McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life
The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party
Ethical Capital Partners wants to make Pornhub a leader in the fight against illegal content online
Parent company MindGeek has been acquired by a private equity firm, just days after a new Netflix documentary chronicled its exploitative practices
Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity
Ahead of the release of ‘The Art of Forgetting,’ the artist lets Document in on the tracks that incite emotion, inspiring their album’s unreserved intimacy
Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life
A group of alleged ex-Tinder engineers designed a service to improve the experience of heterosexual men in the only place they face systemic disadvantage: on...
Jessan Macatangay’s soft, scanty, sculptural world
The budding designer fills Document in on his graduate collection—a metaphor for the Filipino woman, derived from personal memory
You probably haven’t heard about the most egregious Oscars snub
‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ won Best Animated Short—the worst contender by far, backed by a celebrity-studded network
Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings
The team was tasked with predicting the dangers of new technologies, raising questions about the company’s commitment to responsible use
Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever
The musician and Intima founder curates a list of songs for getting back into the physical, from Björk remixes to Ofra Haza’s transcendent vocals
Looking back on the oeuvre of Yvonne Rainer, iconoclast and artistic visionary
Following her retrospective at Metrograph, the filmmaker and choreographer meets with Document, testifying to the creative power of nonconformity
In ‘Inside,’ art informs character
Curator Leonardo Bigazzi joins Document to expand upon the film’s collection, reflecting upon the experience of art through the screen
Model Diaries: From Amsterdam to Milan to Paris with Maaike Klaasen
The Dutch model documents her time at Fashion Week, donning show-stealing looks for Moschino and Balmain
BOFFO makes its return to dry land with ‘Group Show: A Retrospective’
On Friday night, an exhibition-themed party brought alumni of the Fire Island residency back together, in the middle of Times Square
Behind the scenes with Gary Gill, the hairstylist imbuing high fashion with punk
Gill fills Document in on the inspiration behind Fall/Winter 2023's most striking looks—from forest raves, to hat hair, to club kids in the morning after
Performance Space celebrates new paths across New York’s creative landscape
The arts organization held its annual gala on Saturday, honoring Pope.L, Sarah Schulman, and Michelle Coffey with an intimate dinner theater
Pornhub made free porn accessible to everyone—but at what cost?
Netflix’s new documentary ‘Money Shot’ chronicles the rise of the internet porn empire, and the scandals that rocked the adult film industry
Model Diaries: Maty Drazek snapshots the lead-up to Miu Miu’s Fall/Winter 2023 show
At the tail end of Paris Fashion Week, the Prague-born breakout star takes Document along to their fittings at the Hôtel Le Marois
Avey Tare offers an unembellished self-portrait with ‘7s’
Dave Portner joins Document following the release of his latest solo work to reflect on where it fits in his broader creative evolution
With ‘Cyberfeminism Index,’ Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement
Following the release of her book, the designer and researcher speaks on information activism, the art of collecting, and the power in rendering grassroots technologies
Setting the stage for falling in love, or something like it
In the realm of reality dating television, “The Mansion” is a character in and of itself—designed to manipulate contestants, as well as everybody watching
What can we do about deepfake porn?
