World Painting : When 197 Nations Became One Canvas
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World Painting: a canvas where the whole world chose to be together.
Today, as the world goes through challenging times, when borders grow tighter and dialogue becomes harder, something appears that reminds us of what matters most.
Not with words. Not with statements. But through action.
World Painting is a unique work of art, conceived and created by philanthropists Daut
Shaikhislam and Dana Ormanbayeva, who managed to unite people from all over the world.
On a single canvas, strokes of paint were left by people from more than 197 countries.
More than 2,100 people of different cultures, religions, and views have touched it.
One brush was passed from hand to hand.
From person to person.
From country to country.
And in that moment, something greater than art was happening.
Unity was being born.
The World Painting project was born in the UAE - a country that is itself a symbol of openness, dialogue, and the friendly coexistence of cultures.
It was here that the story of the painting began, which today continues its march of peace.
From UN headquarters in New York and Geneva to UNESCO headquarters in Paris,
from the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona to the MGM Grand Arena in Las
Vegas. World Painting becomes a space where people do not argue, but connect.
The project made history by setting a Guinness World Record for the most people using a
single brush to create a work of art. But its journey did not stop there.
A copy of the painting traveled to space - to the International Space Station - as a symbol of
unity that transcends Earth.
It ascended to the summit of Everest - the highest point on the planet.
Its image was immortalized: in a collective silver coin of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and
on a postage stamp.
And in the world of sports: the World Boxing Council (WBC) awarded champions with World
Painting medals, and a unique championship belt was created, uniting the power of sport and the power of art.
World Painting is not just a painting.
It is visual proof that people can be together in harmony and choose peace.
World Painting is today the only place of power on planet Earth where, smiling, they created
together on one canvas: Palestinian and Israeli, Ukrainian and Russian, Iranian and American,
North and South Koreans, Pakistani and Indian.
Today, World Painting continues its journey, gathering people, ideas, and meanings around it. And perhaps that is its main value: to remind the world that we already know how to be one.
World Painting - Art that united the world.
One Planet. One Canvas. One Peace.
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