How Floating Points, producer and neuroscientist, made the perfect soundtrack for our existing chaos
Sam Shepherd discusses the unhinged, five-week process of creating 'Crush,' his most club-ready album yet
King Princess and Mj Rodriguez on the self-actualizing power of inventing a new persona
‘Queer people are the reason we have fashion’—the singer and 'Pose' star get real about giving credit, being crowned 'queer icons', and serving a greater...
‘For the skaters, by the skaters’: London’s roller skating scene is more like a family
Mototake Makishima takes Document into the rink at Fix8, with the roller skating community putting the culture first
Easy, breezy, beautiful: Sara Cwynar’s ’Covergirl’ and the political economy of color
The 16mm short film investigates the relationship between color, cosmetics, and social capital.
Damson Idris and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje bring Britain’s dark racial history to light—and discover masculinity’s hopeful future
In 'Farming,' Idris plays a teenage Akinnuoye-Agbaje as he seeks empowerment through joining his neighborhood skinhead gang
500 years, 400 artists, and 54 countries: ‘Great Women Artists’ is the most extensive collection of female created art yet
Ocean's 8 of the art world: Ghada Amer, Sharon Hayes, Deana Lawson, and Martha Rosler took down the tired ‘female artist’ narrative at The Met...
Document Journal launches its 15th print issue for Fall/Winter 2019
“What I’m interested in…is the possibility, as our protest showed, that you can take 5,000 people and change the course of history.” — Extinction Rebellion...
Cristina Mittermeier on the incredible power of images in the fight to save our planet
Tina Brown’s Women in the World Summit teamed up with Prada to spotlight the crucial work of conservation photography.
Lanvin lets loose at Bushwick’s House of Yes
On Thursday night, the brand celebrated its new Soho storefront with Patrick Church, Richie Shazam, and Kim Ann Foxman. See all the evidence from the...
Watch: a strip club where Prada-clad dancers don’t need your dollars
Smoke, sex, and... sustainable energy investments? Lucian Clifforth's short film imagines the strip club of your fever dreams.
Party polaroids of Tyga, Pat Tracey, and Kelsey Lu’s blue eyebrows at the Lanvin Soho opening
Experience the christening of the brand's latest, mirror-filled New York home.
Hélène Selam Kleih on the birth of ‘HIM + HIS’ and the importance of a communal approach to mental health
The artist's multimedia anthology exposes the disparities that still exist in the mental health conversation, particularly in regards to men of color.
This radical psychology album is the sleeper hit of 2019
Noam Chomsky and Nadya Tolokonnikova hop on Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian's 'I Am (Not) a Monster,' an album—and documentary—inspired by the teachings of Hannah Arendt.
What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub
Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's University of the Underground offers a Master's in the Design of Experiences. After the program's first two chaotic years, Ben Hayoun...
‘Together Alone’: A model-turned-filmmaker’s personal journey behind the BS façade of ‘perfection’
Dorith Mous turned a paralyzing mental health scare into a powerful essay and short film series aimed at destigmatizing mental health.
Meet the fierce Texan who helped Dolly Parton and Stephen Tyler become fashion icons
Costume designer Antoinette 'Tony' Sales remembers trading accessories with Freddie Mercury, and the speed-fueled all-nighters spent sewing at the Gramercy Hotel.
Chula the clown’s hysterical path to self-discovery
The Mexico City-based performer believes clowning can address very philosophical questions.
Feathers, glitter, White Castle: Bushwig through the eyes of four drag queens and a pop star
Document dispensed nine disposable cameras to eight extremely generous queens and Slayyyter, a pop star who performed at the annual drag festival. Shockingly(!), only four...
The secret world of images not meant for human eyes
In a new exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford investigate AI’s political underpinnings.
A brief history of protest and counterculture at Tompkins Square Park
Almost 30 years after the Tompkins Square Riot, a new protest headed by skaters preserves the sanctity of a downtown safe haven.
Gia Coppola and Kelsey Lu turn literary works into art
“You are unlocking a secret garden." A new exhibition in Los Angeles investigates notions of authorship, identity, and inspiration.
Gia Kuan, the PR powerhouse behind New York’s fashion renaissance
Meet the first fashion publicist everyone wants to be friends with.
Think different, look the same: How the uniform went from working class symbol to Silicon Valley style code
The uniform’s rising popularity among today’s thought leaders indicates a dangerous problem with modern work culture.
