Literature Torey Akers’s ‘Revolutionary Algorithms’ finds political potential on TikTok For the release of her first book, the writer and content creator sits down with Document to discuss digital citizenry, censorship, and the future of...
Photography ‘I’m Sorry But Your Opinion Means Very Little to Me’ visualizes simplicity in the Aegean Sea From children at play to now-social-media-famous barflies, Max Lancaster captures a slower way of life
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
Photographer Oliver Eglin reevaluates the voyeuristic legacy of bullfighting 'Et In Arcadia Ego' explore the ephemerality of the controversial practice, chronicling its landmarks and modern audiences by Madison Bulnes Marcela Jacobina’s ‘Love in LA’ is a bleary, impressionistic anti-fairy tale Premiering on Document, the short film explores the tragic pursuit of meaning in a media-saturated landscape by Razzi Schlosser Jack Davison investigates the collective unconscious The London-based photographer joins Document to discuss the spontaneity of his creative process, the alluring appeal of analog, and finding inspiration in an image-saturated age by Camille Sojit Pejcha Andy Harman recycles the detritus from the myth of fashion In his latest exhibition, the set designer and sculptor plays with the conflict between the familiar and the peculiar by Yuki Xu Caleb Landry Jones handpicks his favorite works of classical literature Following the release of his new album ‘Gadzooks Vol. 2,’ the actor and musician shares a booklist steeped in nostalgia by Razzi Schlosser Ariel Goldberg reveals the invisible history of queer community In their exhibition ‘Images on which to build,’ the curator provides a glimpse at underground archival imagery from the 1970s-1990s by Madison Bulnes In celebrating emo’s resurgence, When We Were Young Festival prophecies its death “The 2008 financial crisis killed mall goth. Facebook killed MySpace. Adulthood killed emo.” by Madison Bulnes The Beths unite dark lyrics with upbeat pop in ‘Expert In A Dying Field’ “There’s something about the words and the music together that makes me feel emotional… It’s like a cheat code to making me feel something.” by Madeleine Beck The sound of Halloween, according to The Dare The Brooklyn-based DJ embraces the delirium of the holiday in this 12-song playlist for Document by Razzi Schlosser Are complaints about unoriginality in film unoriginal? Movies have always reshuffled the past—and while today’s stories might not be new, they’re being told differently by Noah Berlatsky Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking Author, activist, and porn star Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about expressing platonic love, landing on personal style, and dating your boss’s daughter by Liara Roux What’s next for pro skater Carlisle Aikens? The skater and model joins Document to discuss the importance of community, his upcoming projects with Chocolate Skateboards, and finding inspiration in family by Syd Walker La Femme defies expectations on ‘Teatro Lucido’ After years of travel in Spain and Mexico, the band mixes its signature psych-pop style with flamenco and Spanish lyrics for a commentary-as-comedy effect by Tani Levitt Indie sleaze gets the cinematic treatment in the new documentary, ‘Meet Me In the Bathroom’ Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern discuss their gritty tribute to New York’s indie scene, featuring archival images from Hedi Slimane by Madison Bulnes Okay Kaya’s booklist is an ode to brevity The artist shares 7 short story collections, and the poetic fragments they inspired by Megan Hullander Halloween films for lovers of arthouse horror, and the best snacks to pair them with From nightmarish fairytales to gritty psychological thrillers, Document selects 10 cinematic gems to watch this month by Diego Sacramento Inside the sixth FotoFocus biennial, as told by an art world outsider The largest biennial of its kind in America, the month-long celebration aims to foreground purposely-forgotten stories by Madison Bulnes A morning with six-piece indie pop collective MICHELLE The group joins Document to unpack their process, origin story, and the inspiration behind their latest singles by Jeremy Steinberger Noel de Lesseps makes a practice of play To the Brooklyn-based painter, art is an opportunity to reinvigorate a sense of childlike wonder by Syd Walker Gray Sorrenti on what makes a good photograph “Everyone has a story, a background, something or someone they love, some struggle, some obsession. I love to tap into it all.” by Camille Sojit Pejcha For Porches, music is a memoir Aaron Maine joins Document to map the personal histories that inform his creative process by Madeleine Beck Designer Terrence Zhou speaks the language of shape In the wake of Bad Binch TongTong’s mesmerizing presentation, the Wuhan-born, New York-based designer joins Document to discuss his boundary-pushing anthropomorphic designs by Yuki Xu 1984 or 2022? An Orwellian interpretation of ‘Stars At Noon’ The latest film by French director Claire Denis doesn’t describe a dystopia to come, but one which has already settled in to stay by Noah Berlatsky Coco & Clair Clair is for the girls Upon the release of ‘Love Me,’ Claire Toothill and