Orientalism up your ass Artist Riven Ratanavanh parses the frisson of sex, race, and power behind his reimagining of Carolee Schneemann’s ‘Interior Scroll’
Art Kenny Scharf’s technicolor vision comes alive at the Brant Foundation Document sits down with the artist to look back at nearly 50 years of playful creation
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Culture The Last Dinner Party rewrites the rules of pop To celebrate their fashion portfolio featuring Alexander McQueen in Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the British band discusses their decadent imagination
CJ Harvey and Vivien Goldman champion the experimental stamina of David Bowie The photographer and writer share images taken on Polaroid’s Bowie Edition film, meeting to discuss his unfaltering influence, and the ways it’s maintained today by Megan Hullander Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out space in the fashion industry Hollywood Gifts, Praying, and OGBFF are churning out tongue-in-cheek graphic tees. Why does the internet like them so much? by Madeleine Connors Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema The polymath artist curates a transportive and transformative playlist of tracks that elicit memories, and form new ones of their own by Megan Hullander ‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance by Morgan Becker How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem by Camille Sojit Pejcha Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces by McKenzie Wark ‘FACES II’ subverts traditional forms of portraiture The second iteration of a two-part exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery explores the multifaceted nature of the face by Megan Hullander ‘This Will Not End Well’ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first The storytelling central to the photographer’s practice takes precedence in a book that features her multimedia artworks, mimicking the formatting of their source material by Megan Hullander ‘Mr Wonderful’ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux Gallerist Ronald Sosinski and curator Joseph Bannan discuss the making of the retrospective, and the creative legacy of ’80s New York by Morgan Becker Andy Shauf doesn’t play God On ‘Norm,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter uses fiction to tackle dark themes—leaving it to the audience to make their own conclusions by Camille Sojit Pejcha Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape by Morgan Becker ‘Impossible Failures’ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L At 52 Walker, the artists’ practices are examined through parallel motifs—the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value by Megan Hullander Moncler Genius looks beyond fashion, drawing from all corners of the creative landscape The label presents ‘The Art of Genius’ later this month, featuring a lineup of co-creators from the realms of music, design, sport, and entertainment by Document Journal Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy? The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place by Camille Sojit Pejcha Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be by Josh Greenblatt Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes by Megan Hullander Mayan Toledano’s portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City The photographer’s ongoing series ‘No Mamés’ takes the image-making process down to its bare bones, lending intimacy though immediacy by Morgan Becker Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray by Camille Sojit Pejcha Marni’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion Francesco Risso’s traveling runway is testament to the house’s global reach, and its alignment with Japan’s design affinities by Morgan Becker The “non-work” of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner The pioneering’s artist’s abstraction is brought to the forefront at the gallery, joining the aesthetic and the political into one common body by Justin Polera In the eyes of photographer Axel Swan, the appeal of youth is its ease of fascination A photo diary in Southern Australia tracks a lazy summer, and the the coming-of-age of local teens by Megan Hullander Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendi’s couture collection For the first installment of her column for Document, the iconic stylist and fashion multihyphenate offers a poetic examination of Kim Jones’s showroom by Karen Binns Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other by Camille Sojit Pejcha In ‘Infinity Pool,’ everything is as picturesque as it is perverse Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror film ultimately falls flat, but teases at an innovatory career to come by Megan Hullander 15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them by Camille Sojit Pejcha Bad Words: In defense of the faithless In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature by Alexander Cheves Casablanca designer Charaf Tajer and Syrian activist Yusra Mardini on fashion’s unifying potential Ahead of their joint Paris Fashion Week debut, the pair met with Document to speak to the origins of the perception-shifting label by Colin Boyle Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the January edition of their column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about ghosting, pronouns, and maintaining work-life balance by Liara Roux Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno Damian Lazarus’s festival—hosted on the Tulum coast—celebrates rebirth and the formation of community through music by Colin Boyle Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception? by Camille Sojit Pejcha Viktor & Rolf’s haute couture collection revels in play and resists practicality Document offers a look backstage at the Spring 2023 presentation—corsets, bows, crinolines, and all by Megan Hullander Model Diaries: Paris Men’s Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano A day-in-the-life of the breakout star, between