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British artist in Dubai creates record-breaking artwork

Artist creating world’s largest painting in Dubai

The artwork will be the size of two football pitches.

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British artist in Dubai creates record-breaking artwork

A British artist based in Dubai, who has been self-isolating in the Atlantis Hotel for the last 6 weeks, is creating record-breaking artwork, hoping to raise money to support educational resources for children as well as hospitals and healthcare workers.

Sacha Jafri’s painting ‘We Stand Together – Humanity Inspired’ will raise money for charity while breaking five artistic all-time world records in the process.

It will be the largest single painting (110m x 28m) ever created on canvas.

It will also be the largest single acrylic painting created on canvas (100m x 12m), the largest oil painting ever created on canvas: (61.49 sqm), and the largest painting ever to hang in a frame: (20m x 14m).

To put it in perspective, the artwork will be the size of two football pitches.

The Journey of Humanity, which is supported by the UAE government and partnered by UNICEF and Golden Gift Foundation, will be split into 60 panels and auctioned upon completion.

“We will only put up one panel at a time on the stage. The idea is whoever buys each piece, they own a part of the largest painting ever created in the world.”

As part of the project, Jafri is inviting children around the world to submit their own art themed work around isolation and connection which will be added to the painting.

“All of these portals will be full of the children’s drawings and artwork that they send in. The idea is that you look through the portals to take you to a better world. And you get there through the hearts, minds and souls of the children of the world.”

It is hoped that he piece will raise over €20 million to support educational resources for children as well as hospitals and healthcare workers.

And while Jafri has been keen to raise as much money possible, he’s very particular about who owns his work.

“I don’t want anyone to buy it, put it in a safe, store it and sell it four years later, because that’s everything I don’t believe in. I want someone to be touched. I want someone to stand in front of my painting and cry,” said the artist whose clients include Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio.

“My back is gone. There are times when I tell myself, ‘I can’t do this’. But then I come back strong after two days and tell myself that yes, this is a difficult journey, but it must be done because art is all that matters.”