
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.
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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.

The Document Agenda: “An approach that is better aware of uncertainty is more reliable”
Uncertainty might help with making better decisions, a Vantablack house is built for the Winter Olympics, those who contemplate the future are better at waiting.

Raf Simons has the prescription for ‘youth in motion’
The Belgian designer fused nods to rave culture and Flemish feasts, while acknowledging the deep influences of New York City culture in his FW18 presentation.

Ryker Allen looks at the upcoming models of New York Fashion Week Men’s
Seeing the new look of the next generation of models at New York Men's Fashion Week.

The Document Agenda: “Time is not at all something that is an immutable truth”
Director Agnes Varda sends the Academy of Motion Pictures a cut-out of her face, the first Britons may have actually been black, and Facebook’s algorithms...

The Document Agenda: “Like reality, but distorted”
Youtube algorithms are biased, traffic noise can disrupt you on the molecular level, and healthy food tastes better when it looks better.

The ‘Soul of a Nation’ comes to a small corner of America’s heartland
The groundbreaking Tate Modern show comes, of all places, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas

The cryptocurrency revolution begins to fray
Is one of the most-hyped advancements in technology beginning to wreak havoc?

Museums are gradually practicing the art of embracing women’s stories
Museums in the UK are removing stereotypical representations of the female form and replacing them with stories of female empowerment

The Vatican is looking to capitalize on Andy Warhol’s closeted Catholicism
A retrospective of the artist's "spiritual works" will be featured in a joint exhibition by the Vatican and The Andy Warhol Museum in 2019

PFW18: Viktor & Rolf’s couture is a meticulous cultural commentary
The Dutch "fashion artists" can't just do style for style's sake

Hobby Lobby can’t stop smuggling Mesopotamian artifacts
The Justice Department has requested another 245 artifacts smuggled out of Iraq

The Dutch Fashion Police are scanning the streets for Gucci and Rolex
Police in Rotterdam will soon be on the hunt for “Big Rolexes" and "Gucci jackets"

The epidemic ravaging the developed world? Loneliness.
Social atomization, separated families and lack of physical contact between people are creating a spike of loneliness across the U.S. and U.K.

The #resistance might be great for your career says study
Civic engagement is, unsurprisingly, a good thing for individuals

FW18: Luxury is the go with Fendi’s accessories for men
It's fitting considering the fashion house started as an accessories boutique back in 1918

Cape Town is at risk of running out of water by April
South Africa's second-largest city has nearly drained its reservoirs

Algorithms could aid in the successful integration of refugees
Researchers have produced an algorithm that processes multiple factors to formalize the perfect match between a migrant and a location

German linguistics declare ‘alternative facts’ as the most offensive word of the year
It's the first time an American-born term has won the dubious honor

New York City reviews its “symbols of hate,” removes only one
The statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims will be relocated to Green-Wood Cemetery

Massimo Giorgetti and MSGM are Italian fashion for a new generation
"It’s fashion, but it’s important that it is still believable."

The latest health trend for affluent Americans is tracking sleep
And no one can say why they're doing it

CVS bans the airbrush on its beauty products
And introduces the "beauty mark" for brands that retouch

South Korea Wants to Ban Bitcoin Trading Because It’s a Lot Like Gambling
The regulatory move would be among the first of its kind

The Country’s Top Museum Curators Have Very Little to Say About the Current Political Climate
Despite using a lot of words

LFWM 2018: Edward Crutchley Isn’t a Menswear Company
Almost all of the British designer's latest collection is for everyone

Gucci Opens a Restaurant in the Latest Example of Fashion’s Enduring Obsession With Food
Haute couture meets haute cuisine

LFWM 2018: Cottweiler Wants to Make Sportswear to Obsess Over
"Sportswear has just always been something to do sport in and not something to look at and to touch."

Job Automation Might Cut Wages For a Lot of New Yorkers
A report estimates that $92 billion could be cut

The NYPD is Attempting to Obtain the ‘Entire Digital History’ of a Minor
The department has requested contacts, e-mails, history and other digital documentation

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Curated by some of our nearest and dearest collaborators

Converse Gives the Fastbreak Mid Zip a Utilitarian Update
Converse gives it's iconic shoe a makeover.

What Will Take the Place of Beauty?
Document alum Max Hirschberger sets the unlikely against the traditional in this web-exclusive editorial.

Jack Pierson Explores the Depth of Connection in The Hunger Years
In The Hunger Years, Jack Pierson views his friends and lovers with the same tender gaze.

Hermès Continues Their Mastery of the Luxury Home
Hermès expands into a line of furnishing fabrics and wallpapers with an interactive launch party.

“Not Yours”: A New Film by Document and Diane Russo
The filmmaker pays homage to the vital history of democracy’s one true lifeblood: a revolutionary spirit that reinforces that protest is timeless.

Transient Hedonism at Blind Man’s Ball
On the search for pleasure and temporary intimacy, costume clad New Yorkers swarmed a dilapidated Yonkers mansion for Blind Man's Ball.

Fashion Superstars in the Eyes of Drew Jarrett
Drew Jarrett reveals his intimate snapshots of ’90s fashion icons in his book 1994.

Volez, Voguez, Voyagez Has Landed in New York
Fashion curator and historian Olivier Saillard explores the storied legacy of Louis Vuitton in the American debut of Volez, Voguez, Voyagez.

An Optimistic Escape: Backstage Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018

Maria Cornejo’s Family Affair
Maria Cornejo celebrates nearly 20 years of her eponymous brand.
