BRITSIH artist and designer Debbie Wingham, better known worldwide as “the queen of the world’s most expensive” for creating the “most expensive” version of everything from shoes to cakes has turned her hand to a mural, worth over €1 million (US$1.07 million). Wingham, who sold an advent calendar for ￡7.8 million (US$9.8 million) last year, unveiled the mural early this month at Puerto Banus, a marina located in the area of Nueva Andalucía, to the southwest of Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. Visitors can spot the Beatles, Cartier jewellery, designer handbags, Rolexes, perfume, supercars and a variety of toy dog breeds on the mural. And of course, it had many diamonds, including in the frame of an oil painting of the Puerto Banus landscape. The diamonds unveiled at the launch were on loan and have now been replaced with synthetic ones. The 12-meter-long, 2-meter-tall artwork will be on display until mid-August on the Muelle de Levante Street and is expected to draw 2 million viewers, with tourists urged to share their photos on social media. “I wanted to create something that people of all ages would enjoy, including children. It is not just a flat mural; I have made a space where people can take photos and get close up. It is a complete experience,” said Wingham. “The mural had to be not only enchanting and embody subtle nautical themes reaffirming the port location, but it needed to be an incredible background for everyone to visit, something that would appeal to all age groups, genders, and nationalities. Something that would make the visitors smile and it needed to be more than a mural, instead it needed to be an experience like people are stepping into my very own Wingham Wonderland,” she added. The mural is thought to be one of the most expensive contemporary murals in the world. The artist said she was inspired by street art including that by Banksy and Richard Hambelton. After the mural is taken down later this year, the original artworks will be sold off to benefit numerous charities, including human trafficking and families suffering from malnutrition.(SD-Agencies) | 