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What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future? — At Large
What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future?

Inspiration ignites from the most unknown places. For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal posits that creativity could be transmissions from a time yet to come
by Jeffrey J. Kripal

“Hope is not a form of guarantee, it’s a form of energy.” — Fashion Portfolio
“Hope is not a form of guarantee, it’s a form of energy.”

Photographer Dougal Macarthur and fashion editor Alex Assil collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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How to throw a party — At Large
How to throw a party

In this exclusive portfolio from Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, NYC’s nightlife leaders share their insights and origins alongside an essay by Geoffrey Mak exploring autonomy on the dance floor
by Geoffrey Mak

“The promise of a moment is its future.” — Fashion Portfolio
“The promise of a moment is its future.”

Photographer Joe Lai and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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Performa to celebrate 20 years of artistic impact with Artist Party co-hosted by Document — Above the Fold
Performa to celebrate 20 years of artistic impact with Artist Party co-hosted by Document

Guests are invited for a night of live performance, architectural experimentation, and music to honor and support the pioneering organization
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“The sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words can match.” — Fashion Portfolio
“The sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words can match.”

Photographer Nikolai von Bismarck and fashion editor Ally Macrae collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue
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In ‘The Beat of life,’ Oscar yi Hou resists traditional notions of representation

Art

In ‘The Beat of life,’ Oscar yi Hou resists traditional notions of representation

On view at James Fuentes gallery, the painter’s solo show addresses the many nuances of historical and cultural identity through figurative painting

Apple blends science and art to revolutionize mobile image-making

Photography

Apple blends science and art to revolutionize mobile image-making

Document sits down with Chief Aesthetics Scientist Pamela Chen and iPhone Senior Product Manager Jeremy Hendricks to discuss how the latest iPhones leverage the history...

The Shoptimist: Put an end to the microtrend

The Shoptimist: Put an end to the microtrend

For her monthly column, skeptic and hater Maya Kotomori shares a list of the most abhorrent as-seen-on-TikTok looks she’s caught in the wild

Building from the inside George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg of Yabu Pushelberg

Architecture

Building from the inside George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg of Yabu Pushelberg

Document sits down with the duo behind the boundary-breaking interiors firm to trace how their personal and professional histories inform their forward-looking designs

Fine Print: Did Michel Houellebecq steal Thomas Bernhard’s coat?

Literature

Fine Print: Did Michel Houellebecq steal Thomas Bernhard’s coat?

In his monthly column, Drew Zeiba hunts for clues in the controversial French author’s latest novel, ‘Annihilation’

Ena Sendijarević’s cinema of migration and memory

Film

Ena Sendijarević’s cinema of migration and memory

Document sits down with the Bosnian filmmaker to discuss how diaspora shapes her slow cinema-inflected storytelling

In Andrea Geyer’s ‘a promise of lightning,’ the natural is inherently political

Art

In Andrea Geyer’s ‘a promise of lightning,’ the natural is inherently political

On view at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, the artist’s latest exhibition draws parallels between queerness and the the interconnectivity of earth’s environment

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nick Vogelson, Ruth Rogers, and Cartier host Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024-25 issue launch dinner

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nick Vogelson, Ruth Rogers, and Cartier host Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024-25 issue launch dinner

Document and Cartier celebrate the latest edition on the eve of London Frieze week with guests including Bianca Jagger, Honey Dijon, Peter Sarsgaard, Simone Rocha,...

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Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón vitalize narrative potential

Film

Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón vitalize narrative potential

The actor and director unfurl the cinematic story for Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Drew Zeiba

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

Venus Williams expresses generosity through style and sport

Venus Williams expresses generosity through style and sport

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the athlete, author, and designer joins Style Director Ronald Burton III to discuss the creative and connective potentials of self-inquiry

by Ronald Burton III

Jake Gyllenhaal and Hans Ulrich Obrist put language into action

Jake Gyllenhaal and Hans Ulrich Obrist put language into action

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024-25 issue, the actor and curator discuss the potency of the word on paper, stage, and screen

by Maya Kotomori

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the activist, model, and jewelry designer opens up about the twists and turns of her career and the political power...

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Searching for tenderness with Kelela

Searching for tenderness with Kelela

Inside the artist’s main characters for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue—those who pre-game in Santee Alley, dance behind the DJ booth, and taking up space

by Shaadi Devereaux

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Fashion Portfolios

“Drawing involves subtracting as much as adding.” — 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

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“Hope is not a form of guarantee, it’s a form of energy.”

Fashion Portfolio

“Hope is not a form of guarantee, it’s a form of energy.”

Photographer Dougal Macarthur and fashion editor Alex Assil collaborate on

by Document Journal

“The promise of a moment is its future.”

Fashion Portfolio

“The promise of a moment is its future.”

Photographer Joe Lai and Style Director Ronald Burton III collaborate

by Document Journal

“The sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words can match.”

Fashion Portfolio

“The sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words can match.”

Photographer Nikolai von Bismarck and fashion editor Ally Macrae collaborate

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

What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future?

What if the artistic impulse is wisdom from the future?

Inspiration ignites from the most unknown places. For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal posits that creativity could be transmissions from a time...

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

How to throw a party

Nightlife

How to throw a party

In this exclusive portfolio from Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, NYC’s nightlife leaders share their insights and origins alongside an essay by Geoffrey Mak exploring autonomy...

by Geoffrey Mak

The Israeli military and tech industry collaborate on user-friendly software tools that automate war and occupation

Technology

The Israeli military and tech industry collaborate on user-friendly software tools that automate war and occupation

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Sophia Goodfriend examines the dark side of big data in Palestine

by Sophia Goodfriend

Ambera Wellmann materializes mortal landscapes

Art

Ambera Wellmann materializes mortal landscapes

For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the painter unveils a suite of large-scale paintings that fuse mysterious environments with beings alive and dead

by Journey Streams

Thom Browne’s sartorial encyclopedia

Fashion

Thom Browne’s sartorial encyclopedia

The designer defines the key terms of his fashion lexicon for Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue

by Katharine K. Zarrella

When post-irony renders real and fake indistinguishable, irreverence becomes a political weapon

Politics

When post-irony renders real and fake indistinguishable, irreverence becomes a political weapon

Tracing the line from Ancient Greece to David Foster Wallace to the bullet through Trump’s ear, this essay for Document Journal’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 asks if...

by Maya Kotomori

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