Love dolls don’t love you back
Laurie Simmons cast Japanese "Love Dolls" in Connecticut settings. Unlike their sexed-up American sisters, the wholesome fragility makes them all the more insidious. For the...
The first cut is the deepest
Hairstylist Holli Smith started out trimming trees. She's now one of the top artists in her trade, cutting right to the soul of her model's...
Jack Pierson automates his artistic impulses
The photographer and artist created this portfolio of golden watercolors as a push to get away from the brain and into the hand, a decompressing...
A retrospective into Erwin Blumenfeld’s push for radical photography
Fine art photographer Erwin Blumenfeld’s mesmerizing techniques in and out of the darkroom graced the the world’s finest fashion publications. Vince Aletti explores the man...
In Memory: Edwige Belmore, Our Lady of Punk
We are very sad to learn of the passing of Edwige Belmore, who grew up behind convent walls and became the passkey to Paris’ legendary...
The Ghost Dancer: Stephen Posen
Speaking to his longtime friend Tim Goosens, Stephen discusses his unique stylistic approach in creating his haunting narratives.
Architect Wang Shu wants to kill all the icons
This year’s Pritzker laureate caused an upset in the world of architecture. Aric Chen puts the speech that shook the profession into perspective for Document's...
In my own mind
Maurizio Cattelan’s work breathes the violent clarity of very few words: taxidermy, Hitler, the Pope! No surprise Maurizio’s latest project, the print magazine Toilet Paper...
The Three Deaths of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Tijana Mamula interprets the contrasting histories surrounding the death of a phenomenal filmmaker on November 2, 1975, from Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
Architect Charles Renfro on the controversial renaissance of Cuba’s National Art Schools
Renfro discusses the unfinished architectural legacy of the Cuban Revolution with original architects Ricardo Porro and Vittorio Garatti for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
From ‘Let Me In’ to ‘The Road,’ actor Kodi Smit-McPhee is brings a strength beyond his years
The actor, to paraphrase Britney Spears, is not a boy, not yet a man. He speaks about bringing a chilling, otherworldly authenticity to his roles...
‘The O.G.’: A Poem by Glenn O’Brien
The artist shares an exclusive piece of work for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
‘Oedipus Rex’: Francesco Vezzoli exposes our baroque, surreal reality
Artist Francesco Vezzoli is on a first-name basis with pretty much everyone in the film, art and music world. He speaks with Daniele Balice for...
Nir Hod on the intimate craft of portraiture and his ‘new geniuses’
The artist shares never-before-seen portraits exclusively for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
A tête-a-tête with Joey Arias, from Cirque de Soleil to ‘creative incest’
‘I get charged up when I see you and shy when I talk to you. I like to feel like a groupie.’ The iconic performer...
On a debate of balance
Benjamin Alexander Huseby and Rein Vollenga birth a love child from their his and his art practices.
‘Infidels,’ or falling in love with Marilyn Monroe: a work of fiction by Abdellah Tai
Cinema was invented for this. To make us see our mothers in a different light. To have them forever. To share them without holding back. Without any jealousy.
Zebra Katz’s contagious zero-degree hip hop
The performance artist is steering mainstream music into rarified territory and is turning ears, from Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
Maurizio Anzeri’s ‘needle heads’ turn nostalgic subjects into alien bodies
The London-based artist stitches on vintage portraits, creating vibratory networks. He shares his work for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
Isaac Mizrahi unites his creative threads through cabaret
Best known as a fashion designer, Mizrahi thrives on immediate connection to a live audience—on the runway or the stage. Troy Chatterton sits down with the...
Justin Vivian Bond meditates on Marilyn Monroe, Blanche Dubois, and the allure of pearls
The acclaimed performer shares an essay, ‘Pearls, after the death of an anointed queen,’ for Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
Bookmarc curates the ultimate collection of artbooks
A peek inside the books documenting the lives and work of artists who defined New York, from Document's Fall/Winter 2012 issue.
