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The team of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy visited the brush manufacturing factory in China
On July 11th during the business trip to China the team of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy visited a unique entity- a brush manufacturing factory.
China trains 5,500 calligraphy teachers
A training program started in 2015 to provide calligraphy courses for primary and secondary school teachers has so far trained 5,500 teachers.
Director of Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy Alexey Shaburov met with Ambassador of Russian Federation to People's Republic of China Andrey Denisov
On July 9, 2019, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, Andrey Denisov, met with Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, and organizer of the Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting exhibition, Alexey Shaburov, in the embassy of Russia in Beijing.
Renowned Chinese writer and calligrapher takes part in Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
A renowned Chinese writer and calligraphy artist Feng Ishu, and Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy Alexey Shaburov had a meeting on July 8, 2019, where Shaburov invited Mr. Feng to take part in the Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting exhibition, due on September 20-22, 2019
Grozny hosts the first international festival contest of calligraphy
A festival named Shelkovye Linii (The Silk Lines) officially opened in Grozny City hotel yesterday to continue between June 30 and July 6.
The news of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy are now available on WeChat
The Contemporary museum of calligraphy is pleased to report that the information on cultural events of the museum as well as the exhibitions, held and organized by the Contemporary museum of calligraphy off-site, is now available on the popular Chinese app WeChat.
Everybody Huakui
Hua Kui, born in Nanjiang, Sichuan Province in 1949, graduated from the Chinese Department of Sichuan Normal University. A national first- class artist, calligrapher, painter, seal cutter and porcelain artist, Hua Kui also holds the position of children fine arts teacher.
Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy opens school of Arabic writing
Sergey Sorochyev, founder of an Arabic calligraphy studio, and developer of a special calligraphy training methodology, met with Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy.
Exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and painting in Moscow
The Chinese Cultural Centre in Moscow held an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and painting on June 21 named “Shining of Mountains and Rivers, Friendship for Centuries.”
Quang Binh museum receives record calligraphy book on General Vo Nguyen Giap
Quang Binh General Museum on June 21 received a world record Vietnamese calligraphy book on General Vo Nguyen Giap that was created by artisan Vo Duong.
Exhibition of calligraphy and painting “Shining of Mountains and Rivers, Friendship for Centuries”
The Chinese Cultural Centre in Moscow opened an exhibition of contemporary Chinese calligraphy and painting artists on June 21.
The exhibition “Shining of the mountains and rivers, friendship for centuries” has opened its doors at China Cultural Center
On June 21st the exhibition “Shining of the mountains and rivers, friendship for centuries” opened its doors at the China Cultural Center in Moscow. Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, was among the honorable guests.
The All-Russian Contest of Chinese Calligraphy
Publishing house Renmin Huabao in partnership with Zhongguowang website (Chinese Information Centre), and Chinese health industry corporation “New Era” announce the All-Russian Contest of Chinese Calligraphy. The initiative aims to promote traditional Chinese culture and develop humanitarian exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia.
Winners of the 3rd International Calligraphy Contest “Rewriting Pushkin” in Czech Republic
Pre-university course students of Petrozavodsk State University, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh and Dinh Bao Vi, Vietnam, won the Third International Calligraphy Contest “Rewriting Pushkin.”
Chinese delegation visited Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
A representative delegation from the People's Republic of China visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, and Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre on June 21, 2019
Calligraphic and art works of Hua Kui will be exhibited in Russia
Between 22 and 29 May, poet, calligrapher, painter, master of Chinese stamps and porcelain, and children's art teacher, Mr Hua Kui enjoyed a breif but fruitful artistic trip in Russia, organized in collaboration with the DHH law group and its head Mr. Luan Shaohu.
Two-day exhibition of Rozhdestvensky's poems in calligraphy in Barnaul
The exhibition housed in the State Museum of Literature, Art and Culture History, and named “Heart Out. Hand Out. Poems by Robert Rozhdestvensky. Calligraphy by Olga Alexeenko”, will open in Barnaul on June 21-22 as a part of Readings from Rozhdestvensky.
Renowned Tibetan calligrapher Tashi Mennox visits Moscow
Between July 1 and 7, 2019, a renowned Tibetan calligrapher Tashi Mennox will visit Moscow on the invitation of the Foundation for Contemplative Research to give a practical seminar on a style of Tibetan calligraphy u-chen, and two talks about contemplative art.
Representatives of The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy attended the opening of the exhibition “Museum of Soviet lifestyle” in the State Duma
Recently, on May 28th, Valiakhmetov Rustem, the Director of Museum of Soviet lifestyle, was a guest at the exhibition “Great Chinese calligraphy and painting” at the State Duma. Soon thereafter, on June the 11th, the delegation from the Association of Russian Private Museums and Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy attended the the grand opening of the exhibition “Museum of Soviet lifestyle” at the State Duma, coinciding with Russia Day.
Vasnetsov Brothers Art Museum opened exhibition “The Letters Speak. The Vyatka Alphabet”
Vasnetsov Brothers Art Museum opened an exhibition of Andrey Drachenkov, an artist from Kirov, named “The Letters Speak. The Vyatka Alphabet.”
Taking Devnagri to the world
At Calligraphies in Conversation, an ongoing international meet on calligraphy in San Francisco, a special focus on Indian lettering, especially Devnagri In November last year, Delhi-based calligrapher Rajeev Kumar was in California on the invitation of the Society for Calligraphy.
GHALAMDAR PERSIAN CALLIGRAFFITI SENSATION
GhalamDAR – ‘the writer’ in Farsi – is an emerging artist, working primarily in graffiti since 2006. Born in 1994 in Tehran, Iran and in the beginning as a youngster, he wanted to add colour to his gray colored hometown and to break the habit and expectancy of watching the same walls he passes by every day by practicing and experiencing with a variety of graffiti styles.
Renmin Huabao publishing corporation and China magazine support projects of Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
The publishing corporation Renmin Huabao and China magazine became the two of the key partners supporting the successful Great Russian and Chinese Calligraphy exhibition held in the State Duma, as well as the forthcoming large-scale exhibition of the Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting scheduled for September 20-22 in Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre.
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy is the art of deliberate hieroglyphic corruption and transformation in order to reach natural harmony.