Battle Youngster, the charity that gives help to youngsters caught in struggle zones around the globe, is again with one other public sale of authentic artworks. This 12 months, the charity has invited 52 artists to create paintings impressed by Kate Bush’s ‘Operating Up That Hill’ in honour of the fortieth anniversary of the 1985 Hounds of Love album.
The efforts are for Sound & Imaginative and prescient, a fundraising initiative, exhibition and public sale pairing music and artwork to lift funds to help youngsters and their households worldwide. The actual lyric inspiring the artwork – ‘If I solely might, I’d make a cope with God’ – was chosen by Bush herself.
Battle Youngster presents Sound & Imaginative and prescient
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‘All wars depart horrific scars:ruined lives, households ripped aside, life-changing accidents, trauma, and loss on an enormous scale – nevertheless it’s the kids who are suffering probably the most in so some ways,’ says Bush. ‘Their previous, current and future soften away into worry and uncertainty. It’s extra essential than ever that we help Battle Youngster and their invaluable work offering rapid assist to youngsters caught in battle everywhere in the world, together with in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Syria. Tasks like Sound & Imaginative and prescient harness the ability of artwork and music to make an actual distinction to youngsters dwelling by way of struggle.’
Artists collaborating embody Maggi Hambling CBE, identified for her works within the Nationwide Portrait Gallery, Tate, and Nationwide Gallery; painter Peter Doig (at present displaying at Serpentine Galleries), Charlie Calder-Potts, Britain’s youngest feminine struggle artist; Unskilled Employee aka Helen Dowdie; Corbin Shaw; Susie Hamilton; and Ayobola Kekere-Ekun.
The net public sale runs from Tuesday 28 October to Thursday 13 November 2025 (closing 3pm BST, 10am EST), whereas the works from ‘Sound & Imaginative and prescient: Operating Up that Hill’ can be exhibited at Iconic Photographs Gallery from 4 to eight November. Bidding begins at £100 for the unique artworks.
Supply: Wallpaper