This chapter explores the links between art, emotions and gender. It begins with a specific example that highlights one art form and one political realm: photographic representations of humanitarian crises. The chapter examines their deeply gendered nature, and whether they relate to war, famines or natural disasters, images of suffering often replicate gender stereotypes in a highly emotional manner. It discusses the broader implications of these aesthetic patterns by drawing on some pioneering feminist scholars, such as Jean Bethke Elshtain and Cynthia Enloe. Their contributions show how such gender stereotypes feed into and perpetuate deeply entrenched gendered narratives of global politics. The chapter shows how women and men have challenged these problematic narratives through various artistic endeavours. Aesthetic practices are a powerful mechanism through which men and women have come to understand their political capacity, agency and actions.