![Ming Smith’s ‘Strange Fruit’ reveals the specters of American history](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/03163859/THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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.
![Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/08160214/Document-Journal_Garry-Winogrand-Mitch-Epstein_THUMB-HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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.
![Artist Wim Botha exposes the bad faith of Encyclopedia Britannica](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/08165301/Wim-Botha-Still-Life-With-Discontent-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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.
![15 minutes with Pedro Almodóvar, film legend turned fine artist](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/02162629/Pedro-Almodovar-Waiting-for-the-Light-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
15 minutes with Pedro Almodóvar, film legend turned fine artist
The legendary filmmaker's first New York exhibition, ‘Waiting for the Light,’ is on view at Marlborough Gallery through June 29, 2019.
![John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/29104557/Document-Journal-14_John-Waters-and-Edmund-White_THUMB-HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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...
![Paul Anthony Smith probes his dual identity in ‘Junction’](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/17174254/Paul-Anthony-Smith-Junction-Jack-Shainman-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Paul Anthony Smith probes his dual identity in ‘Junction’
The Jamaican-American artist Paul Anthony Smith investigates class, colonialism, and culture in Junction, his first exhibition at Jack Shainman.
![Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and artist Takashi Murakami on humility and the art of collaboration](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/15124133/Document-Journal_Hiroshi-Fujiwara-and-Takashi-Murakami_THUMB-Horizontal-600x450.jpg)
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.
![4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/18151900/Sitting-for-Chloe-Wise-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise
On the occasion of Chloe Wise’s portrait exhibition ‘Not That We Don’t’ at Almine Rech London, Document reached out to her subjects to gain their...
![Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/16113412/Lizzie-Fitch-Ryan-Trecartin-Prada-Foundation-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy
The artists reconstruct the idea of home in their Fondazione Prada exhibition ”Whether Line.”
![Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12151933/Corey-Wash-Caroline-Christie-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials
The artist and model is advocating for better communication through art.
![Trace the ‘Journey of a Raindrop’ at Milan’s Issey Miyake flagship](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/10144051/Issey-Miyake-Milan-Valentina-Berlinghieri-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Trace the ‘Journey of a Raindrop’ at Milan’s Issey Miyake flagship
Issey Miyake tapped Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel to create a series of installations in its Milan flagship for Salone del Mobile.
![The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/09112502/Bauhaus-Women-List-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten
On the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, look at five groundbreaking women who were erased from art history.
![Genevieve Gaignard removes our rose-colored glasses for white Americana](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/05123216/Document-Journal_Genevieve-GaignardTHUMBHORIZONTALv2-600x450.jpg)
Genevieve Gaignard removes our rose-colored glasses for white Americana
The artist explores the disturbing resonances of domestic life and white nostalgia in "Black White and Red All Over" at Monique Meloche Gallery.
![The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/03164354/Sharjah-Biennial-Ann-Binlot-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture
Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif, and Claire Tancons curated the 14th Sharjah Biennial, ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber,’ which looks at how systems dictate culture.
![Why everyone is rediscovering the spiritual illustrations of Emma Kunz](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/02114159/Emma-Kunz-Serpentine-Gallery-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Why everyone is rediscovering the spiritual illustrations of Emma Kunz
The Serpentine in London plays host to the UK’s first solo show of the Swiss naturopath, healer, and environmental artist.
![What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/28163329/Liv-Wynter-Holly-Whitaker-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?
Artist and activist Liv Wynter explains why we need to redefine the term emotional labour.
![Anne Imhof’s ‘Sex’ convulses with death and desire](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/28162455/Anne-Imhof-Spyros-Rennt-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Anne Imhof’s ‘Sex’ convulses with death and desire
The artist gives expression to human yearnings and the futile quest for refuge—against a frenetic soundtrack spanning Vivaldi to Nirvana.
![A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/21105029/Jack-Greer-Nick-Ricardo-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer
The artist discusses his affinity for parks, creating in the spirit of the internet, and how he's changed since the end of The Still House...
![Denise Murrell calls attention to the forgotten black muses of contemporary art](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/26151927/Denise-Murrell-Posing-Modernity-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Denise Murrell calls attention to the forgotten black muses of contemporary art
The art curator's new exhibition at the Musee D'orsay in Paris places black figures at the center of contemporary art.
![Artists Bryndon Cook and Rahim Fortune find stability in their Southern roots](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/25112516/THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Artists Bryndon Cook and Rahim Fortune find stability in their Southern roots
Ahead of his new album, Bryndon Cook—a.k.a. Starchild and the New Romantic— discusses southern identity and strong women with photographer Rahim Fortune.