parties, castings, and the Kenzo runway by Document Journal The winding path to Mac DeMarco’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting by Ariana Mamnoon Daniel Arsham’s ‘Objects IV Life Chapter .003’ embraces decay to create living garments Following his Paris Fashion Week debut, the designer joins Document to expound upon the evolution of his practice, and embracing material corruption by Megan Hullander ‘Recycling Beauty’ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past Fondazione Prada’s ongoing exhibition presents over 60 Greek and Roman art objects, transformed or altered throughout history by Jack Hjerpe Word on the Street: Document solicits the public’s opinion on KidSuper’s Louis Vuitton debut “For me, Louis Vuitton is a tradition. A tradition that evolves with time, evolves with people, evolves with style.” by Morgan Becker DIOR haute couture honors Joséphine Baker’s radical mark on style The house’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection looks to 1920s Paris, channeling the sensibilities of its founder’s best customer by Morgan Becker The C.I.A. play with the parables of punk With ‘Surgery Channel,’ the LA-based band dissects both society and the self, offering a rhythm that feels danceable and dissonant at once by Megan Hullander Word on the Street: Document surveys the crowd outside Givenchy’s Fall 2023 menswear show “It’s audacity. It’s passion. It’s breaking out of the norm.” by Morgan Becker Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin Ahead of his Fall/Winter 2023 presentation, the designer filled Document in on his influences—from Charlie Chaplin, to boys’ tuxedos, to ’50s Polish outerwear by Jordan Anderson KidSuper is flouting fashion’s rulebook Between his Fall/Winter 2023 shows, Colm Dillane joined Document to talk comedy in fashion and his Louis Vuitton debut by Jordan Anderson Model Diaries: Inside Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus The fresh face takes Document behind the scenes at Louis Vuitton, divulging this season’s best looks and best catering by Document Journal Backstage at Hermès’s Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality by Morgan Becker Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection Craftsmanship proved central to the presentation, with pared-back garments built from classic materials to spotlight sculptural silhouettes by Megan Hullander In Dior’s latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new Artistic director Kim Jones pays tribute to his predecessors for Fall/Winter 2023, imagining timelessness in the neoteric by Megan Hullander Issey Miyake’s latest mens collection augments its pleated language For Fall/Winter 2023, the Japanese house renders grace through simple geometry, featuring triangle pressing, bold prints, oversized silhouettes by Megan Hullander Saint Laurent’s Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress by Morgan Becker Grand River’s “Kura” is an all-consuming embrace Ahead of the release of ‘All Above,’ Aimée Portioli expounds upon the evolution of her practice and the art of translating emotion through sound by Megan Hullander For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience The 27-year-old Malian-Canadian is among New York’s youngest curators—and her namesake gallery is dedicated to bringing marginalized artists to the fore by Camille Sojit Pejcha
CJ Harvey and Vivien Goldman champion the experimental stamina of David Bowie The photographer and writer share images taken on Polaroid’s Bowie Edition film, meeting to discuss his unfaltering influence, and the ways it’s maintained today by Megan Hullander
Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out space in the fashion industry Hollywood Gifts, Praying, and OGBFF are churning out tongue-in-cheek graphic tees. Why does the internet like them so much? by Madeleine Connors
Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema The polymath artist curates a transportive and transformative playlist of tracks that elicit memories, and form new ones of their own by Megan Hullander
‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance by Morgan Becker
How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces by McKenzie Wark
‘FACES II’ subverts traditional forms of portraiture The second iteration of a two-part exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery explores the multifaceted nature of the face by Megan Hullander
‘This Will Not End Well’ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first The storytelling central to the photographer’s practice takes precedence in a book that features her multimedia artworks, mimicking the formatting of their source material by Megan Hullander
‘Mr Wonderful’ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux Gallerist Ronald Sosinski and curator Joseph Bannan discuss the making of the retrospective, and the creative legacy of ’80s New York by Morgan Becker
Andy Shauf doesn’t play God On ‘Norm,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter uses fiction to tackle dark themes—leaving it to the audience to make their own conclusions by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape by Morgan Becker
‘Impossible Failures’ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L At 52 Walker, the artists’ practices are examined through parallel motifs—the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value by Megan Hullander
Moncler Genius looks beyond fashion, drawing from all corners of the creative landscape The label presents ‘The Art of Genius’ later this month, featuring a lineup of co-creators from the realms of music, design, sport, and entertainment by Document Journal
Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy? The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be by Josh Greenblatt
Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes by Megan Hullander
Mayan Toledano’s portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City The photographer’s ongoing series ‘No Mamés’ takes the image-making process down to its bare bones, lending intimacy though immediacy by Morgan Becker
Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Marni’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion Francesco Risso’s traveling runway is testament to the house’s global reach, and its alignment with Japan’s design affinities by Morgan Becker
The “non-work” of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner The pioneering’s artist’s abstraction is brought to the forefront at the gallery, joining the aesthetic and the political into one common body by Justin Polera
In the eyes of photographer Axel Swan, the appeal of youth is its ease of fascination A photo diary in Southern Australia tracks a lazy summer, and the the coming-of-age of local teens by Megan Hullander
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors
Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendi’s couture collection For the first installment of her column for Document, the iconic stylist and fashion multihyphenate offers a poetic examination of Kim Jones’s showroom by Karen Binns
Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other by Camille Sojit Pejcha
In ‘Infinity Pool,’ everything is as picturesque as it is perverse Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror film ultimately falls flat, but teases at an innovatory career to come by Megan Hullander
15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Bad Words: In defense of the faithless In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature by Alexander Cheves
Casablanca designer Charaf Tajer and Syrian activist Yusra Mardini on fashion’s unifying potential Ahead of their joint Paris Fashion Week debut, the pair met with Document to speak to the origins of the perception-shifting label by Colin Boyle
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the January edition of their column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about ghosting, pronouns, and maintaining work-life balance by Liara Roux
Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno Damian Lazarus’s festival—hosted on the Tulum coast—celebrates rebirth and the formation of community through music by Colin Boyle
Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception? by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Viktor & Rolf’s haute couture collection revels in play and resists practicality Document offers a look backstage at the Spring 2023 presentation—corsets, bows, crinolines, and all by Megan Hullander
Model Diaries: Paris Men’s Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano A day-in-the-life of the breakout star, between parties, castings, and the Kenzo runway by Document Journal
The winding path to Mac DeMarco’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting by Ariana Mamnoon
Daniel Arsham’s ‘Objects IV Life Chapter .003’ embraces decay to create living garments Following his Paris Fashion Week debut, the designer joins Document to expound upon the evolution of his practice, and embracing material corruption by Megan Hullander
‘Recycling Beauty’ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past Fondazione Prada’s ongoing exhibition presents over 60 Greek and Roman art objects, transformed or altered throughout history by Jack Hjerpe
Word on the Street: Document solicits the public’s opinion on KidSuper’s Louis Vuitton debut “For me, Louis Vuitton is a tradition. A tradition that evolves with time, evolves with people, evolves with style.” by Morgan Becker
DIOR haute couture honors Joséphine Baker’s radical mark on style The house’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection looks to 1920s Paris, channeling the sensibilities of its founder’s best customer by Morgan Becker
The C.I.A. play with the parables of punk With ‘Surgery Channel,’ the LA-based band dissects both society and the self, offering a rhythm that feels danceable and dissonant at once by Megan Hullander
Word on the Street: Document surveys the crowd outside Givenchy’s Fall 2023 menswear show “It’s audacity. It’s passion. It’s breaking out of the norm.” by Morgan Becker
Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin Ahead of his Fall/Winter 2023 presentation, the designer filled Document in on his influences—from Charlie Chaplin, to boys’ tuxedos, to ’50s Polish outerwear by Jordan Anderson
KidSuper is flouting fashion’s rulebook Between his Fall/Winter 2023 shows, Colm Dillane joined Document to talk comedy in fashion and his Louis Vuitton debut by Jordan Anderson
Model Diaries: Inside Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus The fresh face takes Document behind the scenes at Louis Vuitton, divulging this season’s best looks and best catering by Document Journal
Backstage at Hermès’s Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality by Morgan Becker
Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection Craftsmanship proved central to the presentation, with pared-back garments built from classic materials to spotlight sculptural silhouettes by Megan Hullander
In Dior’s latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new Artistic director Kim Jones pays tribute to his predecessors for Fall/Winter 2023, imagining timelessness in the neoteric by Megan Hullander
Issey Miyake’s latest mens collection augments its pleated language For Fall/Winter 2023, the Japanese house renders grace through simple geometry, featuring triangle pressing, bold prints, oversized silhouettes by Megan Hullander
Saint Laurent’s Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress by Morgan Becker
Grand River’s “Kura” is an all-consuming embrace Ahead of the release of ‘All Above,’ Aimée Portioli expounds upon the evolution of her practice and the art of translating emotion through sound by Megan Hullander
For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience The 27-year-old Malian-Canadian is among New York’s youngest curators—and her namesake gallery is dedicated to bringing marginalized artists to the fore by Camille Sojit Pejcha