Some 410 wooden tablets which were used by the Romans like paper for note-taking, accounts, correspondence and legal documents, have been discovered in Central London, 87 of which have been deciphered to reveal names, events, business and legal dealings and evidence of someone practicing writing the alphabet and numerals.
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On May 24, winners of the II Yat Calligraphy Contest were awarded at the Primorye stage of Mariinsky Theatre.
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World Famous Mezuzah, a Hebrew cultural artefact and pride of the collection of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, celebrates its 12th anniversary.
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A solo exhibition of work by Chinese ink artist Qin Feng unfolds across three locations in Venice from May 19 until June 19, 2016. ‘Waiting For Qin Feng’ is installed at the former Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore — now home to the Giorgio Cini Foundation; the Armenian catholic monastery on San Lazzaro Island; and Venice International University on San Servolo Island.
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On May 18th, Najip Nakkash’s personal exhibition titled ‘Inspired by Tuqay’ will open at the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan. The exhibition is dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the great Tatar poet Ğabdulla Tuqay. The major part of the exposition is a series of works with Tuqay’s poems.
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On April 30, 2016 the final class of the new children’s course “Calligraphy basics” was held at the National School of Calligraphy. Taught by the School’s teacher Artyom Lebedev, the kids had learned the basic writing, the Italian cursive script, and the main rules of lettering and text decoration.
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Between April 25 and 28, the Arab World Institute in Paris hosted an Arabic calligraphy exhibition addressing human rights in Islamic culture. The exhibition was organised by the Qatar National Human Right Committee (NHRC) in collaboration with Qatar embassy in Paris.
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It is not where you live, but what you do that matters,” says Professor K C Janardhan who has a unique museum inside his home for handwriting and calligraphy.
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Robert Palladino’s name appears nowhere in Steve Jobs’s lengthy authorized biography, but he had an enduring influence on Jobs and the business empire he erected.
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A collection of most exquisite and rarely seen examples of Islamic calligraphy has gone on display at Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization on Wednesday.
Коллекция редчайших образцов исламской каллиграфии открылась в среду в Музее исламской цивилизации в Шардже.
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Opening Friday, March 18 at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (CA, USA) is new exhibit titled “Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture,” which explores the innovative shape bamboo art has taken since the mid-20th century.
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A workshop titled “An introduction to Calligraphy” was held in Kemerovo, Kuzbas region, over the last weekend. Dr. phil., art therapist Dmitry Turnov from Saint Petersburg arrived at the capital of Kuzbas Region to show the participants of the workshop most popular medieval scripts and contemporary scripts for broad-nib pen, pointed pen and paintbrush.
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On the occasion of the International Women’s Day the team of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy prepared a special happening: during the whole day visitors of the Oldtimer Gallery could watch calligraphers signing custom calligraphy greeting cards.
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The Corea Image Communication Institute welcomed 60 foreign diplomats and opinion leaders with a calligraphy class Tuesday night, marking the opening of the 21st Korea Culture Quotient Program.
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On February 27, at 12.40 the Kultura TV channel will screen an item of the “Pryanichny Domik” (“Gingerbread Cottage”) TV show dedicated to manuscript books. The item was shot in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy.
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On one section of wall at the Independencia metro station under the banner "Views from Spain", notable monuments of Andalusia are displayed, including the Great Mosque of Cordoba -- one of the oldest structures still standing from the time when Muslims ruled the region.
More than 200 people from various age groups took part in The Summit CNY Calligraphy Competition 2016 in conjunction with Chinese New Year.
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The Calligraphy Writing Festival 2016, which is being held at the Lake of Literature in Hanoi has attracted a large number of visitors, including many youngsters.
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Dear friends! We are happy to announce that starting from February 2016 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy launches a unique set of gift certificates. We offer an opportunity to make your near and dear ones an unusual gift. You can select a certificate for one of the main services provided by the Museum: a visit to the museum, a workshop or a studying course in the School of Calligraphy.
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Soul Geometry is the title of the exhibition recently opened in the Miras gallery in Ufa, Baskortostan, as part of the international art festival «Art of Islam».
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On February 4th a personal exhibition of the honoured artist of the Russian Federation Oleg Yakhnin opened in the marble palace in St. Petersburg.
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Development of the Chinese calligraphy can’t be separated from studying the techniques of the predecessors, and divert from the principles of the art.
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On January 31st the Week of Contemporary Calligraphy started in Arkhangelsk Regional Library named after N.A. Dobrolyubov.
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Exalted novelist Natsume Soseki was also adept at calligraphy, and a previously unknown set of classic Chinese poems he scribed has been acquired by the Tokyo university he attended.
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A passionate Chinese calligrapher has spent a month making a gigantic writing brush and hopes to set a new world record with it.
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