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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An Iranian artist uses his engineering background to experiment with word forms and shapes Iranian artist Mohammad Bozorgi is a leading figure among the new generation of contemporary calligraphers.

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 ...

Calligraphic works of the seminary students, who took part in a two-week calligraphy workshop organised by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, "A Calligraphic Journey," were put on display on ...

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 ...

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 ...