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.
‘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 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 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 Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the... by Katharine K. Zarrella 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 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 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 A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman Empress Of carves out a kingdom Empress Of singer Lorely Rodriguez talks about her insistence on living through empathy and her DIY origins in Los Angeles. by Fiona Duncan The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction? by Cody Delistraty Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important? Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by Brendan Nyhan Fashion Nova on the rise Document transforms the slinky Instagram clubwear sensation Fashion Nova into an indie punk dream. by Ann Binlot Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality Document and graduating students from Parsons School of Design question the fashion industry’s model of excess in this sustainable editorial. by Shawn Lakin David Lynch still keeps his head Piecing together the fragments of the director's infamously opaque creative process with his new memoir, 'Room to Dream.' by Judy Berman serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’ Josiah Wise's latest release as serpentwithfeet is a sensuous plea to indulge the fantasies of unbroken human intimacy. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton A life of objects lost in translation An intimate tour of Christie's acclaimed Rockefeller Auction, this past May, revealed the lie at the heart of estate sales—and of the American dream so... by Vivien Lee 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 Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York... by Dalya Benor If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books. If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long... by Emily Wells Visions of Vigilantism How two recent films, Eli Roth's remake of 'Death Wish' and the Safdie Brother's 'Good Time,' update a less-spoken promise of the American dream: instant... by Jonathon Sturgeon In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty Automated for the people What does the rise of workwear in fashion say about our own ideas about labor in the age of automation and the Amazon warehouse? by Mindy Meissen Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls. by Anders Christian Madsen The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm. by Katherine Cross Aggregators of anxiety Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica. by Barrett White Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom On ‘Freedom’, his fifth record as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon makes post-modern soul music that stares down the borderless terrain of the self. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton The end of fur as we know it? As an increasing number of designers end their relationship with fur, we ask if the split is permanent. by Divya Bala Saskia de Brauw says the #MeToo moment has made her rethink ‘normal’ The artist and model on working in an industry looking to make amends. by Divya Bala Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror The art made by Guantanamo Bay detainees and the photographs of Edmund Clarke, both on display in New York City this spring, offers new perspectives... by Rahel Aima The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City The stately painter, whose attentive personality flourished in the underground of 1970s New York, tells Document the stories behind the stories of his collected journals,... by Kelly Harris Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future Irv Teibel’s ‘Environments’ created a whole new category of escapist listening in the ’60s and ’70s. Now reissued as an app by the Numero Group,... by Thea Ballard Taking back New York City’s nightlife NYC is finally free to dance without fear of crackdown again with the repeal of New York’s 91-year-old Cabaret Law. by Daisy Prince Destination POV In the age of Instagram, travel has become the pursuit not of a singular experience—but the same point of view. by Michael McGregor The American politics of the radical presidential portrait Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are the latest entries in a visual tradition defining the politics of the present. by Ann Binlot Porches make a record for and by New York City Identity, club music, boredom and distraction all collide on Aaron Maine's latest album. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Telfar Clemens’ deconstructed designs for the post-identity generation The New York designer is making clothes to demolish the status quo by Sharifa Morris Pieter Hugo on ‘Victory of Youth,’ his exclusive collaboration with Nike and Riccardo Tisci The acclaimed photographer sits down with art editor Drew Sawyer to discuss his exclusive latest work for Nike and Document Books by Drew Sawyer The Eternal Peter Hujar Nan Goldin, Gary Indiana, Dev Hynes, and more, reflect on ten of the photographer's singular portraits, some never before published, until now by Sarah Nicole Prickett The Energy of a New Moment As the chaos of 2017 gives way to a new year, Document asked a number of artists, writers, musicians, and designers to sum up an... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Adrift in America As hyper-media and violence create a dysphoric present, one writer stops to survey our collective unmooring. by Patrick Blanchfield What drives our search for utopia? Religious freedom, inequality, sexual freedom—the pursuit of utopia is always a reflection of contemporary moods by Cody Delistraty The haute couture fascination inspiring London’s newest class of designers Haute Couture is finding a new audience with a group of upcoming designers who place craft and individualism at the forefront by Anders Christian Madsen If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today? Noah Berlatsky explores the parallels between cultural fear and the work of science fiction by Noah Berlatsky Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution How do you turn what was once demonized into a source of pride and exploration? Matt Baume writes on cosplay's gender defying evolution by Matt Baume Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web If Anarchism has always existed, might it just be a base state of human existence? by Kyle Chayka Will virtual reality have an empathy breakthrough? In a internet landscape filled with cynicism and cyber attacks, artists are looking to virtual reality to bridge the digital gap by Cody Delistraty Piers Secunda and the Preservation of Destruction The sculptor speaks about cultural violence in the Middle East by Fiona Rose-Greenland
‘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
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
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
Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the... by Katharine K. Zarrella
