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.
Fashion Kris Van Assche is luxury menswear’s hopeful romantic The designer discusses the freedom and terror of being Berluti’s new man.
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.
Art 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.
Above the Fold The ghosts of historical lynchings still walk among us A new study in the "Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities" examines the effect of lynchings from 1877 to 1950 on present-day death rates. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The child separation crisis at the border is far from over Even with today's deadline to unify refugee children with their parents. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Most of the female writers you know have experienced sexual harassment A survey conducted by Writer’s Guild of America West says that sixty-four percent of female writers have experienced sexual harassment at least once in their... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Colorblind in a heatwave Japan is applying its progressive design ethos to heatmaps that can be visible to those with colorblindness. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Another well-researched blow to the moral panic surrounding same-sex parenting A quarter of a decade since the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study began researchers can finally reveal that good parenting has nothing to do with sexuality. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Trump’s silence on American arts is deafening With nine months until the Venice Biennale, the State Department has yet to announce a U.S. artist. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The man in the hole emerges Footage of the world's most isolated man, who has lived in a hole in the Brazilian jungle since the eradication of his tribe, was captured... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold If it’s fresh air you’re looking for, avoid the major national parks Ozone levels across the country's national parks are virtually indistinguishable from the smog and pollution found in major metropolitan areas according to new research. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Here’s one reason why you stop getting your musical kicks at age 30 A new survey of music listeners attempts to make sense of aging and musical discovery. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The millennials of the world have had enough of big business A recent survey of millennials and members of Gen Z across six countries has revealed a totally reasonable and widespread mistrust of those leading the... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Global broadband inequality is making it impossible for some nations to log on The internet is getting faster for a select global few, leaving developing nations at an extreme disadvantage. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men In the first study of its kind, researchers have found a direct correlation between increased access to healthcare and the legalization of same-sex marriages. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Researchers think millennial pink might be the oldest color known to man Before Tumblr, Instagram, and mankind itself—there was pink, floating in Earth's primordial ooze. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier According to a new report by two watchdog groups, the e-commerce hub has become a handy resource for extremist children toys. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold A raid on an Italian artifact smuggling ring may have unlocked a vast forgery web The recent bust of one of Italy's oldest organized crime rings may have 'convulsive' impacts on the scholarly world of artifacts and forgeries. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Young activists take UK government to court over failing to tackle climate change After research suggests the younger generation will be facing the effects of climate change, activists in the UK are holding the government responsible. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is about to shift the status quo The future of the highest court in the land may take an even grimmer shift to the right. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Greenpeace gets into streetwear with its latest environmental message The environmental advocacy group partners with Outlaw Moscow on a series of face masks to bring attention to air pollution in Russia. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Parks and wreck: New York City’s crumbling public infrastructure A new body of research from the Center for an Urban Future paints a bleak picture for the state of the city's most treasured green... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Why the 2018 World Cup is a game changer for Iranian women Women from the religiously conservative nation are trekking to Russia to cheer on their home team from inside of a stadium for the first time... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Dockless bikes, the latest tech disruption, are ending up in volcanoes and trees One was found at the bottom of New Zealand’s Mt. Eden volcano this past week. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Of course Scott Pruitt’s EPA tried to kill a study about toxic chemicals in our groundwater According to a new study released by an agency not under the EPA administrator's hapless thumb, a highly-toxic compound has been discovered in over 1,500... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold New York’s tepid slog towards legalizing marijuana is killing our vibe While state-wide legalization of weed seems inevitable, recent announcements on drug enforcement policies by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are as tepid... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The 68.5 million people running from war and crisis globally is now the highest on record According to the latest report by the U.N.'s Refugee Agency, every two seconds a person is displaced somewhere on the planet. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Mammals are increasingly going about their lives in the dark to get away from humans Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley monitored 62 different species and discovered that all had drastically shifted their routines just to get away... