Photographer Farah Al Qasimi channels her insider-outsider experiences into lyrical, anti-imperialist art
Document visited the artist's Bushwick studio, where Al Qasimi opened up about culture shock, the gendered nature of exorcisms, and why she's done being pigeonholed...
Performa revives the legacy of Oskar Schlemmer, the Bauhaus’s avant-garde theater visionary
The groundbreaking painter, sculptor, designer, choreographer, and Bauhaus teacher was honored at the New York biennial's wildly creative gala last week.
Yung Baby Tate gathered hip hop’s young female vanguard for this year’s most inclusive, glamorous, and rowdy show
Kari Faux, Uniiqu3, Mulatto, Baby Rose, and Bbymutha talk solidarity, unapologetic realness, and why Atlanta is the ‘hub of culture.’
Before Bikini Kill and Pussy Riot, there was Backstage Pass. This is their untold story
‘The Golden Girls of punk’: 43 years after taking up instruments against the patriarchy, Backstage Pass releases their first album.
Danny Bowien, the mastermind behind Mission Chinese, reveals the secret sauce for a pop punk dinner party
The chef discusses the origins of his band NARX, late night meals at Denny’s, and his people-pleasing tendencies.
Coach K, the titan behind Atlanta’s blooming hip hop community
The co-founder of music label Quality Control, homebase for City Girls and Migos, takes a community-based approach to building a sustainable business and scene.
Meet Amelie Lens, the Belgian DJ putting her fans before everything—including a sane sleep schedule
The artist spoke to Document about how she balances 8-hour sets, co-owning a label, and raving with her grandma ahead of the New York Time...
Brendan Fernandes reinterprets Isamu Noguchi and Martha Graham’s ‘strange beauty’
The Kenyan-born artist and choreographer on 'Contract and Release,' the performance he choreographed for The Noguchi Museum.
Hank Korsan and Tyrell Hampton take us through the Lower Manhattan party scene’s new guard
The generation that grew up on ‘High School Musical’ is leading the charge for chill, feel-good nightlife.
Vancouver Sleep Clinic’s dreamy sonic guide to getting cozy
This weekend, break out the hot toddies and fuzzy slippers and drift into the late fall chill.
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
