News First Prev 56 57 58 59 60 Next Last June 23, 2015 Paris’ Favorite Calligrapher Opens an Exhibit at Colette Everyone in fashion already knows Nicolas Ouchenir, at least by pen stroke. As Paris’ most in-demand calligrapher, he has thousands upon thousands of envelopes to his credit—and that’s just for this recent season’s events. On top of his expansive calligraphy business, Ouchenir is also a voracious reader, a passion that collides with his art in swirls, spatters, and excerpts for 20 or so “signature portraits,” now on show at Colette. (The opening party, meanwhile, will happen next week.) More June 22, 2015 Unique iron calligraphy in Anhui Zheng Shushan, a master of Wushan iron calligraphy, creates iron calligraphy works in his studio on June 16th, 2015. With a history of over 100 years, Wushan iron calligraphy is a specialty of the town of Wushan, China’s eastern Anhui province. More June 19, 2015 Master artist strives to preserve Tibetan calligraphy Tibetan calligraphy is an important part of the region's cultural heritage. It's been widely used in classic sutras. 48-year old Banjue has been interested in Tibetan calligraphy since he was a child. At the age of 17, he officially became a student of a master calligrapher and has been practising the art for decades. In 2014, Banjue became an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the Tibet Autonomous Region. More June 17, 2015 The Art of Calligraphy and Beyond exhibition: What it took to be an artist in medieval India There was work everywhere for calligraphers in medieval India: in the courts of the great Mughals, the Ottoman Turks, and the Shahs of Iran, with whom cultural links were deep. It is this traffic and creative output that is on display at an exhibition titled 'Art and Calligraphy and Beyond' curated by Anamika Pathak and Zahid Ali Ansari, at the National Museum. More June 15, 2015 Winners of the calligraphy contest awarded in Primorye The Yat Russian calligraphy contest finished on June 5th, 2015 in Vladivostok with the opening of the exhibition of the works of contestants and the awarding ceremony. Representatives of the Far East branch of the Russian World fund that had supported the contest took part in the ceremony and presented the winners with valuable gifts, souvenirs and copies of the Russian World.ru magazine. More June 10, 2015 Japanese calligrapher will hold a free calligraphy class for the citizens of Chelyabinsk Anyone who wants to, will have a chance to be a student of the Kabuki Modzi technique for free. Isidzima Kaori who is an authentic “calligraphy sensei” will hold a model lesson in the public library. Fans of the Land of the Rising Sun believe this will be a unique experience for Chelyabinsk. More June 8, 2015 The still music of calligraphy The “Poetry of Calligraphy” International Exhibition continuing the tradition of annual calligraphy exhibitions “Image and Letter” was inaugurated in Tsarskoye Selo. More June 5, 2015 An exhibition of Arabic calligraphy opened in Saransk The “Letters of Light” exhibition of Arabic calligraphy opened on June 2nd, 2015 at Stepan Erzia Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts in Saransk. The main goal of the exhibition is to preserve the basics of Islamic culture and to arouse interest for it among the youth. More June 3, 2015 Togliatti citizens will learn Chinese calligraphy A delegation from the University of Shaoxing in the People’s Republic of China headed by the principal Zhou Du Tsung will come with a working visit to the Togliatti State University on Thursday, June 4th, 2015. Matters of cultural and educational cooperation will be discussed, including the possibility of creating a school of Chinese calligraphy within Tolyatti’s University. More June 2, 2015 An exhibition of calligraphy from the two shores of Taiwan Strait opened in Beijing An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression opened in the Military Museum of Beijing. The ‘Exhibition of calligraphy from the two shores of Taiwan Strait... More May 28, 2015 Museum of Calligraphy’s Summer Vacations Dear friends! The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow announces its closure from June 1st, 2015 for the summer vacations. Our collection of calligraphy masterpieces from all over the world will open its doors again on September 15th, 2015. More May 27, 2015 Over two thousand residents of Lobnya participated in a citywide calligraphy marathon The marathon was part of the celebration of the Day of Slavic Writing, says Galina Mamontova who is a member of the ‘Ladoga’ literary association. The Day of Slavic Writing is traditionally celebrated in all the Slavic countries on May 