Running towards enlightenment: District Vision values curiosity over cultism
The athletic brand finds a guiding light in Esalen Institute, the birthplace of ʼ60s counterculture and the Human Potential Movement, seeking an investigative and holistic...
‘Meet Me in the Bathroom: The Art Show’ resurrects rock-and-roll’s insurgent spirit
The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, an actual bathroom. Lizzy Goodman gets the band back together on Bowery.
Paul Bui and Document present ‘Othered: the queer future of Asian-American identity’
West Dakota, K Rizz, DJ NK Badtz Maru, and others celebrate finding community and defying rigid gender expectations.
The revolution will be uh…uploaded by teens to TikTok
The home of Egirls and furries is now a hotbed of political action.
BTS, BLACKPINK, and…Jackson Pollock? The novice’s guide to K-Pop
Dive into the cultural behemoth with this immersive account of an outsider’s journey.
Ghetto Gastro teaches you how to make their award-winning watermelon granita
The Bronx-based collective employs a multidisciplinary approach to food as an act of cultural diplomacy.
Michele Saunders’ old school rules for nightclubbing like it’s ’85
From dance moves to Dexedrine: A Paradise Garage regular's guide to looking (and staying) fresh when your night begins at 4am.
Marie Tomanova captures the haunting discomfort of being lost in her own homeland
The photographer's new exhibition, 'Like a Dream,' reveals her first trip back to the Czech Republic in eight years.
Paradise Garage’s final nights: crying and dancing at the definitive rager of ’80s NYC
Michele Saunders and Tina Paul share memories and photographs from a weekend-long party where Grace Jones shared the DJ booth with Larry Levan.
Making a murderer iconic? A Charles Manson exhibit reveals the human psyche’s darkest corners
’Once Upon a Time in ’69’ is a fascinating and unsettling commentary on our cultural obsession with violence.
Moscow’s ‘regulated graffiti’ might be worse than its state-sanctioned rap
Officials attempt to fight counterculture from the inside, censoring street art by killing everything it stands for.
Toni Morrison remembered—in the words of Marlon James, Yara Shahidi, and Janet Mock
The giant of American literature has passed away at the age of 88—Here, five cultural figures describe the Morrison novels they'll never forget.
Remembering Lucien Bahaj—creator of the French bistro that became NYC’s last cultural salon
Artist Clayton Patterson on the man behind Lucien bistro, where everyone is a superstar.
On the ground in Puerto Rico, with 4 artists on the frontline of revolution
‘We know that it is not over’: Governor Ricardo Rosselló has finally promised to resign, but protestors aren't ready to go home.
In North Korea, contraband mascara is a weapon of resistance
Why black market beauty products from South Korea are a threat to the authoritarian regime.
Diary of a decision: a poet’s honest reflection on abortion
Reproductive rights are under threat around the world—Elizabeth Senja Spackman reminds us of their deeply personal implications, in a handwritten, illustrated account.
Got milk? In China, the dairy industry finds its savior
By 2020, China will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s biggest milk producer.
‘Viva L’Algerie!’: Amidst political turmoil in Algeria, New Yorkers speak out
“I want people back home to know that people here have their back...we don’t only have Algerian people, we have New Yorkers from all walks...
Nike’s legendary 1972 ‘Moon Shoes’ just sold for $437,500
Canadian businessman Miles Nadal completed his haul of 100 of the world’s rarest sneakers.
Who is Turkmenistan’s dictator and why is he always holding puppies?
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow—taking a note from Trump, Kim, and Putin—has been distracting us from human rights violations with puppies, horses, and a viral rap video.
Russia’s hottest influencer destination is actually a toxic dumping ground
Chemical runoff from a nearby power plant has made the "Novosibirsk Maldives" the perfect yoga selfie backdrop.
Pussy Riot’s face down with the Alabama abortion ban
The punk protest performers trade Moscow for Birmingham in a sold-out show today.
On the ground at Milan Pride, as Italy’s LGBTQ immigrants speak out
“I believe it is our responsibility as people of color, as LGBTQ+ people of color, immigrants, refugees, to repossess the concept [of Pride] and bring...
One night at ChokeHole, where drag performance meets pro wrestling
The southern-fried smackdown is taking drag culture back to its subversive roots.
‘Chronicles’: a fantasy anthology starring Ajak Deng and @uglyworldwide
Fashion photography's answer to 'Game of Thrones.'
Vintage shopping and stage diving with the women of Seoul’s underground scene
Jennifer Cheng photographs CIFIKA, SUMIN, and more in the clothing that they take to the stage.
