Imagining the end of Facebook, for the first time
As the Cambridge Analytica revelations widen, the company's demise no longer seems like a fantastical possibility.
On Loan: An observation on life in a British prison
Document spoke with an archivist with England's Mass Observation Unit about a special artifact on life in one of the country's oldest prisons.
Is Germaine Greer’s clear-eyed approach to #MeToo actually controversial?
The prominent feminist author of 'The Female Eunuch' is thought to be against the #MeToo movement, yet a close reading of her words portrays an...
Why does Facebook keep trying to censor artwork with nudity in France of all places?
The platform has found itself in the past weeks waging cultural battles with several French users over the use of nudity in works of art,...
The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city”
Los Angeles now has a design Czar, it turns out humans began innovating much earlier in history than assume, and the Vatican comes clean about...
Joe Gaffney on his photo ‘Sunrise on the Avenue Montaigne’
For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work.
The Document Agenda: “An enchanted world now exists alongside the disenchanted one”
Half of the world's wildlife may be gone in the next century, the devil is trending, and listening to your favorite song while studying isn't...
The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons”
The iPhone may be a brain surgeon's best friend, meet the Cobalt Cowboy, and were Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn the original influencers?
In pursuit of contemporary content at The Armory Show
Document does some casual eavesdropping at the 24th edition of New York City's most collectable art fair.
The Document Agenda: “No deference to a good looking face”
Wearing makeup may come at cost for women in leadership roles, Leonardo Da Vinci's notes on urban planning may be of use today, and DJ...
The Document Agenda: “Living in the loudest cities”
A survey of noise pollution across the world, the Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll is problematic, and Russia now legally recognizes contemporary art.
The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange”
There is a toxic history to the pigment that makes the color orange, a shanty-town is home to the thriving Ugandan film industry, and is...
The Document Agenda: “A bath in radioactive water”
Doctors in the Czech Republic have been using a radioactive pool to treat patients, the field of neuroforensics comes to the courtroom, and the Vatican...
The liberating extravagance of Comme des Garçons’s camp
Rei Kawakubo's Fall/Winter 2018 collection banished seriousness in favor of effusive expressions of form, color, and visual pleasure.
The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned”
A VR hacking collective take over MoMA for a night, the first major exhibition of western art is set to show in Tehran, and one...
Designers are offering protection from the elements of a harsh world
Bundled wraps, plastic sheets, thick coats—it’s not just layering that's dominating Fall 2018 collections, but a clear need for safety and comfort in times of...
The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch”
Holding hands might ease a partner's pain, polar regions encounter this year's spring weather before the rest of the globe, and Dolce & Gabbana comes...
The Document Agenda: “Looking into a portable funhouse mirror”
Japan rebuts cannibalistic fake news, satire could actually, maybe, be a political motivator, and selfies are warping self-perception.
Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’
Every week for Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer for the unseen story about the frame that has come to define their work.
After the show, Atlein’s Antonin Tron heads straight to the sea
"I find a great sensuality in surfing itself, getting changed in the early morning in the parking lot, putting on the wetsuit and getting ready...
The Document Agenda: “A library of the 20th century”
A pact protecting environmental activists in South America is set to be signed, 4G service comes to the moon, and the poetry collector behind the...
The Document Agenda: “A curiosity hangs by the thigh of a man”
A dangerous toad threatens the ecology of Madagascar, a painkilling alternative to opioids may exist in the brain, and the story behind one of the...
Erika Cavallini always has a very special good luck charm on hand for her shows
Erika Cavallini reveals to Document the simple rituals she follows before any show and the one item she must always have on hand when it...
The Document Agenda: “Discovering that life has somehow found a way to make it work”
Researchers look at the impact of sea-level rise on the West Coast, there may be the possibility life on Mars, after all, and a debate...
On Loan: The sublime chaos of Egypt’s unknown surrealist collective, Art et Liberté
As the works of this lesser-known art collective come to the Tate Liverpool this month, Document spoke with the show's curator about the stringent political...
