Artists Worldwide Mourn the Loss of Drowned Syrian Boy

Once again, out of great grief and senseless tragedy, comes beautiful art.

Mahnaz Yazdani’s tribute to Aylan Kurdi. (Photo: Facebook/Mahnaz Yazdani)

When a boat carrying Syrian refugees to Canada capsized on Wednesday, three-year-old Aylan Kurdi and his five-year-old brother, Galip, drowned and were photographed face down in the surf. These images brought the horror of the present European migrant crisis into an unbearably sharp focus. When words failed, artists around the world united in an attempt to channel the grief through art.

Here’s more on this tragedy.