Taylor Nave reveal the reality behind their glam rock persona by Madison Bulnes Independent porn director Erika Lust invites you to reprogram your desires Mainstream porn sites may be getting people off for free—but at what cost? by Camille Sojit Pejcha A beginner’s guide to Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, from her most decorated titles to lesser-known gems “Tending to the past, Ernaux casts out fearlessly into stormy waters and recovers what has been cloaked beneath their surface.” by Tia Glista Sophia Giovannitti is not your muse In her new solo show, ‘Study 4: Collateral,’ the artist and auteur welds an ideology that reconsiders gendered assumptions by Razzi Schlosser Inside Intima, the rave leading Brooklyn’s nightlife renaissance “Intima means the innermost part of an organ. A party should feel that way, taking something intimate and imagining it as a space for closeness.” by Madison Bulnes ‘Hellraiser’ promises pleasurable pain, but delivers only agony The remake of Clive Barker’s classic horror film aims to explore the furthest regions of experience, but ends up as an accidental meta-commentary by Noah Berlatsky Thirty years later, Sally Potter’s ‘Orlando’ still feels wildly modern Ahead of a retrospective at the Metrograph, the legendary filmmaker reflects on her groundbreaking adaptation of the Virginia Woolf classic by Tia Glista Ruben Östlund plays God in ‘Triangle of Sadness’ In his three-act satirical drama, the Swedish filmmaker charms the very people he seeks to jeer by Razzi Schlosser Why are we still talking about Jeffrey Dahmer? 'Monster' is the latest retelling of the life of the killer—but its attempt to center minority voices falls flat in the face of trauma porn by JoliAmour DuBose-Morris Isamaya Ffrench illuminates the uncanny, sublime beauty of Fashion Week For Document, the make-up artist breaks down looks from Dion Lee, KNWLS, Junya Watanabe, and more by Isamaya Ffrench Ian Strange casts the suburban home in a new light For FotoFocus’s 2022 Biennial, the multidisciplinary artist created two architectural interventions centered around the act of looking by Madison Bulnes Alvvays returns home in ‘Blue Rev’ Tapping into her Nova Scotia roots, frontwoman Molly Rankin discusses the production of an album built on raw sound and formative memories by Madeleine Beck The tempo of cinema, according to ‘TÁR’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir In Todd Field's psychological drama, the artificiality of traditional musical scores is confronted with the reality of everyday life by Razzi Schlosser Louis Vuitton’s latest collection is a spectacle of proportion With a supersized flower set, Nicolas Ghesquière played with dimension to uncover the toughness of beauty by Morgan Becker A rundown of mesmerizing runway moments, from McQueen’s Kate Moss hologram to Coperni’s spray-on dress Document looks back in time to some of the most visionary presentations in fashion history by Camille Sojit Pejcha Remembering Issey Miyake, the designer who walked between worlds Satoshi Kondo melded Miyake’s philosophy with his own to create a collection centered in a freedom of movement by Ann Binlot Jonathan Anderson subverts expectations with an open, anthurium-shaped heart With balloon heels and a surrealist 8-bit twist, Loewe’s Spring/Summer 2023 show deflected Narcissus’s gaze back to nature by Yuki Xu Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a transatlantic love affair At Jardin des Plantes, Matthew Williams merged polished, urban silhouettes with Los Angeles street style by Madison Bulnes Durability and desire intertwine in the latest collection from Hermès For Spring 2023, Creative Director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski utilizes an earthly color palette for utilitarian designs by Megan Hullander Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show was provocative—does that make it art? Kanye West opened Demna’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation, inciting conversations around identity, money, and dirt in the luxury world by Morgan Becker Livestream the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2023 womenswear show here Watch the stream live this Sunday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m. CET/10:00 a.m. EST by Document Journal Welcome to Shygirl’s fantasy world On ‘NYMPH,’ the artist melds love, lust, and folklore to create a mythology for the modern day by Madeleine Beck Rick Owens reasserts the codes that earned him a cult following Document captures the designer’s best-dressed fans outside the label’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation by Ann Binlot Inside FORMAT, the festival bringing cyborgs and sex therapy to the Ozarks Held in the town that Walmart built, its inaugural edition offered attendees a choose-your-own-adventure-style journey designed to blend art, music, and technology by Camille Sojit Pejcha For Spring/Summer 2023, Dior subverts garments of power Maria Grazia Chiuri took Catherine de Medici as a sartorial reference, re-situating the story of the crinoline and corset by Morgan Becker Vaquera through the eyes of their muse Born shares an inside look at the brand that’s making Fashion Week fun again by Madison Bulnes Saint Laurent reimagines its motifs, and the art that informed them Drawing inspiration from Martha Graham’s ‘Lamentation,’ Anthony Vaccarello’s Summer 2023 collection explored the influence of the hood on visual culture by Morgan Becker
