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The World Calligraphy Museum will resume its work as before from September 25 after a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On June 1, 2020, the National school of beautiful writing art held its first online class –the students of the "Beautiful Handwriting" course, which started in March, but was interrupted due to the COVID-19 epidemic, switched to distance learning.

A Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting exhibition participant, a friend of the World Calligraphy Museum, a wonderful calligrapher, Mr. Mao Guangsong, came from Beijing to his hometown of Huai'an to attend the Science and Technology for People. I am participating in the struggle event May 30 dedicated to the National Day of Science and Technology Workers of Huai'an City 2020.

The World Calligraphy Museum staff and the museum director A. Shaburov personally express condolences to the relatives and friends of doctors who died from coronavirus. A deep bow and sincere gratitude to the doctors for their truly heroic work in the fight against the epidemic!

The World Calligraphy Museum collection was replenished with another work by the Russian graphic artist Yuri Koverdyaev.

On May 24, the Slavic Writing and Culture Day is celebrated in memory of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius throughout the Slavic world. The importance of the writing in the development of civilization history is difficult to overestimate. In the language, as in a mirror, the whole world is reflected, our whole life. The writing possibilities are not limited by the time or distance. But people didn’t always master the art of writing. This art has been developing for a long time, over many millennia.

Today, on the 24th of May, a wonderful calligrapher, a friend of the World Calligraphy Museum, the participant of the "Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting" exhibition, Mr. Zhang Yuefei celebrates his birthday.

The founder of the school of calligraphy and the Museum of Russian National Handwriting in Yaroslavl, Yuri Arutsev, tries to convey to the general public: beautiful writing is important not only for the aesthetics. It helps to maintain vision, to form the correct posture and gives room for intellectual and creative development.

The World Calligraphy Museum receives numerous messages with the words of congratulations and holiday wishes on the occasion of the International Museum Day from the participants of the "International Exhibition of Calligraphy" project. We also received the letters from the participants of the events in this field from China, the United States and many European countries.

Today, May 15, Xie Angjun, a talented calligrapher and friend of the World Calligraphy Museum, is celebrating his birthday. Director of the Association of Private Museums Alexey Shaburov, as well as the entire staff of the World Calligraphy Museum wish Mr. Xie a happy birthday, good health, creative success and prosperity

Islamic calligraphy, an awe-inspiring branch of art that has been preserved for centuries in the hands of great calligraphers, will now be introduced to the world. Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry has prepared an introductory film to raise national and international awareness about Islamic calligraphy, on the path to becoming an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai city sent medical masks to the World Calligraphy Museum, which are so necessary during the spread of the coronavirus infection. By this act, our partners expressed their support to our museum and the Sokolniki Cultural and Exhibition Center in our fight against the pandemic.

In Ulyanovsk, on the sidewalk in the courtyard of house No. 17 on Kamyshinskaya street, the calligraphy appeared in the style of the Russian ligature script, containing the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief dated May 8, 1945 on unconditional surrender of German

Calligrapher artist, creator of the handwritten script “A.S. Pushkin”, the founder of the author’s school of calligraphy and the Museum of Russian National Handwriting Yuri Ivanovich Arutsev was filmed at work

Today, May 5, our friend and talented calligrapher Mr. Mao Guangsong is celebrating his birthday. On behalf of Director Alexey Shaburov and the entire staff of the World Calligraphy Museum, we wish Mr. Mao a happy birthday, wish him good luck, good health and creative success!

On May 4, our friend and partner of the Calligraphy Museum Mr. Zhang Wengchang celebrates his birthday. We sincerely congratulate Mr. Zhang on his birthday, wish him good health, happiness and prosperity!

Today, May 1, a wonderful calligrapher and our friend Mr. Zhao Xueli is celebrating his birthday. Alexey Shaburov, Director of the World Calligraphy Museum, as well as the entire museum staff, congratulates Mr. Zhao on his birthday, wishes him good health, creative success and fulfillment of all wishes!

The World Calligraphy Museum in Sokolnki with a collection of about 5000 unique calligraphic masterpieces has been recognized as a community organization. The information about is available on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Alexey Shaburov, President & CEO of Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Director of the World Calligraphy Museum in Moscow told People's Daily that China sets a perfect example of preserving its civilization, that Chinese culture gave him positive energy. Years of learning about Chinese calligraphy provided him an enormous boost to develop the Russian art of beautiful penmanship.

At Tsinghua University, a calligraphy course was completed by a professor at the Training Center of the Chinese Association of Calligraphers, master of calligraphic style “Quan” Mr. Mao Guangsong. A course lasting about a year was attended by 14 students from different cities and provinces of China.

May 24, 2020 at 15:00 at the World Calligraphy Museum there will be a master class on the topic “Career Guidance on Handwriting. Find your way," and by appointment, consultations will be conducted under the leadership of Larisa Drygval by leading experts of the Handwriting Research Center - Moscow office of Inessa Goldberg's Institute of Graphoanalysis (Israel).

India has 22 official languages. But the real beauty isn't just in hearing them spoken -- it's in seeing them rendered in script.

Every year on April 20, the Chinese Language Day is celebrated around the world . This celebration was first held in many states in 2010, and residents of those countries where it is considered a public holiday pay particular attention to holiday celebrations on such a day

The Ruqa’a script may have been relegated to history, but its unique characteristics made it a prime choice for decoration and today it is an example of how calligraphic embellishment has produced new modes of artistic interpretation.