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Above the Fold Taja Cheek makes curation a collaborative art ...where the ‘bridge’ part comes in. Just in conversations with friends who are artists, for example, I feel like I can sometimes help them understand... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Richard Kennedy and Rashonda Reeves turn Performance Space New York into a ‘Divine Disco’ ...brown velour, clearly comfortable on the mic after the success of the Harlem Renaissance fever dream he brought to Performance Space for last year’s gala.... by Journey Streams Above the Fold Illuminations by the roadside: Russell Sharon’s watercolor ‘Wildflowers’ ...an artist and he can wear whatever he wants.” Wildflowers—on view at Hal Bromm Gallery gallery until March 31—is Sharon’s latest solo show of 22... by Elroy Rosenberg Above the Fold Best in show: PFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...is about my present state of mind,” wrote Rei Kawakubo in a press release for Rei Kawakubo’s latest collection for Comme des Garçons. “I have... by Document Journal Above the Fold Mamie Green explores consciousness and family in ‘Glass House’ In the artist and dancer’s latest performance piece, LA is a vortex, the stage a home, and the audience her kin... by Alec Niedenthal Above the Fold Pol of Paris: fashion by day, erotic illustration by night ...their free time. Eric: Ok, speaking of Paris, are there spots that you like to watch or find men? Pol: In Paris, one of the... by Eric Schwartau Above the Fold Stone Island’s not-so-distant future ...and Nike. Rivetti’s latest mission for the brand, which has been under majority ownership of Moncler since 2020, has been to activate its devout fashion... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Fine Print: A Tale of One City ...want to be provocative, but I am conflicted. Before publishing I must go through the manuscript and redact slurs,” reads Peter Vack’s story “Sillyboy” in... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Inside Saint Laurent’s secret Fall/Winter 2024 menswear show ...in Saint Laurent’s secret Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 show. An instrumental version of Phil Collins’s “In The Air Tonight” played as the warm glow from behind... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold The Frankie Shop turns the show room into a board room ...latest campaign, conceived by New York-based cultural collective Unemployed Agency and photographed by Collier Schorr. In one of the images, the actress sits in one... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold The life and death of online platforms ...the free labor of users, which is then leveraged for profit by owners of infrastructure. “The best website, the best way to stay visible and... by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei Above the Fold Katie Rex explores LA Art Week’s city-wide impact ...terminally relaxed ambiance. Activities had visitors racking up abysmally long ride-share receipts heading from Frieze in Santa Monica, to gallery walk-throughs in Melrose Hill in... by Katie Rex Above the Fold Pleasure-seeking: On my ex’s exes ...it doesn’t necessarily mean something.’ I didn’t realize how much of it was compulsory heterosexuality.” Coined by Adrienne Rich in a 1980 essay, the term... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Best in show: MFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...the dress’s bias? A preoccupation with details is what makes a great collection, when that kind of radical focus emerges from measured desire, rather than... by Document Journal Above the Fold Can Botox help you live longer? ...it all for TikTok, and a “refresh station” lined with medical-grade skincare products to test out. The space even has an art collection curated by... by Dalya Benor Above the Fold Sharing glances at Cédric Rivrain’s ‘Poussière’ The artist’s latest exhibition demands connection between painting and viewer... by Will Allstetter Above the Fold Style, sustainability, and social democracy: Inside CIFF, Copenhagen’s International Fashion Fair ...turns into a critique of work-from-home culture, when a model holding a computer ditches the runway to sit in one of the faux-Eames aluminum chairs.... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Announcing Anita Bitton, Document Journal’s Casting Director ...this for? Then we look at the history. We present a historical version and a modern version, and we say, ‘This would be wild, let’s... by Nick Vogelson Above the Fold Emanuel Admassu and Anita N. Bateman’s ‘Where is Africa?’ forges a new framework for postcolonial artistic dialogue ...with questions and ideologies about Africa’s representation at large. The statement exists to critically probe the poetic socialities of African and African-diasporic identities. The pair... by Olisa Tasie-Amadi Jr. Above the Fold MGMT finds solace on ‘Loss of Life’ Indie pop duo Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser sit down with Document to discuss their latest record... by Conor Hudnut Above the Fold In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection Guns are iPhones, as drones are people, as influencers are actors. Visual artist and director Keren Cytter makes these comparisons cinematic at the 74th Berlinale,... