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
Mark Armijo McKnight’s ‘Decreation’ undoes the self The artist’s solo exhibition at The Whitney invokes existential landscapes as sites for unbecoming by Drew Sawyer The Shoptimist Speaks: Mati Hays of House of Iconica In the second installment of columnist Maya Kotomori’s interview mini-series, the Brooklyn-based designer talks personal style, fetish, and the poetics of taste in fashion by Maya Kotomori August Thompson’s ‘Anyone’s Ghost’ thrums with tenderness and tension The writer’s debut novel interrogates grief and masculinity through a gut-wrenching tale of an all-consuming love by Regina Rosenfeld Whole Festival 2024 through the eyes and lens of Spyros Rennt The photographer documents everything from dance floor makeouts to Monday-morning euphoria during the three-day fête by Spyros Rennt Inside Pete Rock’s musical dictionary Ahead of his performance at The Black Radio Experience music festival, the legendary DJ and producer sits down with Document to discuss his love for... by Maya Kotomori Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium The pair sit down with Document to discuss the memory work in Okoyomon’s new poetry collection, ‘But Did You Die?’ by Zoey Greenwald Fine Print: ‘The weirder and freakier the better’ Columnist Drew Zeiba sits down with ‘Language Arts’ co-editors Layla Halabian and Sophia June to talk about books, bags, and branding by Drew Zeiba Enrique Garcia exposes the serpentine mechanics of contemporary life In ‘Swallowing the Sun,’ on view at N.A.S.A.L. in Mexico City, the artist traces the curves of human-made design at all scales by Gaby Cepeda Audrey Nuna rediscovers freedom on the stage Having just dropped her new single “Suckin Up,” the musician joins Document to talk collaboration, her DIY roots, and Anaïs Nin by Drew Zeiba Function is unifying NYC’s queer nightlife scene, one fête at a time Document gets to the heart of club culture with DJ Andrew Makadsi and “super host” George Najm, the couple and creative duo responsible for the... by Adnan Qiblawi Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Cellophane Bricks’ collides art writing with narrative imagination The novelist joins Document to discuss his new collection of prose on the work of Nan Goldin, Rachel Harrison, and several others by Karim Kazemi Sophie Kemp’s reading list for electric and hilarious prose These six unrelenting and effervescent titles inspired the writer as she worked on her debut novel ‘Paradise Logic’ by Zoey Greenwald Lily Burgess and Lauren Massie’s ‘A Vehement Flame’ is a photographic manifestation of love’s unpredictability Told in 14 blown-up Polaroids and a collage at PALO Gallery, the couple’s first exhibition showcases their tumultuous relationship in all its authentic glory by Sofi Cisneros The Watermill Center’s annual summer benefit fused dance and artistic experimentation The foundation’s centennial fundraising event hosted 20 provocative performances and installations and honored dance icon Lucinda Childs by Sofi Cisneros The Shoptimist: Myths, markets, and the business model of hype For her monthly column, fashion bard Maya Kotomori tells the tale of luxury’s fraught relationship to streetwear from ’90s Supreme to 2010s Odd Future to... by Maya Kotomori Fine Print: The crónica as daily epic In his column, Drew Zeiba reads possibilities for prose and politics in new collections of Hebe Uhart, Clarice Lispector, and Pedro Lemebel’s kaleidoscopic essays by Drew Zeiba ‘DEATHWORK’ is Kamixlo’s ode to the angels of noise The Brixton-based DJ and producer discusses his sophomore album’s genre-rebelling mix of existential introspection and rave-ready beats by Sofi Cisneros Roving literary event Casual Encounterz prioritizes the pen over the persona Following stints in Mexico City and LA, writer Sammy Loren brings his reading series to NYC to highlight a mix of fiction heavy hitters and... by Zoey Greenwald PPOW’s current exhibition ‘Airhead’ schools viewers on the art of education Curated by Timmy Simonds and gallery director Eden Deering, the group show and performance program dissects the powers and possibilities of the classroom by Regina Rosenfeld ‘National Anthem’ is a portal into the beauty of queer rural America Named after his earlier