Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program

Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program

Soyoung Yoon, the new director of the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program (photo Bryan Derballa, courtesy the Whitney)The Whitney Museum of American Art has appointed Soyoung Yoon as the new director of its Independent Study Program (ISP) following a year-long suspension of the fellowship. Yoon enters the role a year after the museum terminated the ISP's former associate director, Sara Nadal-Melsió, in the fallout of the abrupt cancellati…

Soyoung Yoon Appointed Director of the Whitney’s Independent Study Program

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, has announced Soyoung Yoon as the new director of its prestigious Independent Study Program, effective immediately. Yoon, herself a Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellow of the ISP’s 2006–2007 cohort, arrives to her new job from Parsons School of Design at the New School, where she was director of the fine […]

Soyoung Yoon appointed director of Whitney’s Independent Study Program

Photo: Bryan Derballa The Whitney Museum, New York, has appointed Soyoung Yoon as director of its Independent Study Program (ISP). The nomination comes one year after the suspension of the ISP following the dismissal of associate director Sara Nadal-Melsió amid controversy surrounding the Whitney Museum’s cancellation of a performance organised by the 2024–25 ISP cohort. Yoon holds is associate professor of art history and visual studies at the …

Soyoung Yoon to Lead Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program

The Whitney Museum in New York has named Soyoung Yoon as the next director of its Independent Study Program (ISP). She will start in her role on June 16. Yoon will be only the third director in ISP’s history and the first women and person of color to lead the program. Her hiring comes just over a year after the Whitney controversially paused the ISP. The program did not accept applicants for the 2025–26 cohort, but will welcome its next class …