
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.’

Lara Baladi, the Egyptian-Lebanese artist changing our perception of protest
As part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future...

2018 in images: by Virgil Abloh, Grace Coddington, and other Document contributors
We asked a few of our favorite creative collaborators to recap a long year in a single photo, screenshot, or cat sketch.

Document’s friends and contributors share their holiday beauty must-haves
As 2018 comes to a close, Document is asking friends and contributors what items they have their eye on, and what their hopes are for...

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer explores human identity in our hyper-connected world
As part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future...

The weird history of (surprisingly good) state-sanctioned music in Russia
Vladimir Putin recently proposed the government take control of rap music—and it's hardly his first hip hop rodeo.

On Drake Carr’s holiday wishlist? X-Men comics and Versace ceramics
As 2018 comes to a close, Document is asking friends and contributors what items they have their eye on, and what their hopes are for...

David Byrne’s alternative guide to 2018
In a year marked by family separations and the Tide Pod Challenge, David Byrne recaps the news stories that will make you feel good about...

The eternal power of “family” photographs, from living rooms to underground ballroom
In Aperture magazine's latest issue, a rumination on "family" through an inclusive lens featuring photographs by Stefan Ruiz, Diana Markosian, and David Armstrong.

Adam Jason Cohen’s intimate street portraits of Chicago’s basketball youth
In his new book ‘Fundamentals,’ the photographer looks to basketball in Chicago to explore social justice while seeking to empower the voices of those marginalized...

Paul Soulellis turns the internet into tangible art
As part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future...

Mina Cheon is sending art lessons into North Korea, and sharing Choco Pie with the world
As part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future...

Photographer Zora Sicher navigates intimacy in the digital age
Zora Sicher documents the evolution of her closest relationships in ‘Progreso 110,’ a collection of platonic love letters, outfit changes, and screenshots.

Holidays with Maya Laner: Fresh latkes and a monogrammed Dior bag
As 2018 comes to a close, Document is asking friends and contributors what items they have their eye on, and what their hopes are for...

The finance bro guide to #metoo? Avoid women completely
Men on Wall Street are taking to cutting women completely out of their professional lives in order to avoid possible sexual harassment accusations.

Artists Nestor Siré and Julia Weist on Cuba’s underground internet market—and its promise of mobile WiFi
As part of the Document Journal x Prada Mode conversation series at Art Basel in Miami Beach, we highlight six visionary artists changing the future...

JPEGMAFIA’s angry, experimental rap was the soundtrack of 2018
The rising rapper talks the hostile U.S. political climate, problematic idols, and what sort of music he’ll be putting out at 50.

Christmas with Three Busy Debras: Gucci sweaters and Grandma’s cooking
As 2018 comes to a close, Document is asking friends and contributors what items they have their eye on, and what their hopes are for...

Flatbush Zombies are the hip-hop Santas of NYC
The rap trio brought holiday cheer to Canal Street with their toy-drive that saw all donations and proceeds raised for Camba, a non-profit which connects...

Virgil Abloh and Grace Wales Bonner imagine their ideal cities
Hans Ulrich Obrist asked Virgil Abloh, Grace Wales Bonner, Arthur Jafa, Torkwase Dyson, and Francis Kéré to describe their ideal metropolis at Design Miami/.

Social climbing at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Michael the III takes us through the "who's who" of the art world and his groundbreaking shawarma plate installation in booth A13.

Document and Prada discuss the future of offline media and online identities
At Art Basel in Miami Beach, Document Journal hosted two panels which explored different perspectives from around the globe to reveal the inner workings of...

Raúl de Nieves creates a magical carousel with Bulgari and Art Production Fund
Raúl de Nieves's ‘When I Look Into Your Eyes I See the Sun’ is on view at the Faena Hotel South Beach through the end...

‘Melodía del Río’: Colombian fashion shot against otherworldly landscapes
Photographer Carmen Triana and stylist Juan Camilo Rodríguez collaborate on “Melodía del Río” a meditation on the spiritual resonance of the nature and natural resources...
