In a dynamic fusion of tradition and progress, Tokyo's Reload Gallery Shimokitazawa is hosting an exhibition, "Living Kanji: Modernizing Script for a Changing Japan." This project, spearheaded by ...

Kanji are ideographs; this means that the whole character conveys a meaning or idea (whereas in the Roman alphabet system, letters are grouped together to make words). In the right-hand column are ...

JEDDAH: Saudi artist, designer and calligrapher Noha Raheem ventured into the world of calligraphy in an unconventional way, fusing her interest in Kanji — the logographic Chinese characters used in ...

In this age when electronic modes of communication rule, it’s comforting to know some people still strive to uphold the delicate art of painstakingly etched handwriting. The members of the ...

Hans Ulrich Obrist, the director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery, contributes a characteristically thought-provoking foreword to this careful analysis of modern Middle Eastern art, ...