Document Journal

Conversations
Aesthetics in the abstract

For the debut issue of Notes on Beauty, artists Lorna Simpson and Glenn Ligon discuss the broader implications of what is, and where to find, beauty
by Aria Darcella

Fashion Portfolio
What is now proved was once only imagined

Photographer Hanna Tveite and fashion editor Thistle Brown collaborate on this fashion portfolio featuring J.W. Anderson for Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue
by Document Journal

Above the Fold
Document Celebrates Spring/Summer 2025 at Jean’s with Joe Alwyn and JW Anderson

Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson alongside Joe Alwyn and JW Anderson at the downtown hotspot, Document's Spring/Summer 2025 launch event was a night to remember
by Document Journal

Conversations
Joe Alwyn and Jonathan Anderson find personal salience in historical narratives

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the actor and designer trace the transformative power of dress and drama
by Drew Zeiba

Conversations
‘The magic lives close to the edge’: Lorde and artist Martine Syms on the beauty of the self

For Document's Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the musician and artist discuss 'Virgin,' finding their creative edge, and the importance of having the stones
by Maraya Fisher

At Large
Love is the message

In a debut portfolio for the inaugural issue of Notes on Beauty, we explore beauty through the lens of those who have indelibly shaped the cultural landscape of New York and the world over the last four decades
by Nick Vogelson

‘Video After Video: The Critical Media of CAMP’ traces an alternate history of the medium

Art

‘Video After Video: The Critical Media of CAMP’ traces an alternate history of the medium

From the Picturephone to the present day, the Mumbai-based collaborative studio grapples with the politics and poetics of the moving image in a surveillance state

From excess to intimacy: Spyros Rennt’s evolution in ‘To Kiss Against the Fire’

Photography

From excess to intimacy: Spyros Rennt’s evolution in ‘To Kiss Against the Fire’

The Greek photographer reflects on the shift from documenting nightlife hedonism to capturing queer intimacy in his largest exhibition yet at Berlin’s Rosegarden

Gabriel Hendifar is seducing the world, one light fixture at a time

Design

Gabriel Hendifar is seducing the world, one light fixture at a time

Apparatus’s artistic director speaks on the seductive power of design, storytelling through light, and finding new resonance in his Persian heritage

Model/Actriz and Sextile are writing the soundtrack to the modern age

Music

Model/Actriz and Sextile are writing the soundtrack to the modern age

On the heels of their new releases, 'Pirouette' and 'yes, please.,' the artists convene to discuss process, connection, and survivalism through art

Angel’s share: out of town, in the flesh

Nightlife

Angel’s share: out of town, in the flesh

For her monthly column, Angel Money reflects on the erotic thrill of being watched and wanted, away from home

Scene report: New York’s literati clash at Alex Kazemi’s New Millennium Boyz afterparty

Literature

Scene report: New York’s literati clash at Alex Kazemi’s New Millennium Boyz afterparty

Co-hosted by Kelly Cutrone at Gelso & Grand, the paperback launch was a "microcelebrity deathmatch"

Arthur Elgort and the city that made him

Photography

Arthur Elgort and the city that made him

At AIPAD, Arthur Elgort reflects on four decades of capturing spontaneous elegance in a live talk with Sophie Elgort and Dara Allen

Inside ‘Deviations,’ the queer group show curated by Oscar yi Hou

Art

Inside ‘Deviations,’ the queer group show curated by Oscar yi Hou

The artist walks us through the intimate, offbeat group show he curated at James Fuentes, spotlighting voices from his tight circle of friends

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Musician Solange and artist Wangechi Mutu transit beyond disciplines

Art

Musician Solange and artist Wangechi Mutu transit beyond disciplines

In this limited edition cover story for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the artists are joined by MoMA curator Thomas (T.) Lax to discuss water as...

by Thomas Lax

Aesthetics in the abstract

For the debut issue of Notes on Beauty, artists Lorna Simpson and Glenn Ligon discuss the broader implications of what is, and where to find,...

