Pippa Garner and Gray Wielebinski construct modern mythologies
Grounded by a shared affection for contemporary folklore, the two artists meet to discuss trompe l’oeil, gender-hacking, and queer visibility
The enduring impulse of Adam Goldberg
Following his stint as a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor joins Document to anatomize his storied career
Tamo Jugeli lets the process lead her paintbrush
The Georgian artist speaks on creative risk-taking, the chaos of New York, and stumbling upon her craft
Daytripping: Embracing the barely-known
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark mediates on the work of Elysia Crampton, and the problem of letting otherness into our lives
Brontez Purnell’s parafiction of performance
Staged at Trotter & Sholer, the artist’s first solo exhibition challenges the borders of identity and artifice, dreaming of an in-between space
For Jeanette Andrews, magic is a mode of philosophy
Ahead of the premiere of ‘In Plain Listen,’ the artist joins Document to examine the meaning of her medium, and make a case for its...
‘Titanic Depression’ is not a parody
Following a two-night run of her show, Jibz Cameron joins Document to philosophize on Jack and Rose, tragedy addiction, and the nature of performance
Epistolary Filth: The life and death of ‘J.D.s’ zine
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2023 issue, Jesse Doris looks back on the transgressive queer digest, and the subculture it willed into existence
Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture
The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture
‘The Complete Incoherence’ oozes with the essence of Gaetano Pesce
In this much-anticipated monograph, critic and curator Glenn Adamson portraits the expanse of the Italian architect and designer’s idiosyncratic oeuvre
Malice K adopts an old-school ethos on “Complicated Dreams”
Alexander Konschuh joins Document to dissect the intentions, personal reckonings, and painstaking process behind the making of his stop-motion music video
Thelma Golden and Lisa Phillips reevaluate the function of art institutions as public spaces
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2023 issue, the museum directors meet to dissect the fast-changing cultural landscape, and the ever-evolving purpose of their line of work
Francesco Vezzoli confronts the legacy of the classical
The artist joins Document to dissect ‘VITA DULCIS,’ his exhibition of multimedia fantasias decontextualizing antiquity for modern contexts
Misha Japanwala wants you to be without shame
In her new exhibition, the artist documents the bodies of those who have worked to forge a more liberated society in her native Karachi
Artists and journalists call for the restriction of AI illustration in publishing
In an open letter, Molly Crabapple and Mazria Katz advocate against the use of the technology in journalism, a medium long defined by human storytellers
‘Femme F(r)iction’ canvasses the trailblazing work of a century of female creatives
C1760’s sweeping group exhibition traverses medium, featuring the work of Judy Chicago, Jeanne Silverthorne, Najla El Zein, and many more
Kate Ahn bares it all in ‘Oh No! I’m Naked!’
The LA-based artist’s first hometown solo show grapples with fantasy and the freedoms of sexual expression
The art of curating Coachella
Raffi Lehrer joins Document to discuss the impact of large-scale installation work, and which sorts of creatives make the cut
Inside TRANSFIX, the world’s largest touring immersive art experience
Set in a multi-level labyrinth off the Las Vegas strip, the event’s inaugural edition is a choose-your-own-adventure featuring art from over 50 creators
‘Rear View’ zeroes in on the nude portrait, as seen from behind
LDGR’s latest show explores the trope across eras, featuring artwork from the likes of Francis Bacon, Mickalene Thomas, Egon Schiele, and Andy Warhol
Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made
Ahead of his show at Emma Scully Gallery, the artist reflects on his design philosophy, which hinges on the embrace of what’s beautiful in its...
