Document Journal

Above the Fold
After eight years in the wilderness, Miguel is reborn in ‘CAOS’

Marked by fatherhood, divorce, and a shelved album, the Grammy-winning artist releases his grunge-inflected record confronting harsh political realities and personal reckoning
by Adnan Qiblawi

Conversations
The curators shaping the future of archives: Drew Sawyer

For the third installment of Document’s series, Whitney Museum of American Art's Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography Drew Sawyer carries the ethical responsibilities of narrating the past
by Nick Vogelson

Conversations
The curators shaping the future of archives: Jovanna Venegas

For the second installment of Document’s series, SculptureCenter’s Jovanna Venegas considers the archive as “both a physical record and a living concept”
by Nick Vogelson

Conversations
Jude Law: once the spark, now the current

In 'Black Rabbit' and beyond, the actor anchors the storm, proving that longevity is built on discipline, pattern, and craft
by Aaron Hicklin

Conversations
The curators shaping the future of archives: Ruba Katrib

In the first installment of a three-part series, a Q&A with MoMA PS1’s Chief Curator explores the archive as a living tool
by Nick Vogelson

Nightlife

Moonlight and mayhem on Lafayette

Under the glow of a spectral moon, Document Journal’s Halloween soirée brought Jean’s to life with Dee Diggs, Sterling Juan Díaz, Kembra Pfahler, and Narcissister...

Photography

Bruce Gilden’s neorealismo

The Magnum photographer’s latest body of work, currently on view at the Leica Store & Gallery, is a striking signature snapshot of eight days in...

Soren Hope paints what the eye can’t hold

Art

Soren Hope paints what the eye can’t hold

For their New York debut, the artist blurs the real and the abstract, bending illusion to explore what it means to truly see

FLINTA visionaries Dominga and Volvox wield mind, body, and soul to disarm nightlife

Nightlife

FLINTA visionaries Dominga and Volvox wield mind, body, and soul to disarm nightlife

As partners in life and work, they DJ, perform punk shows, study music, and finish each other’s sentences—in conversation with Katie Rex, featuring portraits by...

Fashion

SP5DER saddles up

For its latest drop, the streetwear label with rapper Young Thug at its core honors the Black cowboy with a good ol' Texas rodeo

Backstage at Duran Lantink’s debut show for Jean Paul Gaultier

Fashion

Backstage at Duran Lantink’s debut show for Jean Paul Gaultier

The Dutch designer carries on the ‘l’enfant terrible' of fashion's legacy, while introducing his own, fresh corporeal codes

Three golden threads within the tangled web of Paris Fashion Week SS26

Fashion

Three golden threads within the tangled web of Paris Fashion Week SS26

Opulent nostalgia, buoyant surrealism, and a modern vision of femininity emerge from fashion's most tumultuous week in years

Whimsy by way of distortion in Comme des Garçons SS26

Fashion

Whimsy by way of distortion in Comme des Garçons SS26

Under fluorescent lights, Rei Kawakubo's latest collection 'After the Dust' repurposed burlap, canvas and lace into deflated dresses, turned inside out to reveal their seams

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

Music

‘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 curators shaping the future of archives: Drew Sawyer

The curators shaping the future of archives: Drew Sawyer

For the third installment of Document’s series, Whitney Museum of American Art's Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography Drew Sawyer carries the ethical responsibilities of narrating...

by Nick Vogelson

Vaginal Davis skypes with artist Bjarne Melgaard about toe sucking, Xerox parties, and her many personas

Vaginal Davis skypes with artist Bjarne Melgaard about toe sucking, Xerox parties, and her many personas

From Berlin, to Bowie, to sexual frustration, the artists discussed the experiences which fuel their creative projects for Document's Fall/Winter 2015 issue.

by Nick Vogelson

The curators shaping the future of archives: Jovanna Venegas

The curators shaping the future of archives: Jovanna Venegas

For the second installment of Document’s series, SculptureCenter’s Jovanna Venegas considers the archive as “both a physical record and a living concept”

by Nick Vogelson

The curators shaping the future of archives: Ruba Katrib

The curators shaping the future of archives: Ruba Katrib

In the first installment of a three-part series, a Q&A with MoMA PS1’s Chief Curator explores the archive as a living tool

by Nick Vogelson

Jude Law: once the spark, now the current

Jude Law: once the spark, now the current

In 'Black Rabbit' and beyond, the actor anchors the storm, proving that longevity is built on discipline, pattern, and craft

by Aaron Hicklin

On the construction of beauty

For the inaugural issue of Notes on Beauty, Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore muses on the dual nature of public and private personas with writer Whitney...

by Whitney Mallett

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Fashion Portfolios

Fashion Portfolio
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings

Photographer Théo de Gueltzl and fashion editor Raphael Hirsch collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue
by Document Journal

What is now proved was once only imagined

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

Fashion Portfolio

Dip him in the river who loves water

Photographer Angalis Field and fashion editor Marcus Cuffie collaborate on

by Document Journal

Eternity is in love with the productions of time

Fashion Portfolio

Eternity is in love with the productions of time

Photographer Jonathan Frantini and fashion editor Taylor Thoroski collaborate on

by Document Journal

A truth which any intellectually honest critic will recognize

Fashion Portfolio

A truth which any intellectually honest critic will recognize

Photographer Liz Collins, beauty editor Siddhartha Simone, and fashion editor

by Document Journal

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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

Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today

Art

Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today

As the world faces overlapping crises, from war and displacement to ecological collapse and rising authoritarianism, this 2017 meditation on art’s response to turmoil feels...

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

In the age of the algorithm, bodies mimic the machine

Culture

In the age of the algorithm, bodies mimic the machine

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue, Sam Venis examines how the human body is being reshaped in the image of the machines it once controlled

by Sam Venis

Synesthesia and the scientific process of capturing memory

Synesthesia and the scientific process of capturing memory

Hermès maître parfumeur Christine Nagel on the secrets of building a scent for the first issue of Notes on Beauty

by Divya Bala

The reclamation of beauty as an act of resistance

The reclamation of beauty as an act of resistance

For the debut issue of Notes on beauty, photographer Gorka Postigo Breedveld documents the queer community of Côte d’Ivoire, alongside words by NGO GROMO founder...

by Brice Donald Dibahi

Expressive bodies and gleaming eyes: a glimpse at Lisa Yuskavage’s personal archive of sketches

Art

Expressive bodies and gleaming eyes: a glimpse at Lisa Yuskavage’s personal archive of sketches

For Document's Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the painter shares an unseen series of self-reflexive prototypes ahead of her exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum

by Journey Streams

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

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Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today

At Large

Does Cultural Crisis Breed Artistic Fertility? A Look Through History to Understand Today

As the world faces overlapping crises, from war and displacement to ecological collapse and rising authoritarianism, this 2017 meditation on art’s response to turmoil feels...

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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