On November 3rd, I went to the Mishkin Art Gallery where the work of Mercedes Matter was on display. There was a quick, 20 minute tour of Matter’s work from when she was a teenager to just before she died. The tour guide said that having knowledge of arts and culture is beneficial in the business world and she tried explaining how to look abstract art. Most of the art just looked like random shapes and paint splatters, but the colors were really beautiful. Matter used triangular shapes for stability and tried to portray feelings in her works, rather than actual objects. I had never been to an art gallery, so it was a new and different experience for me.