Is this virtual strip club an oracle of post-pandemic sex work?
Strippers have been cut out of stimulus checks, while clubs are ineligible for small business loans. At Sanctuary, dancers are making bank while doing whatever...
Sarah Waters spends lockdown with poetry, war journals, and a feminist retelling of Achilles
The author of Fingersmith on why she might finally read the Iliad
Led by the Black Surf Association, hundreds of surfers paid tribute to victims of police violence
The killing of Floyd last month has ignited a national reckoning with systemic racism in every facet of American life, including sports.
Watch Sonia Gisa recreate the striking glamour of Grace Jones
Document is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
King Kumo might be the future’s flyest marine biologist
Meet the 26-year-old, DaBaby-approved dancer, inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Watch Anthony Turner give a sad wig a ’70s New Romantic makeover
The hair artist transforms flat quarantine hair into an elegant, '70s London, New Romantic look.
King Kumo, ATL flip god, shows us how he found himself through dance
Kumo shares a universal message in 7 Moncler Fragment Hiroshi Fujiwara.
We are the virus: body horror films reflect humanity at its most grotesque
From 'Alien' to 'The Thing,' body horror exposes the deeper evils that capitalism has left to fester
Petros Petrohilos recreates an extravagant ’80s look from beauty legend Serge Lutens
The makeup artist looks to Lutens's globe-trotting glamor in this installment of Beauty in Isolation
Durga Chew-Bose’s lockdown routine includes listening to Brian Eno and buying postcards online
The author of 'Too Much and Not the Mood' shares eight ways she's been passing the time under quarantine—when she’s not staring inside of her...
In a world of injustice, Orion Sun believes boundless love is still possible
The rising R&B star on the power of mass protests, the performativity of social media, and finding strength in making music.
Watch James Pecis create dramatic headpieces from flax and flowers
The hair artist reflects on a changing world in a poignant dispatch from Costa Rica.
Anyelina Rosa recreates the psychedelic ’60s glam of Marsha Hunt
Document is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
Capturing the beauty and resilience of London’s Southall community
Laurence Ellis and Priya Ahluwalia present a visual ode to modern British multiculturalism
Jess Cole’s poetry wrests emotional intensity from everyday things
The writer and model shares three new poems from her upcoming collection "Post Love in the Time of Consumption."
Buck Angel and Rachel Mason select 7 radically queer books for Pride
Trans pornstar and activist Buck Angel and artist and filmmaker Rachel Mason list seven books to educate yourself this Pride Month.
Cara Taylor recreates the smoky ’70s beauty of a Barry Lategan photograph
Document is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
Michael Cunningham gets through lockdown with a little help from un-stupid, half-hour comedies
Document asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. The second installment features the author of...
Dominick Barcelona on how cars shaped his relationship to his stepfather—and to creativity
"For Will, Bobbie, Joe, and Fred, cars came with the promise of pride and freedom; a symbol of what could be."
Street Riders NYC, the cycling collective on the revolution’s frontline
“This is for black lives, for justice”: A month ago they were strangers. Last weekend they led a rally of 10,000 cyclists across Manhattan
Olivia Laing hopes lockdown is turning us into anxious, hopeful teenagers again
Document asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. In the second installment, Olivia Laing finds...
Miranda Joyce recreates a legendary Courtney Love beauty moment
The makeup artist recounts the story of Courtney Love's transformation into Marilyn Monroe—with a bubbly twist
Watch a computer algorithm teach an amateur dancer ballet
As image-manipulation technology becomes increasingly potent, artist duo Ida Jonsson and Simon Saarinen speculate on the rise of superhumans
Phoebe Bridgers reminds us that there’s no more ‘normal’
The artist speaks to Document about the pleasures of screaming and the politics of songwriting
Blitz Kid: Issa Lish revives the New Romantics’ 80s glam
Document is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
In a time of social isolation, Document’s creative community shows us what it means to give
Grace Coddington, Terry Jones, and others on crafting homemade gifts for friends and loved ones
Models Jolie Alien, Akon Changkou, and more evoke the webcam novelty of the early 2000s
Director Jesse Laitinen gives multinational models free rein as both photographer and subject in this video compilation
Marlon James on ‘Covidium’ and finally watching TV shows to the end
Document asked six of our favorite writers how living in isolation changed their consumption of art and media. The first installment features the author of...
