In the heart of two ancient civilizations — one sprawling across East Asia, the other rooted in the Middle East — there exists a sacred tradition of writing that transcends mere communication. For the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calligraphy inkstones, especially elaborately designed ones, can cost over $5,000. While the traditional practice of using an ink ...

A performance is staged to celebrate the opening of the "The Historical Expression of Chinese Art: Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of China" exhibition at the National Museum of ...

Ink artist Wang Dongling's "chaos calligraphy" is on display. Photos provided to China Daily Ink artist Wang Dongling, 71, is holding two exhibitions in Beijing to show his achievements in traditional ...

The first 260 words of the Buddhist “Heart Sutra” run down a white wall rhythmically. The words concentrated on by generations of calligraphers using paper, brush and ink are represented through a ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 15: Barbara Sweet- Calligrapher and Owner of Sweet Ink Calligraphy. Shot on August 13th, 2013 (D.A. Peterson for The Washington Post) Calligraphy had a pull for me in the sense ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It is one of the paradoxes of contemporary art in Asia that those artists who work in the most traditional of media ...

A unique exhibition, the first in Australia, will explore the grand historical sweep of Chinese art and calligraphy traditions at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) starting on Friday. The ...