An exhibition at the Indian Museum exploring the artistic potential of the ancient Brahmi script concluded on June 26, ...

Classically-trained, Wang Dongling has forged a path as the pioneering practitioner of ‘luan shu’: chaos script. The regimented line spacing of traditional calligraphy is a far cry from luan shu’s ...

A single sentence from celebrated Canadian author Margaret Atwood became the starting point for a conversation that now stretches across continents: “In the ...

For many, Chinese calligraphy is the world's most favorable form of art. I can remember the time when I was a preschooler, my grandfather, Chen Teh Tseng, had taken me to one of his home residences at ...

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

At first, it is not entirely clear whether Jiaying Gao is writing or dancing. A long brush touches the floor. Water darkens the surface for a moment. A line appears, lengthens, thickens, trembles, and ...

From reconfigured American flags to decimated collages, James Stuart is a graphic designer, filmmaker and musician whose work has the riotousness of independent rock music as well as the craft of ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape, making it fertile ground for calligraphic ornamentation. Islamic artistic traditions depend heavily on the use of ...

Many portrait photographers would dream of shooting someone influential and world-famous. Pretty good for the résumé, right? But at the same time, it's a tricky ask. How do you go about photographing ...

Abstract: Cursive script, as a treasure of Chinese calligraphy, is famous for its unique artistic charm and expressive power. However, the high degree of abstraction and variability of cursive writing ...

I had just walked into the American Sephardi Federation office in lower Manhattan, where 20 Muslim and Jewish young people gather twice a month to learn Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy together. I was ...

With so much of today’s communication typed on phones and screens, a group of artists is holding tight to their passion for hand-lettering. Calligraphy Guild Pittsburgh members will share their ...