As a teenager, Kaoru Akagawa couldn’t read her Japanese grandmother’s letters, but she put it down to her unclear handwriting. Over a decade later, Kaoru realized her grandmother hadn’t been a poor ...

In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, artist Seb Lester shares his thoughts on the “ancient magic” of calligraphy. My name is Seb Lester. I'm a designer and artist, and I work in the United Kingdom ...

Lin Tao, a chengni ink slab master, shows a piece of his artworks. [Photo by GAO XINSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] The "Four Treasures of Study"－a high-quality writing brush, ink stick, paper and ink ...

A visitor watches a poster of an exhibition of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting works at Suzhou Museum in Suzhou of east China's Jiangsu province, Nov 6, 2012. Gathered from 15 museums from ...

On Monday, Sotheby's officially responded to questions from researchers with the Shanghai museum about the authenticity of the famous Gong Fu Tie calligraphy by Su Shi (1037-1101, a Chinese writer, ...