Dear all who shared a glimpse of their mothers on Sunday,

Scrolling through an endless gallery of mothers' portraits is deeply moving. Each shared photo is not just a tribute to an individual mother, but a contribution to a wider cultural gallery. These digital feeds are a living museum - a collective exhibition of affection spanning generations and geographies, reflecting how private love intersects with enduring public traditions. These pixels on a screen are no less significant than masterpieces in the Louvre or miniatures in royal archives. They remind us of the universal archetype of motherhood in art as well as in a personal, lived reality.

In popular cultural history, the association of Mother's Day with a portrait began in 1934. The US Post Office issued a stamp of 'Whistler's Mother' for the holiday's 20th anniversary. By adding a vase of carnations, they transformed a specific painting into a universal symbol, initially titled 'Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1'. James Abbott McNeill Whistler never cared for the........

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