“I was initially attracted to calligraphy because it looked so beautiful. I ended up learning everything online and am completely self-taught,” says Samantha Cheung, a mural artist and ...

Our Cairo correspondent explores the textured history of calligraphy as a victim of ‘creative destruction’ and why its ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

On Sept. 28, the famed calligrapher and educator Tian Yingzhang died at the age of 74. Arguably the best-known calligrapher in contemporary China, millions of Chinese learned Tian’s calligraphy style ...

TUNIS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese university press and the Confucius Institute at Carthage University signed a cooperation agreement on Chinese calligraphy education in the Tunisian capital on ...

Aksharscape is a collection of artworks by Nikheel Aphale whose painted letters look beyond their linguistic purpose ...

From breathtaking Arabic scripts to intricate Western letters, this first-of-its-kind showcase in Durban celebrates the ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

Undoubtedly, Arabic calligraphy is not only an art form with unique aesthetic beauty, but a true reflection of heritage and culture. It holds profound power as one of the most prominent fine arts ...