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Raf Simons recalls Jaws and The Graduate for Calvin Klein 205W39NYC Spring/Summer 2019 Calvin Klein 205W38NYC chief creative officer Raf Simons pays homage to opposing themes in “Jaws” and “The Graduate” during New York Fashion Week. by Ann Binlot Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent. by Caroline Christie Fashion as fantasy: Julian Louie figured out how to wear an entire collection at once The artist and fashion designer collaged together all the looks from Louis Vuitton's and Dior's mens' Spring/Summer 2019 collections exclusively for Document Online. by Ann Binlot Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie Meet New Pandemics, the modeling agency that’s looking to bring queer visibility to the forefront Janette Beckman photographed New Pandemics Spring/Summer 2019 show package, revealed exclusively on Document Online. by Ann Binlot Telfar’s ‘post-identity’ aesthetic emerges on an East River helipad A little rain couldn't bring down the energy at Telfar Clemens's performance-filled Spring/Summer 2019 show. by Shawn Lakin Eckhaus Latta brings its inner circle to Bushwick for Spring/Summer 2019 Document takes a look at Eckhaus Latta's Spring/Summer 2019 collection, presented with the sounds of a baby orchestra. by Shawn Lakin London Fashion Week goes fur free The British Fashion Council announced that this September’s London Fashion Week will not have any animal fur on the runway. by Caroline Christie Browns finds its kindred spirit in Fred Segal The fabled London retailer partnered with iconic Los Angeles fashion destination Fred Segal for a pop-up shop featuring a number of emerging designers. by Maxwell Williams Russian scientists speed up the internet A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times. by Caroline Christie Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a... by Caroline Christie Recalling the big hair and even bigger personalities of Wigstock Linda Simpson, John Kelly, Lypsinka, and Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones reminisce about their fondest moments of the annual New York drag celebration. by Shawn Lakin London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair. by Caroline Christie Global warming causes insects to eat more crops A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation. by Caroline Christie Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure. by Caroline Christie What does AI-generated art look like? An exhibition at Nature Morte in New Dehli showcases the artwork generated not by human hand, but by artificial intelligence. by Ann Binlot Shanel Campbell is on the verge Even though she only just recently graduated from Parsons, Solange and Issa Rae are already among the fashion designer's celebrity admirers. by Samuel Gamberg Hermès and Pierre Charpin join forces for La Serpentine The French designer and artist collaborated with Hermès to create window displays, scarves, and tabletop items. by Ann Binlot Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky? Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire. by Caroline Christie How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo... by Caroline Christie Looking back at the ‘Beautiful Losers’ A new exhibition at The Hole celebrates the 10th anniversary of the documentary Beautiful Losers, which celebrated the 'broke artists' of New York's downtown scene... by Ann Binlot Not just relegated to politics, Russian bots are now undermining vaccines A new piece of research from George Washington University shows that social media bots and Russian trolls have also been used to spread false information... by Caroline Christie And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll. by Caroline Christie One artist brings the Acne Studios Manhattan Sneaker on a journey through the ’90s "Shoes are the first thing I look at when meeting someone." by Ann Binlot UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913. by Caroline Christie An authentic look at people with their very own Birkenstocks The brand tapped Jack Davison to shoot Ryan McGinley, Thomas Südhof, Romany Pajdak and more with their beloved Birkenstocks. by Ann Binlot France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app. by Caroline Christie Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art. by Caroline Christie Nudists flock the Palais de Tokyo One of Paris’s most prestigious contemporary art collections opened its doors for the first time to a very marginalized group of culture lovers. by Caroline Christie Do something different: Telfar and FAKA bring fashion and music to the Serpentine Pavilion South African performance art duo FAKA unleashed a soulful performance at Serpentine Galleries in Telfar's spring 2019 collection. by Georgia Graham Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research. by Caroline Christie The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities. by Caroline Christie The photographer who made the biggest names of the 20th century beautiful Portraits of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Emperor Charles I of Austria taken by Dora Kallmus, or d’Ora, are the subject of an exhibition at... by Ann Binlot Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming. by Caroline Christie Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp. by Caroline Christie Harley Weir directs a new A.P.C. film starring it-model Paul Hameline Are the words uttered by models-cum-actors Hameline, Sohyun Jung and Aida Blue in Harley Weir's A.P.C. film a Lettrist poem or random musings? by Ann Binlot Watch Document dance with lifestyle label 69 through its new exhibition at MOCA Los Angeles With an anonymous designer at the helm, non-gender, non-demographic label 69 resolves its own identity crisis in a show at the L.A. museum. by Shawn Lakin Eckhaus Latta tests the boundaries between fashion, art and commerce at The Whitney Eckhaus Latta, the cult fashion label by Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, is the subject of The Whitney's first fashion-focused exhibition since 1997. by Jocelyn Silver Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin. by Caroline Christie The case for a museum director who isn’t white or male Did the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles make the right decision in appointing Klaus Biesenbach as its new director? by Ann Binlot Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown. by Caroline Christie Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community? A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system. by Caroline Christie A new tome traces Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv’s 60 years in logo design The iconic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv is responsible for the most memorable American logos, from the NBC peacock to the Chase Bank... by Ann Binlot 20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat. by Caroline Christie 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 Robert Wilson remembers the time Pierre Bergé introduced him to French president François Mitterand The experimental theater director Robert Wilson honored the late Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé at The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction. by Ann Binlot The Missoni family invites you to enjoy their gnocchi verdi Francesco Maccapani Missoni collected his family recipes for The Missoni Family Cookbook, published by Assouline. by Ann Binlot 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 The Document Agenda: There’s no such thing as the middle ground Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth. by Phil Backes 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
