Meet the Dubai artist whose work has sold for millions — and turns down 99% of prospective buyers

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One of Sacha Jafri's paintings sold for $62 million at a charity auction, making him one of the world's most expensive artists.

British artist Sacha Jafri works from a "huge" space in Dubai , with several galleries and a boardroom.The Art of Appreciation

The space is home to around 40 paintings, largely made up of his retrospective collection, along with one-off pieces and commissions. Jafri, a British artist, studied at Oxford University's prestigious Ruskin School of Art and has been working for nearly 30 years. Known for his magical realist art, he creates work in a "meditative state," he said, using music to get into the right headspace and often painting for many hours at a time.

"That's my sacrifice I'm making as an artist. These are fragments of my soul. And I need to know that they are going to be loved and looked after," he said.

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