Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
Art Experimental pop duo NEW YORK’s ‘rapstar*’ maintains an artful anonymity Following the release of their sophomore album, Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba reflect on art, friendship, and their lo-fi influences
Art Maya Man and Sotce usher in a new generation of internet artists The pair sits down with Document to discuss their creative processes amidst the ever-changing climate of internet art
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Above the Fold In her latest collection for Aries, Sofia Prantera leans into nostalgia and naivete ...Nice Person became key themes of Aries’ Spring/Summer 2023 collection, which debuted during Paris Men’s week. The collection is comprised of five chapters, each dedicated... by Madeleine Beck Above the Fold Within the glitz of Hollywood Hills, Leyla Blue is finding her voice ...it,” Jastrow says. Their relationship fluctuates between best friends and boss-employee. Blue tells me that before Jastrow, producer Pompom was her best friend. Blue and... by Alessandra Schade Above the Fold Zegna’s Spring 2023 collection exists at the intersection of industrial and organic ...Ermenegildo Zegna in 1910, the show was the meeting point of the label’s patent elements: utility, organic material, and commitment to the highest standards of... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold JW Anderson’s latest menswear collection modernizes the self-portrait ...shoulders and interrupted by BMX handlebars, hoodies decorated with CDs, t-shirts punctured by can lids, and mohairs with broken skateboard hearts built in. The label’s... by Madison Bulnes Above the Fold ‘Spiderhead’ shows us what cinema gets wrong about the prison of the mind ...violence that Steve commits right or just? Spiderhead admirably raises difficult questions about prison as an institution and a real, material injustice. But ultimately it... by Noah Berlatsky Above the Fold FENDI’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a meditation on wanderlust ...freedom to play, as we rediscover the luxury of free time.” This ethos seamlessly carries into the FENDI Spring/Summer 2023 collection centering themes of wanderlust... by Madeleine Beck Above the Fold For Saint Levant, music is a means of creating home ...break down his creative methods, his cultural influences, and the release of his latest single, “One More Time.” Morgan Becker: How’d you first get into... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Document celebrates its 10-year anniversary at Costa Brazil’s SoHo pop-up A full display of the magazine’s archive complimented a sampling of Francisco Costa’s latest eco-minded, unisex scent... by Document Journal Conversations Perfume Genius expresses the indefinable on ‘Ugly Season’ ...Season, which adapts the music he composed for The Sun Still Burns Here to album form. A departure from the stylings for which he is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Ladyfag takes the underground rave scene to greater heights with LadyLand, a music festival celebrating queerness ...resulted in the creation of a flagrantly queer music festival now known as LadyLand. The festival, which holds its yearly residency at the Brooklyn Mirage,... by Tiana Randall Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...I thought I would go on testosterone and do a complete transition. Especially when I was a teenager, the fact that I was a “girl”—perceived... by Liara Roux Above the Fold In ‘Preacher’s Daughter,’ Ethel Cain creates her own gospel ...as a “vindictive, cult-like force.” Having come out as gay at age 12, she faced mounting intolerance from her community. “I genuinely had angry Christian... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The life and death of Blackhaine ...and colorless street maps flash violently before revealing Heyes stretched on the ground, a spot of white amidst the night. Blackhaine is dead. Heyes’s latest... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold NFT television is the latest attempt to manufacture token utility ...been the latest in a string of NFT-based web and streaming shows. Part-marketing vehicle, part-genuine attempt at scripted comedy, the show’s trailer depicts animated characters—all... by Cole Cahill At Large The art of cruising in the post-digital age ...effect similar to any other online environment. And the common back-and-forth of face pics and nudes leaves a saveable record. Compared to the public of... by Drew Zeiba At Large Living at Xanadu: Ten writers muse on Joan Didion’s literary legacy ...about what they want to say paradoxically makes them completely open to the idea of being edited. In the coming months, I would get used... by Morgan Becker At Large A war vocabulary: Displaced Ukrainians share fragmented stories of loss, trauma, and absurdity ...“There is the kitchen, you can take the food on the table.” At these words, they started crying. “You can take the food on the... by Ostap Slyvynsky Conversations The new coming of age, according to Ever Anderson and Diana Silvers ...queer characters. Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart is an example of this, energizing the beloved coming-of-age genre by mastering the art of inclusive casting without sacrificing comedy.... