Why does art exist

Emotion

Le Radeau de la Méduse (The Raft of the Medusa), 1818 - 1819Musée du Louvre, Paris, FranceThéodore Géricault, 1791 - 1824
Le Radeau de la Méduse (The Raft of the Medusa), 1818 - 1819

Provoke a sentiment

Art can evoke a profound emotional response, creating a visceral reaction and expressing a natural, instinctive, or intuitive state of mind - one's feelings - on a deeper and more heartfelt level.