![Art gives a voice to South Asia’s most persecuted communities](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/22135934/Fabricated-Fractures-Ann-Binlot-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Art gives a voice to South Asia’s most persecuted communities
‘Fabric(ated) Fractures,’ a group exhibition at Concrete in Dubai, tells the untold stories of rape, religious violence, and loss in South Asia.
![Meet the artist starting a roadkill-to-table revolution](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/19173421/Roadkill-Bitcoin-Petr-Davydtchenko-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Meet the artist starting a roadkill-to-table revolution
Petr Davydtchenko, who’s been living off roadkill as an alternative to capitalism, likens his practice to the bitcoin revolution.
![Theaster Gates illuminates the dark history of Maine’s interracial exiles](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18115643/Theaster-Gates-Chris-Strong-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Theaster Gates illuminates the dark history of Maine’s interracial exiles
For his first solo museum exhibition in France at Palais de Tokyo, the artist explores America’s dark forgotten past through the interracial exiles of Malaga...
![EDITION Hotels is reinventing billboard art—and Times Square along with it](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12152028/Times-Square-EDITION-Arts-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
EDITION Hotels is reinventing billboard art—and Times Square along with it
Robotic art projects and 3-D billboard installations are attracting New Yorkers to Times Square
![Reclaiming nudity through the work of Alice Neel](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12103922/Alice-Neel-David-Zwirner-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Reclaiming nudity through the work of Alice Neel
Exploring the freedom found in our unfiltered bodies at the new retrospective covering 60 years of Alice Neel’s nudes on view at David Zwirner.
![Sadie Barnette explores a Black Panther-infused family history at The Armory Show](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/08150357/Sadie-Barnette-Armory-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Sadie Barnette explores a Black Panther-infused family history at The Armory Show
Sadie Barnette brings a joyful reprieve to issues of race, identity, and gentrification at Charlie James Gallery at the 25th edition of The Armory Show.
![3 exhibitions changing the narrative around the “forgotten female artist”](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/27151021/Document-Journal_3-exhibitions-challenging-the-narrative-of-the-forgotten-female-artist__THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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.
![Kunle Martins and Jack Pierson invite you to their ‘Pee Party’](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/06154542/Jack-Pierson-Kunle-Martins-Alex-Hodor-Lee-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Kunle Martins and Jack Pierson invite you to their ‘Pee Party’
The two artists discuss love, life, and their first exhibition together at Jeffrey Stark.
![Remembering the photography of ‘Renaissance man’ Karl Lagerfeld](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04171619/Remembering-Karl-Lagerfeld-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Remembering the photography of ‘Renaissance man’ Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld’s art dealer, Mathias Rastorfer of Galerie Gmurzynska, recalls working with the legendary Chanel designer as a photographer.
![Andy Dixon’s colorful commentary on the comedy of desire](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/28122117/Andy-Dixon-Look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Andy Dixon’s colorful commentary on the comedy of desire
The Canadian artist interweaves themes of appropriation to paint a vivid interpretation of art’s intricate relationship with wealth and decadence.
![The story behind Sarah Charlesworth’s haunting ‘Stills’ series](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/26105736/Sarah-Charlesworth-Stills-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The story behind Sarah Charlesworth’s haunting ‘Stills’ series
Document takes a look at the late Sarah Charlesworth’s archive on the occasion of her first exhibition with Paula Cooper Gallery.
![Mike Kelley’s ‘Unisex Love Nest’ examines the politics of queer aesthetics](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/26094844/Mike-Kelley-Unisex-love-nest-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Mike Kelley’s ‘Unisex Love Nest’ examines the politics of queer aesthetics
Mike Kelley's 'Unisex Love Nest,' which was recently shown in his adopted hometown for the first time, still resonates 20 years after its debut.
![4 Mexican fashion designers on Frida Kahlo’s enduring influence](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/22123410/Designers-on-Frida-Kahlo-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
4 Mexican fashion designers on Frida Kahlo’s enduring influence
Carla Fernández, Andres Jimenez, Alejandra Quesada, and Barbara Sánchez-Kane recall how the legendary artist influenced their own practices.
![The surreal domestic lives of humans and their hyper-real dolls](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/22102536/Surrogati-Fondiazione-Prada-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The surreal domestic lives of humans and their hyper-real dolls
Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition, ‘Surrogati. Un amore ideale’ (Surrogate. A Love Ideal) explores the emotional bonds between humans and their inanimate companions.
