Snow in the ashes of Coachella
In the dreary Coachellscape, the electronic duo Snow Strippers offers a nostalgic reminder of a time when music festivals were still fun
Thou shalt not make images—but what if AI does?
In anticipation of his upcoming performance as Father Bartholomew Mary, Gideon Jacobs speaks with Trevor Paglen on how humanity’s ancient anxieties around visual representation are...
Karl Lagerfeld’s Memphis dream, revived by Francesco Vezzoli
Design meets desire in Vezzoli’s Monte Carlo show, a vivid reconstruction of Lagerfeld’s 1980s fantasy apartment—and a reflection on queer interior worlds
Moses Sumney finds rhythm in relation
On the heels of two back-to-back shows at Pioneer Works previewing his upcoming album, the musician-actor sits down with Document to discuss its sonic drivers...
Electricity becomes transcendent in Shay Frisch’s China debut
At MAM Shanghai, the Rome-based artist creates immersive electrical installations that bridge ancient spiritual symbols with modern scientific principles
For Tasneem Sarkez, Memory is the Medium
With a first solo show and festival debut behind her, the Libyan-American artist is poised for a breakthrough year
Inside Willo Perron’s Synesthetic Installation for Vans
Vans launches its Future Make platform with a psychedelic feat of light, sound, and design
Angel’s share: Doll Beef Winter
Kicking off her monthly column for Document, darling of New York nightlife Angel Money chronicles an emerging cultural phenomenon: a season-long doll brawl
The taste of taboo: Petr Davydtchenko’s roadkill delicacies
For the opening dinner of 'KHAM: The Road’, the artist’s latest exhibition at London gallery A/Political, scavenged carcasses make a Michelin-star menu by chef Masayoshi...
Threads of history: Gucci unveils ‘The Art of Silk’ initiative
The iconic fashion house celebrates its silk scarf heritage with nine contemporary artists, a retrospective book, and a Steven Meisel campaign featuring Julia Garner
Sausha serves her eponymous EP straight, no mixer
Known for her high-octane sets, the NYC-based DJ discusses her EP’s intimate sonic journey, the emotional toll of creation, and her decade-long relationship with the...
Scene report: Performance Space New York’s 2025 Gala was a ‘space for everyone’
From Debbie Harry's duet with Kelsey Lu as Kermit the Frog to bloodletting performances and duct tape couture, this year's experimental arts party celebrated New...
Loewe unveils ‘Crafted World’ in Tokyo, a love letter to artisanship
From leather atelier to global luxury brand, the exhibition traces the house’s evolution while honoring Japanese craft traditions and marking a creative turning point
Against vision: The architecture of Ricardo Scofidio (1935—2025)
Upon the passing of a founding principal of the studio that trafficked a contemporary art sensibility into architecture, reflections on the work of Diller Scofidio...
Zsela’s new ‘Moth Dance’ music video peels back the curtain
From a sprained ankle to soaring wings, Zsela tells Document about how this new music video brings her 'Big For You' album journey full circle
The dual voice of May Stevens
Between Guerrilla Girls activism and lyrical abstraction, Stevens's art, currently exhibited At Mary Ryan Gallery and Ryan Lee Gallery, reveals multiple paths for feminist expression
The two sides of techno-speculation in DESTE Foundation’s ‘Dream Machines’
The exhibition catalogue considers the generative role of technology in art making and looks to old futures for signs of our present moment
In ‘Trauma Plot,’ Jamie Hood writes herself whole again
Through raw excavation and narrative shape-shifting, Hood transforms her assault wounds into a rebellion against literary conventions
Manuela Moscoso embraces change at ZsONAMACO
Document sits down with the Quito-born, New York-based curator behind this year's galleries to discuss her symbiotic selection process and Mexico City's evolving curatorial climate
Closed stalls and open doors in Alessandro Michele’s Valentino
For Fall/Winter 2025, the maximalist designer probes community and privacy with a panoptic showcase
Wax, fire, and the Getty name
At her L.A. Frieze Week exhibition, 'Mirror of Influence,' heir and artist Kendalle Getty's provocative works literally dissolve, exploring her journey from rejecting her famous...