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
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
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
A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman
Empress Of carves out a kingdom Empress Of singer Lorely Rodriguez talks about her insistence on living through empathy and her DIY origins in Los Angeles. by Fiona Duncan
The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction? by Cody Delistraty
Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important? Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by Brendan Nyhan
Fashion Nova on the rise Document transforms the slinky Instagram clubwear sensation Fashion Nova into an indie punk dream. by Ann Binlot
Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells
Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts
The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality Document and graduating students from Parsons School of Design question the fashion industry’s model of excess in this sustainable editorial. by Shawn Lakin
David Lynch still keeps his head Piecing together the fragments of the director's infamously opaque creative process with his new memoir, 'Room to Dream.' by Judy Berman
serpentwithfeet sows the seeds of love in ‘soil’ Josiah Wise's latest release as serpentwithfeet is a sensuous plea to indulge the fantasies of unbroken human intimacy. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
A life of objects lost in translation An intimate tour of Christie's acclaimed Rockefeller Auction, this past May, revealed the lie at the heart of estate sales—and of the American dream so... by Vivien Lee
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
Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them As the Brooklyn Museum shines a long overdue light on two decades of conceptual works by pioneering Latina artists, a trio of emerging New York... by Dalya Benor
If you haven’t a sense of humor, don’t speak to Geoff Dyer. Or read his books. If you do, the novelist's latest, a literary meditation on photographer Garry Winogrand, is the kind of cheeky, yet critical, approach to photography we've long... by Emily Wells
Visions of Vigilantism How two recent films, Eli Roth's remake of 'Death Wish' and the Safdie Brother's 'Good Time,' update a less-spoken promise of the American dream: instant... by Jonathon Sturgeon
In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty
Automated for the people What does the rise of workwear in fashion say about our own ideas about labor in the age of automation and the Amazon warehouse? by Mindy Meissen
Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul The creative directors of Jil Sander have brought their fusion of elite and cult style to the brand's minimalist halls. by Anders Christian Madsen
The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm. by Katherine Cross
Aggregators of anxiety Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica. by Barrett White
Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom On ‘Freedom’, his fifth record as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon makes post-modern soul music that stares down the borderless terrain of the self. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
The end of fur as we know it? As an increasing number of designers end their relationship with fur, we ask if the split is permanent. by Divya Bala
Saskia de Brauw says the #MeToo moment has made her rethink ‘normal’ The artist and model on working in an industry looking to make amends. by Divya Bala
Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror The art made by Guantanamo Bay detainees and the photographs of Edmund Clarke, both on display in New York City this spring, offers new perspectives... by Rahel Aima
The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City The stately painter, whose attentive personality flourished in the underground of 1970s New York, tells Document the stories behind the stories of his collected journals,... by Kelly Harris
Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future Irv Teibel’s ‘Environments’ created a whole new category of escapist listening in the ’60s and ’70s. Now reissued as an app by the Numero Group,... by Thea Ballard
Taking back New York City’s nightlife NYC is finally free to dance without fear of crackdown again with the repeal of New York’s 91-year-old Cabaret Law. by Daisy Prince
Destination POV In the age of Instagram, travel has become the pursuit not of a singular experience—but the same point of view. by Michael McGregor
The American politics of the radical presidential portrait Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are the latest entries in a visual tradition defining the politics of the present. by Ann Binlot
Porches make a record for and by New York City Identity, club music, boredom and distraction all collide on Aaron Maine's latest album. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Telfar Clemens’ deconstructed designs for the post-identity generation The New York designer is making clothes to demolish the status quo by Sharifa Morris
Pieter Hugo on ‘Victory of Youth,’ his exclusive collaboration with Nike and Riccardo Tisci The acclaimed photographer sits down with art editor Drew Sawyer to discuss his exclusive latest work for Nike and Document Books by Drew Sawyer
The Eternal Peter Hujar Nan Goldin, Gary Indiana, Dev Hynes, and more, reflect on ten of the photographer's singular portraits, some never before published, until now by Sarah Nicole Prickett
The Energy of a New Moment As the chaos of 2017 gives way to a new year, Document asked a number of artists, writers, musicians, and designers to sum up an... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Adrift in America As hyper-media and violence create a dysphoric present, one writer stops to survey our collective unmooring. by Patrick Blanchfield
What drives our search for utopia? Religious freedom, inequality, sexual freedom—the pursuit of utopia is always a reflection of contemporary moods by Cody Delistraty
The haute couture fascination inspiring London’s newest class of designers Haute Couture is finding a new audience with a group of upcoming designers who place craft and individualism at the forefront by Anders Christian Madsen
If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today? Noah Berlatsky explores the parallels between cultural fear and the work of science fiction by Noah Berlatsky
Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution How do you turn what was once demonized into a source of pride and exploration? Matt Baume writes on cosplay's gender defying evolution by Matt Baume
Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web If Anarchism has always existed, might it just be a base state of human existence? by Kyle Chayka
Will virtual reality have an empathy breakthrough? In a internet landscape filled with cynicism and cyber attacks, artists are looking to virtual reality to bridge the digital gap by Cody Delistraty
Piers Secunda and the Preservation of Destruction The sculptor speaks about cultural violence in the Middle East by Fiona Rose-Greenland