Rising star Choker on the virtues of softness in the internet age
With a song in the upcoming film ‘Queen & Slim,’ Choker is moving from the indie pond to the mainstream ocean. In this intimate editorial,...
Sex, drugs, and jazz—Robert Glasper’s mission to restore the original cool kid music to its rightful status
The jazz renegade pays tribute to J-Dilla with a guide to the producer's 5 most revolutionary hits.
Maripol, godmother of instant photography, on the serendipitous magic of Polaroids
Late nights at the Mudd Club, stolen motorcycles, and evading indecent exposure charges—the artist on the gritty glamour of late ’70s New York and being...
Leveling up with Drain Gang’s ‘Legendary Member,’ Thaiboy Digital
The artist balances self-assured and rare vulnerability on his debut album 'Legendary Member.' He talks Drain Gang collective, the challenges of starting over and turning...
A 24-hour guide to the world’s largest dance music festival
A moment-to-moment guide to Amsterdam Dance Event—navigating raves, panels with Juliana Huxtable, and psychoactive ‘space cake.’
Martin Margiela breaks his silence in a new documentary. Here are the 6 biggest takeaways
Director Reiner Holzemer offers an unprecedented window into the mind of fashion's most elusive icon with ‘Martin Margiela: In His Own Words.’
Maison Kitsuné brings Parisian luxury and Japanese minimalism to their first NYC café
After establishing their fashion line and record label, founders Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki set their sights on hospitality.
Mitch Epstein confronts America’s psychological darkness in ‘Sunshine Hotel’
From hippie snake charmers to Trump Tower cheerleaders, the photographer's latest book forces us to lower our defenses and reckon with the disorder and pain...
AI companies are extremely white and male—Kate Crawford wants us to push back
The academic and researcher highlighted several disturbing trends in artificial intelligence and the urgent need for collective accountability at Prada’s Shaping a Future conference.
Amanda Gorman, the 21-year-old poet using her words as weapons for change
The National Youth Poet Laureate discussed corporate sustainability with representatives from the United Nations, MIT, and more at Prada’s Shaping a Future conference
The fall of the Berlin Wall: a visual timeline
30 years later, experience the moments where everything changed, through the lenses of photographers on the ground.
What it’s actually like to own a marijuana dispensary as a woman of color in Colorado
“People think that dispensary owners are just rolling in dough, and that is just not the case.” A window into a broken, out-moded system with...
Remembering Larry Levan’s iconic ‘Saturday Mass’ with 11 of his greatest mixes
Listen to the tracks Grace Jones, Keith Haring, and a very young Madonna danced to all night in the hallowed hall of Paradise Garage.
‘New York Club Kids’: Waltpaper’s dazzling ode to America’s first true influencers
Inside the iconic ’90s subculture with one of its founding members, who talks visual identity, self-branding, and passing the torch to Gen-Z.
‘Bedroom Brian Eno’: Steele talks to Julia Cumming about his vulnerable solo project
As Document premiers Steele's new single 'I'd Like To,' the Brooklyn-based musicians and friends discuss smoothies, soccer, and growing up in New York City.
Thomas Lohr imagines the dynamic inner life of a rock
In 'Gezeiten,' the photographer details his unconventional relationship with a 2-meter piece of rock bed on the shores of Devon
6 real-life geniuses wear Moncler Genius
Document talks to six thinkers and creators across food, art, design, and tech about redefining how we experience the world.
Artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi reveals—and defies—the white supremacist underpinnings of elite gymnastics
As Simone Biles becomes the most decorated athlete in sports, Nkosi tells Document about the implications of Black girls' success in elite gymnastics, which has...
William Selden’s ‘oil paintings’ aren’t quite what they seem
In a new exhibition, the fashion photographer (and fine artist) debuts his most exquisitely deceptive work.
Lucia Moholy, the photographer who immortalized the Bauhaus, finally gets her due
The artist meticulously documented the influential art school, but while her male cohorts became legends, her work was misappropriated and forgotten.
The radical feminist sex worker who photographed her clients at their most grotesque
Cammie Toloui takes us behind the Private Pleasures curtain at Lusty Lady Theater, a worker-owned strip club where men were made the objects of intrigue.
Vegyn, music’s favorite mystery collaborator, finds freedom in a sound of his own
On his debut album 'Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds,' the wunderkind producer rediscovers electronic music's soul.
Glossier, #NoMakeup, and the authenticity myth
From ‘Maybe She’s Born With It’ to ‘You Look Good’: how beauty brands sell us on the compulsive labor of self-optimization
Fiddles on full blast, and not a drop of booze in sight: a weekend at Knothead Jamboree square dance
Josh Ethan Johnson photographs the wholesome revelry of a fading tradition.
