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Гармония красоты
Работы 500 каллиграфов – около 5000 экспонатов – из 70 стран мира представлены в пространстве Музея мировой каллиграфии. Начавшись в 2008 году в Москве, он в сентябре этого года переехал из Москвы в спасское село Орехово.Источник: «Рязанские ведомости»
When a good deed goes unpunished
I was googling “private museums” when occasionally found out about a project managed by Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow. It turned out, in November 2018 Alexey officially registered the Association for Aid to Private Museums.Source: Magazine "Museum"
The Red Star
Alexey Shaburov, special reporter of Mir Muzeya magazine, and Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, visited a unique museum at Xuanri paper factory.Source: Mir Muzeya
CIPG assumes cooperation with Russian Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
On January 18 Deputy Director of the China International Publishing Group (CIPG) Lu Cairong met with Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow, in Beijing.Source: China Magazine
Moscow provides an exciting space for the display of calligraphic work
For any lover of the arts considering a visit to Russia there is a very special establishment that stands out as a must-visit. The world’s only museum dedicated entirely to the art of calligraphy was founded in 2008, hosting within its walls on a permanent basis the artworks featured at the first International Exhibition of Calligraphy. First of its kind in Europe, both the exhibition and the museum were conceptualized by Alexey Shaburov, private collector and entrepreneur.
Source: Postscript, magazine
The International Exhibition of Calligraphy
Works, unique in their content and technique, will be on show. Among others, you will see calligrapher Andrey Drachenkov’s “First translation”, a Glagolic writing of John’s Gospel scratched in wax and An Vanhentenrijk’s works combining calligraphy with three-dimensional paper forms.
Source: Telenedelia, magazine
You can read an inscription on a fly’s wing in Sokolniki
The 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy opened at the Modern Museum of Calligraphy in Sokolniki park. Almost 200 works by masters from 52 countries are on show. Among the exhibits are record holders from the Guinness Book of World Records such as a hand-written Russian Constitution or “Calligraphy on a fly’s wing” miniature, as well as many other works.Source: Vostochny okrug, newspaper
Pen vs Keyboard
There are several reasons for a modern man to get interested in calligraphy. Firstly, the office prisoners, glued to the screen and keyboard at work and at home would find using a pen for a change, remembering (or discovering) the long-forgotten feel of it, quite refreshing. Secondly, in the rough sea of business plans and expiring deadlines calligraphy emerges as an island of calm. The Moscow News (Moskovskie Novosti, newspaper) interviewed a renowned calligrapher to find out where you can learn this rare art and what good it does.Source: the Moskovskie Novosti newspaper
The Letter Temple
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy under Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre has witnessed the opening of the fourth International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Participants from 43 countries will present the world’s top calligraphy masterpieces. Each one used her own language, brush, pen, and ink to express the beauty and mystery of the Handwritten Letter.Source: The Novye Izvestia (newspaper)
The Art of Beautiful Handwriting
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Sokolniki Park held the opening of the 4th International Exhibition of Calligraphy, the world’s largest project dedicated to the art of beautiful handwriting.Source: the Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad newspaper (the Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia)
The International Exhibition of Calligraphy
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Sokolniki Park is highlighting a handwritten copy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Decalogue (published by Rare Book PH, the text of the Ten Commandments is printed manually on a 19th century press), Calligraphy on a Wing of a Fly miniature, etc. Within the forty-five days of the Fixed Event Period, the display will be completely reloaded, European exhibits gradually giving way to Oriental masterpieces.
Source: The Vedomosti (Friday Supplement)
Sokolniki will show chefs d’oeuvre of world calligraphy
On Thursday, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy under Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre will witness the opening of the fourth International Exhibition of Calligraphy. For the first time ever Sokolniki Park visitors will have a unique opportunity to virtually visit all four parts of the world.
Source: The Novye Izvestia (newspaper)
The International Exhibition of Calligraphy — the main cultural event of 2010 in Veliky Novgorod
The International Exhibition of Calligraphy is the world's largest project dedicated to writing as an exquisite art form and its culture. The project has been implemented under the auspices of the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO since 2009 and its highest level of organization is marked by the UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry).
Guests of the exhibition of calligraphy were taught to write in Arabic script and Korean characters
Penmanship
September 16, 2010 The World famous Mezuzah, the Golden Koran, the Holy Mantra as well as masterpieces by modern artists from more than 40 states were presented on the 3rd International Exhibition of Calligraphy.You have a letter on a fly's wing
The 3rd International Exhibition of Calligraphy has taken place at Yaroslav’s Court downtown V. Novgorod.Opening Soon
Pavilion set-up began at Yaroslav’s Court for the 3rd International Exhibition of Calligraphy to take place from September 10th–12th, 2010.Exhibition of Calligraphy
The artist of UNESCO Nja Mahdaoui gave a master class at the II International Exhibition of Calligraphy which is now held in the Sokolniki park.
World calligraphy masterpieces in Sokolniki park
The culture and exhibition centre Sokolniki welcomes the2nd International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Such a large scale culture event is held in Moscow for the first time ever. It is organized under the aegis of the UNESCO Commission for the Russian Federation and Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The masters of calligraphy arrived in Moscow from across the world.Personal characteristics in one
The Exhibition of Calligraphy in Sokolniki park, pavilions 7, 7a, 17Seven days a week until November 14, open from 10 am till 8 pm.Close-Up. Calligraphy
Within the Contemporary Exhibition of Calligraphy, apart from a lecture titled “The Dynamics of Cyrillic Alphabet: a Problem or a Fad?” (read by Evgeny Drobyazin — the author of the hand-written anthem of the Russian Federation, presented by Silvio Berlusconi as gift to Dmitry Medvedev at the G8 summit this year), there will also be a series of seminars.Source: "Vedomosti" newspaper
The 2nd International exhibition of calligraphy
The world has not yet seen an exhibition of this scale containing: A calligraphic tapestry from Tunisia, petition (chelobitnaya) on birchbark in the Old Russian language, ancient manuscripts and letters, miniature handwritten books and artistic tools.
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy — the written beauty of feelings.