British artist hopes to spark a humanitarian movement with his giant painting


Jafri's painting, which measures the size of two football fields, can be seen at a hotel in Dubai, where he spent months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AFP

British artist Sacha Jafri recently unveiled 70 framed sections of his work Journey Of Humanity, the world's largest painting on canvas, which will be auctioned off to raise millions for charity.

The 44-year-old contemporary artist hopes his Guinness World Record-holding painting, which spanned 1,595.76sq m (17,176 sq ft) of the ballroom at Dubai's Atlantis, The Palm hotel, will spark a humanitarian movement.

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