Theresa Chromati’s technicolor portraits of women being as loud as they want
The artist brings thunder and dazzling vortexes of color to Kravets Wehby Gallery.
Artist Elliott Hundley embraces chaos by getting closer to it
In his current exhibition 'Clearing,' Hundley uses two decades of unused material to craft explosive intricacy
Carmen Winant’s radical art of reappropriation
Following her artist portfolio in Document S/S 2019, Winant speaks on the physical intimacy of her art practice, and bringing thousands of vaginas to MoMA.
Why a feminist political organization from 1848 is back in the spotlight
Austria just got its first female chancellor—Here's how The Viennese Democratic Women's Association laid the groundwork.
Vivian Suter sculpts her own meaning out of landscape painting
By allowing leaves and fruit to fall on her canvases, Suter invites the natural elements of Guatemala to become collaborators in her artistic process, in...
Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model
The Detroit artist and the curator discuss sanctuaries, hair salons, and the art world's conservative underbelly.
Tschabalala Self maps the intricacy of the black aesthetic
In her portfolio for Document S/S 2019, the artist layers and collages fabrics in a movement toward black beings existing without compromise.
Tschabalala Self stitches together faces from her past, present, and future
Following her portfolio in Document's S/S 2019 issue, the New York-born-and-bred artist discusses her process, her inspirations, and why she's so drawn to the color...
Carmen Winant is taking vintage covergirls and shining a new, abstracted spotlight on them
The artist pounds, massages, and wrinkles images of Playboy models into radical feminist art in Document S/S 2019.
Tilda Swinton’s first photography show, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’
The actor draws upon the gender-bending novel to guest edit Aperture's Summer 2019 issue, featuring photography by Collier Schorr and Carmen Winant.
Finding beauty in the in-between at the Venice Biennale
Writer Justin Polera explores the Biennale grounds to finds walls, borders, and hybrid identities on display.
Fatimah Asghar talks poetry, prose and the diverse nature of being a Muslim American
Document speaks with the artist about the power of social media, expanding the narrative, and why collaboration is always her guiding principle with an exclusive...
Vik Muniz, the Brooklyn artist giving Brazil’s destroyed relics new life
Document visited the São Paulo-born artist’s Clinton Hill studio during Frieze Week in New York.
Blood, Christ, and shock value: the gospel according to Ron Athey
The underground performance artist talks to Slava Mogutin about penetration, catharsis, and spirituality for Document S/S 2019.
Sandro Kopp’s all-seeing eyes express humanity’s purest form
In his show ‘mEYEcelium’ the artist uses portraits of eyes to capture the lingering presence of his friends and loved ones.
Ming Smith’s otherworldly photographs of very earthly injustices
Following her artist portfolio in Document S/S 2019, Ming Smith speaks on representation, improvisation, and photography as a form of survival.
Tom Hearn shares photos from his first, life-changing Ramones concert
The photographer saw the show in 1976 with Legs McNeil, John Holmstrom, and Ged Dunn.
Quil Lemons and MaryV Benoit on posting their most vulnerable moments online
The two artists spent the day photographing each other and sharing advice, memories, and their hopes for the future.
Dennis Osadebe thinks the term “African art” is lazy
The Nigerian artist created a new series of masked sculptures for a project titled "Stand for Something."
As funding scandals shake the art world, two museums seek new alternatives
With museum funding now under the spotlight, is an entirely new funding model the answer?
“Supreme is Jesus”: meet the artist crucifying hypebeasts on a Supreme-branded cross
The artist spent Mother’s Day with a group of die-hard Supreme fans and a large Supreme-wrapped crucifix.
Ming Smith’s ‘Strange Fruit’ reveals the specters of American history
The photographer’s experiments in shadow and light reform gender and racial boundaries in a portfolio for Document S/S 2019.
Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand
As ‘Garry Winogrand: Color’ opens at The Brooklyn Museum, his former student tells Document why the emotive character of Winogrand's color photography still resonates today.
Artist Wim Botha exposes the bad faith of Encyclopedia Britannica
In ‘Still Life With Discontent,’ the South African sculptor draws parallels between bibles and encyclopedias—and exposes America’s own complicated history of Apartheid.
