Rediscovering skateboarding’s counterculture origins in Rust Belt America
The Academy Award nominated documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ uses skateboarding to probe masculinity, class, and trauma.
Step inside Jason Wu’s immersive floral fantasy
In an a new presentation, the designer debuted his latest fragrance and a selection of floral inspired garments.
Angela Dimayuga, the chef creating food without borders
The former executive chef of Mission Chinese Food—now creative director of food and culture at The Standard International—on de-colonizing food, and her favorite childhood dishes.
Did MTV’s ‘Choose or Lose’ predict the state of American politics?
The 90s youth network can't be blamed for sending Bill Clinton to the White House—but it might provide some helpful lessons for Howard Schultz.
20 years later, ‘United States of Attica’ is still a rallying cry for prison reform
Alife® and the Brooklyn Museum teamed to bring Faith Ringgold’s seminal work to a new audience for its inaugural Black History Month capsule collection.
Nina Las Vegas on how lockout laws are killing Sydney’s club culture
The Australian DJ vents about how much the nightlife landscape has changed for the worse since the introduction of Sydney's lockout laws.
World’s best-attended DJ set was in the online game Fortnite
10 million gamers found their way to Pleasant Park in Fortnite to dance and watch the set by Marshmello.
Penny Slinger invites us to unveil the feminine psyche in a new tantric exhibition
The British artist draws from Surrealism to empower women to reclaim their “birthright” to sexual expression and deconstruct oppressive structures of power.
Photographing the everyday magic of a matriarchal Cape Town village
South African photographer Imraan Christian captures regal portraits of the indigenous communities of Cape Town.
Backstage at No Sesso’s historic NYFW debut
The Los Angeles-based brand kicked off New York Fashion Week with Steve Lacy and Kelsey Lu.
How a Chinese reality show made hip hop mainstream in Taiwan
With hip hop being banned on television in mainland China, Taiwan is leading the way for Chinese-language rap.
Why millennials are killing for an ethical meal
Hunting is increasingly popular amongst millennials, with Mark Zuckerberg claiming to eat only what he kills—and it makes more sense than you think.
Finding my Filipino identity in Maia Cruz Palileo’s art
Document senior editor Ann Binlot writes on her search for representation of her Filipino heritage only to find it through the art of contemporary artist...
5 photographers on how masculinity informs their practice
Five photographers consider how toxic, traditional, and beautiful forms of masculinity inform their practice.
Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens
In her new project ‘Surface Tension,’ Tabitha Soren suggests our digital-era anxiety can actually bring us closer together.
How Susan Hiller turned the occult into radical art
Looking back at the impact of the anthropologist turned ‘paraconceptual’ art pioneer, who passed away this week at 78.
The artist too radical for 18th century Paris finally gets an exhibition
Centuries after his death, Jean-Jacques Lequeu's haunting sketches of architecture and erotica are finally being celebrated.
Cautious Clay, ex-real estate agent and R&B star on the verge
Listen to his new single, ‘Honest Enough.’
Max of Homestead’s ‘Bruteman’ is an honest exploration of masculinity
The musician hones in on isolation in his new project ‘Bruteman,’ which traverses an album and accompanying photo book.
‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,’ the anti-musical of French New Wave
Looking back at the musical starring Catherine Deneuve by director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand, who passed away late last week.
Piers Secunda turns back time on ISIS’ cultural destruction
Armed with industrial floor paint the artist is working to repair Iraq's bullet-ridden cultural artifacts and reconnect us with our cultural past.
The surrealist film noir set in the aftermath of Trump’s inauguration
Josephine Meckseper weaves Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March that followed into a new iteration of Maurice Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
Roe Ethridge embraces discordance in a post-truth world
The photographer explores everyday sanctuaries at his latest exhibition in Hong Kong.
Exploring the rise of Soviet nostalgia in Russia
Looking into why millennials are championing the undying appeal of Soviet-era aesthetics.
Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions
With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.
