Petros Petrohilos recreates an extravagant ’80s look from beauty legend Serge Lutens
June 30, 2020 6:00 pmThe makeup artist looks to Lutens's globe-trotting glamor in this installment of Beauty in Isolation
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Durga Chew-Bose’s lockdown routine includes listening to Brian Eno and buying postcards online
June 30, 2020 3:40 pmThe author of 'Too Much and Not the Mood' shares eight ways she's been passing the time under quarantine—when she’s not staring inside of her fridge
In a world of injustice, Orion Sun believes boundless love is still possible
June 30, 2020 2:33 pmThe rising R&B star on the power of mass protests, the performativity of social media, and finding strength in making music.
Watch James Pecis create dramatic headpieces from flax and flowers
June 30, 2020 12:07 pmThe hair artist reflects on a changing world in a poignant dispatch from Costa Rica.
Anyelina Rosa recreates the psychedelic ’60s glam of Marsha Hunt
June 29, 2020 5:50 pmDocument is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
Capturing the beauty and resilience of London’s Southall community
June 29, 2020 5:32 pmLaurence Ellis and Priya Ahluwalia present a visual ode to modern British multiculturalism
Celine revives the maverick spirit of French sculptor César Baldaccini
June 29, 2020 4:31 pmIn collaboration with The Fondation César, Celine releases two limited-edition pendants created from repurposed medals
Jess Cole’s poetry wrests emotional intensity from everyday things
June 29, 2020 2:45 pmThe writer and model shares three new poems from her upcoming collection "Post Love in the Time of Consumption."
Buck Angel and Rachel Mason select 7 radically queer books for Pride
June 26, 2020 5:19 pmTrans pornstar and activist Buck Angel and artist and filmmaker Rachel Mason list seven books to educate yourself this Pride Month.
Cara Taylor recreates the smoky ’70s beauty of a Barry Lategan photograph
June 26, 2020 5:02 pmDocument is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
Michael Cunningham gets through lockdown with a little help from un-stupid, half-hour comedies
June 26, 2020 4:02 pmDocument asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. The second installment features the author of 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner 'The Hours'
Choreographer Kyle Abraham, actor Jeremy Pope, and artist Louis Fratino on what it means to be a man today
June 26, 2020 1:49 pmFor our Spring/Summer 2020 issue, Document profiles three men sparking a cultural paradigm shift in profound and beautiful ways
Jacolby Satterwhite and Charles Renfro on building our best possible future world
June 25, 2020 3:58 pmThe artist and architect discuss the creative forces of oppression, fantasy, and family for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue
How do we memorialize America’s gun violence epidemic if we can’t yet see its end?
June 25, 2020 12:05 pm“The question of how to memorialize an ongoing epidemic is a fraught one, particularly at a time when mass shootings have become such a common feature in the daily headlines that they no longer surprise us.”
Dominick Barcelona on how cars shaped his relationship to his stepfather—and to creativity
June 24, 2020 5:55 pm"For Will, Bobbie, Joe, and Fred, cars came with the promise of pride and freedom; a symbol of what could be."
Street Riders NYC, the cycling collective on the revolution’s frontline
June 24, 2020 4:40 pm“This is for black lives, for justice”: A month ago they were strangers. Last weekend they led a rally of 10,000 cyclists across Manhattan
Restless souls: A portrait of creative isolation
June 24, 2020 3:11 pmLiving on the same block, photographer Dimitri Hyacinthe, stylist Shandi Alexander, and model Sasha Martynyuk collaborated to document the new realities of city life
Olivia Laing hopes lockdown is turning us into anxious, hopeful teenagers again
June 24, 2020 1:26 pmDocument asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. In the second installment, Olivia Laing finds a strange sense of comfort in Virginia Woolf's war diaries
Miranda Joyce recreates a legendary Courtney Love beauty moment
June 23, 2020 6:19 pmThe makeup artist recounts the story of Courtney Love's transformation into Marilyn Monroe—with a bubbly twist
The blurred faces—and ethics—of protest photography
June 23, 2020 5:27 pmAmid revelations of the NYPD’s biometric surveillance programs, photojournalists are forced to reconsider photography in public space.