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Saint Laurent presents ‘SELF 07’: Six simultaneous international photo exhibitions ...the Birdhead collective. Each exhibition is free to the public and will be staged outdoors. Here, Document gives an overview of the project’s installations. Harry... by Madeleine Beck Conversations For Suzanne Lindon and Lukas Dhont, youth is an eternal muse ...I think the way I talk to the actors is to talk about freedom, and to try to understand at what point they’re going to... by Divya Bala At Large Mapping a modern trans bohemia in the borough of the flesh ...Her comic collection Apsara Engine contains a story, “Swandive,” in which two trans people meet at an architecture conference, go back to a hotel room—but... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Chasing lions: Inside the 2022 Venice Biennale ...jury seen as all-knowing, is hailed as a tastemaker award which shapes art history for years to come. Most of the 80 countries that come... by Justin Polera Conversations Little Simz subverts the exposure of stardom while standing in her own truth ...bracelets, and ring by Tiffany & Co. Imani Elizabeth Jackson: I want to ask how you’re feeling about your latest album. You got a lot... by Imani Elizabeth Jackson Conversations Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing ...mother, and was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Vuong’s mother reappears in his latest collection of poems, Time Is a Mother,... by Aaron Hicklin Conversations Oliver Sim and Xavier Dolan perceive a new world for queer youth ...where I felt like the best version of myself, and now I’m slightly tipping over into the dark side. But quite fun. How are you... by Tim Blanks Above the Fold Papooz and Stéphane Ashpool explore the intersections of style and sound ...be less common to them. I think something crazy can come out of them. Armand: Paris is such an incredibly beautiful city that I have... by Megan Hullander Conversations Ashton Sanders and Kimberly Drew on the inextricable link between art and chaos ...the character. You aren’t wrong about me being attracted to complex roles and complex stories. I can’t really pinpoint why I’m attracted to work like... by Kimberly Drew Above the Fold A beginner’s guide to Sidney Poitier, America’s first Black matinee star ...he influenced. Renowned director and comedian Jordan Peele cites Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as a major inspiration for his critically acclaimed horror satire Get... by Diego Sacramento Conversations Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron evaluate the changing landscape of science fiction ...script and I just could not believe how you could come up with all those different levels of relationships—it was just so complex, and yet... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Document Journal launches Summer/Pre-Fall 2022: A Coney Island of the Mind ...a world that is hardly recognizable from the one we knew several years ago. Where can emerging cultural phenomena and new ideas be found? Can... by Nick Vogelson Above the Fold Huguette Tolinga ties modern community with the tradition of Congolese percussion ...had to walk a lot before [younger female percussionists] could run!” Tolinga is one of those artists who creates with community in mind, and quite... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold For Hyd, music is a vessel for material transformation ...as a genius piece of anti-consumerist performance art. Produced by Caroline Polachek, A.G. Cook, Nomak, and umru, their latest endeavor Hyd features a mesmerizing combination... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Violette is reshaping personal beauty with a Parisian flair ...here to complete, not compete. The last thing I want to do is compete with another foundation that’s amazing already. How to be sustainable is... by Kayla Herrera-Daya Above the Fold P.H.F.’s playlist for finding mental purity before sunrise ...Locke, in his newest album Purest Hell, which was released today via Danger Collective Records. In September 2020, New Zealand’s music community was struck with... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Nep Sidhu’s ‘Paradox of Harmonics’ is a creative act of gratitude ...producers that have come from here have given me a lot. Building a show here with Jova Lynne, giving mid-career artists a space, commissioning new... by Peter Miklas Above the Fold Sunflower Bean embraces the here and now on ‘Headful of Sugar’ ...hold on what can still be tangibly experienced is central to the lyricism and philosophies of creation for New York’s Sunflower Bean, whose latest album,... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold In ‘To Die Alive,’ photographer Matthew Leifheit documents the erotic fever dream of Fire Island ...members of the gay community years before Stonewall and the reform that followed. It was an isolated place—free from police surveillance, once the last boat... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Balenciaga brings its new collection into the heart of American capitalism ...Street is now the latest American trope to work its way into Balenciaga, with its models wearing subverted versions of power suits and high ponytails... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold On ‘N2KY,’ MOSSY analyzes the relationships of post-adolescence ...I freeze up in the company of others, because you have to be very vulnerable to get up at the microphone in front of someone.... by Deren Owji Conversations Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture ...be completely outside of it. So much of what I love to write is using conventional systems in order to seduce the reader into a... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold In the Cayman Islands, the Batabano Festival brings creative communities together ...Jonathan Johnson. The night before the festival, Trinidadian filmmaker Maya Cozier hosted a screening of her latest film She Paradise, and in its height, DJs... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Kevin Morby makes friends with the dead on ‘This Is A Photograph’ ...influenced by another band that was influenced once by the Pixies. I think that music in general is the greatest example of people borrowing ideas.... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold The false promise of payment plans sends Gen Z into debt I like to think of myself as mildly competent when it comes to finances—at least for someone of my age without any real fiscal education... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Remembering Ron Galella, the godfather of American paparazzi “It’s a superior picture, like Da Vinci’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa,” wrote Ron Galella on his best-known photograph, Windblown Jackie. He remembers spotting... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Cookie Mueller’s cult classic writings gain a second life in an intimate reissue ...she writes. The original version was published as a memoir in 1990 after Mueller died of AIDS-related complications, but subsequently fell out of print and... by Meka Boyle Above the Fold Peter LaBier’s paintings reckon with the freedoms and limitations of lockdown ...crescendoing musical notes, soaring birds lost in expanses of cloud. Outstretched hands reaching for something undefined, or just out of frame. A Shot May Be... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Ten young Ukrainians on how the war has changed their lives ...16 years old. I was alone, and I hated that I had an accent—people could tell that I wasn’t from Poland. It wasn’t my decision... by Peter Miklas Above the Fold Let’s Eat Grandma may have actually eaten your grandma ...communicating the way that we’re growing into individuals and all these things, when we weren’t really able to have conversations about it. A lot of... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold How The Satanic Temple became a source of social justice ...September 2021 that it would invoke the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to combat Texas’s controversial anti-abortion law. Commonly known as the “heartbeat bill,” the law... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold beabadoobee finds company in herself on ‘Beatopia’ Her latest single ‘See You Soon’ explores the artist’s shroom-induced drive to spend time with herself... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold In her latest collection for Aries, Sofia Prantera leans into nostalgia and naivete ...Nice Person became key themes of Aries’ Spring/Summer 2023 collection, which debuted during Paris Men’s week. The collection is comprised of five chapters, each dedicated... by Madeleine Beck
Above the Fold Within the glitz of Hollywood Hills, Leyla Blue is finding her voice ...it,” Jastrow says. Their relationship fluctuates between best friends and boss-employee. Blue tells me that before Jastrow, producer Pompom was her best friend. Blue and... by Alessandra Schade
Above the Fold Zegna’s Spring 2023 collection exists at the intersection of industrial and organic ...Ermenegildo Zegna in 1910, the show was the meeting point of the label’s patent elements: utility, organic material, and commitment to the highest standards of... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold JW Anderson’s latest menswear collection modernizes the self-portrait ...shoulders and interrupted by BMX handlebars, hoodies decorated with CDs, t-shirts punctured by can lids, and mohairs with broken skateboard hearts built in. The label’s... by Madison Bulnes
Above the Fold ‘Spiderhead’ shows us what cinema gets wrong about the prison of the mind ...violence that Steve commits right or just? Spiderhead admirably raises difficult questions about prison as an institution and a real, material injustice. But ultimately it... by Noah Berlatsky
Above the Fold FENDI’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a meditation on wanderlust ...freedom to play, as we rediscover the luxury of free time.” This ethos seamlessly carries into the FENDI Spring/Summer 2023 collection centering themes of wanderlust... by Madeleine Beck
Above the Fold For Saint Levant, music is a means of creating home ...break down his creative methods, his cultural influences, and the release of his latest single, “One More Time.” Morgan Becker: How’d you first get into... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Document celebrates its 10-year anniversary at Costa Brazil’s SoHo pop-up A full display of the magazine’s archive complimented a sampling of Francisco Costa’s latest eco-minded, unisex scent... by Document Journal
