An afternoon in New Haven with Tschabalala Self, the artist with Louis Vuitton and Pilar Corrias at her feet
The artist spoke to Document about combatting misconceptions and what it's like to see your art auctioned for half a million and not see a...
Torkwase Dyson tells the history of black liberation through cartographic art
100 years after the Red Summer riots, the artist subverts the notion that abstract painting is non-narrative in her new show ‘1919: Black Water.’
Mark Leckey on ‘Fiorucci,’ folklore, and finding language for working-class stories
The artist explains why he built a giant motorway overpass in the Tate Britain—and why you shouldn't fuck with fairies.
The explosive rise—and inevitable downfall—of the East Village art scene
Marc H. Miller and Barry Blinderman reflect on the Village of the ’70s and ’80s, when Reaganomics inspired Keith Haring to stick it to the...
Chula the clown’s hysterical path to self-discovery
The Mexico City-based performer believes clowning can address very philosophical questions.
The secret world of images not meant for human eyes
In a new exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford investigate AI’s political underpinnings.
Gia Coppola and Kelsey Lu turn literary works into art
“You are unlocking a secret garden." A new exhibition in Los Angeles investigates notions of authorship, identity, and inspiration.
Villa Lena: the 19th century Tuscan retreat freeing artists from the hustle mentality
Sam Rock, Jody Rogac, Freddy Tuppen, and Lucinda Chua discuss community, simplicity, and the importance of a 'sacred space'
‘Meet Me in the Bathroom: The Art Show’ resurrects rock-and-roll’s insurgent spirit
The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, an actual bathroom. Lizzy Goodman gets the band back together on Bowery.
Peaches gives sentience to sex toys in her new exhibition, ‘Whose Jizz Is This?’
The iconic performer of ‘Fuck the Pain Away’ marries sex ed, humor, and politics: “I'm not asking everybody to have orgies, I'm just asking people...
Meet the artist spinning Snapchat stories into an interactive soundscape
Christian Marclay gives Snapchat renewed relevance with his LACMA exhibition.
‘All art is voyeuristic’: Lisa Yuskavage on the joy of provocation
Yuskavage's paintings of nude women and partially clothed girls have raised eyebrows for their perceived carnality. But her subjects never asked you to stare at...
Inside Arden Surdam’s licentious world of seafood, sex, and status
In ‘Offal | East,’ the artist makes the sophisticated look grotesque, and subverts the Eurocentric history of picnics.
A world without men: photos from the feminist lesbian utopias of ’80s America
Carmen Winant's ‘Notes on Fundamental Joy’ goes inside the womyn-only communities created across the Pacific Northwest.
An artist infiltrates The Hamptons’ cult of wellness
The Whitney Biennial-featured artist Ilana Harris-Babou uses the Hamptons and Restoration Hardware as anthropological playgrounds.
5 artists capturing the fluidity of human experience with watercolor
Document celebrates World Watercolor Month with Tschabalala Self, Mats Gustafson, and more.
Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
Emily Lipson photographs Campbell-Gillies on the Long Island Expressway, as the two discuss why fashion isn't ‘stupid girls playing dress up.’
Kiyan Williams and Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski on the audacity of art-making at the margins
"Blackness and queerness are just such expansive and deep wells of knowledge and inspiration. It’s a gift to be able to access that and create...
Are China’s contemporary artists the saviors of its cultural heritage?
As historical sites are bulldozed daily, artists at JINGART 2019 reflect on the importance of the past.
Exorcising the social media ghosts of relationships past
Elisha Lim's upcoming graphic novel decodes our post-breakup nightmares.
‘The Year of Return’: 5 Ghanaian artists sound off on Pan-African solidarity
Document explores the marketing initiative bringing celebrities, world leaders, and diaspora artists back to West Africa.
Diedrick Brackens weaves visual anthems for the yee-haw agenda
The textile artist explores black queer identity in his stunning, Southwestern tapestries.
Bali is designing a sustainable future and we should take notes
Good times and doing good at Future Design—where sustainable living stems from a harmonious relationship with the natural ecosystem.
Celebrity or Italian politician? Francesco Vezzoli’s new show leaves you guessing
The Italian artist collected decades of photos showing celebrities and politicians—from Communist Party members to 'Dynasty'-era Joan Collins.
Felicia Abban’s immortalization of the Ghanian female gaze
At 84, Ghana's first professional female photographer finally gets international recognition at the Venice Biennale.
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.
