Dear Readers,
We’re here briefly to announce that the lead feature from Issue 28 is now online. It’s the most ambitious piece of journalism we’ve ever published, and tells the story of Sacha Jafri and André Abdoune.
Jafri painted what was then the world’s biggest painting in 2021, entitled The Journey of Humanity. When it sold at a Dubai auction for $62 million dollars, it was breathlessly reported all around the world.
Except the money never changed hands.
For 10 months, Jack Jeffery and Abraham Elton have been investigating what exactly happened at the Atlantis Hotel. They have travelled to the suburbs of Paris to meet André’s family and spoken to Sacha’s friends from Eton and Oxford and to people from the art world and charity sectors.
What has followed is a bravura piece of reportage, with new details in the online version today. It’s a story quite unlike any other.
We’re very proud to run work of this scope and size. To celebrate, we’re offering a dozen cut-price subscriptions. Just enter the code BACK30 at the checkout and you’ll get 30 per cent off for the year, which applies to gift subs and internationally too.
We’re back next Tuesday with a conventional Off The Fence. Until then.
All the best,
TF