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold After dropping ‘don’t be evil,’ Google looks for new words to justify its military projects As reports of the company's participation in a military drone project set off an internal and public image scandal, Google is hoping that new ethical... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold We need to do something about the plastic problem A new report by the U.N.'s Environmental Program warns that unless action is taken that by 2050 there could be more plastic in our seas... by Caroline Christie At Large Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world The Turner Prize-nominated research collective are bridging the space of war zones and human rights atrocities with the world of fine arts to establish undeniable... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Millennial men are going to new extremes to reach their fitness goals A new survey claims that over 90 percent of millennial males have altered their lifestyle in a bid for a buff body in what could... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Europe’s new data protection laws are a confusing mess that might change the world for better The European Union's new data privacy rule, which went into effect last week, is the reason your inbox has been a mess for the last... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Britain’s war on drill music is a grand effort to ignore the failures of austerity The Metropolitan Gang Unit has banned over 30 drill videos from Youtube in recent weeks after deciding the popular genre is the lone root of... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold One of Russia’s masterpiece paintings was attacked with a metal pole You could say Vodka and an increased inability to differentiate historical fact with artistic license had something to do with the art assault on a... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold With Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs, New York updates its sexual harassment laws As the fallen mogul faces charges for rape and sexual assault, New York announced a slew of new policies to address sexual harassment in the... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Two modern nations are still terrified of a woman’s right to choose The uncertainty surrounding Ireland's referendum over a 35-year-old abortion ban grows, while the United States, this week, proposed one of the most strict abortion rules... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold In a world of media-driven paranoia, perhaps doomsday prepping isn’t that crazy? According to one researcher who spoke with survivalists in 18 states across the U.S., it's actually a natural response to a media environment of constant... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Saudi Arabia arrests women’s rights activists ahead of driving ban being lifted One month before the ban is set to lift, 13 activists were arrested at their homes. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The suburbs are the frontlines of America’s mass shootings According to a new report from the Associated Press, all but one of the ten deadliest school shootings in the U.S. have occurred in some of... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold African-American artists shatter art world expectations at auction Last week's record-breaking sale of Kerry James Marshall's 'Past Times' at Sotheby's suggest a long-overdue mainstreaming of the black contemporary art. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Your favorite pop song might be depressed After analyzing more than 500,000 pop songs, researchers have found that the most popular music has become a total bummer in the last 30 years. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Tbilisi’s clubgoers protest for open culture despite strict drug laws and white nationalists Thousands of Georgian techno fans gathered in downtown Tbilisi this week to protest armed crackdowns on two of city’s most vibrant nightclubs. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Another reminder that marijuana arrests in NYC are still (extremely) racially biased Across the city, black and hispanic people are arrested for low-level marijuana offenses at a rate eight times higher than white people according to a... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The dissident art of ‘cruising’ gets a pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale Champagne and poppers will be served at the May 24th opening of Spazio Punch's "Cruising Pavilion." by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Is a film festival sponsored by the Israeli government an incident of ‘art-washing?’ Document talks with a London-based filmmaker and activist, who is one of 30 industry professionals calling for the boycott of The London Israel Film and... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Flesh and Spirit’ is at the center of an art family’s legal feud As Sotheby's prepares to auction the virtually unseen Basquiat piece next week for an estimated $30 million, a disinherited art collector is accusing the auction... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Uber’s self-driving car purposefully ignored the pedestrian it fatally struck The company's flawed programming extends beyond the self-driving program and into deep-set racial bias, as well, drivers claim. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Big books and bigger sticker prices are for big boys, only, researchers conclude An analysis of over 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 by researchers at the City University of New York finds that publishing, after... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold A collective that documents global conflict are now up for the Turner Prize The nomination of London-based Forensic Architecture is a watershed moment for Britain's most prestigious art prize. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold It took six months and 18 sexual assault allegations for the Swedish Academy to confront its own #MeToo crisis The elite body responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature is handling its own sexual misconduct crisis more poorly than you could imagine. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Wildlife photography has a surprisingly sketchy underbelly After Britain’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year was found to have staged his award-winning image, other photographers are coming out with their own stories of... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Culture can cure cities, but it can plague them, too Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs have created the first cultural analytics report linking culture capital with urban growth—and gentrification. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The ghosts of historical lynchings still walk among us A new study in the "Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities" examines the effect of lynchings from 1877 to 1950 on present-day death rates. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The child separation crisis at the border is far from over Even with today's deadline to unify refugee children with their parents. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Most of the female writers you know have experienced sexual harassment A survey conducted by Writer’s Guild of America West says that sixty-four percent of female writers have experienced sexual harassment at least once in their... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Colorblind in a heatwave Japan is applying its progressive design ethos to heatmaps that can be visible to those with colorblindness. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Another well-researched blow to the moral panic surrounding same-sex parenting A quarter of a decade since the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study began researchers can finally reveal that good parenting has nothing to do with sexuality. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Trump’s silence on American arts is deafening With nine months until the Venice Biennale, the State Department has yet to announce a U.S. artist. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The man in the hole emerges Footage of the world's most isolated man, who has lived in a hole in the Brazilian jungle since the eradication of his tribe, was captured... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold If it’s fresh air you’re looking for, avoid the major national parks Ozone levels across the country's national parks are virtually indistinguishable from the smog and pollution found in major metropolitan areas according to new research. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Here’s one reason why you stop getting your musical kicks at age 30 A new survey of music listeners attempts to make sense of aging and musical discovery. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The millennials of the world have had enough of big business A recent survey of millennials and members of Gen Z across six countries has revealed a totally reasonable and widespread mistrust of those leading the... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Global broadband inequality is making it impossible for some nations to log on The internet is getting faster for a select global few, leaving developing nations at an extreme disadvantage. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men In the first study of its kind, researchers have found a direct correlation between increased access to healthcare and the legalization of same-sex marriages. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Researchers think millennial pink might be the oldest color known to man Before Tumblr, Instagram, and mankind itself—there was pink, floating in Earth's primordial ooze. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier According to a new report by two watchdog groups, the e-commerce hub has become a handy resource for extremist children toys. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold A raid on an Italian artifact smuggling ring may have unlocked a vast forgery web The recent bust of one of Italy's oldest organized crime rings may have 'convulsive' impacts on the scholarly world of artifacts and forgeries. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Young activists take UK government to court over failing to tackle climate change After research suggests the younger generation will be facing the effects of climate change, activists in the UK are holding the government responsible. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is about to shift the status quo The future of the highest court in the land may take an even grimmer shift to the right. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Greenpeace gets into streetwear with its latest environmental message The environmental advocacy group partners with Outlaw Moscow on a series of face masks to bring attention to air pollution in Russia. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Parks and wreck: New York City’s crumbling public infrastructure A new body of research from the Center for an Urban Future paints a bleak picture for the state of the city's most treasured green... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Why the 2018 World Cup is a game changer for Iranian women Women from the religiously conservative nation are trekking to Russia to cheer on their home team from inside of a stadium for the first time... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Dockless bikes, the latest tech disruption, are ending up in volcanoes and trees One was found at the bottom of New Zealand’s Mt. Eden volcano this past week. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Of course Scott Pruitt’s EPA tried to kill a study about toxic chemicals in our groundwater According to a new study released by an agency not under the EPA administrator's hapless thumb, a highly-toxic compound has been discovered in over 1,500... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold New York’s tepid slog towards legalizing marijuana is killing our vibe While state-wide legalization of weed seems inevitable, recent announcements on drug enforcement policies by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are as tepid... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The 68.5 million people running from war and crisis globally is now the highest on record According to the latest report by the U.N.'s Refugee Agency, every two seconds a person is displaced somewhere on the planet. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Mammals are increasingly going about their lives in the dark to get away from humans Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley monitored 62 different species and discovered that all had drastically shifted their routines just to get away... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold After dropping ‘don’t be evil,’ Google looks for new words to justify its military projects As reports of the company's participation in a military drone project set off an internal and public image scandal, Google is hoping that new ethical... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold We need to do something about the plastic problem A new report by the U.N.'s Environmental Program warns that unless action is taken that by 2050 there could be more plastic in our seas... by Caroline Christie
