Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program

Soyoung Yoon’s appointment comes after the museum canceled a Palestine-related performance and suspended the program for a year.

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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 […]

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Edmonia Lewis confronted American slavery in her sculptures. Then history forgot her.

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David Hockney’s success is a testament to a Britain that supported working-class artists – the same cannot be said today

There was space and money for him to explore and try things out, luxuries that today’s students don’t have.

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Shared Material at &Gallery, Edinburgh

Shared Material is on view at &Gallery, Edinburgh June 6 – July 1, 2026 Exhibiting artists: A-S Rope, Dan Kelly, Derek Wilson, Frances Priest, Jane Cairns, Lorraine Robson, Matthew Chambers, Nicholas Lees, Rebecca Appleby, Roger Coll, Steven Edwards &Gallery is delighted to announce our debut ceramics exhibition, Shared Material. Bringing together a dynamic group of […]

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