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Music

4 rising musicians leading today’s psychedelic renaissance

Vinyl Williams, Teen Daze, Sunbeam Sound Machine, and Gold Celeste discuss how they are taking a 60s sound to strange new heights.

Art

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.

Fashion

Ozwald Boateng, Savile Row prodigy, expands his vision in Harlem

The designer paid tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance with a new collection presented at the Apollo Theater.

Music

Ryan Beatty doesn’t need a persona

The musician speaks about gratitude, his indifference to social media, and the joys of constant work cycle following his appearance in Document S/S 2019.

Music

Inside Selah Marley’s plant-filled dream world

Selah Marley on wandering the Lower East side, following your own creative spark, and her first installation project, ‘A Primordial Place.’

Fashion

Ratio et Motus: meet the creative family behind NYC’s coolest bag brand

Designers Angela Wang and Daniel Li reveal their S/S 2019 collection with friends, pizza, and club music.

Film

Gabriel Held’s 12 favorite Camp moments in TV and film

Ahead of this year’s Met Gala, vintage archivist and camp enthusiast Gabriel Held walks us through the best moments in pop culture camp.

Culture

Naomi Wadler and Yara Shahidi want to stop the adultification of black girls

The activists discussed the pressures of being young, black, and female at Harvard's Vision and Justice conference last week.

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Culture

‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories

Writer Bob Morris reflects on the alternative weekly golden era with Hilton Als, Lynn Yaeger, Michael Musto, and Vince Aletti.

by Bob Morris

Fashion

Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now

The graphic artist discusses his relationships with Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas and why it’s time to ask the hard questions about the fashion industry.

by Hilary Moss

Fashion

Andre Walker’s uniquely candid approach to aesthetics basics

Hilton Als captures Andre Walker's ingenious, sensual world in a cross-cultural stream of consciousness.

by Hilton Als

Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography

Lynne Tillman and other contributors to Suck magazine look back and analyze the legacy that the transgressive magazine left behind.

by Alison M. Gingeras

At Alaska’s “ground zero” for climate change, a new generation of activists fights to preserve a vanishing way of life

Photographer Laurence Ellis and Peter H. Gleick chronicle Alaskans' efforts to fight climate change in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Peter Gleick

Politics

Has the internet broken the marketplace of ideas? Rethinking free speech in the Digital Age

Writer Cody Delistraty explores the limitations of free speech absolution in the era of social media for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Cody Delistraty

Literature

Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world

So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt...

by Arthur Vanderbilt

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Fashion Portfolios

Ermenegildo Zegna Couture by Marco Cella and Donatella Musco

Photographer Marco Cella and stylist Donatella Musco capture a sun-soaked vision of Ermenegildo Zegna Couture SS19 collection in the Tuscan countryside.

by Document Journal

Fashion Portfolio

Charlie Gates and Michael Darlington

The photographer and stylist visited the rugged coastline of southeast

by Document Journal

Fashion Portfolio

Patrick van Ommeslaeghe and Charlie De Keersmaecker

Photographer Charlie De Keersmaecker and stylist Patrick van Ommeslaeghe collaborate

by Document Journal

Fashion Portfolio

J.W. Anderson by Bill Georgoussis and Venia Polyhronaki

Photographer Bill Georgoussis and stylist Venia Polyhronaki take light and

by Document Journal

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Art

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.

by David Aaron Brake

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.

by Clara Malley

DJs Stud1nt and NK Badtz Maru on NYC nightlife, from Bossa to beach raves

Rising NYC techno magicians Izzy Barreiro and Nicole Kim discuss their dream venues, graveyard raves, and the false promise of club utopias.

by Hannah Ongley

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...

by Maraya Fisher

Austin Anderson of Slow Hollows on succeeding in music without selling your soul

The frequent Tyler, the Creator collaborator spoke to Document about growth, his booklist, and what's on his 20s bucket list.

by Clara Malley

Matthew Williams and Sita Abellán on creating with emotion in a tech-fueled culture

The designer of 1017 ALYX 9SM and the techno DJ discuss ephemerality and authenticity in the digital age for Document S/S 2019.

by Maraya Fisher

Dior’s Kim Jones and Apple’s Jony Ive predict what our future will look like

The pair dissect the enduring design needs of the tech and the tactile for Document’s S/S 2019 issue.

by David Aaron Brake

More Conversations

Art

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.

by Drew Sawyer

Alex and Jaime

Alex and Jaime met as strangers at a support group in a nondescript part of London. Here, Alex describes their first encounter, as photographer Markn...

by Alexandera

Loie Hollowell’s bodily landscapes

Loie Hollowell's portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue marks a daring departure from the practice of early female abstractionists, reveling in the eroticism and ethereality...

by Andrianna Campbell

Ebony G. Patterson flashes her discordant opulence

Above, below, beneath provides a window into the political stakes of Ebony G. Patterson's decadent, intricate tapestries from Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Ann Binlot

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