24th. More May 25, 2015 Calligraphy beyond architecture and manuscripts A plethora of artifacts from Islamic culture that portray Arabic-Persian inscriptions on multiple mediums, besides paper and stone are on display here at the National Museum. More May 22, 2015 Omsk highschoolers to compete in calligraphy at the Slavic Letter festival On Friday, May 22nd, the ‘Slavic Betony’ festival is opening at the regional young naturalist facility (10, Dmitriyeva str.). Students of high school and their teachers will present Slavic toys, costumes, headwear, ornamental cut technique and many other things. More May 22, 2015 New enrollment to the Calligraphy school The National school of calligraphy working on the base of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy announces a new period of admission for courses for adults. More May 20, 2015 The etching exhibition and presentation of a book by Appolinaria Mishina in Belarus From May, 19th to June, 10th, 2015 the Labyrinth Gallery of the National Library of Belarus will host a solo exhibition of the permanent participant of The International Exhibition of Calligraphy Appolinaria Mishina. Appolinaria has accomplished a unique project: a calligraphy book “The Gospel According to St. Mark” with color etching technique artwork and parallel text handwritten in Church Slavonic and Russian in Synodal translation. More May 18, 2015 Artist recreates iconic logos using calligraphy A video has emerged of an artist hand-drawing a series of company logos with a calligraphy pen. The footage was captured by an artist living in Cornwall, UK. The video shows the talented calligrapher reproducing famous brand logos freehand, using just one pen. More May 17, 2015 Calligraphy of the Great Victory On May 5th, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy opened an exhibition of calligraphy dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The calligraphers from various parts of Russia accepted the Museum’s invitation to support the project of creating calligraphy pieces devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. More May 15, 2015 The Poetry of Calligraphy International Exhibition Opens on May 19th! The Poetry of Calligraphy International Exhibition will open at 04:00 p.m. on May 19th in the Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists’ Exhibition Centre. This event will continue the tradition of The Form and The Letter annual exhibitions of calligraphy. The exhibition will feature the best pieces created by the teachers and students of the From Aza to Izhitsa Centre Of Calligraphy Art last academic year. More May 13, 2015 Perm State University to Host a Calligraphy Workshop on May 15th The students of Perm State University arriving from China will organise a free calligraphy workshop on May 15th. The event will be part of the traditional Night of Museums programme. The workshop is called Greetings from China! and will be held by the fountain. All attendees will get a chance to discover Chinese culture and learn to draw hieroglyphics. More May 8, 2015 Overview of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy The 5th Anniversary International Exhibition of Calligraphy was held in Moscow from March 14th to April 12th, 2015. This year, the exhibition attracted a record number of 90 participants from 52 countries of the world, who presented as many as 201 calligraphy pieces at the exhibition, which were themed Reflections on the Motherland. More April 30, 2015 An Artist Devotes his Exhibition to the 70th Anniversary of the Great Victory A retrospective exhibition of the Great Patriotic War veteran, honoured artist of the Russian Federation, honoured artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, folk artist of the Republic of Tatarstan and winner of the Ğabdulla Tuqay State Award Vladimir Popov opened at 4 p.m. on April 25th , 2015 at the Khazine National Art Gallery. More April 27, 2015 Ğabdulla Tuqay in the Strokes of Calligraphy Meeting took place in Kazan There was probably nowhere to hide from the cheerful crowds in the capital of Tatarstan last weekend: the city was celebrating the birthday of the famous Tatar poet Ğabdulla Tuqay and Mother Language Day. More April 24, 2015 The chance to develop calligraphy art beckons Only last week, VAC signed a fresh cultural exchange programme with China’s Nanjing Institute of Calligraphy and Painting. The new collaboration will see artists from the two countries benefit from a series of artistic skills and cultural exchange programmes. There is a complete new and interesting façade to the VAC and Nanjing Arts Institute partnership – the component of calligraphy. More First Prev 56 57 58 59 60 Next Last