Watch a computer algorithm teach an amateur dancer ballet
June 23, 2020 2:24 pmAs image-manipulation technology becomes increasingly potent, artist duo Ida Jonsson and Simon Saarinen speculate on the rise of superhumans
Phoebe Bridgers reminds us that there’s no more ‘normal’
June 22, 2020 3:18 pmThe artist speaks to Document about the pleasures of screaming and the politics of songwriting
Blitz Kid: Issa Lish revives the New Romantics’ 80s glam
June 22, 2020 1:52 pmDocument is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
In a time of social isolation, Document’s creative community shows us what it means to give
June 22, 2020 12:06 pmGrace Coddington, Terry Jones, and others on crafting homemade gifts for friends and loved ones
Models Jolie Alien, Akon Changkou, and more evoke the webcam novelty of the early 2000s
June 19, 2020 2:33 pmDirector Jesse Laitinen gives multinational models free rein as both photographer and subject in this video compilation
Marlon James on ‘Covidium’ and finally watching TV shows to the end
June 18, 2020 5:38 pmDocument asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. The first installment features the author of the National Book Award finalist 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf'
Lucy Bridge unleashes her creativity with digital, contact-free makeup
June 18, 2020 2:17 pmThe makeup artist demonstrates how she uses an iPad to paint conceptual makeup on her favorite models
Montez Press Radio brings us the best (and weirdest) of the downtown arts and culture scene
June 17, 2020 5:58 pmThe station's founders curate a guide to a few of their favorite shows from 'Tongue and Cheek' to 'Piracy, Libraries, Access'
A rebellious youth: Rei releases his inner punk
June 17, 2020 4:01 pmPhotographer Sarai Mari and hairstylist Tomo Jidai feature their son in a rooftop shoot
Re-centering the Black experience in the horror genre, from ‘Beloved’ to ‘Get Out’
June 17, 2020 2:08 pm“Black history is black horror”: scholars and creators Tananarive Due, John Jennings, and Robin R. Means Coleman probe the future of horror—with an eye to America’s grisly past
Neil Moodie channels Leigh Bowery for an at-home club look
June 17, 2020 12:13 pmThe editorial hairstylist remembers the outrageous styles debuted at legendary London club Kinky Gerlinky
[Reframing the Future]: Over 50 photographers unite to combat white supremacy
June 16, 2020 5:22 pmProceeds from the print sale are donated to the National Bail Out and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Insha Rahman breaks down how the US bail system perpetuates racial injustice
June 16, 2020 3:51 pmOver the past month, bail funds have raised millions of dollars. The next step is abolishing cash bail altogether
Warriors in the Garden are the youth-led collective at the forefront of civil rights protests
June 16, 2020 1:26 pm“We are in a state of digital warfare”: how new activists are harnessing the power of social media for good.
Discover La Palma, the Canary Islands’ ecological marvel
June 16, 2020 1:00 pmPhotography duo Lola & Pani captures the island’s unique landscape and preservation practices
At home with Tibet’s last remaining nomadic families
June 15, 2020 5:41 pmPhotographer Nikki McClarron captures the intergenerational community as they uphold ancient, sacred traditions
Watch Blésnya Minher recreate Donna Summer’s ’70s glam
June 15, 2020 5:00 pmDocument is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
Russell Tovey and Louis Fratino ponder the queer gaze and the necessity of creativity in the age of coronavirus
June 15, 2020 4:31 pmShortly after lockdown began, actor and artist discussed their earliest encounters with Robert Mapplethorpe and the ways pandemic art can define a generation
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched: Fashion idioms with Marni
June 15, 2020 1:20 pmDuane Michals and Shawn Lakin bring our favorite phrases to life for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue
5 artists tell us the hardships—and benefits—of creating in isolation
June 12, 2020 5:43 pmLyle Ashton Harris, Luis Flores, Richard Wyatt Jr., Robert Pruitt, and Timothy Washington discuss how the lockdown transformed their practice
BŪJIN rejects the music industry’s oppressive demands
June 11, 2020 5:21 pm"But my body is my first instrument": The Kenyan-South African artist champions humanity in an industry increasingly shaped by algorithms
As the city begins to reopen, a tribute to New Yorkers’ inimitable resilience
June 11, 2020 4:18 pm"There's a lot of freedom in solitude": Voices from all corners of the city on finding joy and connection while in isolation
The bonds that unite us
June 10, 2020 6:45 pmMarkn and Alice Lefons capture the intimacy of human relationships for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue
Lina Iris Viktor’s manifesto for creativity in the age of pandemic
June 10, 2020 6:07 pm"We live to work": The artist on finding space to feel amid art-world demands for constant output
Maya B writes anti-materialist anthems for our times
June 8, 2020 6:06 pm“Fuck materialism, fuck status”: why the 20-year-old star is uniquely suited to the present moment.
Artist Christopher Wool confronts the stark reality of a pandemic
June 3, 2020 5:07 pmOn a special edition artist cover for Document Issue 16, the artist captures the anarchic energy of a world in crisis
“When I look at you, do you see me?” Painter Amoako Boafo urges us to consider the complexities of blackness
June 3, 2020 4:15 pmFor Document No. 16, curator Osei Bonsu spoke with the painter about his upbringing in Ghana, creating space for black expression in Vienna, and balancing the pressures of fast fame