Chinese calligraphy is more than brush-and-ink writing — it embodies Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and yin and yang ...

Calligraphy is derived from the Greek words “Kallos” meaning “beauty” and “Graphein” meaning “to write”. Thousands of years ago, there were no fancy pens or pencils in ancient civilisations like Egypt ...

In today’s digital world, many of us don’t get to hold a pen for days. All our fingers do is tap screens and punch keyboards faster than lightning. While the focus on handwriting seems to have shifted ...

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice;and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

For Muslims, the Qur’an is revered as God’s own art. Islam is essentially an aural religion; God’s word came to the Prophet Muhammad as a voice, instructing him to iqra’, “Recite!” In fact, iqra’ is ...

UAE-based Pakistani visual artist Sadia Fahad blends Arabic calligraphy and abstract expression. She has developed a personal style that weaves together sacred texts, emotion-evoking brushwork and ...

As a teenager, Kaoru Akagawa couldn’t read her Japanese grandmother’s letters, but she put it down to her unclear handwriting. Over a decade later, Kaoru realized her grandmother hadn’t been a poor ...

NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...

Forget the pressure to be perfect. This is a Sip & Script, a casual way to revive and reinvent the art of hand-designed writing often lost in the shuffle of generic e-invites and text messages.