Against vision: The architecture of Ricardo Scofidio (1935—2025)
Upon the passing of a founding principal of the studio that trafficked a contemporary art sensibility into architecture, reflections on the work of Diller Scofidio...
This Valentines Day, Kerosene Jones says “FUCK YOU” to romance
From flesh-eating nuns to cosmic mummy dick: Inside a radical queer artist's pilgrimage through NYC's occult performances and a rain-soaked Chelsea Hotel orgy
Experimental pop duo NEW YORK’s ‘rapstar*’ maintains an artful anonymity
Following the release of their sophomore album, Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba reflect on art, friendship, and their lo-fi influences
New York was killing me: Seeking community in the city of cultural saturation
For Document’s tenth anniversary, Rahel Aima reflects on what New York gave to her, and why she left it
Ladyfag takes the underground rave scene to greater heights with LadyLand, a music festival celebrating queerness
“If you come to Ladyland, I want you to leave feeling like you had the time of your life.”
Balenciaga brings its new collection into the heart of American capitalism
For Spring 2023, the French house introduced its own take of the power suit to Wall Street—complete with masked latex skinsuits
Richard Renaldi documents the changing social dynamics of New York City
Exploring themes of intimacy, class, and self-expression, the photographer captures moments of human connection on the margins
Julia Fox and Debi Mazar keep the soul of New York City alive
The actors discuss growing up in New York, club culture, and fucking up your kids ‘just the right amount’
In Marie Tomanova’s New York, anyone can be your friend
The Czech Republic-born photographer tells us the stories behind her new solo exhibition at Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin
Lessons in love from Rachel Rabbit White, the ‘Hooker Laureate of the dirtbag left’
The modern Sappho tells Document about the books that shaped her thinking on desire and romance
Only NY honors Peter Saul and the soul of New York City
The streetwear brand salutes the eccentric, anti-establishment art of Peter Saul at New Museum.
Inside the rowdy world of Brooklyn indie wrestling
Outlaw Wrestling brings The Southern Psycho and full body-slams to a Catholic school gym.
Vince Aletti teaches us how to build a legendary magazine collection
The writer and champion of print media makes a compelling case for spending more time on eBay.
Only in New York! 3 iconic street photographers share their tales of the city that never sleeps
Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo, and Martha Cooper on why old New York's indomitable spirit made it the ultimate muse.
Men in ’80s New York strip clubs spent hours ogling dancers. Meet the women who looked back
‘As a young woman with a beautiful body, there’s power to say, These are gorgeous tits. Eat your heart out.’ Jane Dickson and Claudia Summer...
RIP, Opening Ceremony: designers, DJs, and Club Kids remember the store that was more like a family
“In the new millennium, the city submerged into a cultural blackout period...Opening Ceremony offered an anchoring beam of light.” Walt Cassidy, Natasha Stagg, and more...
Artist Miles Greenberg performs his darkest nightmares with absurdist glamour
The mentee of Marina Abramović on his debut show and making art in solidarity with his fellow Gen-Z 'apocalypse babes.'
Batsheva Hay gives us a lesson in hummus, challah, and designing for yourself
Document joins the designer behind iconic prairie-meets-party dresses as she prepares for Shabbat in this exclusive video.
Welcome to Café Forgot, the shop serving curated fashion with a healthy dose of irreverence
High school fashion club, ugly nail polish, and why Shia LeBoeuf is a dream client—Lucy Weisner and Vita Haas tell their East Village shop's unlikely...
Experience the Golden Age of hip hop through the lens of Janette Beckman and David Corio
Meet the photographers who captured Salt-n-Pepa before they got a record deal and Public Enemy's first trip to London.
Hank Korsan and Tyrell Hampton take us through the Lower Manhattan party scene’s new guard
The generation that grew up on ‘High School Musical’ is leading the charge for chill, feel-good nightlife.
Maison Kitsuné brings Parisian luxury and Japanese minimalism to their first NYC café
After establishing their fashion line and record label, founders Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki set their sights on hospitality.
‘New York Club Kids’: Waltpaper’s dazzling ode to America’s first true influencers
Inside the iconic ’90s subculture with one of its founding members, who talks visual identity, self-branding, and passing the torch to Gen-Z.
‘Bedroom Brian Eno’: Steele talks to Julia Cumming about his vulnerable solo project
As Document premiers Steele's new single 'I'd Like To,' the Brooklyn-based musicians and friends discuss smoothies, soccer, and growing up in New York City.
