Mohamed Zakariya sat perched at a long table, his head bent over a small piece of paper. As admirers peered over his shoulder, he grasped his handmade pen and slowly produced the rounded, flowing ...
Two complementary exhibitions at Asia Society Museum explore Islamic art's quintessential art form: calligraphy. Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900 and Writing ...