Inside Arden Surdam’s licentious world of seafood, sex, and status
In ‘Offal | East,’ the artist makes the sophisticated look grotesque, and subverts the Eurocentric history of picnics.
What it was like to get arrested at Danceteria with Keith Haring
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong on the cocaine-fueled club that defined New York's ’80s nightlife scene.
Moscow’s ‘regulated graffiti’ might be worse than its state-sanctioned rap
Officials attempt to fight counterculture from the inside, censoring street art by killing everything it stands for.
Post-Stonewall, drenched in sunlight: Alvin Baltrop chronicled the sexual frontier of ’70s New York
The Bronx-born photographer never achieved the success of Mapplethorpe or Hujar, but his images from Manhattan's West Side Piers illuminate a forgotten era.
Who is Alice Phoebe Lou? Not your indie dreamgirl
The indefinable singer-songwriter shares a new video with Document, and tells us why she prefers busking on Berlin's streets to performing on-stage.
With Barneys’ bankruptcy, the death knell of physical retailers rings louder
Once the embodiment of aspirational, New York consumerism, the luxury retailer has announced nationwide store closures
Toni Morrison remembered—in the words of Marlon James, Yara Shahidi, and Janet Mock
The giant of American literature has passed away at the age of 88—Here, five cultural figures describe the Morrison novels they'll never forget.
5 extraterrestrial sneakers for storming Area 51 in style
Nike's outer space obsession didn't stop with the Moon Shoe—here are five sneakers inspired by the moon, Mars, and extraterrestrial life.
5 playful, surrealist books Sharna Osborne reaches to for inspiration
The photographer and videographer on the authors that inform her nostalgic VHS aesthetic, from the philosophical to the downright childish.
A world without men: photos from the feminist lesbian utopias of ’80s America
Carmen Winant's ‘Notes on Fundamental Joy’ goes inside the womyn-only communities created across the Pacific Northwest.
Remembering Lucien Bahaj—creator of the French bistro that became NYC’s last cultural salon
Artist Clayton Patterson on the man behind Lucien bistro, where everyone is a superstar.
How did it get this bad? Land activists are dying for our planet
As environmental activists take a last stand against powerful interests, indigenous groups are on the frontline.
How Ricky Rossello seduced Puerto Ricans and lost them
Before #telegramgate, the Rossellós were set to become Puerto Rico's Kennedy clan.
Travel back to the birth of punk with the CBGB regulars who filmed it all
‘You gave up the rights for lawsuits when you came in to CBGB’: lessons from the legendary venue's heyday with Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong.
Ranking the most insane political merch in recent American history
From liberal-trolling straws to Mitch McConnell's cocaine tee, a short history of political crimes against taste.
On the ground in Puerto Rico, with 4 artists on the frontline of revolution
‘We know that it is not over’: Governor Ricardo Rosselló has finally promised to resign, but protestors aren't ready to go home.
The 2020 frontrunner is now New Zealand’s prime minister
Jacinda Ardern, despite not being in the race, has earned coveted endorsements from both Marianne Williamson and Pete Buttigieg.
Post-post-Soviet? Eastern Europe’s young designers are shunning a tired aesthetic
Trading post-Soviet nostalgia for an avant-garde future, young Eastern European is celebrating a multi-faceted cultural heritage—through neon babushka scarves and cabbage-inspired coats.
5 books beloved by the 2020 candidates—none of which are ‘Ulysses’
You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can judge the Democratic debates by the books the presidential hopefuls can't stop talking about.
In North Korea, contraband mascara is a weapon of resistance
Why black market beauty products from South Korea are a threat to the authoritarian regime.
Diary of a decision: a poet’s honest reflection on abortion
Reproductive rights are under threat around the world—Elizabeth Senja Spackman reminds us of their deeply personal implications, in a handwritten, illustrated account.
An artist infiltrates The Hamptons’ cult of wellness
The Whitney Biennial-featured artist Ilana Harris-Babou uses the Hamptons and Restoration Hardware as anthropological playgrounds.
Got milk? In China, the dairy industry finds its savior
By 2020, China will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s biggest milk producer.
Sita Abellán’s Lilith soundtrack for channeling your inner demon goddess
The serpentine “technoprincess” conjures a playlist to celebrate the launch of her mens jewelry line, featuring tracks by Marie Davidson and Miss Kittin.
