Art and hope have always gone hand-in-hand — be it Vincent Van Gogh’s love for yellow, or Frida Kahlo’s haunting self-portraits documenting her body after a near-fatal accident. Taking a leaf out of their lives, literally and metaphorically, Art for Akanksha emphasises art as a vehicle of hope, education and upliftment. Students and alumni of Akanksha Foundation have displayed their art for the first time at 47-A, starting today where they have taken inspiration from the greats, translating their own lives into the artistic language of another.

At this exhibition, How the Akanksha Children Found Their Colours,  you will spot familiar paintings adapted to Mumbai’s landscapes, from Van Gogh’s Starry Night being reimagined as the Mumbai skyline, to Cubist renditions of the city’s chawls, each giving a little peek into the journeys of the children who create them.