Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program

Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program

Weeks after cancelling a performance on Palestinian mourning organized by the Independent Study Program’s (ISP) current Curatorial cohort, the Whitney Museum of American Art has suspended the program for the 2025–26 year, per a museum statement to Hyperallergic today, June 2. The ISP’s associate director position, most recently held by Sara Nadal-Melsió, “will not be maintained,” the museum said. Over 300 ISP alumni and community members represe…

Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program After Cancelling Pro-Palestinian Performance

Whitney Museum of American Art will not hold a study programme this year which has propelled the careers of important artists like LaToya Ruby Frazier, 'Glenn Ligon', Jenny Holzer, and Felix Gonzalez‑Torres since 1968.

Whitney Museum Pauses Independent Study Program After Cancelation of Pro-Palestine Performance and Backlash

On Monday, Scott Rothkopf, the director of the Whitney Museum, sent the museum’s Independent Study Program an email in which he said he would “pause” the program’s 2025–26 academic year. “Today, the program is without a Director,” Rothkopf wrote in that email, which was obtained by ARTnews. “This leadership gap has strained both the strategic vision and the day-to-day operations of the program. We respect the enormous commitment participants m…