The dual voice of May Stevens
Between Guerrilla Girls activism and lyrical abstraction, Stevens's art, currently exhibited At Mary Ryan Gallery and Ryan Lee Gallery, reveals multiple paths for feminist expression
Tim Brawner’s ‘The Last Caress’ is a portrait of glamor and decay
On view at Management Gallery, the painter’s latest solo show presents a not-so-far-off future obsessed with spectacle, where nostalgic glamor and necrosis entwine
Artist Lorenzo Amos paints domestic space as a site for revelation and togetherness
In his debut solo show ‘No Regrets Because You’re My Sunshine,’ depictions of a social network reveal the creative self
In ‘The Beat of life,’ Oscar yi Hou resists traditional notions of representation
On view at James Fuentes gallery, the painter’s solo show addresses the many nuances of historical and cultural identity through figurative painting
Ambera Wellmann materializes mortal landscapes
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, the painter unveils a suite of large-scale paintings that fuse mysterious environments with beings alive and dead
R. Jamin’s ‘Temperance’ is a study in the spirituality behind science
Document sits down with the artist to talk about the natural disasters, divination, and doves behind her first solo show, on view at David Peter...
Lilly Wachowski’s manifesto on New Mythologies
In this exclusive essay for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the painter and filmmaker takes a look at the challenges on our horizon, and finds the...
Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration
Before her next solo show at Art Basel Hong Kong, Benaroya chats weaponized lactation and success in the art world with her mentor
Noel de Lesseps makes a practice of play
To the Brooklyn-based painter, art is an opportunity to reinvigorate a sense of childlike wonder
Sasha Gordon’s ‘Hands of Others’ employs the surreal to look inwards
The painter’s debut solo show, on view at Jeffrey Deitch, interrogates the nature of self-image and cultural representation
Nicolas Party’s universe extends beyond the canvas
Phaidon’s monograph on the artist delves into color theory, graffiti culture, and the importance of perspective
Max Bill and Georges Vantongerloo embody the spirit of artistic collaboration
Hauser & Wirth’s retrospective on the lifelong friends displays the evolution of the abstract-création movement
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.
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.
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.
5 artists on how masculinity informs their practice
As gender moves beyond the binary, Document takes a look at toxic and beautiful permutations of masculinity with Liana Finck, Rashaad Newsome, Cédric Rivrain, Gianni...
Katharina Grosse rejects your idea that painting is archaic
Known for work that takes place on a captivating scale, the painter discusses a technique that operates far beyond the realm of one dimension for...
The world through a pinhole: the unseen paintings of Howardena Pindell
The artist and social activist Howardena Pindell shares the never-before-seen pointillist experiments that would go on to mark her signature painting style—now the focus of...
Photographer William Klein has spent a lifetime looking at the world
Long revered and often imitated, the photographer surveys a storied career overflowing with experimentation and left turns with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Impressions, Applied
Masha Reva creates expressive portraits using the body as her canvas.
A Warning to the World from Antony Micallef
The artist's latest project "Trump Fags," a visual double entente featuring the United States's most malign White House hopeful, feels so decisively pivotal to us...
Endnotes
Fourteen canvas by artist Suha Traboulsi in collaboration with Walid Raad appear for the first time in Document with permission of an anonymous collector.
Mapplethorpe’s Flowers by Marcela Gutiérrez
Artist Marcela Gutiérrez shares a new series of paintings with Document, inspired by the iconic Flower Series photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
The Ghost Dancer: Stephen Posen
Speaking to his longtime friend Tim Goosens, Stephen discusses his unique stylistic approach in creating his haunting narratives.
The enduring resonance of artist Jack Goldstein’s insular nihilism
Goldstein’s legacy, from conceptual performance to photorealistic painting, comments on the precariousness of artistic success, from Document's Spring/Summer 2013 issue.