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Best in show: LFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...matched in playfulness by the long, gathered-pleat polka dot skirt beneath it. In all, this latest collection recalled Rothko with its layering: a contrast of... by Document Journal Above the Fold Best in show: NYFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...enough to be charming but not mannered; in Altuzarra’s latest collection, nostalgia perfumes every look in the best way. Image credit: Don Ashby. Puppets and... by Document Journal Above the Fold ‘Queues’ by Louis Osmosis serializes artistic epiphany ...I wanted to use that same model of redundancy. So I just thought, Imma use a big, free image of freedom. Maya: Freedom is free.... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration ...our willing suspension of disbelief. They’re committed to weaving endless possibilities of character, geography, and fiction into persuasively coherent painted worlds, which are strengthened by... by Minh Le Above the Fold Area’s anatomy of an eye ...Area runs a comprehensive vision test on the concept of viewership: “unveiling a world of new perspectives shared by the crucial role of our audience.... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Fine Print: Can two writers handle real life together? ...I asked, of the first draft, “Do you really think you should publish this?” He responded by beginning the second version, “We had come to... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Document Journal celebrate at the Boom atop The Standard, High Line ...into the space: lounging at tables and perusing Document’s latest issue, or else pulling each other onto the crowded dance floor. The event drew celebrity... by Document Journal Above the Fold Backstage at Willy Chavarria’s last supper Willy Chavarria’s clothes are an expression of his sacred kind of love, one that comprises his California roots, the refined high-mindedness of his adopted home... by Elroy Rosenberg Above the Fold Peter Do’s sophomore show at Helmut Lang is a tableau of modern reverence ...of diversity that feels important to Lang’s heritage and all the more relevant today. Before the show, Document peeks backstage to capture Do’s latest collection... by Minh Le Above the Fold This season, Moncler Grenoble takes to the alps ...voluminously shaggy duvet coats with cozy sheepskin accents. The “open-air experience” of Moncler Grenoble’s latest creates an intimate experience, whose high-concept winterwear is proven best... by Nick Vogelson Above the Fold Archive Chives’s latest restaurant takeover is a brothy success ...steamy, and most importantly, the heart of the menu beat in every dish. To pick the “best” items would be a bit of a Sophie’s... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold 120 bpm: How can we go on raving at a time like this? ...at a time like this? On October 23, Juarez Petrillo, founder of Universo Paralello, the organizer of the Supernova Sukkot Gathering in Re’im, announced the... by Evan Moffitt Above the Fold Skemer’s “Kiss Me Kill Me” is a serpentine dream Brutal, but not cruel. Gothic, but not contrived. Emotional, but not sappy. These are the tensions at play in Skemer’s latest full-length album, Toasts &... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Kaur Alia Ahmed crafts poetry in three dimensions with ‘sky, harp’ ...and making stuff is completely spiritual to me. I don’t picture a guy in the sky telling me to do it, but I feel an... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Best in show: Couture Week Spring 2024 ...couture collections in this dispatch from Paris. Dior “Tracing aura”—this is how creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri chooses to create the lines for Dior’s latest... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need ...Moshfegh’s latest book Lapvona, which explores the role of religion in a corrupt medieval fiefdom. At the time of writing, she was re-evaluating her own... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Daytripping: Vibe editor ...looks before you. I’d be with my best friend at the time, Louis—he was the reason I’d come to New York. He decided he wanted... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Best in show: Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 Fashion Week—Paris ...last week, Document Journal shares its roundup of the best and brightest Men’s Fashion Week shows from the heart of the French fashion capital. Dior... