Interviews

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Director Soyoung Yoon Says Critical Theory Still Anchors the Whitney ISP, Just Not the Way It Used To

A former Independent Study Program fellow and faculty member, she inherited a program still recovering from the censorship controversy that led to its suspension in 2025. She describes the ISP's core value as peer-to-peer learning, distinguishing its culture of public intellectualism from that of a traditional MFA or Ph.D. program.

By Dan Duray

Inside Tom Wesselmann’s Studio, Tomokazu Matsuyama Considers Pop’s Afterlife

"Wesselmann x Matsuyama" pairs six of Matsuyama's works with six by the pivotal Pop figure, plus three new pieces made specifically for the cross-generational show. Both artists interrogate how consumer imagery has hardened into a kind of shared cultural mythology across time, and the show traces what happens when Pop’s language of mass consumption collides with today’s globalized visual culture.

By Elisa Carollo

Contemporary Art Enters Istanbul’s Deep Past at Koza Güreli’s Zeyrek Çinili Hamam

After a 13-year restoration, the 16th-century hammam has become a rare meeting point for heritage, bathing culture and site-specific art. "Artists are very inspired by the space and the context because for many of them it is the first time they have worked in a place like this," Güreli told Observer. "I think the program creates new energy."

By Elisa Carollo

Interviews You'll Talk About

Director Soyoung Yoon Says Critical Theory Still Anchors the Whitney ISP, Just Not the Way It Used To

Inside Tom Wesselmann’s Studio, Tomokazu Matsuyama Considers Pop’s Afterlife

Contemporary Art Enters Istanbul’s Deep Past at Koza Güreli’s Zeyrek Çinili Hamam

How Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun Is Building One A.I. Brain to Drive Trucks and Robotaxis

At Mexico’s Apapaxoa Festival, Dominique Crenn Thinks Beyond the Stars and the Rankings

Jewel’s First Major Exhibition Merges Science, Myth and Feminine Power

Collector or Dealer? Lio Malca Built a Cultural Ecosystem by Refusing to Choose

Mila Askarova Adds Chelsea to Gazelli Art House’s International Footprint

The Nasher’s New Survey Treats Protest as an American Tradition

A Decade In, London’s Somerset House Studios Is Still Refining Its Model of Artist Support

Jimmy Chin On Finding Beauty in Landscapes That Kill

Inside Cohere’s $20 Billion Sovereignty Bet, With Co-Founder Nick Frosst

Toronto Biennial Curator Allison Glenn On Creating Connections and What Happens When Things Fall Apart

In London, a New Wave of Greek Restaurants Goes Beyond the Taverna

This Gloucester Exhibition Looks at David Hockney Through the Eyes of a Friend

Eugene Remm’s Cafe Charmant Brings a Worldlier Brasserie to the West Village

Genesis Belanger’s Classically Inspired Public Art Is a Commentary on Modern-Day Unease

The Essentials With Chef Eyal Shani: Turtles, Tomatoes and Tuscany

Seoul’s ParkSeoBo Museum Is More Than a Temple to Its Namesake

Scott W Mason Sketches Fashion’s Biggest Moments

How Gayane Umerova Is Shepherding Uzbekistan’s Cultural Transformation

Tom Sachs Recreated Chanel’s Paris Flagship Out of Plywood and Paint in Chinatown

Caterpillar’s Digital Chief Ogi Redzic on How A.I. Is Redefining Construction Work

Iris van Herpen Has No Flagship Store, No Diffusion Line and No Plans to Change

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