monograph, the debut feature film by photographer Luke Gilford brings the rodeo stars of his book to the big screen by Olivia Treynor The end of cloud computing Modern internet infrastructure hides in plain sight, reshaping our cities and social relationships with its bold promises of infinity by Will Allstetter Joshua Serafin’s ‘VOID’ mines the elemental, ancestral, and transmigratory experience of their ancestry Document joins the artist to discuss the speculative future realms of Indigenous Filipino spirituality in their most recent video installation and live performance by Sam Ozer Benjamin Fredrickson’s ‘Wedgies’ turn schoolyard antics into ass-up uncanniness Document joins the New York-based artist for a sweaty rooftop shoot ahead of the release of his latest photo book by Minh Le Italian-made footwear by Scarosso meets American prep by Brooks Brothers in Florence In the city’s 13th-century Palazzo Vecchio, the brands unveil an accessible-yet-opulent capsule collection by Document Journal Best in show: Couture Week Fall 2024 Document’s Fashion Critic-at-Large Katharine Zarrella provides her self-proclaimed ‘couch couture’ dispatch surveying this last week in Paris by Katharine K. Zarrella For five decades, Mira Schor has blended concept and image Following major solo exhibitions in New York and Paris, the artist joins Document to discuss language, legacy, and the ‘thingness’ of painting by Drew Zeiba Wedding veils, pan flutes, and the perfect day for a picnic A deep dive into ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock,’ the 1975 cult film that inspired everyone from Chloë Sevigny to Alexander McQueen and redefined Australian cinema by Elroy Rosenberg Ladyland Festival is Pride in a musical microcosm Document goes backstage with the Brooklyn event’s queer icons, including Tinashe, Tokischa, Bob the Drag Queen, and many more by Katie Rex Larry Gus’s ‘Kerkis (Judas Tree)’ is playing games The musician collaborates with director Matvey Fiks and screenwriter, lyricist, and Yorgos Lanthimos collaborator Efthymis Filippou in this absurdist romp through an Athenian chess club by Maya Kotomori Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Paris Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Paris by Maya Kotomori Steven Cuffie’s relational image-making A new zine and exhibition provide a glimpse into the rich archive of intimate portraits by the late photographer by Drew Zeiba Is a socialite just a scammer who succeeded? In an interview with Harron Walker, the author Shola von Reinhold discusses the fabulosity of fabulation and whether some stories should be allowed to disappear by Harron Walker In ‘Queendom,’ authenticity is resistance Agniia Galdanova’s documentary showcases art’s radical potential by following Russian performance artist Jenna Marvin by Katie Rex Fine Print: Poetry by any means necessary For his monthly column, Drew Zeiba traverses New York City in search of performances beyond the page by Drew Zeiba Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Milan Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Milan by Maya Kotomori Even undead, Joan Didion won’t back down In this AI-facilitated conversation, ‘Mean Boys’ author Geoffrey Mak talks to the late essayist about addiction, critical audacity, and American literature’s CIA roots by Geoffrey Mak The Shoptimist: It ain’t the same now In a Juneteenth special of her monthly column, hotep-in-training Maya Kotomori puts on her Dr. Umar kufi to analyze the commodity fetish of hip-hop by Maya Kotomori Moncler Genius announces immersive new project for Shanghai Fashion Week The brand promises a boundary-pushing experience to close out the season this October by Document Journal Extreme Cashmere won’t compromise on making the perfect knit Document visits the luxury knitwear label’s founder Saskia Dijkstra and brand director Wies Verhoofstad in their 17th-century Amsterdam HQ by Ashley Simpson Ben Werther asks if LARPing is the new readymade War-zone fantasies meet suburban poetics in ‘When You Can No Longer Speak, Sing Me a Song,’ the artist’s solo exhibition at No Gallery by Morgan Meier Montreal-based label Skip Fame turns a former bank building into a ghostly performance space In ‘Won / One / Whah Gwan’ Brandon Lajoie and Gregory Miller stage a