Amanda Ryan

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Amanda is the NYC Events Editor at Artlog. In her free time, she occasionally writes for fashion and culture blog Cellar Paper and collaborates with digital publishing house RATIOGOLD. She completed her BA in Political Science at NYU with a focus on international relations and development.

Posts written by Amanda Ryan

Early Olympians Won the Gold in... Painting?
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Did you know that the Olympics used to give out medals for art?

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Can You Build a Major Art Collection on a Postal Worker's Salary?
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From 1962 onwards, Herb and his wife Dorothy accumulated some 4,700 works, all on their salaries as a postal worker and a librarian.

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Where Does the Internet Come From?
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In his new book Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum explores key sites in the architecture of the internet, from transatlantic cables thousands of feet long to the buildings where the internet first began.

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Teaching the Art of Smell on a Tour of Flushing
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Non-profit Elastic City conducts artist walks and more recently, “ways,” where participants learn to engage with each other to create poetic moments.

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What Does a Party Look Like in North Korea?
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Is the internet creating a homogenous global culture? A digital art commission from the New Museum sorts images search results by country.

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Princess Beatrice Has Nothing on These Hats
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Grazia Daily and the Mayor of London have teamed up to adorn twenty-one of London’s most iconic statues with couture hats for one week.

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An Art Collection You Can Drive
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This art is lightning fast.

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What Happens to Olympic Cities After the Games?
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Olympic host cities pour millions of dollars into building facilities for the games, but what happens to the expensive structures when the festivities are over?

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Watch the Wizard of Oz 5,829 Times
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Sometimes, it can be hard to find the time to relax and watch a movie. Artist Dennis Neuschaefer-Rube separates films into thousands of frames so you can see an entire movie all at once.

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KNOW // Cloaque Is Your Digital Landfill
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Ever feel overwhelmed by the internet? Cloaque arranges the digital clutter into surreal collages.

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The Digital Age, As Imagined by Artists
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The New Museum’s new exhibition Ghosts in the Machine looks at fifty years of artist’s ideas about the future of technology.

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An Architectural Gem on a Private Island
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The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar is I.M. Pei’s latest masterpiece.

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