Egypt's 'unfinished revolution,' reported from the ground in Cairo.
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CAIRO — News of Muammar Gaddafi's capture and death rippled through Cairo on Thursday afternoon and by evening it was widely known. Libyan National Transitional Council forces had brought down a dictator in Libya, another Arab Spring victory.
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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Seventeen top young Egyptian and American journalists have convened in Cairo from October 12-23, 2011 as part of the GlobalPost / Open Hands Initiative "Covering a Revolution" Fellowship. This team of reporters seeks to tell the story of Egypt's 'unfinished revolution,' searching for stories that will enlighten and inform GlobalPost's audience on the historic events still unfolding in Cairo. Embracing the mission of Open Hands Initiative "to support people-to-people understanding around the world," this fellowship brings together Egyptian and American reporters through a belief that working together they can produce stronger news coverage. Their work in the field will be chronicled in this blog and will culminate with a GlobalPost "Special Report" in the lead up to the parliamentary elections scheduled for November.
Funding for this project is provided by The Open Hands Initiative.
GlobalPost is proud to publish this work in partnership with Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Equipment was generously provided by Canon.
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