The museum celebrated its first anniversary displaying the world calligraphy masterpiece, Tsar-mezuzah entering the Guinness World Records.Source: Metro
Presentation made by Hans Maierhofer, about the International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Presentation was demonstrated on the Regensburg seminar (Schreibwerkstatt Regensburg).
“Our Father is for all the time!” referred Andrea Wunderlich, the artist calligrapher from German Goldkronach, to her artwork. Together with her husband, artist Volker Wunderlich she brought her calligraphic works to Moscow.
“In the beginning was the Word,” says the Gospel according to St. John. It was the spoken word, however, the word that was kept alive as long as generations of people passed the word on from person to person. When the chain broke, the word disappeared. It only became immortal after it was visually recorded by means of an alphabet, a system of symbols where each was assigned to a certain sound and had a shape of its own.Source: The Diplomat magazine
Manohar Desai mesmerised audiences with his calligraphy demonstrations in Moscow.Source: Pune Mirror newspaper
Who has been to Russian city Saint-Petersburg? The International Exhibition of Calligraphy was worth while visiting alongside with other cultural sights of the city. This exhibition was the largest in the world of calligraphy. More than 60 calligraphers from four continents exhibited over 400 artworks! We are especially proud that Katharina Pieper (Germany) who together with Jean Larcher (France) presented Latin calligraphy prepared a detailed report about the exhibition.Source: Swiss Calligraphic Society Information Note
On September 16–21 the Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St.Petersburg hosted the International Exhibition of Calligraphy. The project was initiated by the Director General of MVK International Exhibition Company Aleksey Shaburov.
TEHRAN -- Iranian calligraphers took part in the Mystery of World Calligraphy Exhibition, which was held from December 9 to 14 at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow.Source: Tehran Times. Iran's leading international daily
Moscow International Exhibition of Calligraphy opened on Wednesday with the participation of Iran. The event titled "Mystery of the World Calligraphy displays works from 23 countries including Iran, Russia, Turkey, Australia, India, the US, China, Japan, Syria, UAE, Belarus and Ukraine.Source: Latest Iran News & Iranian Culture Journal
Anyone who ever collected autographs will find something of interest at the Russian Museum of Modern Calligraphy. Among the special items on show until Sunday are rare texts from Russia's three post-Soviet leaders, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, and drafts of the inaugural speeches of American presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy.Source: The Moscow Times Weekly
Moscow International Calligraphy Exhibition opened on Wednesday with the participation of Iran.Source: IRNA: Islamic Republic News Agency
Ambitious men think big. But 52-year-old Chen Forng-shean, rather driven and certainly not lacking in aspiration, has been spending his productive years scaling down the size of his work. In fact, this miniaturist’s creations are best viewed and appreciated with the help of a magnifying glass.
IT WAS the most elegant exhibition we have ever seen. The exhibits and the exposition design represented “refined ink flourish on a snow-white sheet of paper”. The ultra-modern space filled with music of lines and sounds suddenly appeared in the classical interiors of the Academy of Arts. It was a surprising combination of Art Nouveau and calligraphy, one of the most ancient kinds of art.Source: Library Service, magazine
Calligraphy (from the Greek — "beautiful handwriting") — is the art of beautiful and clear writing. The exhibition will feature the works of well-known calligraphers from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.Source: Information portal "Exhibition bridge"
Calligraphy (from the Greek καλλιγραφία — "beautiful handwriting") — is the art of beautiful and clear writing. The exhibition will feature the works of well-known calligraphers from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. We want people to fully understand and feel this fine art, so at the exhibition there will be works from foreign calligraphic schools.Source: City site Moskva.com
After the great success of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy in St. Petersburg, art of neat writing is coming to Moscow. On December 9, 2008 at the Culture and Exhibition Center Sokolniki will be held the official opening of the exposition of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy.Source: Information portal "Design as a Life Style" (RosDesign.com)
From December 9 - 14, residents of Moscow and guests of the capital will be able to see a unique exhibition, “Mysteries of World Calligraphy” at the Modern Museum of Calligraphy. It is part of a socio-educational project to revive the tradition of Russia’s culture of writing, reveal the beauty of calligraphy to the general public, and to revive it as an art of human intelligence and the human soul that is accessible to everyone. Source: Diplomat Magazine
Present-day digital technologies can make people forget how to write and even think! Fortunately, there still are some eternal values in this chaotic world. Coming to the International Exhibition of Calligraphy held at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg it is easy to believe that there is no business without studying calligraphy. Source: Pen World Magazine
Artist Manohar Desai's calligraphic creations have found him a wall of fame at the National Calligraphy Museum in MoscowSource: Information portal ExpressIndia
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