To bleed the myth of the American woman
Fashion designer Elena Velez thrives in paradox, daring the fashion world to digest contradicting narratives and the rawness of self-exposure in her latest collection, ‘Leech’
Testing the scientific method at Copenhagen Fashion Week
Associate Editor Maya Kotomori shares the disproven thought experiments from CPHFW Autumn/Winter 2025
The Shoptimist: An advertisement in influencer’s clothing
In her monthly column, amateur business analyst Maya Kotomori explores the ongoing litigation between two beigefluencers through a modern history of advertising
‘Vanya on Huron’ reminds audiences of the devastating power of yearning
Director Matthew Gasda’s adaptation of the Chekhov classic is conscientious to the enduring power of desire
Prada’s latest collection creates identity from disorder
For its Fall/Winter 2025 menswear collection, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons prioritize human instinct
Amanita expands close to home
The gallery celebrates the opening of its Freeman Alley space with a solo show by Nicholas Campbell
The Shoptimist: The transitional gift edit
In a holiday edition of her monthly column, Maya Kotomori shares four brands redefining what it means for clothing to transform for temperature, mood, or...
‘Modeling Ecologies: Take Care’ creates a living archive of the Caribbean
On view at Chinatown’s Entrance gallery, the group exhibition considers the intersection of architecture, ecology, and history to define home
The Shoptimist: An unbearable uniformity of being
In her monthly column, previously closeted gym member Maya Kotomori ruminates on the role of the yoga set on her shopping psyche
Harley Chamandy’s ‘Allen Sunshine’ is a meditation on the quiet beauty of nature
The Canadian director unpacks the many dimensions to his Werner Herzog Award-winning feature film
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
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...
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
In Tahir Karmali’s ‘Eternal Rent,’ infrastructure is human
On view at Chinatown’s Management gallery, the artist’s debut solo show centers construction and deconstruction on the city streets and within the self
R. Jamin’s ‘Temperance’ is a study in the spirituality behind science
Document sits down with the artist to talk about the natural disasters, divination, and doves behind her first solo show, on view at David Peter...
Darryl Bell brought his Midwestern barbecue heritage to Robert Glasper’s The Black Radio Experience music festival
At an on-site lunch event, the chef gave a glimpse into the menu at Stateline Road Smokehouse, his new restaurant blending fine dining perspective with...
The Shoptimist Speaks: Mati Hays of House of Iconica
In the second installment of columnist Maya Kotomori’s interview mini-series, the Brooklyn-based designer talks personal style, fetish, and the poetics of taste in fashion
Inside Pete Rock’s musical dictionary
Ahead of his performance at The Black Radio Experience music festival, the legendary DJ and producer sits down with Document to discuss his love for...
The Shoptimist: Myths, markets, and the business model of hype
For her monthly column, fashion bard Maya Kotomori tells the tale of luxury’s fraught relationship to streetwear from ’90s Supreme to 2010s Odd Future to...