hybrid runway show without beginning or end by Drew Zeiba In the experimental play ‘4,000 Dollars,’ the streets of New York City are a fiscal fight club Document joins playwright and director Georgica Pettus and producer Ashby Bland to discuss the art of numbers, spending money, and language systems by Maya Kotomori Funto Omojola’s cosmological reckonings Hair, plastic, clay, and pictures come together to challenge conceptions of illness and image at the artist and poet’s photography installation at A.I.R. Gallery by Drew Zeiba Bela Borsodi’s ‘Birth Life Death’ invents new dynamics for inanimate objects On view at The Corner Gallery in upstate New York, the photographer’s mischievous exhibition creates existential language from the everyday by Nick Vogelson Jennifer Rochlin and Jennifer Guidi keep each other curious On the occasion of Rochlin’s exhibition ‘Paintings on Clay’ at Hauser and Wirth, the two artists talk about friendship, collaboration, and the potency of nature by Drew Zeiba Seeing the unseen in the work of Vivian Maier Kering Group’s Women in Motion initiative hosted a glitzy and cerebral celebration of the renowned photographer at Fotografiska by Document Journal Dominic Leong knows aesthetics are politics The co-founder of the architecture firm Leong Leong discusses fashion, public space, land recovery, and design’s impact on bodies throughout history by Drew Zeiba Drew Ducote’s ‘Rednecks with Paychecks’ showcases the torque of Texas’s underground motorist community The New York-based artist mines the mud-slicked culture of his native Lone Star State in this photo story dedicated to the eponymous collective of offroaders by Elroy Rosenberg The mother and the monster in Catalina Ouyang’s ‘Trick’ Currently on view at Lyles and King, the sculptor’s latest show references everything from fox spirits to early 17th-century bridles in an installation as ethereal... by Grace Byron Sónar by Day, according to curators Antònia Folguera and Ikram Bouloum Meet the pair responsible for Sónar Festival’s daytime multidisciplinary programming ahead of the annual Barcelona electronic music festival by Maya Kotomori
Mark Armijo McKnight’s ‘Decreation’ undoes the self The artist’s solo exhibition at The Whitney invokes existential landscapes as sites for unbecoming by Drew Sawyer
The Shoptimist Speaks: Mati Hays of House of Iconica In the second installment of columnist Maya Kotomori’s interview mini-series, the Brooklyn-based designer talks personal style, fetish, and the poetics of taste in fashion by Maya Kotomori
August Thompson’s ‘Anyone’s Ghost’ thrums with tenderness and tension The writer’s debut novel interrogates grief and masculinity through a gut-wrenching tale of an all-consuming love by Regina Rosenfeld
Whole Festival 2024 through the eyes and lens of Spyros Rennt The photographer documents everything from dance floor makeouts to Monday-morning euphoria during the three-day fête by Spyros Rennt
Inside Pete Rock’s musical dictionary Ahead of his performance at The Black Radio Experience music festival, the legendary DJ and producer sits down with Document to discuss his love for... by Maya Kotomori
Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium The pair sit down with Document to discuss the memory work in Okoyomon’s new poetry collection, ‘But Did You Die?’ by Zoey Greenwald
Fine Print: ‘The weirder and freakier the better’ Columnist Drew Zeiba sits down with ‘Language Arts’ co-editors Layla Halabian and Sophia June to talk about books, bags, and branding by Drew Zeiba
Enrique Garcia exposes the serpentine mechanics of contemporary life In ‘Swallowing the Sun,’ on view at N.A.S.A.L. in Mexico City, the artist traces the curves of human-made design at all scales by Gaby Cepeda
Audrey Nuna rediscovers freedom on the stage Having just dropped her new single “Suckin Up,” the musician joins Document to talk collaboration, her DIY roots, and Anaïs Nin by Drew Zeiba
Function is unifying NYC’s queer nightlife scene, one fête at a time Document gets to the heart of club culture with DJ Andrew Makadsi and “super host” George Najm, the couple and creative duo responsible for the... by Adnan Qiblawi
Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Cellophane Bricks’ collides art writing with narrative imagination The novelist joins Document to discuss his new collection of prose on the work of Nan Goldin, Rachel Harrison, and several others by Karim Kazemi
Sophie Kemp’s reading list for electric and hilarious prose These six unrelenting and effervescent titles inspired the writer as she worked on her debut novel ‘Paradise Logic’ by Zoey Greenwald
Lily Burgess and Lauren Massie’s ‘A Vehement Flame’ is a photographic manifestation of love’s unpredictability Told in 14 blown-up Polaroids and a collage at PALO Gallery, the couple’s first exhibition showcases their tumultuous relationship in all its authentic glory by Sofi Cisneros
The Watermill Center’s annual summer benefit fused dance and artistic experimentation The foundation’s centennial fundraising event hosted 20 provocative performances and installations and honored dance icon Lucinda Childs by Sofi Cisneros
The Shoptimist: Myths, markets, and the business model of hype For her monthly column, fashion bard Maya Kotomori tells the tale of luxury’s fraught relationship to streetwear from ’90s Supreme to 2010s Odd Future to... by Maya Kotomori
Fine Print: The crónica as daily epic In his column, Drew Zeiba reads possibilities for prose and politics in new collections of Hebe Uhart, Clarice Lispector, and Pedro Lemebel’s kaleidoscopic essays by Drew Zeiba
‘DEATHWORK’ is Kamixlo’s ode to the angels of noise The Brixton-based DJ and producer discusses his sophomore album’s genre-rebelling mix of existential introspection and rave-ready beats by Sofi Cisneros
Roving literary event Casual Encounterz prioritizes the pen over the persona Following stints in Mexico City and LA, writer Sammy Loren brings his reading series to NYC to highlight a mix of fiction heavy hitters and... by Zoey Greenwald
PPOW’s current exhibition ‘Airhead’ schools viewers on the art of education Curated by Timmy Simonds and gallery director Eden Deering, the group show and performance program dissects the powers and possibilities of the classroom by Regina Rosenfeld
‘National Anthem’ is a portal into the beauty of queer rural America Named after his earlier monograph, the debut feature film by photographer Luke Gilford brings the rodeo stars of his book to the big screen by Olivia Treynor
The end of cloud computing Modern internet infrastructure hides in plain sight, reshaping our cities and social relationships with its bold promises of infinity by Will Allstetter
Joshua Serafin’s ‘VOID’ mines the elemental, ancestral, and transmigratory experience of their ancestry Document joins the artist to discuss the speculative future realms of Indigenous Filipino spirituality in their most recent video installation and live performance by Sam Ozer
Benjamin Fredrickson’s ‘Wedgies’ turn schoolyard antics into ass-up uncanniness Document joins the New York-based artist for a sweaty rooftop shoot ahead of the release of his latest photo book by Minh Le
Italian-made footwear by Scarosso meets American prep by Brooks Brothers in Florence In the city’s 13th-century Palazzo Vecchio, the brands unveil an accessible-yet-opulent capsule collection by Document Journal
Best in show: Couture Week Fall 2024 Document’s Fashion Critic-at-Large Katharine Zarrella provides her self-proclaimed ‘couch couture’ dispatch surveying this last week in Paris by Katharine K. Zarrella
For five decades, Mira Schor has blended concept and image Following major solo exhibitions in New York and Paris, the artist joins Document to discuss language, legacy, and the ‘thingness’ of painting by Drew Zeiba
Wedding veils, pan flutes, and the perfect day for a picnic A deep dive into ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock,’ the 1975 cult film that inspired everyone from Chloë Sevigny to Alexander McQueen and redefined Australian cinema by Elroy Rosenberg
Ladyland Festival is Pride in a musical microcosm Document goes backstage with the Brooklyn event’s queer icons, including Tinashe, Tokischa, Bob the Drag Queen, and many more by Katie Rex
Larry Gus’s ‘Kerkis (Judas Tree)’ is playing games The musician collaborates with director Matvey Fiks and screenwriter, lyricist, and Yorgos Lanthimos collaborator Efthymis Filippou in this absurdist romp through an Athenian chess club by Maya Kotomori
Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Paris Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Paris by Maya Kotomori