A day in L.A. with Nina Kraviz, the producer turning your favorite pop hits into blistering techno
After her genre-bending set at Secret Project festival, the Siberia-born DJ spoke to Document about the mainstreaming of techno, and the joy of digging beneath...
‘Deepfake’ is the post-feminist ‘Bladerunner’ for our selfie-obsessed culture
In a sensory unraveling of digital reality, Tara Subkoff's exhibition foresees a future where women have been replaced by robots
Faire’s soundtrack for feeling like an international jet-setter
In celebration of their new EP, 'La vie' the inventors of 'Gaule Wave' gifts Document a playlist to rev up your weekend
Embracing fashion’s ever-increasing androgyny with Australian designer Dion Lee
The designer is helping bury the gender binary with his latest rave-ready collection inspired by NYC nightlife
Spooky Beauty: Document’s favorite makeup enthusiasts reveal their Halloween alter egos
Still don't have a costume? Empty Pools, Sweet Mutuals, Medrona Redhawk, and more will spark creative inspiration (and haunt your dreams)
Getting weird with mystery Instagrammer Bread Face, the best performance artist you’ll never know
The anonymous artist behind @breadfaceblog on why sunlight is overrated, the cathartic joy of smashing your face into carbs, and why she doesn't care if...
Daniel Arnold, New York’s best-loved street photographer, takes us on a beautiful journey into his ‘crazy brain’
The writer-turned-photographer on his first solo show and why he sees the streets of New York as a perpetually exciting sandwich platter
Cult up-and-coming brand Commission pay homage to their earliest style icons—their mothers
Jin Kay, Dylan Cao, and Huy Luong on bringing authentic East Asian aesthetics to the New York fashion scene
Early Halloween, the iconic costume source where you can find Elvis jumpsuits and showgirl headdresses
'They don't make things like they used to'—Document's video ode to the celebrated, family-owned archive
Talking slime, sexuality, and fishing lures with Sara Tagaloa, the makeup artist creating personas with King Princess
The artist discusses the intimacy of transformation and why we should embrace our under-eye bags
Why do curators still equate the ‘queer experience’ with pain?
Suffering for our sexuality—In contemporary art, being queer looks authentic if it hurts
Deathprod, dark lord of ambient sound, wants to show you the light
Helge Sten's first album in 15 years is an 'anti-fascist ritual' fueled by anger, empathy, and compassion
How Floating Points, producer and neuroscientist, made the perfect soundtrack for our existing chaos
Sam Shepherd discusses the unhinged, five-week process of creating 'Crush,' his most club-ready album yet
Madison McFerrin turns a humiliating moment into motivational, musical gold
The singer-songwriter gives us the story behind her upcoming EP 'You + I' and shares an inspirational playlist inspired by its themes.
Electronic-techno-pop artist Giorgia Angiuli says toys aren’t just for kids
From Chopin to Radiohead—the composer on her broad range of influences and her romantic, dreamy take on techno
‘For the skaters, by the skaters’: London’s roller skating scene is more like a family
Mototake Makishima takes Document into the rink at Fix8, with the roller skating community putting the culture first
Easy, breezy, beautiful: Sara Cwynar’s ’Covergirl’ and the political economy of color
The 16mm short film investigates the relationship between color, cosmetics, and social capital.
Larry Legaspi’s legacy: Rick Owens recalls 5 looks that changed his life
The designer's new book is a racy, leather-clad ode to fashion's unsung iconoclast
Thrifting as rebellion: How Gen Z killed fast fashion
As the secondhand fashion market is poised to outpace fast fashion, Document celebrates sustainability with a fashion portfolio of exclusively used clothing
500 years, 400 artists, and 54 countries: ‘Great Women Artists’ is the most extensive collection of female created art yet
Ocean's 8 of the art world: Ghada Amer, Sharon Hayes, Deana Lawson, and Martha Rosler took down the tired ‘female artist’ narrative at The Met...
Starting from square one with Satoshi Kondo, Issey Miyake’s new design director
Skateboarding models and garments descending from the heavens: Document catches the designer following his wild Paris presentation.
‘Glenn O’Brien: Center Stage’: 17 artists pay homage to the late ‘Style Guy’
The exhibition, curated by Natacha Polaert, features pieces from Dan Colen, Ouattara Watts, and Walter Robinson, among others.
Document Journal launches its 15th print issue for Fall/Winter 2019
“What I’m interested in…is the possibility, as our protest showed, that you can take 5,000 people and change the course of history.” — Extinction Rebellion...
In Iceland, strangely utopian techno-punk for a world on the brink of disaster
In a country of only 350,000 people, creativity is an increasingly vital export—no greenwashing required. Document went to Reykjavik ahead of Iceland Airwaves to discover...
Quil Lemons’s summer in photos: intimate portraits and the ‘boys of Soho’
Earlier this year, Document tapped some of our favorite creative minds to capture the magic of summertime on film.
