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The Vibrant Lettering Work Of This Mexican Artist Is Taking Over Brooklyn
Meet Ricardo Gonzalez, a talented 28-year-old Mexican designer born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and raised in Durango. Currently residing in Brooklyn, Gonzalez has turned his passion for lettering, typography and calligraphy into a real way of life.eL Seed gives Paris his artistic love with new exhibition
Last week he was making his mark on Ajman, but this week famed Dubai-based artist and calligrapher eL Seed is giving Paris the love in a new exhibition that opened in the French capital last night (Tuesday, July 11).Parmeshwar Raju’s Art Simple strokes, complex stories
Artist Parmeshwar Raju’s art uses the written word to create something extraordinarily beautiful The afternoon rays light up the small studio cum apartment of Artist Parmeshwar Raju as he settles down for a chat, while his blank notebook lies open next to him. If one were to describe his art in the most simplest of terms, it would be calligraphic art.Final calligraphy class in the season
Tuesday, July 11th, the final class of the Pointed Pen calligraphy course was held in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, also being the final calligraphy class in the 2016-2017 season. As per tradition, Atrem Lebedev handed out personal certificates and wished them to pursue their calligraphy practice.Exhibition commemorating woman calligrapher to launch
An exhibition featuring female calligrapher Xiao Xian's works will be held at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing from July 27 to August 6.
Born in 1902, Xiao learned calligraphy from the noted 20th century Chinese scholar Kang Youwei. Tehran to host Korean cultural festival
Korean calligraphy works and handicrafts will be showcased during the five-day festival that aims to promote years of cultural exchange between Iran and Korea.Artisans and calligraphers from the country will attend the festival to create handicrafts and calligraphy works at the workshops that are scheduled to be arranged at the festival.
The Contemporary Museu of Calligraphy closes for summer vacations
Dear friends!Please be informed that from July 12th, the Museum closes for the summer holidays. Stay tuned for the announcement of the opening date.
Beginning of the Era Annunciated by a Great Art exhibition
Dachan aka Zisong Xuanzhu (the keeper of the lilac cell) is an outstanding Chinese artist, a renowned poet and contemporary calligraphy and painting artist, who lives and works in Beijing. An autodidact, he fell in love with poetry, calligraphy and painting at an early age, and achieved Zen enlightenment on the basis of gradual understanding of aesthetic subtleties.Written As Blessed exhibition in Andrei Rublev Museum
On June 29 the Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art will open an exhibition featuring a magnificent artefact of the Old Russian booklore – The Ladder manuscript, originally written by Saint John Sinaites, created in the Monastery of Joseph of Volokolamsk scriptorium by one of the founder’s companion, Pherapont the monk (Obukhov).Calligraphy exhibition starts in Jade Buddha Temple
SHANGHAI'S Jade Buddha Temple today launched a free exhibition with over 120 calligraphy works based on Buddhist Sutra selected from a nationwide competition.Antique books and prints restoration school launches in Moscow
The antique books and prints restoration school organized by the Academy of Litfond Auction House will open its doors in September 2017 to offer two courses for amateurs and professionals of book restoration practice.F IS FOR FENDI: Pokras Lampas
For its latest collaboration, the team behind Fendi’s millennial driven F IS FOR… project have hoisted modern calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas onto the rooftop of the Palazzo Della Civiltà Italiana, tapped to create a stunning new piece of “Calligraffiti”.Satori Exhibition of Japanese Calligraphy
Between June 3 and July 21 the Open Workshops in Ligovskaya Library (Saint-Petersburg, Ligovsky Avenue 99) will hold an exhibition of Japanese calligraphy by Elena Skripko dubbed Satori.White Inter-Nights 2017 III International Triennial of Graphic Arts in Saint-Petersburg showcases book illustrations by Oleg Yakhnin
The event will be held between May 17 and July 1, 2017 in Peter and Paul Fortress, Nevskaya Curtain.The exhibition will feature book illustrations from Vita Nova publishing house collection, made by an acknowledged artist from Saint-Petersburg Oleg Yakhnin: these series were specifically designed for the house's books.
Vyaz: traditions and modern age
The warm summer day of June 10 has seen the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy welcoming enthusiasts of one of the most beautiful Slavonic writing scripts, which is Vyaz. There is growing interest to Slavonic writing lately, and many contemporary calligraphy artists create to redefine our writing legacy.Illustrated miniature text of timeless Tale of Igor's Campaign presented to Yaroslavl museum-reserve
This entire text of The Tale of Igor's Campaign occupies only as much as a maple leaf. A copper plate with the full text of the timeless masterpiece, namely 18 thousand characters and illustrations to it, made by a well-known graphic and calligraphy artist Yuri Nozdrin, was donated to Yaroslavl museum-reserve.Professor Sergey Savelyev visited Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Professor and Biology Ph. D. Sergey Savelyev, author of over 10 monographs and 100 research papers, and originator of the first ever 3D human brain atlas, visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on June 7, 2017.Reading Faces Like Reading Poetry
Roya Khadjavi Projects opens its second exhibition For Your Eyes Solely in partnership with Massoud Nader at Elga Wimmer GalleryInternational Association of Mongolian Calligraphy visits the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Today the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy welcomed within its walls representatives of the Bichig Soyol International Association of Mongolian Calligraphy: the executive director, Ayushi Dalangurban and the Association representative for Kalmykia, Yevgeny Bembeyev.Chinese calligraphy just got a virtual reality reboot, and it's gorgeous
As they say, the VR wand is mightier than the sword. The traditional art of Chinese calligraphy is getting a breath of digital modernity, thanks to a new VR installation by the Taiwan National Palace Museum, and technology show Computex.Goose Quill Practice and Restoration of Books Offered to Krasnaya Ploschad Festival Guests
A goose quill practice course, basics of the books restoration and seasonal book arrivals – all of the above is featured at the Krasnaya Ploschad Festival. The major event will be held in Moscow early June.Summer courses in the National Calligraphy School
For all who stay in Moscow on summer holidays, we have an idea for you to spend some quality time and complete a calligraphy course in the National Calligraphy School
Workshop on Vyaz
June 10th the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy will hold a workshop on one of the most decorative writings – Vyaz. Vyaz, or Slavic ligatured writing, has been popular in Russ once late 14th century. It was used to decorate books, household objects, and pieces of architecture.
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