‘Viva L’Algerie!’: Amidst political turmoil in Algeria, New Yorkers speak out
“I want people back home to know that people here have their back...we don’t only have Algerian people, we have New Yorkers from all walks...
5 artists capturing the fluidity of human experience with watercolor
Document celebrates World Watercolor Month with Tschabalala Self, Mats Gustafson, and more.
From Iggy Pop to Blondie: meet the women who documented punk royalty in ’70s New York
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong tell us how they filmed at punk's most outrageous venues while surviving off gallery wine and cheese.
Climate change is real, just not on YouTube
YouTube corporate claims disinformation doesn't dominate the platform. Science says otherwise.
Before Boris, there was Thatcher: youth revolt in ’70s London
Photographer Janette Beckman looks back at the mods, punks, and ska kids who stuck it to the man before callouts were cool.
‘Three Women’ is a gonzo odyssey into the underbelly of desire
Author Lisa Taddeo sets the record straight on sex positivity, #MeToo, and why she's not Carrie Bradshaw.
Nike’s legendary 1972 ‘Moon Shoes’ just sold for $437,500
Canadian businessman Miles Nadal completed his haul of 100 of the world’s rarest sneakers.
Inside Albright Fashion Library with its notorious gatekeeper, Patricia Black
Experience the "alphabetized, colorized and disney-tized" collection in the first edition of our new 'Story of an Archive' series.
A Repeat Performance, the East Village antiques store that collected 38 years of New Yorkers’ stories
Owner Sharon Jane Smith takes her final bow as a life-long keeper of ephemera: "It’s not fair if I go to my grave knowing all...
Will Smith brings Big Genie Energy to his first-ever fashion campaign
Our wishes are granted: Will Smith is the new face of Moncler Genius.
Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim, and Hollywood hotels: Patti Wilson’s incredible archive of unseen Polaroids
Take a look behind the scenes at some of the '90s most iconic shoots, with a stylist who defined the era.
5 fantastical texts (and a Finnish cartoon) for escaping the heat
Designer Vasilis Loizides' summer reading list will transport you to new realms and change your perception.
Yeule’s summer playlist is a holographic hot cheeto
Astro-glide into the weekend with yeule's latest release, "Pretty Bones," and her mix of aquatic, spacey electronica.
Pierre Cardin’s intergalactic designs for worlds undiscovered
His Brooklyn Museum exhibition ‘Future Fashion’ opens on the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Soviet-era sci-fi gave Stanley Kubrick a run for his money
Beam me up Sputnik!—5 Soviet counterparts to your favorite space films
What is biocouture? Meet the Japanese designer rendering the needle and thread obsolete
Yuima Nakazato introduces fermented microbes and digital fabrication to the guarded tradition of haute couture.
Arthur C. Clarke’s 1986 ‘Playboy’ interview is a sci-fi prophecy for the counterculture
Read the futurist mastermind's revelations on UFOs, Reagan's ‘Space Force,’ and smooching Allen Ginsberg.
Grimes’s wellness regime proves we’re all still paranoid about androids
Scalping your eyeballs isn't a biohack, only a distraction from the root of our ills.
‘Storytellers of the black narrative’: Revisiting Gordon Parks’s ‘A Great Day in Hip Hop’ 20 years later
Photographer Jamel Shabazz recreates the iconic image of 177 artists including the Wu-Tang Clan and The Roots.
Alex Israel launches the Bat Signal into the Marseille sky
The artist brings Tim Burton's Gotham to Le Corbusierto's iconic Cité Radieuse.
2019 in photojournalism: encapsulating the stories we can’t afford to forget
Humanizing the headlines at this year's World Press Photo Exhibition.
Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
Emily Lipson photographs Campbell-Gillies on the Long Island Expressway, as the two discuss why fashion isn't ‘stupid girls playing dress up.’
Great, now global warming is causing woolly mammoth poaching
Even prehistoric beasts can't escape the wrath of climate change.
Who is Turkmenistan’s dictator and why is he always holding puppies?
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow—taking a note from Trump, Kim, and Putin—has been distracting us from human rights violations with puppies, horses, and a viral rap video.
Meet 5 emerging photographers confronting race, gender, and identity
Red Hook Labs spotlights 25 globe-spanning artists, selected by a panel including Kim Jones and Edward Enninful.
