The traditional calligraphy of the Korean alphabet Hangeul will be designated as part of the country's National Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Korea Heritage Service said Tuesday. The state-run ...

When traditional calligraphy meets modern techniques, expect a masterpiece. Working along these lines, eight artists showcased their work at Satrang Gallery on Monday. Titled “Huroof,” the collection ...

This year's “SAC Calligraphy Festival” began its 50-day exhibition on Saturday. It is the third installment of the annual calligraphy festival by Seoul Arts Center's Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum in ...

Calligraphy, once considered the highest form of writing, faces new questions in an age of screens and sensors. Is this ancient art still tethered to brush and ink? The resounding response: not at all ...

My journey into Korean culture began, like many others, through music and dramas. Over time, however, my curiosity moved beyond entertainment and toward understanding the deeper artistic and ...

Backed by its time-honored and prosperous brush pen making industry, Yinping town in Zaozhuang, Shandong province has opened a museum dedicated to promoting traditional calligraphy culture. The museum ...

The words ‘contemporary’ and ‘calligraphy’ may seem contradictory on paper but on canvas, the merger makes perfect sense. “Harf-e-Raaz,” which features the work of two young artists Mahjabeen Mirza ...

In laying out a comprehensive view of calligraphy, calligraphers are concerned with perfecting language on two levels: that of the painterly range of gestures and that of the actual script. Typically, ...

Karim Jabbari still remembers how painful it was to walk down the street with his family as a child and see his neighbors turn away. “No one was willing to talk to us in public,” he says. Jabbari’s ...