Taking care with the weird, wild, and political literatures of Hard to Read
In memoriam of storyteller Cecilia Gentili, the co-organizers reflect on their winter conversations program which united writers and activists to discuss our political moment
At Pageant’s second annual gala, experimental performance reigns supreme
This year’s fundraising event for the artist-run space features footlong high heels, whipped cream-spewing bras, and live tattoos
Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection
In conversation for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the curator and critic recount the friendships, politics, and small graces of New York City’s cultural legacies
Document Launches Spring/Summer 2024: New Mythologies
Christeene channels Sinéad O’Connor in ‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Cobra’
The self-proclaimed ‘gender terrorist’ enlisted artistic powerhouses Justin Vivian Bond and Peaches in an homage to the Irish singer’s career-defining debut
‘Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines’ memorializes a forgotten archive
During the exhibition’s final days at the Brooklyn Museum, writer and philosopher FT wonders: Can institutions handle zines?
The life and death of online platforms
Indie social media found a way to ditch the algorithm. Why aren’t we signing up?
Can Botox help you live longer?
Cosmetic procedures and medicine meet in the millennial-approved waiting rooms of “longevity-focused” clinics
Emanuel Admassu and Anita N. Bateman’s ‘Where is Africa?’ forges a new framework for postcolonial artistic dialogue
Following the release of their book, the architect-professor co-editors talk about their research process, Afrofuturism, and subverting expectations of Blackness
The art of Shibari
For Marie Sauvage and Hajime Kinoko, rope bondage is a form of creative expression
120 bpm: How can we go on raving at a time like this?
Introducing his monthly column with Document, writer and raver Evan Moffitt asks if the party can set us free
Florence Sinclair’s curious homecoming
In their New York debut, the rising musician comes full circle, returning to the sonic emotionality that launched their career
Kaur Alia Ahmed crafts poetry in three dimensions with ‘sky, harp’
The New York–based artist and writer merges sound, sculpture, and sport in their debut solo show
Noah Stalgia creates sculptures for an era of withering authenticity
The New York-based artist joins Document to discuss faux-transgressive design, working-class fetishism, and the drive toward belief
Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need
Excavating the dark side of human nature, the author invites readers to find divinity in depravity
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in November
From cult documentaries to vegan hair care to British cuisine, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in October
From the words of Mary Gatskill to reluctantly-acquired gorpcore goods, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Document Launches Fall/Winter 2023: Identity in Flux
Chasing the ocean state of mind
Document boards the Explora I for its Naming Ceremony, as it embarks on its path to redeem the at-sea getaway
DAE is not a café
Document has a latte with Suea and Carol Song, the fashion-savvy founders of Cobble Hill’s coolest shop-restaurant-space
Running with kites
Photographer Edd Horder and stylist Lilia Toncheva O’Rourke practice Afghanistan’s national pastime, positioning play as an act of resistance
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art’s Fall Gala was a celebration of queer creativity
ANOHNI, Chanel Lopez, Catherine Opie were the soirées guests of honor, awarded for their commitments to art, advocacy, and community
It’s not a midlife crisis if you live forever
Tech billionaire Bryan Johnson’s quest for eternal youth points at the folly of the longevity industry, packaging fear of aging as scientific progress
Bloom’s kinky chatbots want to expand your sexual horizons
The erotic audio company recently launched a series of AI-powered characters intent on one thing: fulfilling your deepest desires
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in September
From club nights to fresh air to high school horror flicks, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
For Marz Lovejoy, biking is simply the vehicle
In the afterglow of And Still We Ride’s fourth annual New York tour, the founder speaks on its mission of putting Black community first
Reckoning with the compound
An unfamiliar way of designing community underlines the siloing and distrust that mark American culture
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in August
From canned wine to Japanese novellas to electro-pop hits, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Daytripping: Big Gay Summer
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark reflects on the queer crowds of the Island, the Beach, and the Campout
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in July
From John Berger to Disney Channel hits to Coney Island hot dogs, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
The deception and seduction of TikTok’s ‘Aged’ filter
The internet is obsessed with looking old, whether we’re “freeing the wrinkle” or shelling out for Botox
The rebirth of the long-maligned tramp stamp
Tattoo artists muse on the placement’s cultural resurgence—an exercise in aesthetic time travel, particularly beloved by queer youth
Would you dox a bad date?
A tug-of-war between a Facebook group for women daters and an army of (allegedly) lawyered-up r/MensRights users poses questions about “good” internet behavior
Sugar, spice, and saying the same thing twice
All about the absurdist next generation of the NPC, and the political reputation that precedes it
Aerthship is an effort toward eco-harmony
Following a spring tour across New York, Tin Mai and Pierce Abernathy join Document to expound upon the intent of their food-focused creative collective
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
Daytripping: Bushwick nationalism
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about the ambiguity of culture, and who’s entitled to public space
Hot girls walked so girl dinner could run
The TikTok trend champions imperfection, suggesting fatigue around aspirational online content and desire to find pleasure in the everyday
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in June
From our own Times Square soirée to a handsome second-hand AC unit, our team shares the very best of what we enjoyed this month
Daytripping: The dance floor is no utopia, but I’ll take it anyways
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about the cis-het imagination, and blowing off steam at Pride
Why Boxing: A literary, filmic, human argument for the ‘Noble Art’
Antonio Monda stands behind the cutthroat sport—the last stage for the modern epic
The Broken Arm marks a 10-year legacy of radical and personal taste
At Paris Fashion Week, founders Guillaume Steinmetz, Anaïs Lafarge, and Romain Joste reminisce on the venture’s beginning
Jessica Stoya and Samantha Cole on sex, tech, and censorship
The adult industry experts join Document to discuss the internet’s horny history and the shadowy forces that determine what kind of porn you see
Charting manga and anime’s trans history, from the ’60s through today
Japan has a ways to go in terms of LGBTQ+ rights—but its media reflects a wide range of progressive stories, shedding subtlety over time
Queerness is an ancient medicine
Kelsey Rhodes unravels the inherent power of Pride, its history, and collective community’s capacity for diversifying modes of care
Meet Rayne Fisher-Quann, the people’s (internet) princess
The Canadian essayist joins Document to discuss online culture, the modern mental health landscape, and playing a character who just happens to be herself
The sacrament of the secondhand
Amid the crowds of the kilo sale, Shahidha Bari bears witness to the perennial art of passing down and picking up
The erotic architecture of Fire Island, where flesh and fantasy meet
Between the Pines and Cherry Grove rests a legacy of gay desire, treading nature and artifice off Long Island’s South Shore
Finding the words to reconnect with a lost cultural identity
In a series of portraits and interviews, photographer Elinor Kry explores the ways in which a lack of fluency in language bolsters distance from ethnicity
