Document premieres the music video for “UNAVAILABLE,” Casey Spooner’s sonic meditation on sex and death
In communion with Fire Island’s storied geography, the artist explores the particular agonies and pleasures of longing
Artists and journalists call for the restriction of AI illustration in publishing
In an open letter, Molly Crabapple and Mazria Katz advocate against the use of the technology in journalism, a medium long defined by human storytellers
Objects of Desire: Dior’s Micro Lady bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘Femme F(r)iction’ canvasses the trailblazing work of a century of female creatives
C1760’s sweeping group exhibition traverses medium, featuring the work of Judy Chicago, Jeanne Silverthorne, Najla El Zein, and many more
Kate Ahn bares it all in ‘Oh No! I’m Naked!’
The LA-based artist’s first hometown solo show grapples with fantasy and the freedoms of sexual expression
Luis Alberto Rodriguez’s ‘O.’ is a noise, a gasp, a cycle, a reset
The photographer’s latest book seeks moments of transcendence, imagined in dynamic studio nudes and coffee-ground divination
Paw Gissel documents the ease of the Brazilian coast
Rio de Janeiro’s communal spaces are an antidote to its inequities, snapshotted through a humanist lens by the Copenhagen-based photographer
Inside Jean Paul Gaultier and The Webster’s Spring/Summer 2023 launch party
The house’s ‘FLOWERS’ collection was put on full display amidst fittingly lush arrangements—a reclamation of its early-2000s archive
Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’ is a story about us
The author set out to write a book about the art of monstrous men—in the process, she rendered a complex portrait of humanity
Objects of Desire: Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello’s Jerry 110 sandals
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘The Godfather of AI’ speaks out about the dangers of the technology he helped create
Geoffrey Hinton has left Google, joining the chorus of industry leaders warning against the race to deploy new AI models
‘Everything is a Self-Portrait’ centers the unending self
Upon the book’s release, photographer Francis Kanai and poet Malaya Malandro join Document to discuss finding familiarity in the unfamiliar
Pornhub blocks access in Utah to protest new age verification laws
The legislation chips away at the right to privacy online—raising questions about the cost of making the internet safe for children
‘100% (Ciento por Ciento)’ spotlights Patagonia’s storied landscape, and the fight to protect it
Colin Dodgson’s photo book, created in collaboration with the World Land Trust, connects with the communities working to preserve the world’s most wild regions
Daytripping: Learning the art of letting go
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about a cross-generational spring party and the simple comforts of dance
The art of curating Coachella
Raffi Lehrer joins Document to discuss the impact of large-scale installation work, and which sorts of creatives make the cut
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in April
From our latest print issue to Delta Sky Club rewards, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Miami is a poem we write together
Vignettes from O, Miami Festival: bee-keeping, traffic, and readings cementing a quick-changing city’s literary scene
Inside TRANSFIX, the world’s largest touring immersive art experience
Set in a multi-level labyrinth off the Las Vegas strip, the event’s inaugural edition is a choose-your-own-adventure featuring art from over 50 creators
James Walsh builds wearable sculpture, fueled by childhood nostalgia
The budding designer takes inspiration from doll clothes and porcelain figures, softening the futurism of his techniques with a playful aesthetic
The slow sea odyssey of ‘Human Flowers of Flesh’ renders everything from “nothing”
Thoughtful meditations are foregrounded in German filmmaker Helena Wittmann’s modern take on Claire Denis’s ‘Beau Travail’
Document Launches Spring/Summer 2023: Return to the Real
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In the April edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux tackles the phenomenon that is the fuckboy
An Orwellian guide to the making of a literary festival
At a New York City soirée ahead of the Narrowsburg event, Deep Water founder Aaron Hicklin read out the 11-step plan that started it all
Spotify has a fake artist problem
Users are encountering AI-generated songs by artists that don’t exist—many of which are being aggressively promoted by the platform’s algorithm
Bad Words: Missing the Black Party, a pilgrimage site for gay men
The Saint’s legendary annual bacchanal shut down after 40 years, signaling a bittersweet transition in the landscape of queer life
At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots
Founder Ben Gorham sits down with artist Dozie Kanu, discussing the geography of his oldest and most recognizable fragrance
Objects of Desire: Chloé’s Penelope clutch bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘Rear View’ zeroes in on the nude portrait, as seen from behind
LDGR’s latest show explores the trope across eras, featuring artwork from the likes of Francis Bacon, Mickalene Thomas, Egon Schiele, and Andy Warhol
Lila Roo makes art from the discarded
On the island of Bequia, the designer transforms plastic waste into works part textile, part sculpture, and part performance
Can you copyright a voice?
Faced with the virality of deepfake Drake, Universal Music made a bid to shut down AI-generated songs
‘Beef’ star David Choe admitted to raping a woman—and he just got the proof taken off Twitter
After clips of his problematic comments resurfaced on social media, the actor attempted to silence his accusers by reporting the content for ‘copyright infringement’
Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark lists her favorite instances of on-screen dancing, from the rave in Zion to ’60s sci-fi fantasia
A sonic map toward Frost Children’s strange, spiritual world
Following the release of ‘SPEED RUN,’ the New York-based duo offers Document a soundtrack for an open, anfractuous road
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world
Fed up with the ineffectiveness of peaceful protest, a group of young activists decide to burn it all down for the sake of our future
Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’
The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, is set to premiere at Cannes, kickstarting the French house’s foray into the realm of cinema
The Life’s complete list of sampling feats
In honor of the recent remix of his single by CFCF, Curtis Everett Pawley offers Document a playlist of his own favorite reproductions
Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives
The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior
Objects of Desire: Prada’s Moon bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘Myself When I Am Real’ puts forth the unseen half of Barkley L. Hendricks’s practice
Jack Shainman Gallery will display the late painter’s photographic work, conveying his lighthearted approach to art-making and a glimpse into his immediate world
The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT
When companies put sexual restrictions chatbots, users race to get around them—but there are other side effects to disabling the technology’s guardrails
Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character
Frédéric Biousse and Guillaume Foucher’s hotel line prioritizes connection to a place, reflecting the geographies their destinations rest upon
Dino Kiratzidis and Michael Spencer Phillips escape the traditional stage
Ahead of the latest installation of their Site-Specific Dances series, the architect and choreographer discuss building from a legacy, and designing for performance
Objects of Desire: Louis Vuitton’s XL Key Pouch
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes
Charged with falsifying data to close a $175 billion deal, the young founder is the latest 30-Under-30 winner to be arrested for financial crimes
Christopher Michael’s ‘What’s Contemporary’ bricolages the countless perspectives of modernity
Following his departure from the agency space, the creative multihyphenate resurrects his digital platform in podcast form
How do you moderate a chatbot?
In banning renderings of Chinese president Xi Jinping worldwide, Midjourney sparked debate about the policing of AI-generated content—and the line between regulation and censorship
Daytripping: Herding cats
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about raves in relation to service workers, and how she once got on the wrong side...
Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer and technopop pioneer
Document curates a selection of the musician’s far-ranging work, from synth-heavy film scores to classical ballads to indelible video game soundtracks