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold A glimpse through Frederick Wiseman’s enduring lens ...2011 Parisian nightclub—to the American welfare system (Welfare, 1975). Wiseman’s latest, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros—which he counts as tangential to his series on institutions—is his first... by Anabel Gullo Above the Fold Best in show: Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 Fashion Week—Milan ...Alessandro Sartori constructs what he calls an “open system made of elements that can be layered and combined in many ways.” Freedom comes from the... by Colin Boyle and Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Doni Nahmias brings archive-driven design to the NHL ...likely sports-related. For fashion designer Doni Nahmias, this idiosyncratic language is central to latest endeavor, a new line of leisurewear for the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes.... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Beach Fossils frontman Dustin Payseur shares the songs that carried him through tour ...most calming and beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Bowery Electric is the greatest combination [of] shoegaze and trip-hop. The song is a perfect ambient track... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The Shoptimist: What it is, what it was, what it should cost ...and Hulu and Max and Paramount Plus and Peacock and Tubi and Mubi, people used to head to BestBuy or the liquor store bootlegger to... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Daytripping: Conventions of Care ...The older ones are much more focused. They’re keenly aware that the chances to learn something for your own pleasure and development doesn’t come around... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold An American in Paris: Casey Cadwallader’s Mugler ...as the creative director for his iconic namesake label, was interested to get to know the American more. “I think the way I would describe... by Christopher Blackmon Above the Fold 50 years at church with the Poetry Project ...years from 30-odd readings in its inaugural edition to a day-long affair featuring 150 performances this latest iteration, a beatnik spectacle combining free jazz, modern... by Whitney Mallett Above the Fold Daytripping: Christmas for pagans ...this existence. And so there would just be a marvelous moment of abundance, gathered around our tree, come Christmas day. In our version of the... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold ‘The Iron Claw’ goes for the emotional jugular ...a similar childhood wonder watching the Von Erich brothers compete live. He recalls tracking down VHS tapes of their fights in England, falling in love... by Jayne O'Dwyer Above the Fold On heaven, hell, and nothingness in Miami Beach ...glancing at the protest like a marginally compelling painting by a vaguely recognizable artist. Two men observing the display paused their animated conversation about Gaza... by Teddy Duncan Jr.
Above the Fold Taja Cheek makes curation a collaborative art ...where the ‘bridge’ part comes in. Just in conversations with friends who are artists, for example, I feel like I can sometimes help them understand... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Richard Kennedy and Rashonda Reeves turn Performance Space New York into a ‘Divine Disco’ ...brown velour, clearly comfortable on the mic after the success of the Harlem Renaissance fever dream he brought to Performance Space for last year’s gala.... by Journey Streams
Above the Fold Illuminations by the roadside: Russell Sharon’s watercolor ‘Wildflowers’ ...an artist and he can wear whatever he wants.” Wildflowers—on view at Hal Bromm Gallery gallery until March 31—is Sharon’s latest solo show of 22... by Elroy Rosenberg
Above the Fold Best in show: PFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...is about my present state of mind,” wrote Rei Kawakubo in a press release for Rei Kawakubo’s latest collection for Comme des Garçons. “I have... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Mamie Green explores consciousness and family in ‘Glass House’ In the artist and dancer’s latest performance piece, LA is a vortex, the stage a home, and the audience her kin... by Alec Niedenthal
Above the Fold Pol of Paris: fashion by day, erotic illustration by night ...their free time. Eric: Ok, speaking of Paris, are there spots that you like to watch or find men? Pol: In Paris, one of the... by Eric Schwartau
Above the Fold Stone Island’s not-so-distant future ...and Nike. Rivetti’s latest mission for the brand, which has been under majority ownership of Moncler since 2020, has been to activate its devout fashion... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Fine Print: A Tale of One City ...want to be provocative, but I am conflicted. Before publishing I must go through the manuscript and redact slurs,” reads Peter Vack’s story “Sillyboy” in... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Inside Saint Laurent’s secret Fall/Winter 2024 menswear show ...in Saint Laurent’s secret Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 show. An instrumental version of Phil Collins’s “In The Air Tonight” played as the warm glow from behind... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold The Frankie Shop turns the show room into a board room ...latest campaign, conceived by New York-based cultural collective Unemployed Agency and photographed by Collier Schorr. In one of the images, the actress sits in one... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold The life and death of online platforms ...the free labor of users, which is then leveraged for profit by owners of infrastructure. “The best website, the best way to stay visible and... by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei
Above the Fold Katie Rex explores LA Art Week’s city-wide impact ...terminally relaxed ambiance. Activities had visitors racking up abysmally long ride-share receipts heading from Frieze in Santa Monica, to gallery walk-throughs in Melrose Hill in... by Katie Rex
Above the Fold Pleasure-seeking: On my ex’s exes ...it doesn’t necessarily mean something.’ I didn’t realize how much of it was compulsory heterosexuality.” Coined by Adrienne Rich in a 1980 essay, the term... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Best in show: MFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...the dress’s bias? A preoccupation with details is what makes a great collection, when that kind of radical focus emerges from measured desire, rather than... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Can Botox help you live longer? ...it all for TikTok, and a “refresh station” lined with medical-grade skincare products to test out. The space even has an art collection curated by... by Dalya Benor
Above the Fold Sharing glances at Cédric Rivrain’s ‘Poussière’ The artist’s latest exhibition demands connection between painting and viewer... by Will Allstetter
Above the Fold Style, sustainability, and social democracy: Inside CIFF, Copenhagen’s International Fashion Fair ...turns into a critique of work-from-home culture, when a model holding a computer ditches the runway to sit in one of the faux-Eames aluminum chairs.... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Announcing Anita Bitton, Document Journal’s Casting Director ...this for? Then we look at the history. We present a historical version and a modern version, and we say, ‘This would be wild, let’s... by Nick Vogelson
Above the Fold Emanuel Admassu and Anita N. Bateman’s ‘Where is Africa?’ forges a new framework for postcolonial artistic dialogue ...with questions and ideologies about Africa’s representation at large. The statement exists to critically probe the poetic socialities of African and African-diasporic identities. The pair... by Olisa Tasie-Amadi Jr.
Above the Fold MGMT finds solace on ‘Loss of Life’ Indie pop duo Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser sit down with Document to discuss their latest record... by Conor Hudnut
Above the Fold In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection Guns are iPhones, as drones are people, as influencers are actors. Visual artist and director Keren Cytter makes these comparisons cinematic at the 74th Berlinale,... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Best in show: LFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...matched in playfulness by the long, gathered-pleat polka dot skirt beneath it. In all, this latest collection recalled Rothko with its layering: a contrast of... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Best in show: NYFW Fall/Winter 2024 ...enough to be charming but not mannered; in Altuzarra’s latest collection, nostalgia perfumes every look in the best way. Image credit: Don Ashby. Puppets and... by Document Journal
Above the Fold ‘Queues’ by Louis Osmosis serializes artistic epiphany ...I wanted to use that same model of redundancy. So I just thought, Imma use a big, free image of freedom. Maya: Freedom is free.... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration ...our willing suspension of disbelief. They’re committed to weaving endless possibilities of character, geography, and fiction into persuasively coherent painted worlds, which are strengthened by... by Minh Le
Above the Fold Area’s anatomy of an eye ...Area runs a comprehensive vision test on the concept of viewership: “unveiling a world of new perspectives shared by the crucial role of our audience.... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Fine Print: Can two writers handle real life together? ...I asked, of the first draft, “Do you really think you should publish this?” He responded by beginning the second version, “We had come to... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Document Journal celebrate at the Boom atop The Standard, High Line ...into the space: lounging at tables and perusing Document’s latest issue, or else pulling each other onto the crowded dance floor. The event drew celebrity... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Backstage at Willy Chavarria’s last supper Willy Chavarria’s clothes are an expression of his sacred kind of love, one that comprises his California roots, the refined high-mindedness of his adopted home... by Elroy Rosenberg
Above the Fold Peter Do’s sophomore show at Helmut Lang is a tableau of modern reverence ...of diversity that feels important to Lang’s heritage and all the more relevant today. Before the show, Document peeks backstage to capture Do’s latest collection... by Minh Le
