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 in the fall 2027.Yoon is currently the dir