The Document Agenda: “Some things have not changed”
One writer explores masculine identity in the age of Trump, researchers are still confused by sonic attacks on U.S. diplomats in Cuba, and mathematicians uncover...
Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli
When Document asked the Italian filmmaker, image-maker, auteur, self-proclaimed "wild boy," and regular contributor to the magazine, to guest curate exclusive content for our site, the...
Overheard at the new Barkley L. Hendricks show, Them Changes
“The 1970s. Wow. There was a lot going on. That world doesn’t exist anymore.”
The Document Agenda: “We thought there was one last wild species”
There are no more truly 'wild' horses left on the planet, Elon Musk's Hyperloop may finally break ground on the East Coast, and Mr. Chow...
Pieter Hugo on his photo “Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014”
"I like to think of some of these pictures as little gifts from the universe."
The Document Agenda: “Solid light works”
Iran indulges its reptilian paranoia, machines are making art that's fooling the human eye, and book reviews, argues one critic, only seem to offer vapid...
Before any Roksanda show, it’s a cup of tea
Document asks designers about the backstage rituals that make the moments before the first look bearable.
Christopher Bailey leaves behind only multi-colored memories in his final Burberry collection
The designer created a life-size prism through which to view youth, LGBTQ issues, and his extraordinary run at the British house.
The Document Agenda: “I think everybody should like everybody”
Cape Town holds off its water crisis, for now, intimate Andy Warhol recordings recently unearthed, and one of the world's largest publishing CEOs says Ebooks...
The Document Agenda: “How many times can you continue knocking on a closed door?”
Iran's first and only female conductor on the country's political climate, Sotheby's helps you visual your taste in art, and is that really Trump tweeting?
The unfinished business of William Eggleston’s Los Alamos
The photographer's pursuit of American restlessness in Los Alamos is a collection of images suspicious of finality. It opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
The Document Agenda: “An appropriate place for a bit of end-of-the-world hedonism”
Dubai relaunches a debauched luxury development, researchers uncover new secrets about Picasso's artistic practice, and scientists now understand the need for sleep better than ever.
The Antarctic’s icy spell becomes a tourism fantasy
The world's most inhospitable continent may be the next hospitality hot spot.
Lucid dreaming backstage with Sies Marjan
Sies Marjan and Sander Lak take Document inside of their varicolored fantasy
The Document Agenda: “A bridge between the minuscule quantum world and our macroscopic reality”
Japan's stubborn immigration policies, the story behind the science photo of the year, and volcanic ash might be material of the future.
The Document Agenda: “They could not escape time’s eraser”
The Tea Party's racialized language studied, Tech CEOs are making an end-times retreat in New Zealand, and avant-garde artist Jef Geys died at 83.
Andreas Laszlo Konrath on his photo “Untitled (Joe #11, Braces 1)”
Contact Sheet is Document's newest weekly installment on the story behind the images shaping our visual culture.
Tempting fate backstage with Vaquera
The New York label's FW18 extravaganza was equal parts Sin City and Sunday morning.
The Document Agenda: “A new way to participate in the growing experience”
The very vocal future of hydroponics, Silvo Berlusconi's animal instincts are political, and a visual study of cultural hegemony.
Cooler Heads
A word about all the changes taking place at Document Journal dot com.
The Document Agenda: “The biggest impact to the landscape is human activity”
Man-made climate change is measure in Kenya, Wolfgang Tillmans on his latest EP.
On Loan: Loose change from the enlightenment
This week, an exploration of the British Museum's archives yields a copper coin tells the story of England's ascent from the dark ages.
The Document Agenda: “Blooming, buzzing confusion”
Unseen beauty at the bottom of the Antarctic, Netflix's film still methodology, and the story of a mysterious radio station.
The Document Agenda: “We need more light”
Researchers make a case for 'more light,' Chinese police break out the facial surveillance glasses, and the truth about women in the U.K,'s grime scene.