A new face-swap app ran provocative ads featuring celebrity faces, illustrating the dangers of non-consensual deepfakes and the struggle to moderate them
Daytripping: Dancing into the folds of time
In her bi-weekly column for Document Journal, McKenzie Wark writes about dancing at Berlin’s Berghain, the world-famous temple of techno
Antanas Sutkus portraits subtle assertions of the self in Lithuania
The photographer's decades-long practice is rooted in observation, capturing small pleasures, nuanced expressions of identity, and undoctored instances of emotion
What internet sex drama says about our political climate
From debates over on-screen sex scenes to whether kids should be exposed to drag, recent Twitter discourse illustrates the slippery slope of online censorship
For Winter 2023, Bruno Sialelli observes the far-reaching history of Lanvin
From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the ’80s, the French house’s latest collection drew from disparate eras to modernize bygone design
Ludovic de Saint Sernin adopts ambiguity to imagine the ultramodern
The designer's Fall/Winter 2023 collection for Ann Demeulemeester embodies the enigmatic, subverting both gender and form
Hedi Slimane captures Bob Dylan, the latest in a long line of sonic muses
‘Portrait Of,’ a photographic series co-authored with CELINE, immortalizes those subjects Slimane deems indispensable to music history
Issey Miyake teases out the potential of perfect geometry
Satoshi Kondo’s Fall/Winter 2023-2024 collection derives inspiration from the square, building out new pleats and knits from within the limitations of the form
Loewe conjures fashion’s ghosts
For Fall/Winter 2023, Jonathan Anderson leaned on the ephemeral and the out-of-focus, reducing classic silhouettes down to the “bluntest shape possible”
At Paris Fashion Week, Matthew M. Williams proposes a new kind of formality
Givenchy’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection finds elevated ease, imagining loungewear's silhouettes in polished form
Lucia Pieroni reflects the harmony between old-school and present-day glamor
The make-up artist shares a backstage look at her process, leading up to Givenchy’s forward-looking Fall/Winter 2023 presentation
Chiiild’s sonic North Stars
Upon the release of ‘Better Luck In The Next Life,’ the Montreal-born artist joins Document to curate a list of transportive tracks
At Paris Fashion Week, Courrèges compels its audience to look up
Nicolas di Felice’s Fall/Winter 2023 show interrogated digital-age addiction, presenting mirrored pendants, deep pockets, and clever cut-outs
Maggie Millner breathes new life into old traditions with ‘Couplets’
In her searing literary debut, the poet renders a portrait of contemporary desire that resists categorization
Art Baja California’s inaugural festival is rooted in locality
Across La Paz, San José del Cabo, and Todos Santos, the event connects an international roster of creatives with the histories of its host cities
Saint Laurent reanimates old-school craft
For Winter 2023, Anthony Vaccarello paid tribute to the house’s historical haute couture venue, imbuing its classics with a modern edge
Livestream the Givenchy Fall/Winter 2023 show here
Watch the stream live this Thursday, March 2 at 3:30 p.m. CET / 9:30 a.m. EST
Dior combs its archive for Fall/Winter 2023, paying tribute to the house’s icons
Where its venue was maximalist, the collection was refined, taking inspiration from Édith Piaf, Juliette Gréco, and Catherine Dior
For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance
With DIY porn project Four Chambers, the adult filmmaker finds the art in sex—and investigates its relationship to society in the process
Inside Ferragamo’s Milan Fashion Week show, where Old Hollywood collides with the future
For Fall/Winter 2023, Maximilian Davis harkened back to the house’s roots, updating the codes of ’50s glamor
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February
From police procedural horror novellas to Yasujirō Ozu’s unofficial trilogy, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In the February edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about OnlyFans burnout, living in Paris, and high-achieving lesbians
Kelela, a raver reborn
Years following the success of ‘Take Me Apart,’ the artist fills Document in on the long road to ‘Raven,’ her much-anticipated sophomore album
Anastasia Bay’s ‘The Stumbler’s Parade’ imagines modern parables
The Brussels-born artist joins Document to elaborate on the making of her series's 12 paintings, and the driving influences and artistic philosophies behind them
Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo cultivate the SUNNEI state of mind
Following their crowdsurfing Fall/Winter 2023 runway show, the label’s co-founders reflect on fashion’s boundaries, and the value in breaking them down
Backstage at Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini’s elegant and erotic Milan Fashion Week show
For Fall/Winter 2023, the designer took his namesake label in new directions, imbuing its classic tailoring with an air of romance
An outsider’s take on Milan Fashion Week
A comic strip by Frankenstein Magazine rags on its home city, imagining its signature monsters against the backdrop of a flashy runway show
Priya Ahluwalia underscores style with sound
Following her standout London Fashion Week show, the designer breaks down the makings of her complex vision, from beading to deadstock to Lauryn Hill
Livestream the Bottega Veneta Fall/Winter 2023 show here
Watch the stream live this Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 p.m. CET / 2:00 p.m. EST
Livestream the Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2023 show here
Watch the stream live this Saturday, February 25 at 11:30 a.m. CET / 5:30 a.m. EST