by Aria Darcella

Joe Alwyn and Jonathan Anderson find personal salience in historical narratives

Joe Alwyn and Jonathan Anderson find personal salience in historical narratives

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the actor and designer trace the transformative power of dress and drama

by Drew Zeiba

‘The magic lives close to the edge’: Lorde and artist Martine Syms on the beauty of the self

‘The magic lives close to the edge’: Lorde and artist Martine Syms on the beauty of the self

For Document's Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the musician and artist discuss 'Virgin,' finding their creative edge, and the importance of having the stones

by Maraya Fisher

The intimacy of beauty with Holli Smith and Pony Rivers

The intimacy of beauty with Holli Smith and Pony Rivers

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the hairstylist and longtime contributor transforms her partner into an array of characters for his fashion debut accompanied by a...

by Yadim

Chloë Sevigny and Eileen Myles disrupt artistic expectations

Chloë Sevigny and Eileen Myles disrupt artistic expectations

The filmmaker and actor joins the writer to talk about performance, Provincetown, and loving the broken and pathetic for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Drew Zeiba

Multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas transforms before the lens for her debut as the indomitable model Mickey!

Multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas transforms before the lens for her debut as the indomitable model Mickey!

To accompany this exclusive fashion portfolio in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Thomas is joined by actor and screenwriter Lena Waithe to unpack the art of...

by Monique Long

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Fashion Portfolios

Fashion Portfolio
“Drawing involves subtracting as much as adding.”

Photographer Giovanni Corabi and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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“Seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world.”

“Seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world.”

Photographer Luca Khouri and fashion editor Isabelle Sayer collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Document Journal

What is now proved was once only imagined

Fashion Portfolio

What is now proved was once only imagined

Photographer Hanna Tveite and fashion editor Thistle Brown collaborate on

by Document Journal

Objects of Desire: Tiffany & Co.’s Hardware Holiday

Fashion Portfolio

Objects of Desire: Tiffany & Co.’s Hardware Holiday

Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories featuring

by Document Journal

“Art becomes a meeting place of the invisible.”

Fashion Portfolio

“Art becomes a meeting place of the invisible.”

Photographer Andre D. Wagner and fashion editor Milton Dixon III

by Document Journal

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The lyric monuments of Barbara Chase-Riboud

Art

The lyric monuments of Barbara Chase-Riboud

Currently the subject of a Paris retrospective spanning eight institutions, the artist and author divulges her poetic process for these works-on-paper published for the first...

by Drew Zeiba

Art

Love is the message

In a debut portfolio for the inaugural issue of Notes on Beauty, we explore beauty through the lens of those who have indelibly shaped the...

by Nick Vogelson

The Last Dinner Party rewrites the rules of pop

Culture

The Last Dinner Party rewrites the rules of pop

To celebrate their fashion portfolio featuring Alexander McQueen in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the British band discusses their decadent imagination

by Sofi Cisneros

Queer collectives are redesigning dystopia

Queer collectives are redesigning dystopia

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Kyle Carrero Lopez examines LGBTQ+ organizations across the globe who are imagining a new definition of home and togetherness

by Kyle Carrero Lopez

Redefining intelligence through intuition

Redefining intelligence through intuition

From medieval mystics to modern radicals, for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Ananda Yin explores the suppressed potency of intuitive knowledge

by Ananda Yin

Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhée’s punk house codes

Fashion

Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhée’s punk house codes

The French designer explores her vision for the storied maison in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Katharine K. Zarrella

From sacred hot springs to the Esalen Institute, where does the ‘mystical-type experience’ emerge in Big Sur?

From sacred hot springs to the Esalen Institute, where does the ‘mystical-type experience’ emerge in Big Sur?

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Angie Sijun Lou reflects on how self-optimization and psychedelic liberation are shaping life in Northern California

by Angie Sijun Lou

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Best Of

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Conversations

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal

by Megan Hullander

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Conversations

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

by Maraya Fisher

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

Conversations

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

The self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.

by Hannah Ongley

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

Above the Fold

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.

by Hannah Ongley

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

Above the Fold

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.

by Ann Binlot

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

Above the Fold

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.

by Hannah Ongley

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Above the Fold

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

by Hannah Ongley