Chain of Hope Relaunches Share Your Heart at the Saatchi Gallery to Mark 30 Years of Saving Children’s Lives

Chain of Hope is delighted to announce the relaunch of its celebrated Share Your Heart project, returning to the Saatchi Gallery in February 2026 with an extraordinary exhibition and auction of heart-themed artworks created by leading artists and public figures.

Share Your Heart is a unique arts initiative that brings together creativity and compassion to raise vital awareness and funds for children born with congenital heart disease. Through the generosity of artists and supporters, the project has collated a remarkable collection of one-of-a-kind artworks, each offering a personal interpretation of the heart and the power of human connection.

The centrepiece of the campaign is a stunning exhibition curated by esteemed art patron Maria Sukkar, opening with a special private view on Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 6.30pm at the Saatchi Gallery, London. The exhibition will then be open to the public from 11–15 February 2026, with over 60 artworks available to view and bid for via www.shareyourheart.co.uk.

Works have been generously donated by internationally renowned artists including Youssef Nabil, Gordon Cheung, Philip Colbert, Gray Malin, Chris Levine and Nabil Nahas, alongside contributions from celebrated public figures such as Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman, Alison Hammond, John Lithgow, Donny Osmond, Mel B and Shaggy.

The Share Your Heart project forms part of Chain of Hope’s month-long campaign during Heart Month, celebrated internationally every February to raise awareness of congenital heart disease. The 2026 campaign is particularly significant as it marks 30 years since Chain of Hope was founded by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub.

Since its establishment, Chain of Hope, working through its global chain of volunteer cardiac professionals,  has reached children from 43 countries across five continents, enabled more than 5,000 life-saving cardiac procedures, and helped establish five specialist paediatric cardiac centres in Egypt, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Jamaica.

Building on the success of previous editions, Share Your Heart 2026 once again celebrates the healing power of art, uniting artists, creatives and supporters in a shared mission to save children’s lives.

Contributing artists and public figures for Share Your Heart 2026 include:

Dan Baldwin, Amy Beager, Jyll Bradley, Adam Bridgland, Gordon Cheung, Charlotte Colbert, Philip Colbert, Nada Elkalaawy, Martha Freud, Jaime Gili, Rima Jabre, Florence Houston, Amale Frieha Khlat, Chris Levine, Gray Malin, Jim Moir (Vic Reeves), Youssef Nabil, Nabil Nahas, Andy Okay (Andreas Häggkvist), Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich, Lucía Pizzani, Robert Popper, Wagdy Soliman, Catalina Swinburn, Mr Francis Wells, Anna Zekavati, Yomi Adegoke, Tom Allen, Gillian Anderson, Simon Bartholomew, Mel B, David Bradley, Emma Bunton, Mary Charteris, Olivia Colman, Patrick Duffy, Nitin Ganatra, Jason Gould, Zezi Ifore, Alison Hammond, Dame Kelly Holmes, Hale Zero, Dame Lesley “Twiggy” Lawson, Dame Prue Leith, John Lithgow, Dame Maureen Lipman, Emily Maitlis, Graham Norton, Jools Oliver, Donny Osmond, Vicki Pattinson, Linda Purl, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Rory & Shoshana Stewart, and Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub.

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