Artist Idris Khan teams up with Evening Standard to sell painting for our Ukraine appeal
Artist Idris Khan teams up with Evening Standard to sell painting for our Ukraine appeal

Artist Idris Khan teams up with Evening Standard to sell painting for our Ukraine appeal

Salman R Munshi

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<p>Hackney-based artist Idris Khan is creating prints from a watercolour painting based on the Ukrainian flag washed over sheet music paper from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, to raise money for the Evening Standard’s Ukraine appeal.</p><p>It’s part of a collaboration with Migrate Art, an organisation working with artists to raise funds for refugees, with all profits going to the Disasters Emergency Committee.</p><p>Listen to Idris in conversation with the Standard’s deputy arts editor Jessie Thompson, describing how the horrifying images of war moved him to use his skills to raise money to help out by creating the vibrant piece, which is called ‘I Thought We Had More Time...’</p><p>Signed prints of I Thought We Had More Time... are £300 and available until 31st March via&nbsp;<a href="http://migrateart.com/products/idriskhan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">migrateart.com/products/idriskhan</a>.</p><p>Donate to the Standard’s Ukraine Appeal at&nbsp;<a href="http://gofundme.com/eveningstandardukraineappeal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gofundme.com/eveningstandardukraineappeal</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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