Finding faith in the face of ‘Natural Disaster’
Bethany Cosentino—formerly of Best Coast—speaks on her Americana-steeped solo project, built to let her vocals shine
Daytripping: Beautiful feedback
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark attends a Suzanne Ciani concert, and gets thinking on information theory and control
‘je t’adore’ is a rhinestone-encrusted exploration of erotica
At Yancey Richardson, artist Mickalene Thomas engenders a stratified approach to the Black body as narrative
Desired Scenes: Claudia Dey cuts to the core of ‘Daughter’
The author speaks on her latest novel, centering the pleasures, pains, and universalities of the family drama
Nike Women took to the streets for New York Fashion Week
The sportswear brand hosted a Brooklyn block party to showcase its latest designs, promoting movement as a form of expression
FFORME’s inaugural New York show was an exercise in observation
Document offers a glimpse at the lead-up to Paul Helbers’s highly-anticipated Spring/Summer 2024 presentation
Jason Wu’s ‘Solstice’ lives between a sunken paradise and the city streets
For Spring/Summer 2024, the designer took a botanical approach, setting his signatures in another world
Genesis according to Lauren Groff
Upon the release of ‘The Vaster Wilds,’ the author talks archival interventions, iambic pentameter, and historical fiction’s bad reputation
Parsons’s MFA Show was a labor of love
At the Brooklyn Museum, the next generation of designers speaks on storytelling, boundary-pushing, and the lessons they’ve collected thus far
Peter Do’s Helmut Lang seeks broader horizons
The designer’s debut for the New York mainstay riffed on its aesthetic history, with the yellow taxi as its universal vehicle
We11done’s ethereal return to the runway
Founders Jessica Jung and Dami Kwon turned to their childhoods for Seoul Fashion Week, recalling and reforming the architectures and uniforms of their pasts
Inside ALL DOLLED UP, New York’s first trans-only strip club experience
Curated by Ruby Zarsky and produced by Unter, the pop-up pushed back against the exclusionary policies that prevent trans women from working the pole
The superstructure behind Yiyun Li’s fiction
In elegiac, lyrical, wry, snarky, and wonderfully plain-spoken prose, the author crafts characters through conversational pairs
Andrea Ferrero’s sculptures give the audience something to chew on
The artist’s chocolate ruins are meant to be activated, celebrated, and, ultimately, digested
Overheard at Cultural Counsel and Wet Paint’s Armory Show soirée
Document took to Jean’s, collecting cocktails, cheek kisses, and art-world gossip
George Rouy’s riotous canvases grapple with the carnal
‘Endless Songs,’ on view at Nicola Vassell, renders artwork imbued with life’s contradictory essence
The convivial spirit of Seth Fountain
Meet the artist who Photoshopped his way into internet infamy, using memes and merch to support his paintings
Reckoning with the compound
An unfamiliar way of designing community underlines the siloing and distrust that mark American culture
Róisín Pierce revives the language of lace
The designer speaks with Document on her unique philosophy, shunning the moodboard, and finding resilience in softness
Mastercard’s policies are a danger to sex workers, and your freedom of speech
The ACLU has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, urging an investigation into its discriminatory practices
Carmen Winant’s ‘The last safe abortion’ depicts overlooked networks of labor
The artist’s latest photo exhibition creates a visual language countering that of the anti-choice movement
Behind the spirit of Snõõper
The Nashville-based band walks Document through their summer tour, untangling their intent in the process
The micro-trends we never asked for
Media coverage implies that ‘tomato girl summer’ and ‘blueberry milk nails’ are being embraced on TikTok—but the girlies aren’t so sure
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in August
From canned wine to Japanese novellas to electro-pop hits, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Touring house with Terry Hunter
The renowned DJ and producer shares his nostalgic pick-ups at Gramaphone Records, ahead of his performance at this year’s ARC Music Festival
Claire A. Nivola’s ‘The House in the Country’ reckons with the past, and leaves it behind
Between mulberry picking and rubbing shoulders with the art-world elite, the book finds universality within an extraordinary childhood
Digging in the crates with Chicago’s Mike Dunn
Ahead of his set at ARC Music Festival, the legendary DJ and hip-house pioneer pays a visit to Gramaphone Records
Staying true to FFORME
Creative Director Paul Helbers joins Document to muse on subverting with subtraction, and his self-assured style that need not raise its voice
Daytripping: Big Gay Summer
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark reflects on the queer crowds of the Island, the Beach, and the Campout
Richie Culver dives into the witch’s cradle
The artist offers a few words on what was intended to be his inaugural wordless project, ‘Alive in the Living Room’
For the love of a good doll
Traversing the uncanny valley with Pasha Setrova of Pasha Pasha, a preeminent designer of the ball-jointed doll community
On ‘Dystopia Girl’, Harmony plays dress-up
The singer-songwriter tells Document all about making “emotional, philosophical” indie pop music on her debut solo EP
‘Dear Jean Pierre’ is a portrait of a young man on fire
In its collection of approximately 300 letters, postcards, sketches, Xeroxes, and photographs, the book charts a young man finding himself through art, love, and loss
untitled (halo)’s “Spiral” lives in the margins
Premiering with Document, The Los Angeles trio’s single is a testament to the warm impalpability of young adulthood
‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy
Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office
Objects of Desire: BVLGARI’s Serpenti Top Handle Handbag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
AI art can’t be copyrighted, according to a federal judge
Amidst SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, last week’s ruling indicates a sea change in the AI intellectual property debate
Amelia Winger-Bearskin renders climate optimism with technology
Following a showcase in group exhibition ‘ANTI•VENOM,’ the artist joins Document to discuss her AI-influenced creative practice
Friends With Benefits’s dizzying attempt at utopia
The crypto collective’s festival for the new internet scene ventures to transcend today’s technological hellscape, bringing forums (and paywalls) to IRL spaces
‘An Indigenous Present’ is the the bedrock of its own conversation
Ideated by renowned artist Jeffrey Gibson, the landmark artbook builds roots from the Indigenous creative community
Laying the line with Róisín Murphy
The Irish singer-songwriter’s album with DJ Koze, ‘Hit Parade,’ is an exploration into the sonic undercurrents of all that shimmers
‘The Love Invention’ is transportive, loud, spontaneous euphoria
Document hears from Alison Goldfrapp at the start of a new journey: destination unknown, but the music is the portal
Excavating the missing girl—or, at least, the idea of her
‘Brutes’ and ‘All-Night Pharmacy’ destroy the canonical bad girl, allowing for pure(r) heroines to emerge
TikTok’s “mind-reading” algorithm is about to change
The app’s new opt-out policy for EU users is a step forward for cognitive liberty—but will it stop users from trading privacy for entertainment?
Parsing the Willyverse
Toronto photographer William Ukoh’s first solo show, ‘JANGILOVA,’ is a quest for unfettered independence
A preternatural attraction to cuteness
From Gwen Stefani’s faux Japaneseness to the age of J-fashion TikTok, a Western fascination with the other endures across subcultures
Motherhood at the end of the world
In ‘The Quickening,’ Elizabeth Rush contemplates parenting and procreation amid Antarctica’s rapidly vanishing ice sheets
cumgirl8’s “cursed angel” is grade-A, farm-fresh whimsy
Directed by Peter Kaaden, the video, premiering with Document, is an emphatic meditation on “slipping out of reality”
For Robert Roest, snarling dogs aren’t always angry
The painter's ongoing show at bridddge gallery invites audiences to distrust their senses—both in the clouds and the jaws of the beast
