Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...

English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved ...

One year ago, as the art market shivered in the global economic downturn, few would have predicted a warm outcome to the big autumn auctions of 2009, barometers of market confidence. Contrary to most ...

Karim Jabbari still remembers how painful it was to walk down the street with his family as a child and see his neighbors turn away. “No one was willing to talk to us in public,” he says. Jabbari’s ...

The words ‘contemporary’ and ‘calligraphy’ may seem contradictory on paper but on canvas, the merger makes perfect sense. “Harf-e-Raaz,” which features the work of two young artists Mahjabeen Mirza ...

VietNamNet Bridge – As the most important event of the year in Vietnam, Tet (Lunar New Year) offers many traditional customs, including calligraphy. VietNamNet Bridge – As the most important event of ...

7-year-old Ma Wenjie has been learning calligraphy for a year. At the beginning she found it difficult to even hold a brush. Now, she can wield the pen quickly and skillfully. "Hi, your works are so ...

Celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek features a highly unique calligraphy collection by artist Khodeir El-Borsaidy Writing is perhaps the most intimate of acts. Being ...

In a world of Eventbrite shoutouts, editing programs, and top-notch at-home printers, it would seem the art of the handwritten note has been written off. Not just yet. Calligraphy is alive and well, ...