Conversations Perfume Genius expresses the indefinable on ‘Ugly Season’ ...Season, which adapts the music he composed for The Sun Still Burns Here to album form. A departure from the stylings for which he is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Ladyfag takes the underground rave scene to greater heights with LadyLand, a music festival celebrating queerness ...resulted in the creation of a flagrantly queer music festival now known as LadyLand. The festival, which holds its yearly residency at the Brooklyn Mirage,... by Tiana Randall
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...I thought I would go on testosterone and do a complete transition. Especially when I was a teenager, the fact that I was a “girl”—perceived... by Liara Roux
Above the Fold In ‘Preacher’s Daughter,’ Ethel Cain creates her own gospel ...as a “vindictive, cult-like force.” Having come out as gay at age 12, she faced mounting intolerance from her community. “I genuinely had angry Christian... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The life and death of Blackhaine ...and colorless street maps flash violently before revealing Heyes stretched on the ground, a spot of white amidst the night. Blackhaine is dead. Heyes’s latest... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold NFT television is the latest attempt to manufacture token utility ...been the latest in a string of NFT-based web and streaming shows. Part-marketing vehicle, part-genuine attempt at scripted comedy, the show’s trailer depicts animated characters—all... by Cole Cahill
At Large The art of cruising in the post-digital age ...effect similar to any other online environment. And the common back-and-forth of face pics and nudes leaves a saveable record. Compared to the public of... by Drew Zeiba
At Large Living at Xanadu: Ten writers muse on Joan Didion’s literary legacy ...about what they want to say paradoxically makes them completely open to the idea of being edited. In the coming months, I would get used... by Morgan Becker
At Large A war vocabulary: Displaced Ukrainians share fragmented stories of loss, trauma, and absurdity ...“There is the kitchen, you can take the food on the table.” At these words, they started crying. “You can take the food on the... by Ostap Slyvynsky
Conversations The new coming of age, according to Ever Anderson and Diana Silvers ...queer characters. Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart is an example of this, energizing the beloved coming-of-age genre by mastering the art of inclusive casting without sacrificing comedy.... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Saint Laurent presents ‘SELF 07’: Six simultaneous international photo exhibitions ...the Birdhead collective. Each exhibition is free to the public and will be staged outdoors. Here, Document gives an overview of the project’s installations. Harry... by Madeleine Beck
Conversations For Suzanne Lindon and Lukas Dhont, youth is an eternal muse ...I think the way I talk to the actors is to talk about freedom, and to try to understand at what point they’re going to... by Divya Bala
At Large Mapping a modern trans bohemia in the borough of the flesh ...Her comic collection Apsara Engine contains a story, “Swandive,” in which two trans people meet at an architecture conference, go back to a hotel room—but... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Chasing lions: Inside the 2022 Venice Biennale ...jury seen as all-knowing, is hailed as a tastemaker award which shapes art history for years to come. Most of the 80 countries that come... by Justin Polera
Conversations Little Simz subverts the exposure of stardom while standing in her own truth ...bracelets, and ring by Tiffany & Co. Imani Elizabeth Jackson: I want to ask how you’re feeling about your latest album. You got a lot... by Imani Elizabeth Jackson
Conversations Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing ...mother, and was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Vuong’s mother reappears in his latest collection of poems, Time Is a Mother,... by Aaron Hicklin
Conversations Oliver Sim and Xavier Dolan perceive a new world for queer youth ...where I felt like the best version of myself, and now I’m slightly tipping over into the dark side. But quite fun. How are you... by Tim Blanks
Above the Fold Papooz and Stéphane Ashpool explore the intersections of style and sound ...be less common to them. I think something crazy can come out of them. Armand: Paris is such an incredibly beautiful city that I have... by Megan Hullander
Conversations Ashton Sanders and Kimberly Drew on the inextricable link between art and chaos ...the character. You aren’t wrong about me being attracted to complex roles and complex stories. I can’t really pinpoint why I’m attracted to work like... by Kimberly Drew
Above the Fold A beginner’s guide to Sidney Poitier, America’s first Black matinee star ...he influenced. Renowned director and comedian Jordan Peele cites Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as a major inspiration for his critically acclaimed horror satire Get... by Diego Sacramento
Conversations Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron evaluate the changing landscape of science fiction ...script and I just could not believe how you could come up with all those different levels of relationships—it was just so complex, and yet... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Document Journal launches Summer/Pre-Fall 2022: A Coney Island of the Mind ...a world that is hardly recognizable from the one we knew several years ago. Where can emerging cultural phenomena and new ideas be found? Can... by Nick Vogelson