Photographer Oliver Eglin reevaluates the voyeuristic legacy of bullfighting 'Et In Arcadia Ego' explore the ephemerality of the controversial practice, chronicling its landmarks and modern audiences by Madison Bulnes
Marcela Jacobina’s ‘Love in LA’ is a bleary, impressionistic anti-fairy tale Premiering on Document, the short film explores the tragic pursuit of meaning in a media-saturated landscape by Razzi Schlosser
Jack Davison investigates the collective unconscious The London-based photographer joins Document to discuss the spontaneity of his creative process, the alluring appeal of analog, and finding inspiration in an image-saturated age by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Andy Harman recycles the detritus from the myth of fashion In his latest exhibition, the set designer and sculptor plays with the conflict between the familiar and the peculiar by Yuki Xu
Caleb Landry Jones handpicks his favorite works of classical literature Following the release of his new album ‘Gadzooks Vol. 2,’ the actor and musician shares a booklist steeped in nostalgia by Razzi Schlosser
Ariel Goldberg reveals the invisible history of queer community In their exhibition ‘Images on which to build,’ the curator provides a glimpse at underground archival imagery from the 1970s-1990s by Madison Bulnes
In celebrating emo’s resurgence, When We Were Young Festival prophecies its death “The 2008 financial crisis killed mall goth. Facebook killed MySpace. Adulthood killed emo.” by Madison Bulnes
The Beths unite dark lyrics with upbeat pop in ‘Expert In A Dying Field’ “There’s something about the words and the music together that makes me feel emotional… It’s like a cheat code to making me feel something.” by Madeleine Beck
The sound of Halloween, according to The Dare The Brooklyn-based DJ embraces the delirium of the holiday in this 12-song playlist for Document by Razzi Schlosser
Are complaints about unoriginality in film unoriginal? Movies have always reshuffled the past—and while today’s stories might not be new, they’re being told differently by Noah Berlatsky
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking Author, activist, and porn star Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about expressing platonic love, landing on personal style, and dating your boss’s daughter by Liara Roux
What’s next for pro skater Carlisle Aikens? The skater and model joins Document to discuss the importance of community, his upcoming projects with Chocolate Skateboards, and finding inspiration in family by Syd Walker
La Femme defies expectations on ‘Teatro Lucido’ After years of travel in Spain and Mexico, the band mixes its signature psych-pop style with flamenco and Spanish lyrics for a commentary-as-comedy effect by Tani Levitt
Indie sleaze gets the cinematic treatment in the new documentary, ‘Meet Me In the Bathroom’ Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern discuss their gritty tribute to New York’s indie scene, featuring archival images from Hedi Slimane by Madison Bulnes
Okay Kaya’s booklist is an ode to brevity The artist shares 7 short story collections, and the poetic fragments they inspired by Megan Hullander
Halloween films for lovers of arthouse horror, and the best snacks to pair them with From nightmarish fairytales to gritty psychological thrillers, Document selects 10 cinematic gems to watch this month by Diego Sacramento
Inside the sixth FotoFocus biennial, as told by an art world outsider The largest biennial of its kind in America, the month-long celebration aims to foreground purposely-forgotten stories by Madison Bulnes
A morning with six-piece indie pop collective MICHELLE The group joins Document to unpack their process, origin story, and the inspiration behind their latest singles by Jeremy Steinberger
Noel de Lesseps makes a practice of play To the Brooklyn-based painter, art is an opportunity to reinvigorate a sense of childlike wonder by Syd Walker
Gray Sorrenti on what makes a good photograph “Everyone has a story, a background, something or someone they love, some struggle, some obsession. I love to tap into it all.” by Camille Sojit Pejcha
For Porches, music is a memoir Aaron Maine joins Document to map the personal histories that inform his creative process by Madeleine Beck
Designer Terrence Zhou speaks the language of shape In the wake of Bad Binch TongTong’s mesmerizing presentation, the Wuhan-born, New York-based designer joins Document to discuss his boundary-pushing anthropomorphic designs by Yuki Xu
1984 or 2022? An Orwellian interpretation of ‘Stars At Noon’ The latest film by French director Claire Denis doesn’t describe a dystopia to come, but one which has already settled in to stay by Noah Berlatsky
Coco & Clair Clair is for the girls Upon the release of ‘Love Me,’ Claire Toothill and Taylor Nave reveal the reality behind their glam rock persona by Madison Bulnes
Independent porn director Erika Lust invites you to reprogram your desires Mainstream porn sites may be getting people off for free—but at what cost? by Camille Sojit Pejcha