With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture
The artist’s New York debut is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery, rendering tangible her relationship with Native identity and cycles of personal struggle
The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization
The intellectual property debate asks who profits from the fruits of creative labor—and what it means to make something beautiful when everyone else can, too
Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art
In collaboration with Stetson, the artist personifies the hidden Black cowboy, reimagining Lon Megargee’s iconic painting ‘The Last Drop From His Stetson’
Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories
Following the opening of ‘The Close of the Day,’ the artist joins Document to discuss code switching and the American South
‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse
The artist joins Document to reflect upon her first institutional survey, which traverses five decades, two spaces, and one book
In ‘Inside,’ art informs character
Curator Leonardo Bigazzi joins Document to expand upon the film’s collection, reflecting upon the experience of art through the screen
BOFFO makes its return to dry land with ‘Group Show: A Retrospective’
On Friday night, an exhibition-themed party brought alumni of the Fire Island residency back together, in the middle of Times Square
Performance Space celebrates new paths across New York’s creative landscape
The arts organization held its annual gala on Saturday, honoring Pope.L, Sarah Schulman, and Michelle Coffey with an intimate dinner theater
Art Baja California’s inaugural festival is rooted in locality
Across La Paz, San José del Cabo, and Todos Santos, the event connects an international roster of creatives with the histories of its host cities
For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance
With DIY porn project Four Chambers, the adult filmmaker finds the art in sex—and investigates its relationship to society in the process
Anastasia Bay’s ‘The Stumbler’s Parade’ imagines modern parables
The Brussels-born artist joins Document to elaborate on the making of her series's 12 paintings, and the driving influences and artistic philosophies behind them
‘FACES II’ subverts traditional forms of portraiture
The second iteration of a two-part exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery explores the multifaceted nature of the face
‘Mr Wonderful’ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux
Gallerist Ronald Sosinski and curator Joseph Bannan discuss the making of the retrospective, and the creative legacy of ’80s New York
Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity
The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes
The “non-work” of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner
The pioneering’s artist’s abstraction is brought to the forefront at the gallery, joining the aesthetic and the political into one common body
‘Recycling Beauty’ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past
Fondazione Prada’s ongoing exhibition presents over 60 Greek and Roman art objects, transformed or altered throughout history
For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience
The 27-year-old Malian-Canadian is among New York’s youngest curators—and her namesake gallery is dedicated to bringing marginalized artists to the fore
Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and AI art generators get sued
The company behind popular art tool Stable Diffusion is facing accusations of copyright infringement from all sides, raising questions about the future of AI art
Baye & Asa’s ‘HotHouse’ interrogates the myths wedged deep into the national consciousness
In their latest performance piece, the dancers employ a simple set for narrative flexibility, communicating a range of characters and places through their movement
‘Louvre Looks’ renders contemporary portraits of the eminent institution
Twenty creatives across disciplines pay tribute to the museum through short-from videos, recognizing the Louvre as an evolving site of modern art
For cyborg Neil Harbisson, technology is the medium, not the message
From shark fins to seismic senses, members of the biohacking community are changing their brains and bodies to foster a deeper connection with nature
Rafael Domenech’s ‘The Medium is the Massage’ renders the art show a publication
The Cuban artist joins Document to discuss the joys of contaminating space, the necessity of repositioning, and why he favors horizontal monumentality over hierarchies
Ariana Papademetropoulos warps archetypal ways of seeing with ghostly fantasies
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the artist shares a portfolio of paintings that blur the boundary between mythology and reality
In ‘Death of A,’ Kandis Williams invents recognition of the internal
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the artist compiles stills from her stripped-down interpretation of Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy
Caitlin MacBride and Julia Weist question the institutional archive
For Document, the artists meet to discuss object theory, museum hierarchies, and the responsibilities of creatives who grapple with American stories
Remembering Franz Kline, who championed expressionism and paved the way for minimalism
Available digitally to the public today, Hauser & Wirth Institute’s catalouge raisonné premiers rarely-seen or exhibited works from the final decade of the artist’s life
Carl Craig and Nazy Nazhand are bridging the gap between art and electronic music
For Document, the pioneering DJ and art advisor reunite to discuss how visual and sonic experimentation will inform our future
‘STEIDL–WERK No.30: KUNSTHAUS GÖTTINGEN’ embraces the anarchy of the printing process
Each copy of artist Theusus Chan and publisher Gerhard Steidl’s book bears its own unique errors, displaying the art of the accident