Above the Fold Huguette Tolinga ties modern community with the tradition of Congolese percussion ...had to walk a lot before [younger female percussionists] could run!” Tolinga is one of those artists who creates with community in mind, and quite... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold For Hyd, music is a vessel for material transformation ...as a genius piece of anti-consumerist performance art. Produced by Caroline Polachek, A.G. Cook, Nomak, and umru, their latest endeavor Hyd features a mesmerizing combination... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Violette is reshaping personal beauty with a Parisian flair ...here to complete, not compete. The last thing I want to do is compete with another foundation that’s amazing already. How to be sustainable is... by Kayla Herrera-Daya
Above the Fold P.H.F.’s playlist for finding mental purity before sunrise ...Locke, in his newest album Purest Hell, which was released today via Danger Collective Records. In September 2020, New Zealand’s music community was struck with... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Nep Sidhu’s ‘Paradox of Harmonics’ is a creative act of gratitude ...producers that have come from here have given me a lot. Building a show here with Jova Lynne, giving mid-career artists a space, commissioning new... by Peter Miklas
Above the Fold Sunflower Bean embraces the here and now on ‘Headful of Sugar’ ...hold on what can still be tangibly experienced is central to the lyricism and philosophies of creation for New York’s Sunflower Bean, whose latest album,... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold In ‘To Die Alive,’ photographer Matthew Leifheit documents the erotic fever dream of Fire Island ...members of the gay community years before Stonewall and the reform that followed. It was an isolated place—free from police surveillance, once the last boat... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Balenciaga brings its new collection into the heart of American capitalism ...Street is now the latest American trope to work its way into Balenciaga, with its models wearing subverted versions of power suits and high ponytails... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold On ‘N2KY,’ MOSSY analyzes the relationships of post-adolescence ...I freeze up in the company of others, because you have to be very vulnerable to get up at the microphone in front of someone.... by Deren Owji
Conversations Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture ...be completely outside of it. So much of what I love to write is using conventional systems in order to seduce the reader into a... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold In the Cayman Islands, the Batabano Festival brings creative communities together ...Jonathan Johnson. The night before the festival, Trinidadian filmmaker Maya Cozier hosted a screening of her latest film She Paradise, and in its height, DJs... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Kevin Morby makes friends with the dead on ‘This Is A Photograph’ ...influenced by another band that was influenced once by the Pixies. I think that music in general is the greatest example of people borrowing ideas.... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold The false promise of payment plans sends Gen Z into debt I like to think of myself as mildly competent when it comes to finances—at least for someone of my age without any real fiscal education... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Remembering Ron Galella, the godfather of American paparazzi “It’s a superior picture, like Da Vinci’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa,” wrote Ron Galella on his best-known photograph, Windblown Jackie. He remembers spotting... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Cookie Mueller’s cult classic writings gain a second life in an intimate reissue ...she writes. The original version was published as a memoir in 1990 after Mueller died of AIDS-related complications, but subsequently fell out of print and... by Meka Boyle
Above the Fold Peter LaBier’s paintings reckon with the freedoms and limitations of lockdown ...crescendoing musical notes, soaring birds lost in expanses of cloud. Outstretched hands reaching for something undefined, or just out of frame. A Shot May Be... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Ten young Ukrainians on how the war has changed their lives ...16 years old. I was alone, and I hated that I had an accent—people could tell that I wasn’t from Poland. It wasn’t my decision... by Peter Miklas
Above the Fold Let’s Eat Grandma may have actually eaten your grandma ...communicating the way that we’re growing into individuals and all these things, when we weren’t really able to have conversations about it. A lot of... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold How The Satanic Temple became a source of social justice ...September 2021 that it would invoke the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to combat Texas’s controversial anti-abortion law. Commonly known as the “heartbeat bill,” the law... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold beabadoobee finds company in herself on ‘Beatopia’ Her latest single ‘See You Soon’ explores the artist’s shroom-induced drive to spend time with herself... by Megan Hullander