A beginner’s guide to Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, from her most decorated titles to lesser-known gems “Tending to the past, Ernaux casts out fearlessly into stormy waters and recovers what has been cloaked beneath their surface.” by Tia Glista
Sophia Giovannitti is not your muse In her new solo show, ‘Study 4: Collateral,’ the artist and auteur welds an ideology that reconsiders gendered assumptions by Razzi Schlosser
Inside Intima, the rave leading Brooklyn’s nightlife renaissance “Intima means the innermost part of an organ. A party should feel that way, taking something intimate and imagining it as a space for closeness.” by Madison Bulnes
‘Hellraiser’ promises pleasurable pain, but delivers only agony The remake of Clive Barker’s classic horror film aims to explore the furthest regions of experience, but ends up as an accidental meta-commentary by Noah Berlatsky
Thirty years later, Sally Potter’s ‘Orlando’ still feels wildly modern Ahead of a retrospective at the Metrograph, the legendary filmmaker reflects on her groundbreaking adaptation of the Virginia Woolf classic by Tia Glista
Ruben Östlund plays God in ‘Triangle of Sadness’ In his three-act satirical drama, the Swedish filmmaker charms the very people he seeks to jeer by Razzi Schlosser
Why are we still talking about Jeffrey Dahmer? 'Monster' is the latest retelling of the life of the killer—but its attempt to center minority voices falls flat in the face of trauma porn by JoliAmour DuBose-Morris
Isamaya Ffrench illuminates the uncanny, sublime beauty of Fashion Week For Document, the make-up artist breaks down looks from Dion Lee, KNWLS, Junya Watanabe, and more by Isamaya Ffrench
Ian Strange casts the suburban home in a new light For FotoFocus’s 2022 Biennial, the multidisciplinary artist created two architectural interventions centered around the act of looking by Madison Bulnes
Alvvays returns home in ‘Blue Rev’ Tapping into her Nova Scotia roots, frontwoman Molly Rankin discusses the production of an album built on raw sound and formative memories by Madeleine Beck
The tempo of cinema, according to ‘TÁR’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir In Todd Field's psychological drama, the artificiality of traditional musical scores is confronted with the reality of everyday life by Razzi Schlosser
Louis Vuitton’s latest collection is a spectacle of proportion With a supersized flower set, Nicolas Ghesquière played with dimension to uncover the toughness of beauty by Morgan Becker
A rundown of mesmerizing runway moments, from McQueen’s Kate Moss hologram to Coperni’s spray-on dress Document looks back in time to some of the most visionary presentations in fashion history by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Remembering Issey Miyake, the designer who walked between worlds Satoshi Kondo melded Miyake’s philosophy with his own to create a collection centered in a freedom of movement by Ann Binlot
Jonathan Anderson subverts expectations with an open, anthurium-shaped heart With balloon heels and a surrealist 8-bit twist, Loewe’s Spring/Summer 2023 show deflected Narcissus’s gaze back to nature by Yuki Xu
Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a transatlantic love affair At Jardin des Plantes, Matthew Williams merged polished, urban silhouettes with Los Angeles street style by Madison Bulnes
Durability and desire intertwine in the latest collection from Hermès For Spring 2023, Creative Director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski utilizes an earthly color palette for utilitarian designs by Megan Hullander
Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show was provocative—does that make it art? Kanye West opened Demna’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation, inciting conversations around identity, money, and dirt in the luxury world by Morgan Becker
Livestream the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2023 womenswear show here Watch the stream live this Sunday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m. CET/10:00 a.m. EST by Document Journal
Welcome to Shygirl’s fantasy world On ‘NYMPH,’ the artist melds love, lust, and folklore to create a mythology for the modern day by Madeleine Beck
Rick Owens reasserts the codes that earned him a cult following Document captures the designer’s best-dressed fans outside the label’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation by Ann Binlot
Inside FORMAT, the festival bringing cyborgs and sex therapy to the Ozarks Held in the town that Walmart built, its inaugural edition offered attendees a choose-your-own-adventure-style journey designed to blend art, music, and technology by Camille Sojit Pejcha
For Spring/Summer 2023, Dior subverts garments of power Maria Grazia Chiuri took Catherine de Medici as a sartorial reference, re-situating the story of the crinoline and corset by Morgan Becker
Vaquera through the eyes of their muse Born shares an inside look at the brand that’s making Fashion Week fun again by Madison Bulnes
Saint Laurent reimagines its motifs, and the art that informed them Drawing inspiration from Martha Graham’s ‘Lamentation,’ Anthony Vaccarello’s Summer 2023 collection explored the influence of the hood on visual culture by Morgan Becker