Lucy Bridge unleashes her creativity with digital, contact-free makeup
The makeup artist demonstrates how she uses an iPad to paint conceptual makeup on her favorite models
Montez Press Radio brings us the best (and weirdest) of the downtown arts and culture scene
The station's founders curate a guide to a few of their favorite shows from 'Tongue and Cheek' to 'Piracy, Libraries, Access'
Neil Moodie channels Leigh Bowery for an at-home club look
The editorial hairstylist remembers the outrageous styles debuted at legendary London club Kinky Gerlinky
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[Reframing the Future]: Over 50 photographers unite to combat white supremacy
Proceeds from the print sale are donated to the National Bail Out and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Insha Rahman breaks down how the US bail system perpetuates racial injustice
Over the past month, bail funds have raised millions of dollars. The next step is abolishing cash bail altogether
Warriors in the Garden are the youth-led collective at the forefront of civil rights protests
“We are in a state of digital warfare”: how new activists are harnessing the power of social media for good.
Discover La Palma, the Canary Islands’ ecological marvel
Photography duo Lola & Pani captures the island’s unique landscape and preservation practices
At home with Tibet’s last remaining nomadic families
Photographer Nikki McClarron captures the intergenerational community as they uphold ancient, sacred traditions
Watch Blésnya Minher recreate Donna Summer’s ’70s glam
Document is challenging our favorite models to recreate a legendary makeup look at home
5 artists tell us the hardships—and benefits—of creating in isolation
Lyle Ashton Harris, Luis Flores, Richard Wyatt Jr., Robert Pruitt, and Timothy Washington discuss how the lockdown transformed their practice
BŪJIN rejects the music industry’s oppressive demands
"But my body is my first instrument": The Kenyan-South African artist champions humanity in an industry increasingly shaped by algorithms
As the city begins to reopen, a tribute to New Yorkers’ inimitable resilience
"There's a lot of freedom in solitude": Voices from all corners of the city on finding joy and connection while in isolation
Lina Iris Viktor’s manifesto for creativity in the age of pandemic
"We live to work": The artist on finding space to feel amid art-world demands for constant output
Maya B writes anti-materialist anthems for our times
“Fuck materialism, fuck status”: why the 20-year-old star is uniquely suited to the present moment.
Artist Christopher Wool confronts the stark reality of a pandemic
On a special edition artist cover for Document Issue 16, the artist captures the anarchic energy of a world in crisis
Artist Mel Bochner obscures words to reveal their dangerous potential
"All abuses of power begin with the abuse of language.” On a limited edition cover for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue, Bochner responds to the pandemic...
Disgust’s hardcore playlist traverses nihilism and ecstasy
From experimental techno to terrorcore, the Berlin-based collective picks 21 tracks that test the limits of club music
Yis Kid’s quarantine photo series captures our growing restlessness
In tribute to the Surrealists, the photographer invokes a creature from Greek mythology to express our state of collective confinement
See 30 years of Glen Luchford’s photography in this virtual gallery
The exhibition showcases the true range of Luchford’s work—from his gritty ’90s images to his exuberant Gucci collaborations
Judy Chicago illustrates a cautionary tale for our post-COVID future
On a special edition artist cover for Document Issue 16, Chicago warns, ‘We must change course or we are DOOMED.’
At 80-years-old, Harlem photographer Shawn Walker finally gets his due
The Library of Congress has acquired Walker’s archive, placing his work alongside that of other Black cultural luminaries