Above the Fold This season, Moncler Grenoble takes to the alps ...voluminously shaggy duvet coats with cozy sheepskin accents. The “open-air experience” of Moncler Grenoble’s latest creates an intimate experience, whose high-concept winterwear is proven best... by Nick Vogelson
Above the Fold Archive Chives’s latest restaurant takeover is a brothy success ...steamy, and most importantly, the heart of the menu beat in every dish. To pick the “best” items would be a bit of a Sophie’s... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold 120 bpm: How can we go on raving at a time like this? ...at a time like this? On October 23, Juarez Petrillo, founder of Universo Paralello, the organizer of the Supernova Sukkot Gathering in Re’im, announced the... by Evan Moffitt
Above the Fold Skemer’s “Kiss Me Kill Me” is a serpentine dream Brutal, but not cruel. Gothic, but not contrived. Emotional, but not sappy. These are the tensions at play in Skemer’s latest full-length album, Toasts &... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Kaur Alia Ahmed crafts poetry in three dimensions with ‘sky, harp’ ...and making stuff is completely spiritual to me. I don’t picture a guy in the sky telling me to do it, but I feel an... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Best in show: Couture Week Spring 2024 ...couture collections in this dispatch from Paris. Dior “Tracing aura”—this is how creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri chooses to create the lines for Dior’s latest... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need ...Moshfegh’s latest book Lapvona, which explores the role of religion in a corrupt medieval fiefdom. At the time of writing, she was re-evaluating her own... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Daytripping: Vibe editor ...looks before you. I’d be with my best friend at the time, Louis—he was the reason I’d come to New York. He decided he wanted... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Best in show: Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 Fashion Week—Paris ...last week, Document Journal shares its roundup of the best and brightest Men’s Fashion Week shows from the heart of the French fashion capital. Dior... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold A glimpse through Frederick Wiseman’s enduring lens ...2011 Parisian nightclub—to the American welfare system (Welfare, 1975). Wiseman’s latest, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros—which he counts as tangential to his series on institutions—is his first... by Anabel Gullo
Above the Fold Best in show: Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 Fashion Week—Milan ...Alessandro Sartori constructs what he calls an “open system made of elements that can be layered and combined in many ways.” Freedom comes from the... by Colin Boyle and Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Doni Nahmias brings archive-driven design to the NHL ...likely sports-related. For fashion designer Doni Nahmias, this idiosyncratic language is central to latest endeavor, a new line of leisurewear for the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes.... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Beach Fossils frontman Dustin Payseur shares the songs that carried him through tour ...most calming and beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Bowery Electric is the greatest combination [of] shoegaze and trip-hop. The song is a perfect ambient track... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The Shoptimist: What it is, what it was, what it should cost ...and Hulu and Max and Paramount Plus and Peacock and Tubi and Mubi, people used to head to BestBuy or the liquor store bootlegger to... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Daytripping: Conventions of Care ...The older ones are much more focused. They’re keenly aware that the chances to learn something for your own pleasure and development doesn’t come around... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold An American in Paris: Casey Cadwallader’s Mugler ...as the creative director for his iconic namesake label, was interested to get to know the American more. “I think the way I would describe... by Christopher Blackmon
Above the Fold 50 years at church with the Poetry Project ...years from 30-odd readings in its inaugural edition to a day-long affair featuring 150 performances this latest iteration, a beatnik spectacle combining free jazz, modern... by Whitney Mallett
Above the Fold Daytripping: Christmas for pagans ...this existence. And so there would just be a marvelous moment of abundance, gathered around our tree, come Christmas day. In our version of the... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold ‘The Iron Claw’ goes for the emotional jugular ...a similar childhood wonder watching the Von Erich brothers compete live. He recalls tracking down VHS tapes of their fights in England, falling in love... by Jayne O'Dwyer
Above the Fold On heaven, hell, and nothingness in Miami Beach ...glancing at the protest like a marginally compelling painting by a vaguely recognizable artist. Two men observing the display paused their animated conversation about Gaza... by Teddy Duncan Jr.