Larry Gus’s ‘Kerkis (Judas Tree)’ is playing games
The musician collaborates with director Matvey Fiks and screenwriter, lyricist, and Yorgos Lanthimos collaborator Efthymis Filippou in this absurdist romp through an Athenian chess club
Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Paris
Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Paris
Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Milan
Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Milan
The Shoptimist: It ain’t the same now
In a Juneteenth special of her monthly column, hotep-in-training Maya Kotomori puts on her Dr. Umar kufi to analyze the commodity fetish of hip-hop
In the experimental play ‘4,000 Dollars,’ the streets of New York City are a fiscal fight club
Document joins playwright and director Georgica Pettus and producer Ashby Bland to discuss the art of numbers, spending money, and language systems
Sónar by Day, according to curators Antònia Folguera and Ikram Bouloum
Meet the pair responsible for Sónar Festival’s daytime multidisciplinary programming ahead of the annual Barcelona electronic music festival
Decoding the ‘it’ factor with Abbey Lee
In an exclusive digital interview for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the cover star details how she found acting and a new sense of creative fulfillment
Inside the New York Live Arts 2024 gala
Artists were front and center at the institution’s annual Live Ideas fundraising event, centered on the role of creativity in shaping our collective future
Lucila Safdie takes a blogger-era approach to the modern woman
The designer sits down with Document to discuss the films, time periods, and nuanced female characters that inspire her clothing
Bill T. Jones and Hank Willis Thomas reanimate creative freedom
The choreographer and conceptualist challenge the categories and moralities of the artist for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024
Rhizome throws annual gala afterparty in collaboration with NYC-based performance series 29 Speedway
Crushed watermelon, slime, and a visceral puppet show turn the postgame of this year’s fundraising gala into an immersive stage for experimental performance
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
Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce
The multidisciplinary artists untangle lyric metaphors and pop cultural myths for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
The Shoptimist Speaks: In conversation with Christine Alcalay
Columnist Maya Kotomori’s new mini-series of interviews with NYC-local craftspeople begins with a spotlight on the Park Slope designer, discussing her eponymous brand, fashion labor,...
Aïsha Devi lives in the fifth dimension
Ahead of her live performance set at Barcelona’s upcoming Sònar Festival, the Swiss-Nepali artist talks metaphysics, trance states, and her latest album ‘Death Is Home’
Announcing Katharine Zarrella, Document Journal’s Fashion Critic-at-Large
The fashion journalist extraordinaire sits down with Document to discuss the evolution of print journalism, Central Saint Martins, and of course, her pet rabbits
The Shoptimist: the olfactory side of high fashion
In her monthly column for Document, the formerly stinky Maya Kotomori examines the world of luxury fragrance
Cooper Brovenick’s diagnosis for the new age
The art adviser-slash-curator challenges time and the solo-show-industrial complex in his latest show, ‘A Modern Disease—like jetlag’
Inside Saint Laurent’s secret Fall/Winter 2024 menswear show
Creative director Anthony Vacarello revisited the ’80s by blowing up the brand’s signature suit
Costaiia helps preserve Indigenous textile craftsmanship
Designer Patricia Maria Pietri sits down with Document to discuss the family, folklore, and fantasy in her contemporary womenswear brand
Style, sustainability, and social democracy: Inside CIFF, Copenhagen’s International Fashion Fair
Fashion Correspondent Maya Kotomori explores the future of the industry at the Danish city’s 62nd annual trade show
In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection
Artist and writer Keren Cytter’s feature film debuted at the 74th Berlinale, leaving audiences wondering: did that guy really become a drone?
Meet four unique designers from CIFF 62 x Revolver
At the fashion fair’s 62nd annual event, Document sits down with a crop of brands central to the burgeoning Nordic fashion scene
Thom Browne’s Gothic fantasy
Equally dramatic and literary, quoth the designer’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection: “nevermore”
‘Queues’ by Louis Osmosis serializes artistic epiphany
The sculptor’s most recent solo exhibition at Kapp Kapp gives the potency of ideas a spermatozoan mascot
The Shoptimist: To wear your heart in your bra
In her monthly column for Document, Maya Kotomori remains abreast of lingerie’s history in Valentine’s Day marketing schemes
Area’s anatomy of an eye
Creative director Piotrek Panszczyk tests our vision this season with a sparkly collection full of occular allusion
Archive Chives’s latest restaurant takeover is a brothy success
The second installment of chef Luke Vu’s pop-up food series invades downtown restaurant Betty with an artist-bent menu
For Hugo Comte, abstraction is the highest form of flattery
The renowned fashion photographer sits down with Document to discuss love, inspiration, and attitude in his debut film, ‘Purring Metal’
Skemer’s “Kiss Me Kill Me” is a serpentine dream
Watch the premiere of Belgian duo’s latest music video, which explores the dark side of techno
