
Thriving at the intersection of comedy, art, and theater, the show combats labels, deconstructs gender, and builds community
Food injustice is one of America’s greatest problems—even if metaverse grocery stores are fully stocked
Rather than lean into big tech’s vision for the grocery future, Document hears from those carving space for new food systems
Welcome to the world of Nick Metropolis Collectibles
The quintessentially LA story of the man behind the ‘the world’s biggest garage sale,’ and his fight to keep it going
A defaced 1930s-era painting raises questions about history versus virality
How one bored security guard’s vandalism sparked a worldwide debate on the subjectivity of artistic value
Suki Waterhouse is in unending pursuit of self-expansion
The model, actress, and singer joins Document to discuss the making of her debut album, ‘I Can’t Let Go’
‘Pam & Tommy’ tells a story about exploitation, without the consent of the exploited
As celebrity biopics reign supreme, how involved should their subjects be in shaping their own narratives?
A new documentary on Ethiopian jazz pioneer Hailu Mergia recenters the artist
In an era of algorithmic curation, ‘IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia’ puts a generation of listeners in touch with history
