Samuel de Saboia navigates chaos on canvas
The Brazilian painter discusses what’s on the horizon following his recent exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery
A guide to the discomfiting films of Todd Haynes
Upon the release of May-December, Document curates of list of his most sumptuous, unsettling films
The Shoptimist: A deliberation on object permanence in the Desert Hills Premium Outlets
In her monthly column for Document, writer and fashion theory knave Maya Kotomori finds age 25 while Black Friday buying
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in November
From cult documentaries to vegan hair care to British cuisine, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
‘Lavender Deal’ summons love in the time of COVID
Niko Hallikainen’s sprawling performance poem reflects on heartache over synth and across countries for the Performa Biennial
Bobby Doherty equates the mundane with the remarkable
Upon the release of ‘Dream About Nothing,’ the photographer joins Document to unpack his methodology
Molly Crabapple’s world of art and action
The artist returns to her roots with ‘The Chair Series,’ an intimate meditation on human connection amidst political upheaval
In the Skateroom with Michèle Lamy and Charles-Antoine Bodson
The creative multihyphenate isn’t afraid to show teeth across an exclusive collection of art decks, shot by Jeurgen Teller
Between love, hate, and richesse, ‘Saltburn’ boils over
In a web of cinephilic homages, Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature spins a half-baked tale of lust and ambition
Something Special Studios’s cool, cool summer
The creative agency’s fifth annual photo book ‘Summer of Something Special’ presents a visual diary of the world’s favorite season
Rainy Miller and Space Afrika chase silver linings
The artists’ joint record ‘A Grisaille Wedding’ is guided by mutual trust, North West heritage, and a quick-on-the-draw spirit
Antwerp’s emerging designers capture the city’s casual magic
Document asks 5 recent fashion graduates about ritual, inspiration, and the stories that undergird their latest collections
Talia Goddess’s collection of tracks that transcend language
On the heels of the release of ‘DOWN 2 EARTH,’ R&B’s rising star offers a playlist centering the beauty of the not-quite-finished
Garments to make you feel BETTTER
Ukrainian designer Julie Pelipas lets Document into her studio, detailing her label’s human-centric approach to the upcycling process
Miss Velvet rides the wave, rejuvenating classic rock
The LA-based singer-songwriter introduces ‘Traveler,’ employing mighty vocals to distill the emotion of starting anew
‘Making Their Mark’ crafts its own canon
Spanning decades and mediums, Komal Shah and Cecilia Alemani’s ongoing exhibition puts women artists in the limelight
Sam Youkilis’s ‘Somewhere’ charts the strangeness of the everyday
The photographer’s new book functions as a diary, tracing the contours between memory and reality
Designing the traveling art show
Writer and philosopher FT speaks with Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery, breaking down her decision to go nomadic after four decades in the game
The Latin American Fashion Awards are by and for the community
The first annual ceremony honored Latinx fashion industry greats, centering the work of the creatives often overlooked by the mainstream
Tracey Emin’s ‘Lovers Grave’ serializes the supine and the sentimental
On view at White Cube, the artist’s latest exhibition grapples with mortality and marks her return to New York
Natasha Stagg’s ‘Artless’ is the fringes of fandom
The book tunnels down the bottomless pit of celebrity, exploring how self-commodification diminishes star power by making stars of us all
Down the rabbit hole at the McKittrick Hotel
The Chelsea performance space put on an immersive Halloween production, inviting guests to ‘unleash the monster within’
The pen, the sword, and liberation
An introduction to Palestinian resistance poetry—a medium for the reclamation of a people’s history
Stephanie Dinkins finds the edges of identity and AI
In ‘Conversations with Bina48,’ the artist brushes with the future of algorithmic systems as often as her own humanity
In ‘Fingernails,’ uncertainty is painful
Christos Nikou’s new film imagines a not-too-distant dystopian future, where love can be certified with a one-off test
Cookie Mueller’s genius takes center stage at the Roxy
‘For People with Short Attention Spans’ drew a crowd of Downtown luminaries, celebrating the singular voice of the late-great raconteur
It’s Emma Rogue’s world
The vintage maverick speaks on what it took to build her brand—from Depop, to brick and mortar, to a future in the Metaverse
‘For the Love of Winter’ renders dressing for cold weather a creative act
Shot by New York creative duo Gus&Lo, Moncler’s holiday campaign merges comfort and style with high-tech design
Berlin Under A’s category-resistant Halloween extravaganza
The quadruple-bill performance saw Gemma Laurence, Jackson Crook, Foley, and the Racquets at their spookiest
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in October
From the words of Mary Gatskill to reluctantly-acquired gorpcore goods, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
‘The Future Future’ is obsessed with words and their failures
Novelist Adam Thirwell joins Document to explain why 18th-century print culture and 21st-century social media discourse aren’t so different
‘C.Y.O.A.: The Suturing of Objects’ prizes process over product
Mast Books remolds the choose your own adventure genre in exhibition form
‘Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)’ excavates cultural memory
Part documentary, part visual poem, Suneil Sanzgiri’s video installation at the Brooklyn Museum examines colonial resistance across India and Africa
Artists are poisoning AI image generators with Nightshade
The tool sabotages machine learning models from the inside, causing them to break in unprecedented ways
Taking Flyte with Will Taylor and Nick Hill
The UK-based duo celebrates its 10th anniversary with a self-titled album, preoccupied with songwriting above all else
Document Launches Fall/Winter 2023: Identity in Flux
Daytripping: Out of the bubble
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark weekends outside of Brooklyn, finding more queerness and Pippa Garner’s Art Omi show
Chasing the ocean state of mind
Document boards the Explora I for its Naming Ceremony, as it embarks on its path to redeem the at-sea getaway
Inside the Neo-Decadent movement
How a cohort of international writers opposed the status quo, pulling from the endless subjectivity of culture to produce some of the century’s best literature
Chappell Roan brings unbridled queer emotion to Brooklyn Steel
‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ captured hearts in New York, moving at a clip through heartbreak and joy
Jockstrap doesn’t think twice
The London band joins Document to muse on how the making of a song is much like trying out a haircut
‘Witness to Nature’ celebrates humanity’s relationship to the world around it
The latest edition of the ‘Prada Reporter’ series sees the house partner with Magnum Photos, spotlighting inquisitive image-makers around the globe
The budding designers flipping the script on Tokyo style
Document spoke with 7 recent graduates on what drives them to live, work, and create in the Japanese capital
Tina Kukielski’s guide to the rich, varied films of ‘Art in the Twenty-First Century’
Ahead of the release of “Friends & Strangers,” Art21’s chief curator highlights some of the series’s most fascinating installments
Jesse Boykins III’s ‘New Growth’ explores musicianship and masculinity
The artist’s forthcoming album charts his evolution through relationships, looking inwards in the meantime
Marcus Maddox captures the everyday romance of the music scene
With his series ‘Pom Poms,’ the photographer offers intimate glimpses of the lives of artists and the crowd, across three American cities
How shadowbanning silences pro-Palestine voices
Amidst a global humanitarian crisis, Instagram users say they’re censored for speaking up
Puma Blue’s ‘Holy Waters’ wrestles with death before its time
The Croyden-raised artist’s sophomore album sprung from collaboration, forming a sonic landscape to meditate within
DAE is not a café
Document has a latte with Suea and Carol Song, the fashion-savvy founders of Cobble Hill’s coolest shop-restaurant-space