Steven Cuffie’s relational image-making A new zine and exhibition provide a glimpse into the rich archive of intimate portraits by the late photographer by Drew Zeiba
Is a socialite just a scammer who succeeded? In an interview with Harron Walker, the author Shola von Reinhold discusses the fabulosity of fabulation and whether some stories should be allowed to disappear by Harron Walker
In ‘Queendom,’ authenticity is resistance Agniia Galdanova’s documentary showcases art’s radical potential by following Russian performance artist Jenna Marvin by Katie Rex
Fine Print: Poetry by any means necessary For his monthly column, Drew Zeiba traverses New York City in search of performances beyond the page by Drew Zeiba
Best in show: Men’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Women’s Resort Fashion Week—Milan Document rounds up the top new collections shown this past week in Milan by Maya Kotomori
Even undead, Joan Didion won’t back down In this AI-facilitated conversation, ‘Mean Boys’ author Geoffrey Mak talks to the late essayist about addiction, critical audacity, and American literature’s CIA roots by Geoffrey Mak
The Shoptimist: It ain’t the same now In a Juneteenth special of her monthly column, hotep-in-training Maya Kotomori puts on her Dr. Umar kufi to analyze the commodity fetish of hip-hop by Maya Kotomori
Moncler Genius announces immersive new project for Shanghai Fashion Week The brand promises a boundary-pushing experience to close out the season this October by Document Journal
Extreme Cashmere won’t compromise on making the perfect knit Document visits the luxury knitwear label’s founder Saskia Dijkstra and brand director Wies Verhoofstad in their 17th-century Amsterdam HQ by Ashley Simpson
Ben Werther asks if LARPing is the new readymade War-zone fantasies meet suburban poetics in ‘When You Can No Longer Speak, Sing Me a Song,’ the artist’s solo exhibition at No Gallery by Morgan Meier
Montreal-based label Skip Fame turns a former bank building into a ghostly performance space In ‘Won / One / Whah Gwan’ Brandon Lajoie and Gregory Miller stage a hybrid runway show without beginning or end by Drew Zeiba
In the experimental play ‘4,000 Dollars,’ the streets of New York City are a fiscal fight club Document joins playwright and director Georgica Pettus and producer Ashby Bland to discuss the art of numbers, spending money, and language systems by Maya Kotomori
Funto Omojola’s cosmological reckonings Hair, plastic, clay, and pictures come together to challenge conceptions of illness and image at the artist and poet’s photography installation at A.I.R. Gallery by Drew Zeiba
Bela Borsodi’s ‘Birth Life Death’ invents new dynamics for inanimate objects On view at The Corner Gallery in upstate New York, the photographer’s mischievous exhibition creates existential language from the everyday by Nick Vogelson
Jennifer Rochlin and Jennifer Guidi keep each other curious On the occasion of Rochlin’s exhibition ‘Paintings on Clay’ at Hauser and Wirth, the two artists talk about friendship, collaboration, and the potency of nature by Drew Zeiba
Seeing the unseen in the work of Vivian Maier Kering Group’s Women in Motion initiative hosted a glitzy and cerebral celebration of the renowned photographer at Fotografiska by Document Journal
Dominic Leong knows aesthetics are politics The co-founder of the architecture firm Leong Leong discusses fashion, public space, land recovery, and design’s impact on bodies throughout history by Drew Zeiba
Drew Ducote’s ‘Rednecks with Paychecks’ showcases the torque of Texas’s underground motorist community The New York-based artist mines the mud-slicked culture of his native Lone Star State in this photo story dedicated to the eponymous collective of offroaders by Elroy Rosenberg
The mother and the monster in Catalina Ouyang’s ‘Trick’ Currently on view at Lyles and King, the sculptor’s latest show references everything from fox spirits to early 17th-century bridles in an installation as ethereal... by Grace Byron
Sónar by Day, according to curators Antònia Folguera and Ikram Bouloum Meet the pair responsible for Sónar Festival’s daytime multidisciplinary programming ahead of the annual Barcelona electronic music festival by Maya Kotomori