‘Glenn O’Brien: Center Stage’: 17 artists pay homage to the late ‘Style Guy’
The exhibition, curated by Natacha Polaert, features pieces from Dan Colen, Ouattara Watts, and Walter Robinson, among others.
Lanvin lets loose at Bushwick’s House of Yes
On Thursday night, the brand celebrated its new Soho storefront with Patrick Church, Richie Shazam, and Kim Ann Foxman. See all the evidence from the...
Party polaroids of Tyga, Pat Tracey, and Kelsey Lu’s blue eyebrows at the Lanvin Soho opening
Experience the christening of the brand's latest, mirror-filled New York home.
The Rapture’s Luke Jenner and DJ Justine D. look 20 years back at the last era of ‘underdog New York’
The 2000's, when the Strokes took photos in front of Kaws paintings and moving to New York was still career suicide.
Justin von Olderhausen photographs his longtime tenants as North Bronx royalty
In a dazzling fashion editorial, von Olderhausen honors the residents he encountered while working in real estate in Bronx's Little Italy.
Girl Skin brings lemon-pop Americana to Canal Street
The sibling alt-folk duo discusses coming from a family of creatives, working with Princess Nokia, and finding God in the White Stripes.
Feathers, glitter, White Castle: Bushwig through the eyes of four drag queens and a pop star
Document dispensed nine disposable cameras to eight extremely generous queens and Slayyyter, a pop star who performed at the annual drag festival. Shockingly(!), only four...
A brief history of protest and counterculture at Tompkins Square Park
Almost 30 years after the Tompkins Square Riot, a new protest headed by skaters preserves the sanctity of a downtown safe haven.
Gia Kuan, the PR powerhouse behind New York’s fashion renaissance
Meet the first fashion publicist everyone wants to be friends with.
‘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.
Marcus Leatherdale remembers photographing Divine, Mapplethorpe, and Lower Manhattan’s ‘last hurrah’
"I didn’t realize I was archiving an era that was going to be extinct; I was just photographing my friends.”
Ghetto Gastro teaches you how to make their award-winning watermelon granita
The Bronx-based collective employs a multidisciplinary approach to food as an act of cultural diplomacy.
Lore Segal wrote the Great American Novel you never read (and should)
The author of 'Her First American' reflects on her incredible lifetime as a contrarian
Michele Saunders’ old school rules for nightclubbing like it’s ’85
From dance moves to Dexedrine: A Paradise Garage regular's guide to looking (and staying) fresh when your night begins at 4am.
Paradise Garage’s final nights: crying and dancing at the definitive rager of ’80s NYC
Michele Saunders and Tina Paul share memories and photographs from a weekend-long party where Grace Jones shared the DJ booth with Larry Levan.
The Cramps circa ’79: falling in love with punk rock’s most psychotic band
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong remember the feverish energy of late-’70s Irving Plaza, where they captured Poison Ivy and Lux Interior on the brink of...
What it was like to get arrested at Danceteria with Keith Haring
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong on the cocaine-fueled club that defined New York's ’80s nightlife scene.
Remembering Lucien Bahaj—creator of the French bistro that became NYC’s last cultural salon
Artist Clayton Patterson on the man behind Lucien bistro, where everyone is a superstar.
Travel back to the birth of punk with the CBGB regulars who filmed it all
‘You gave up the rights for lawsuits when you came in to CBGB’: lessons from the legendary venue's heyday with Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong.
Diary of a decision: a poet’s honest reflection on abortion
Reproductive rights are under threat around the world—Elizabeth Senja Spackman reminds us of their deeply personal implications, in a handwritten, illustrated account.
From Iggy Pop to Blondie: meet the women who documented punk royalty in ’70s New York
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong tell us how they filmed at punk's most outrageous venues while surviving off gallery wine and cheese.
2019 in photojournalism: encapsulating the stories we can’t afford to forget
Humanizing the headlines at this year's World Press Photo Exhibition.
Arlene Gottfried photographed the magic and madness of Old New York
During the '70s and '80s, Gottfried captured the soul of local communities from Poet's Café to Coney Island.
DeSe Escobar defines the future of going-out glam
The Club Glam co-founder talks protests, trans visibility, and giving New York's parties a much needed dose of feathers.
Vasilis Loizides, the designer putting a genderless spin on Greek Life
James Emmerman photographs the designer's Spring 2020 collection, inspired by ancient myth and broken promises, for Document.