Cheryl Donegan, 90s video provocateur, opens a show about air conditioners
The feminist icon opened her latest exhibition, GRLZ + VEILS at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in homage to New York's air conditioner grills.
Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom
The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.
Grace Wales Bonner’s first major exhibition merges black mysticism and rituals
The designer brings together work from her biggest inspirations, such as photographers Liz Johnson Artur and Rotimi Fani-Kayode, as well as British artist Sampha.
Behind the scenes at Kenzo’s ayahuasca-fueled Fall/Winter 2019 show
Kenzo’s Humberto Leon and Carol Lim tapped Peruvian artist Pablo Amaringo to create a hallucogenic set inspired by an ayahuasca trip.
I brought my conservative dad to the Women’s March
“Unfortunately, Cincinnati was in the midst of a freezing rainstorm, but we were set on going through with this unusual father-daughter activity.”
At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut
The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.
Backstage at Dior Men’s Fall 2019 show
Just weeks after his cyborg-chic Tokyo extravaganza, Kim Jones teams up with Raymond Pettibon for an equally futuristic Fall/Winter 2019.
AES+F’s techno-feminist reimagining of ‘Turandot’
The Russian art collective and director Fabio Cherstich strip the Orientalism from Puccini's famous opera, setting it in the multi-ethnic matriarchy of 2070 Beijing.
Watch Dior Men’s Winter 2019 show live from Paris
The livestream of Kim Jones' latest collection for Dior Men's begins Friday, January 18 at 6 PM Paris/12 PM EST.
Ondine Viñao’s beautiful, disturbing clown videos exorcise childhood trauma
Pulling inspiration from Bruce Nauman’s iconic “Clown Torture” videos, Viñao’s “Holy Fools” experiments with torture as a form of exposure therapy.
Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge
Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.
Stendhal Syndrome: can art be so beautiful it almost kills you?
Psychiatrists delve into the elusive science behind the 'art attack.'
Get a first look at Raf Simon’s soda-inspired SS19 campaign
The designer teamed up with frequent collaborators Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo to capture his Spring/Summer 2019 collection.
Supreme super-collector Ryan Fuller reveals the stories behind your favorite decks
Supreme's entire 248-deck history is currently on view at Sotheby's for a staggering $2 million
The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture
In the midst of globalization, appropriation, and rising nationalism, meet the designers redefining fashion's view of "the East."
Eric N. Mack challenges conventional painting at the Brooklyn Museum
The painter dives in on his experience as a black man from DC metro area influenced by art and fashion in his new Brooklyn Museum...
Watch Ermenegildo Zegna XXX Fall/Winter 2019 live from Milan
See the full show streamed lived Friday, January 11 2019 at 8:30pm Milan/2:30pm EST.
Inside Virgil Abloh’s iridescent Louis Vuitton pop-up in NYC
Virgil Abloh brings his Louis Vuitton debut stateside, where the brand set up a “temporary residency” inside the West Village’s Chrome Hearts flagship store.
Slava Mogutin’s very queer, very NSFW response to online censorship
The Russian refugee opens his archive of banned images for an online exhibition with Tom of Finland.
Watch Marisa Tomei transform into opera diva Maria Callas
Makeup artist James Kaliardos discusses the surprisingly emotional video.
Backstage at A-Cold-Wall*’s most political show yet
Samuel Ross’ Fall 2019 collection snarls with brutalist infused streetwear
Charles Jeffrey heads to the Weimar Republic and Never-Never Land
Charles Jeffrey parties on—with a socially-conscious message—in his Fall 2019 Loverboy collection.
VHFdigital takes Fendi back to the 80s
Using 3D mapping and animations, along with an aesthetic that throws back to the genesis of the internet, the art duo reimagines Fendi in the...
Frankenstein 200 years later: are we finally living in a transhumanist world?
As science-fiction experiments become reality, author Hubert Haddad performs a head transplant and imagines a “modern prometheus” for the 21st century in ‘Desirable Body.’
