
Finding remote connection with dancers from the Royal Danish Ballet
In a new dance essay by Laurent Amiel, two soloists explore the innate intimacy of movement

This year’s Palm* Prize shortlist is a poignant reminder of life before lockdown
16 photographers recall the joyful, profound, and intimate moments behind their images

Belgian designer Christian Wijnants revisits his favorite films during lockdown
6 movies to add to your weekend marathon, from Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Kika’ to Emir Kusturica's ‘Black Cat, White Cat’

Lost joys found: What 19 Document contributors are rediscovering in isolation
During lockdown, Kris Van Assche revisits his extensive library, Lucie and Luke Meier rekindle their love for cooking, and Karl Templer unearths a favorite Irving...

Fondazione Prada and Francesco Vezzoli bring our deepest existential questions to Instagram
Enlisting the platform's poll function, 'Love Stories' invites you to participate in a virtual intellectual community

Artists for Humans, the underground initiative leveraging art to protect New York’s most vulnerable
With the help of fellow artists and donors, painter Hannah Beerman has raised upward of $130,000 for pandemic relief

Meet the 23-year-old entrepreneur providing masks to communities in Gaza
Document speaks with Yasmeen Mjalli about her feminist activism and life in Palestine during a global pandemic

Lucien Smith and Brad Phillips on the death of art world elitism
“I would love to have someone be critical”: The artists discuss Instagram, provocateurs, and fostering the next generation

Try your hand at making masks this weekend with UpWrap’s Amber Testino
Partnering with Simone Rocha, Dawei, and more, the sustainable gift wrapping company has reallocated its resources to mask-making efforts

Go on a virtual vacation with Hanif Abdurraqib’s globetrotting playlist
The writer soundtracks our post-pandemic daydreams
Rare Birds: 4 Moncler Simone Rocha comes to life on ice
Ice skaters Chiquita Limer and Jordan Bailey showcase the mysterious grace of the latest Moncler Genius collection

Sam Hellmann investigates social vulnerability in the corona era
The photographer's screenshots of Zoom chats with Lili Sumner, Lucien Smith, and more reveal the new frontier of friendships and intimacy

Photographer Mateo Arciniegas captures a return to his Colombian homeland
"Maybe what I found ordinary is long gone": The 10-year journey to discover a lost sense of identity

Edgar Heap of Birds reveals the profound importance of the collective

Art From Isolation: 11 Illustrators visualize our new dystopian reality
Ian Grandjean, Simone Noronha, and more respond to the loneliness, introspection, and unexpected joys found in quarantine

4 essential quar walks for isolated It-girls
Rachel Sennott's CDC-compliant guide to looking hot while haunting the streets of your hometown

Disgust resurrects gabber’s original, euphoric spirit
The experimental club collective serves ear-splitting dance music with love.

Document Journal launches its 16th issue for Spring/Summer 2020
For Document Spring/Summer 2020, we survey the terrain and map the course of the world around us, both where we’ve been and where we’re headed,...

Paul Mpagi Sepuya on capturing the space between portraits
For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work.

Neil Hamamoto gave 1600 rolls of film to everyday Americans—here are their photos
Over the course of four short months, the artist traveled across the country to distribute free 35mm film in 18 different cities, staying for a...

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/23/20
Isolated in a cabin in the California desert, Rick Castro wonders if this is how the world will end.

Onyx Collective’s love letter to New York’s ever-changing landscape
To innovative young jazz group, music and community are one and the same

John Carroll Kirby soundtracks our quarantine metamorphosis
12 songs for another weekend in from Joanna Brouk, Philip Glass, and more

John Carroll Kirby’s music is the sound of self-reflection
While physical travel is a long way off, the artist's new songs will take you on a mental vacation

The creative community rallies to support NYC’s frontline workers
AMASS.life is selling affordable prints from over 100 artists, including Brad Elterman and Janette Beckman, with all proceeds going to the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/22/20
Earthquakes, Starbucks bros, and gas for $2.69 a gallon—is this how the world will end?

Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era
Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold

Hanif Abdurraqib is on the frontlines of poetry’s democratization
The writer talks to Document about cassette nostalgia, the year 1980, and the heritage of Black American storytelling

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/21/20
Plague mass and mass surveillance: is this how the world will end?

‘The power of voice’: Amanda Gorman selects 7 poems of perseverance
In times of struggle, the Youth Poet Laureate and activist turns to Langston Hughes and Audre Lorde

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/20/20
The fetish legend enters Month Two of isolation in the California desert.

Radical domesticity: The beginner’s guide to art-house legend Chantal Akerman
Revisiting the filmmaker's rebellious female gaze, from 'Saute ma ville' to 'No Home Movie'

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/19/20
As the fetish legend enters a second month of isolation in the California desert, he ponders if each passing day is how the world will...

Kat Cunning’s guide to self-isolation for horny extroverts
Daddy's digital cultural guide includes Leilah Weinraub's strip club documentary, an app for sharing nudes, and a poetry Wheel of Fortune

Joshua Olley captures the eerie reality of Manhattan under lockdown
"By the second week, you could really feel the pain and grief in the city."
A passionate, impromptu dance with Danza Voluminosa
Meet the extraordinary performers of Cuba’s plus-size dance troupe
Meet the radical Desi artists of South Africa’s Kutti Collective
'We are transcending what the expected ‘Indian’ experience is.' Caroline Mackintosh talks to 9 artists reclaiming the power of their identities

All hail Oumou Sy, Senegal’s ‘Queen of Couture’
'This is the Senegalese power': Photographer Toby Coulson captures the designer's stunning creations

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ and the value of not-so-happy queer endings
In praise of the rare queer films that aren't trauma porn nor facsimiles of heteronormative cliches

The Lot Radio keeps streaming through the chaos
Operating from a weathered lot in Williamsburg, François Vaxelaire's online radio station is a lifeline for the nightlife scene

Celebrating our essential humanity in the paintings of Jordan Casteel
'Art for art's sake': How Casteel uses portraiture to connect with the beauty of her communities

Beyond ‘Breathless’: the beginner’s guide to Jean-Luc Godard
From his foreshadowing of the May ’68 downfall to the crime story that inspired Tarantino, five Godard films all fans should see

Performance Art From Isolation: 10 artists share a microcosm of their immediate world
Uplifting, meditative, and downright freaky video pieces from Richard Kennedy, Chloe Wise, and more

Senior Dog Gathering Room is a 24/7 lesson in lounging like it’s an extreme sport
Steele Kratt curates 6 things to do this week, from watching FIFA to ordering obscure Greek wines

6 works of cinematic genius that critics initially hated
Fondazione Prada is streaming cinema's finest guilty pleasures, from Paul Verhoeven's 'Showgirls' to Billy Wilder's 'Fedora'

From Soviet anthems to ‘Pink Moon,’ Brandon Stousy’s quarantine sonic diary
The tracks helping The Creative Independent's EIC find his new normal

Inside the surrealist hygge world of Puppets and Puppets
In Carly Mark and Ayla Argentina's NYC studio, cosplay becomes cult fashion

Diana Gordon is the hood’s Katniss Everdeen
As she releases her EP 'Wasted Youth,' the singer explains why she's always been preparing for the apocalypse

‘Hamilton’ as a Zoom performance is exactly what my soul needs right now
The surprise reunion is an uplifting glimpse into our country's post-corona future