At Large Forensic Architecture are rebuilding objective truths in a subjective world The Turner Prize-nominated research collective are bridging the space of war zones and human rights atrocities with the world of fine arts to establish undeniable... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Millennial men are going to new extremes to reach their fitness goals A new survey claims that over 90 percent of millennial males have altered their lifestyle in a bid for a buff body in what could... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Europe’s new data protection laws are a confusing mess that might change the world for better The European Union's new data privacy rule, which went into effect last week, is the reason your inbox has been a mess for the last... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Britain’s war on drill music is a grand effort to ignore the failures of austerity The Metropolitan Gang Unit has banned over 30 drill videos from Youtube in recent weeks after deciding the popular genre is the lone root of... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold One of Russia’s masterpiece paintings was attacked with a metal pole You could say Vodka and an increased inability to differentiate historical fact with artistic license had something to do with the art assault on a... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold With Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs, New York updates its sexual harassment laws As the fallen mogul faces charges for rape and sexual assault, New York announced a slew of new policies to address sexual harassment in the... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Two modern nations are still terrified of a woman’s right to choose The uncertainty surrounding Ireland's referendum over a 35-year-old abortion ban grows, while the United States, this week, proposed one of the most strict abortion rules... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold In a world of media-driven paranoia, perhaps doomsday prepping isn’t that crazy? According to one researcher who spoke with survivalists in 18 states across the U.S., it's actually a natural response to a media environment of constant... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Saudi Arabia arrests women’s rights activists ahead of driving ban being lifted One month before the ban is set to lift, 13 activists were arrested at their homes. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The suburbs are the frontlines of America’s mass shootings According to a new report from the Associated Press, all but one of the ten deadliest school shootings in the U.S. have occurred in some of... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold African-American artists shatter art world expectations at auction Last week's record-breaking sale of Kerry James Marshall's 'Past Times' at Sotheby's suggest a long-overdue mainstreaming of the black contemporary art. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Your favorite pop song might be depressed After analyzing more than 500,000 pop songs, researchers have found that the most popular music has become a total bummer in the last 30 years. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Tbilisi’s clubgoers protest for open culture despite strict drug laws and white nationalists Thousands of Georgian techno fans gathered in downtown Tbilisi this week to protest armed crackdowns on two of city’s most vibrant nightclubs. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Another reminder that marijuana arrests in NYC are still (extremely) racially biased Across the city, black and hispanic people are arrested for low-level marijuana offenses at a rate eight times higher than white people according to a... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The dissident art of ‘cruising’ gets a pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale Champagne and poppers will be served at the May 24th opening of Spazio Punch's "Cruising Pavilion." by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Is a film festival sponsored by the Israeli government an incident of ‘art-washing?’ Document talks with a London-based filmmaker and activist, who is one of 30 industry professionals calling for the boycott of The London Israel Film and... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Flesh and Spirit’ is at the center of an art family’s legal feud As Sotheby's prepares to auction the virtually unseen Basquiat piece next week for an estimated $30 million, a disinherited art collector is accusing the auction... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Uber’s self-driving car purposefully ignored the pedestrian it fatally struck The company's flawed programming extends beyond the self-driving program and into deep-set racial bias, as well, drivers claim. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Big books and bigger sticker prices are for big boys, only, researchers conclude An analysis of over 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 by researchers at the City University of New York finds that publishing, after... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold A collective that documents global conflict are now up for the Turner Prize The nomination of London-based Forensic Architecture is a watershed moment for Britain's most prestigious art prize. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold It took six months and 18 sexual assault allegations for the Swedish Academy to confront its own #MeToo crisis The elite body responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature is handling its own sexual misconduct crisis more poorly than you could imagine. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Wildlife photography has a surprisingly sketchy underbelly After Britain’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year was found to have staged his award-winning image, other photographers are coming out with their own stories of... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Culture can cure cities, but it can plague them, too Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs have created the first cultural analytics report linking culture capital with urban growth—and gentrification. by Caroline Christie