Watch part 2 hereref='https://youtu.be/AGye84QySY0' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? I tell you about it while discussing the intersection between visual arts and linguistics. Special...

Watch part 1 hereref='https://youtu.be/Ydp-Tm0N_e4' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? In this episode I talk about traditional Calligraphy materials and the history behind them. Special...

Join Rongde Zhang, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales of the Classical Chinese Paintings department, as he discusses the scripts, exuberant rhythm and brushstrokes of Chinese calligraphy. Learn more about the nine characters that...

Calligraphy is an artistic form of writing practiced by people around the world. Understand some of the historical and cultural significances of calligraphy. Explore different styles of calligraphy and the tools used to draw letters and...

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented all immigration of Chinese laborers. Chinese immigrants were detained at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay at the turn of the 20th century because of the Exclusion Act. This audio story...

After the death of his son in 1502, Shen Zhou was heartbroken. Over the next year he would channel that anguish into a collection of poems that would come to define a school in Chinese Calligraphy. In this episode of Expert Voices, join...

Ben Wang, Senior Lecturer of Language and Humanities, China Institute in America Enter the Forbidden City and explore the lavish retirement residence of one of China's most extravagant monarchs—the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736--95)—who...

A free exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 7 Nov 2017 to 15 Apr 2018 Contemporary Chinese artist Qu Leilei (b. 1951), now based in London, was a founding member of the avant-garde ‘Stars Group’ in the late 1970s, and immigrated to...

Flip through my sketchbook for week 3 of Inktober!

I used a lot of coloured ink this week. Check them

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Kaimei Bokuju or Kaimei Carbon Ink
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How do you update an ancient art tradition? With Photoshop, of course. New media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age but uses digital tools to capture that time-tested...

As a high-ranking painter and scholar in the Ming Court, Dong Qichang had access to the finest materials and the attention of emperors. In this First Look, discover an iconic example from his seminal body that would usher in a new era of...

Video Atlas of Asia: This clip takes a look at some of China's traditional arts.

Discover how two students of the famed Chinese modern master Zhang Daqian fell in love and quietly built an extraordinary collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. Although they had distinct styles, Fung Bi-Che and Tang Hung...

Unfurl a classical Chinese scroll and discover the lines and marks that make each scroll unique. From landscapes to calligraphy and poetry, hand scrolls tell stories and are easy to preserve and transport. Wang Yangming’s ‘Poems in...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

I finished the first 7 days of Inktober! See the drawings I did.




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- Yasutomo Sumi Ink
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Kaimei Bokuju or Kaimei Car
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Inktober is here and I got caught up in the YouTube excitement and decided to try it for the first time. Here are my bag of tools that I am excited to work with.


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