Raf Simons recalls Jaws and The Graduate for Calvin Klein 205W39NYC Spring/Summer 2019 Calvin Klein 205W38NYC chief creative officer Raf Simons pays homage to opposing themes in “Jaws” and “The Graduate” during New York Fashion Week. by Ann Binlot
Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent. by Caroline Christie
Fashion as fantasy: Julian Louie figured out how to wear an entire collection at once The artist and fashion designer collaged together all the looks from Louis Vuitton's and Dior's mens' Spring/Summer 2019 collections exclusively for Document Online. by Ann Binlot
Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie
Meet New Pandemics, the modeling agency that’s looking to bring queer visibility to the forefront Janette Beckman photographed New Pandemics Spring/Summer 2019 show package, revealed exclusively on Document Online. by Ann Binlot
Telfar’s ‘post-identity’ aesthetic emerges on an East River helipad A little rain couldn't bring down the energy at Telfar Clemens's performance-filled Spring/Summer 2019 show. by Shawn Lakin
Eckhaus Latta brings its inner circle to Bushwick for Spring/Summer 2019 Document takes a look at Eckhaus Latta's Spring/Summer 2019 collection, presented with the sounds of a baby orchestra. by Shawn Lakin
London Fashion Week goes fur free The British Fashion Council announced that this September’s London Fashion Week will not have any animal fur on the runway. by Caroline Christie
Browns finds its kindred spirit in Fred Segal The fabled London retailer partnered with iconic Los Angeles fashion destination Fred Segal for a pop-up shop featuring a number of emerging designers. by Maxwell Williams
Russian scientists speed up the internet A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times. by Caroline Christie
Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a... by Caroline Christie
Recalling the big hair and even bigger personalities of Wigstock Linda Simpson, John Kelly, Lypsinka, and Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones reminisce about their fondest moments of the annual New York drag celebration. by Shawn Lakin
London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair. by Caroline Christie
Global warming causes insects to eat more crops A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation. by Caroline Christie
Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure. by Caroline Christie
What does AI-generated art look like? An exhibition at Nature Morte in New Dehli showcases the artwork generated not by human hand, but by artificial intelligence. by Ann Binlot
Shanel Campbell is on the verge Even though she only just recently graduated from Parsons, Solange and Issa Rae are already among the fashion designer's celebrity admirers. by Samuel Gamberg
Hermès and Pierre Charpin join forces for La Serpentine The French designer and artist collaborated with Hermès to create window displays, scarves, and tabletop items. by Ann Binlot
Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky? Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire. by Caroline Christie
How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo... by Caroline Christie
Looking back at the ‘Beautiful Losers’ A new exhibition at The Hole celebrates the 10th anniversary of the documentary Beautiful Losers, which celebrated the 'broke artists' of New York's downtown scene... by Ann Binlot
Not just relegated to politics, Russian bots are now undermining vaccines A new piece of research from George Washington University shows that social media bots and Russian trolls have also been used to spread false information... by Caroline Christie
And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll. by Caroline Christie
One artist brings the Acne Studios Manhattan Sneaker on a journey through the ’90s "Shoes are the first thing I look at when meeting someone." by Ann Binlot
UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913. by Caroline Christie
An authentic look at people with their very own Birkenstocks The brand tapped Jack Davison to shoot Ryan McGinley, Thomas Südhof, Romany Pajdak and more with their beloved Birkenstocks. by Ann Binlot
France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app. by Caroline Christie
Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art. by Caroline Christie
Nudists flock the Palais de Tokyo One of Paris’s most prestigious contemporary art collections opened its doors for the first time to a very marginalized group of culture lovers. by Caroline Christie
Do something different: Telfar and FAKA bring fashion and music to the Serpentine Pavilion South African performance art duo FAKA unleashed a soulful performance at Serpentine Galleries in Telfar's spring 2019 collection. by Georgia Graham
Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research. by Caroline Christie
The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities. by Caroline Christie
The photographer who made the biggest names of the 20th century beautiful Portraits of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Emperor Charles I of Austria taken by Dora Kallmus, or d’Ora, are the subject of an exhibition at... by Ann Binlot
Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming. by Caroline Christie
Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp. by Caroline Christie
Harley Weir directs a new A.P.C. film starring it-model Paul Hameline Are the words uttered by models-cum-actors Hameline, Sohyun Jung and Aida Blue in Harley Weir's A.P.C. film a Lettrist poem or random musings? by Ann Binlot
Watch Document dance with lifestyle label 69 through its new exhibition at MOCA Los Angeles With an anonymous designer at the helm, non-gender, non-demographic label 69 resolves its own identity crisis in a show at the L.A. museum. by Shawn Lakin
Eckhaus Latta tests the boundaries between fashion, art and commerce at The Whitney Eckhaus Latta, the cult fashion label by Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, is the subject of The Whitney's first fashion-focused exhibition since 1997. by Jocelyn Silver
Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin. by Caroline Christie
The case for a museum director who isn’t white or male Did the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles make the right decision in appointing Klaus Biesenbach as its new director? by Ann Binlot
Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown. by Caroline Christie
Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community? A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system. by Caroline Christie
A new tome traces Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv’s 60 years in logo design The iconic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv is responsible for the most memorable American logos, from the NBC peacock to the Chase Bank... by Ann Binlot
20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat. by Caroline Christie
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
Robert Wilson remembers the time Pierre Bergé introduced him to French president François Mitterand The experimental theater director Robert Wilson honored the late Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé at The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction. by Ann Binlot
The Missoni family invites you to enjoy their gnocchi verdi Francesco Maccapani Missoni collected his family recipes for The Missoni Family Cookbook, published by Assouline. by Ann Binlot
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
The Document Agenda: There’s no such thing as the middle ground Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth. by Phil Backes
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