![Filmmaker Jenn Nkiru reclaims the black origins of techno](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/15151853/Gucci-Second-Summer-of-Love-Frieze-LA-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Filmmaker Jenn Nkiru reclaims the black origins of techno
With her new film ‘Black to Techno,’ commissioned by Gucci and Frieze, the filmmaker looks to the genre's beginnings in the Motor City.
![5 artists on how masculinity informs their practice](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/15152500/Document-Journal_Masculinity-in-Art_THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
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...
![Alok Vaid-Menon wants you to embrace vulnerability this Valentine’s day](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/13181319/Alok-Vaid-Menon-Valentines-Day-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Alok Vaid-Menon wants you to embrace vulnerability this Valentine’s day
The poet and performer, who will stage three different happenings for Valentine's Day, discusses the evolution of their personal style and challenging the established meaning...
![Capturing the rich diversity of Latin America, from Chicano youth to indigenous trans communities](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12112603/Mundo-Latinx-LCF-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Capturing the rich diversity of Latin America, from Chicano youth to indigenous trans communities
A new show at the Fashion Space Gallery in London surveys illustrators, photographers, and fashion designers redefining the world’s perception of Latin America from the...
![From Russia, with blood: Andrei Molodkin decries censorship in gory new exhibition](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11164156/Andrei-Molodkin-Black-Horizon-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
From Russia, with blood: Andrei Molodkin decries censorship in gory new exhibition
The Russian artist brings his series ‘Young Blood’ to Belgium and asks you to participate by donating your own blood.
![Tattooist Maxime Plescia-Büchi ponders the lovely ubiquity of symbols](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11114706/Maxime-Plescia-Buchi-Richard-Dowker-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Tattooist Maxime Plescia-Büchi ponders the lovely ubiquity of symbols
In anticipation of the opening of his third tattoo studio, Sang Bleu LA, contemporary tattoo behemoth Maxime Plescia-Büchi discusses aesthetics and the potentially tumultuous state...
![20 years later, ‘United States of Attica’ is still a rallying cry for prison reform](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/07145004/Alife-Brooklyn-Museum-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
20 years later, ‘United States of Attica’ is still a rallying cry for prison reform
Alife® and the Brooklyn Museum teamed to bring Faith Ringgold’s seminal work to a new audience for its inaugural Black History Month capsule collection.
![Penny Slinger invites us to unveil the feminine psyche in a new tantric exhibition](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06121620/Penny-Slinger-Inside-Out-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Penny Slinger invites us to unveil the feminine psyche in a new tantric exhibition
The British artist draws from Surrealism to empower women to reclaim their “birthright” to sexual expression and deconstruct oppressive structures of power.
![Finding my Filipino identity in Maia Cruz Palileo’s art](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/01132912/Document-Journal_Maia-Cruz_THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Finding my Filipino identity in Maia Cruz Palileo’s art
Document senior editor Ann Binlot writes on her search for representation of her Filipino heritage only to find it through the art of contemporary artist...
![Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/31152704/Tabitha-Soren-Surface-Tension-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens
In her new project ‘Surface Tension,’ Tabitha Soren suggests our digital-era anxiety can actually bring us closer together.
![How Susan Hiller turned the occult into radical art](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/31163322/susan-hiller-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
How Susan Hiller turned the occult into radical art
Looking back at the impact of the anthropologist turned ‘paraconceptual’ art pioneer, who passed away this week at 78.
![The artist too radical for 18th century Paris finally gets an exhibition](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/30160208/Document-Journal_Jean-Jacques-Lequeu_THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The artist too radical for 18th century Paris finally gets an exhibition
Centuries after his death, Jean-Jacques Lequeu's haunting sketches of architecture and erotica are finally being celebrated.
![Gianni Lee and Elise Peterson on Black art and brainstorming the future](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/28140316/Document-Journal_GiannixElise_THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Gianni Lee and Elise Peterson on Black art and brainstorming the future
The artists discuss communal responsibility and imagine Black futures through their work and experience.
![Piers Secunda turns back time on ISIS’ cultural destruction](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/28101928/Piers-Secunda-Caroline-Christie-2019-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Piers Secunda turns back time on ISIS’ cultural destruction
Armed with industrial floor paint the artist is working to repair Iraq's bullet-ridden cultural artifacts and reconnect us with our cultural past.
![The surrealist film noir set in the aftermath of Trump’s inauguration](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/25113408/Josephine-Meckseper-PELLEAS-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
The surrealist film noir set in the aftermath of Trump’s inauguration
Josephine Meckseper weaves Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March that followed into a new iteration of Maurice Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
![Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Skypes with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the rise of the .net generation](http://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/06201549/DOC6_JONASMEKAS_THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)