One of the most interesting and least discussed anomalies in art is the painter who masters two completely different languages, such as figuration and abstraction. There are obvious cases, for ...

An exhibition at the Getty unleashes the dynamic character of Holbein’s portraits in ways I’ve never seen before. Hans Holbein the Younger, “Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey” (about 1532–33), black and ...

Picture shows beautiful calligraphic handwriting. The art of calligraphy demonstrates how skillful a person's handwriting can be. Writing comes to life through calligraphy and captures the mind.

Can art ever ignore contemporary politics? Yes, say the organisers of a new exhibition of calligraphic art from Iran and Hong Kong, especially when the art is based on thousands of years of cultural ...

When I first encountered the work of the architect and painter Anthony Candido, it was moving—or rather, the dancers whose costumes he had splashed with black paint were moving across the floor in a ...

The Sultanate of Oman this week unveiled the world’s first interactive calligraphic electronic Quran. The Electronic Mushaf Muscat Calligraphy Project was developed by specialists from Germany, the ...

KARACHI: Very few calligraphers come up with artworks that allow passion and zeal to take centre stage without undermining the importance of skill. When that happens, calligraphy defies classification ...

A calligraphic work by independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879–1910), written while in prison, has been returned to Korea. The Gyeonggi provincial government announced Thursday that it successfully ...

ISLAMABAD: In honour of the auspicious month of Ramazan, Satrang Gallery held an inauguration of Hurouf, its third Annual Calligraphy Exhibition. Masters Ahmad Khan and Rasheed Butt, whose paintings ...

I got my first mobile phone when I was in high school. It was 2005, and the feeling of “cool” overwhelmed me. Text messaging was something sacred in those days. I was allotted 200 messages per month.