SCAD’s deFINE ART challenges the Bible Belt
In its 16th edition, the deFINE ART symposium showcases ten exhibitions that confront identity, heritage, and belonging in America's Deep South
In the rearview mirror of Kenneth Tam’s ‘The Medallion’
Recently on view at Bridget Donahue, the Queens-born artist's solo exhibition is a multimedia intervention on broken dreams and the taxi medallion crisis
Haider Ackermann’s Tom Ford is after a different kind of queerness
In his first collection for the house, one writer speculates if the new creative director can live up to the brand's signature sensuality
Demna enters his Gucci era
In a surprise announcement by parent company Kering Group, Demna has been named as Artistic Director of the Italian luxury brand.
Inside Marine Serre’s Red Room
The eco-futurist label's fall 2025 Paris showcase was a trompe-l'oeil-filled comment on money and power, inspired by the late filmmaker David Lynch
Issey Miyake’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection merges art and commerce
With an opening referencing Austrian artist Erin Wurm, the designer's latest offering effectively walks the tightrope between fashion, performance, and fine art, challenging construction and...
For Kinlaw, feedback is chaos
The Brooklyn-based artist contemplates energy and momentum in her newest album, 'Gut Ccheck'
Anne Imhof’s spectacular alienation
In her largest work to date, Germany's enfant terrible creates an American high school hellscape that both frustrates and rewards.
For Ludovic de Saint Sernin, business is anything but casual
After his first couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier, the French designer's latest ready-to-wear offering returns to form with nine-to-five clothing placed under pulsating club...
Duran Lantink goes into the wild
The designer's Fall/Winter 2025 self-titled collection 'Duranimals' is a tasteful take on "bad taste," merging human form with animal motifs
Nicolas Di Felice performs another magic act
The Belgian designer presents his latest collection for Courrèges, combining mod details with sensual silhouettes among suspended confetti
Best in Show: Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2025
As governments battle to legislate gender identity, Milan's designers respond with their own definitions of femininity: volume at Prada, twisted tradition at Diesel, and Armani's...
Critic’s Notebook: Does anyone care about New York Fashion Week?
For Document's fashion critic Katharine K. Zarrella, the thrills were few and far between at NYFW 2025. A new guard of emerging designers held their...
‘When you honour me, you honour all the above’: Read Tilda Swinton’s full address from the Berlinale
Receiving a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, the actor delivered a searing rebuke of global leadership during her...
This Valentines Day, Kerosene Jones says “FUCK YOU” to romance
From flesh-eating nuns to cosmic mummy dick: Inside a radical queer artist's pilgrimage through NYC's occult performances and a rain-soaked Chelsea Hotel orgy
Diesel finds luxury in the abstraction of the everyday
For the brand's Fall/Winter 2025 collection, Creative Director Glenn Martens renders even the most unconventional colors and hemlines as casual
At London Fashion Week, Being British Is Back
For Fall/Winter 2025, British designers aren’t fading—they’re fighting
Florentina Holzinger’s lyric horror in ‘TANZ’
At the show's North American premiere, the performance artist and choreographer invites audiences to a bacchanalian circus en pointe–with trust at its core
Movement ephemera enters the market in Diego Vega Solorza’s ‘BASOTEVE’
The Mexico-based artist and choreographer rendered his hour-long performance as an object on display at Art Basel Miami Beach
‘Rarely Do I Dream’ captures the space between waking life and sleep with deft dreamscapes
Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon sits down with Document to discuss how the full spectrum of human emotion might emerge on a record upon the...
For Ann Demeulemeester’s Stefano Gallici, the kids are alright
During a visit to New York’s multibrand concept store ESSX, the next-gen creative director sat down with Document to share his thoughts on the city...
Celebrating the announcement of Notes on Beauty with an intimate Valentine’s Day cocktail at the Swan Room
Following the reveal of the new beauty title, Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson, Yadim, Ronald Burton III, and Jawara invited loved ones to gather at the Nine...
Chasing permanent vacation at home
As 'The White Lotus' enters its third season, modern furniture and decor label CB2’s resort-inspired homeware collection brings the show’s visual universe to life
Thom Browne takes flight
With freedom as its inspiration, the designer's Fall/Winter 2025 collection is an ornithological study of the brand's heritage tailoring—with a fantastical twist
Tim Brawner’s ‘The Last Caress’ is a portrait of glamor and decay
On view at Management Gallery, the painter’s latest solo show presents a not-so-far-off future obsessed with spectacle, where nostalgic glamor and necrosis entwine
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
Copenhagen sets the bar high as an incubator for emerging talent
CPHFW Autumn/Winter 2025 cements the Danish city’s status as a launchpad for emerging designers, blending sustainability and collaboration for a truly impactful season