15 minutes with Pedro Almodóvar, film legend turned fine artist
The legendary filmmaker's first New York exhibition, ‘Waiting for the Light,’ is on view at Marlborough Gallery through June 29, 2019.
From the Archive: John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí
Ahead of Waters's new essay collection, 'Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder,' the writers reminisce on glory holes and redeem Warhol's legacy...
Paul Anthony Smith probes his dual identity in ‘Junction’
The Jamaican-American artist Paul Anthony Smith investigates class, colonialism, and culture in Junction, his first exhibition at Jack Shainman.
Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and artist Takashi Murakami on humility and the art of collaboration
The artists discuss streetwear, Orientalism, and the shifting demands of the art market for Document S/S 2019.
4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise
On the occasion of Chloe Wise’s portrait exhibition ‘Not That We Don’t’ at Almine Rech London, Document reached out to her subjects to gain their...
Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy
The artists reconstruct the idea of home in their Fondazione Prada exhibition ”Whether Line.”
Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials
The artist and model is advocating for better communication through art.
Trace the ‘Journey of a Raindrop’ at Milan’s Issey Miyake flagship
Issey Miyake tapped Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel to create a series of installations in its Milan flagship for Salone del Mobile.
The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten
On the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, look at five groundbreaking women who were erased from art history.
Genevieve Gaignard removes our rose-colored glasses for white Americana
The artist explores the disturbing resonances of domestic life and white nostalgia in "Black White and Red All Over" at Monique Meloche Gallery.
The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture
Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif, and Claire Tancons curated the 14th Sharjah Biennial, ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber,’ which looks at how systems dictate culture.
Why everyone is rediscovering the spiritual illustrations of Emma Kunz
The Serpentine in London plays host to the UK’s first solo show of the Swiss naturopath, healer, and environmental artist.
What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?
Artist and activist Liv Wynter explains why we need to redefine the term emotional labour.
Anne Imhof’s ‘Sex’ convulses with death and desire
The artist gives expression to human yearnings and the futile quest for refuge—against a frenetic soundtrack spanning Vivaldi to Nirvana.
A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer
The artist discusses his affinity for parks, creating in the spirit of the internet, and how he's changed since the end of The Still House...
Denise Murrell calls attention to the forgotten black muses of contemporary art
The art curator's new exhibition at the Musee D'orsay in Paris places black figures at the center of contemporary art.
Artists Bryndon Cook and Rahim Fortune find stability in their Southern roots
Ahead of his new album, Bryndon Cook—a.k.a. Starchild and the New Romantic— discusses southern identity and strong women with photographer Rahim Fortune.
Art gives a voice to South Asia’s most persecuted communities
‘Fabric(ated) Fractures,’ a group exhibition at Concrete in Dubai, tells the untold stories of rape, religious violence, and loss in South Asia.
Meet the artist starting a roadkill-to-table revolution
Petr Davydtchenko, who’s been living off roadkill as an alternative to capitalism, likens his practice to the bitcoin revolution.
Theaster Gates illuminates the dark history of Maine’s interracial exiles
For his first solo museum exhibition in France at Palais de Tokyo, the artist explores America’s dark forgotten past through the interracial exiles of Malaga...
EDITION Hotels is reinventing billboard art—and Times Square along with it
Robotic art projects and 3-D billboard installations are attracting New Yorkers to Times Square
Reclaiming nudity through the work of Alice Neel
Exploring the freedom found in our unfiltered bodies at the new retrospective covering 60 years of Alice Neel’s nudes on view at David Zwirner.
Sadie Barnette explores a Black Panther-infused family history at The Armory Show
Sadie Barnette brings a joyful reprieve to issues of race, identity, and gentrification at Charlie James Gallery at the 25th edition of The Armory Show.
3 exhibitions changing the narrative around the “forgotten female artist”
For International Women’s Day, Document celebrates the women who defined art history—and the curators ensuring they get their due.
Kunle Martins and Jack Pierson invite you to their ‘Pee Party’
The two artists discuss love, life, and their first exhibition together at Jeffrey Stark.
