
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...

From El Paso to Harlem: Troy Montes-Michie explores the subversive history of the zoot suit
For Document’s tenth anniversary, the artist joins independent curator Monique Long to expand on the lasting allure of the iconic ensemble

Billie Zangewa’s hand-stitched collages locate joy in the quotidian
The artist’s latest solo exhibition, ‘Thread for a Web Begun,’ lovingly interprets domestic interiors and intimate mises en scène

Eric N. Mack reconsiders the dimensions of visual art
For Document’s Winter 2021/Resort 2022 issue, the artist speaks on how he’s translating his South Bronx informed textile practice to the context of the Italian...

Torkwase Dyson tells the history of black liberation through cartographic art
100 years after the Red Summer riots, the artist subverts the notion that abstract painting is non-narrative in her new show ‘1919: Black Water.’

Artist Wim Botha exposes the bad faith of Encyclopedia Britannica
In ‘Still Life With Discontent,’ the South African sculptor draws parallels between bibles and encyclopedias—and exposes America’s own complicated history of Apartheid.

Deana Lawson and Mickalene Thomas on the direct gaze
The artists discuss process, the significance of their mothers in their work, and how Lawson creates the intimacy that is signature in her photographs in...
