Museum of Calligraphy

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Contemporary museum of calligraphy
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EstablishedAugust 14, 2008
Location2, bld. 1, 5 Luchevoy prosek, Moscow, 107114, MEC Sokolniki
Getting hereSokolniki metro station
DirectorAlexey Shaburov
Tel.:+7 495 728 7758
Website http://www.calligraphy-museum.com

The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, dedicated to the art of calligraphy, [1] is situated in Sokolniki Park, Moscow. The museum collection features calligraphy masterpieces from 65 countries. The concept was elaborated by Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre and the National Union of Calligraphers. The museum was officially opened on August 14, 2008.

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Contemporary museum of calligraphy [2] is a member of International Council of Museums (ICOM), American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and European Museum Forum (EMF). The exhibitions, organized by the museum, are supported be the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation and are granted the auspices . In 2009 the museum's project International Exhibition of Calligraphy was approved by UFI (Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) for high professional level of exhibitions organization. [3] In 2010 the project entered the final three of exhibitions World Cup according to Exhibition News Awards (London). [4] In 2010 the International Exhibition of Calligraphy was certified by Russian Union of exhibitions and fairs (RUEF). [5]

Contemporary museum of calligraphy Timeline

Museum is situated in one of the most beautiful places of Moscow - park Sokolniki 3 Park Sokol'niki segodnia.jpg
Museum is situated in one of the most beautiful places of Moscow - park Sokolniki
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The museum's start
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The solemn opening ceremony
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Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy

August 14, 2008—the opening day of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy.

September 16–21, 2008—The I International Exhibition of Calligraphy (Repin State Academic Institute of Painting Sculpture and Architecture, Saint Petersburg).

July 8, 2009 — at G8 summit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holly presented to the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev the Russian national anthem written by hand and illuminated.

August 14, 2009 — Museum's birthday. The museum gets new exhibit — the World largest Mezuzah [6] written by a famous Israeli calligrapher Avraham Borshevsky. This scroll is by right included into the Guinness Book of World Records.

July 8, 2010 — the museum becomes a member of the American Association of Museum (AAM).

August 1, 2010 — the museum becomes a member of the European Museum Forum (EMF).

November 1 – December 15, 2012 – The IV International Exhibition of Calligraphy, took place at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow, traditionally featuring lectures and workshops by Russian and foreign calligraphy masters. Its characteristic was the shape-shifting exposition that had been changed several times during the event [7] [8]

March 15–21, 2013 – Korean Calligrapher Kim Jong Chil's Solo Exhibition [9]

April 3–7, 2014 – Russia-Asia art exhibition featuring calligraphy masterpieces from China, Japan, Korea, Israel and other countries

March 14 – April 12, 2015 – 90 calligraphers from over 50 countries took part in the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy held in Moscow in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, and designed around the Contemplation of the Motherland theme. [10]

September 1–10, 2017 – The opening of the 6th International Exhibition of Calligraphy highlighted the beginning of the autumn cultural season in Moscow. [11]

May 9–31, 2018 – a calligraphy exhibition to celebrate the Great Patriotic War victory day. [12]

The Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, a new exhibition organized by the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, will be held in Sokolniki Park on September 20–22, 2019. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Museum innovations

Museum activity

I International Exhibition of Calligraphy was held in Saint Petersburg in 2008. 68 participants from 26 countries took part in this exhibition [18]

II International Exhibition of Calligraphy was held in Museum-educational complex Sokolniki in Moscow in 2009. More than 100 calligraphers from 34 countries. The exhibition halls’ total area is about 5 000 sq.m. [19]

III International Exhibition of Calligraphy was held in Velikiy Novgorod in 2010. For this exhibition a special pavilion was built in the city historic centre near the Kremlin in Yaroslav's Court. 135 calligraphers from 43 countries. [20]

The IV International Exhibition of Calligraphy at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow, attended by 143 calligraphers from 44 countries (footnotes 10–11).

A dedicated exhibit hall was erected for the 6th International Exhibition of Calligraphy in Sokolniki. A record in scale and scope, the event featured over 350 works by 150 calligraphers from over 60 countries. The agenda was no less eventful, including Kim Jong Chil's calligraphy performance, Luo Lei's talk and demonstration of the Chinese writing development history, Bilibin's Style Capital workshop by Marina Khankova and more. [21] [22]

April 14–19, 2009 — festival of Japanese culture “Sakura” in the Contemporary museum of calligraphy. [23]

The Contemporary museum of calligraphy regularly organizes master-classes of Russian calligraphers and famous masters of writing art from abroad.

The School was open in November 2010. The School's aim is to show people what calligraphy art is, explore the history of different fonts, teach to use different pens, give basics of beautiful writing. The senior professor is Yury Koverdyaev, graphic artist, calligrapher, member of Russian Union of Artists. [24]

Exposition

The museum has a collection of national Russian calligraphy, European writing systems, samples of Hebrew calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy, Georgian calligraphy, Japanese hieroglyphs and Chinese calligraphy.

Samples of sacred calligraphy

The Contemporary museum of calligraphy is a new and unique institution that unites painting, graphics and writing. The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy is located at Pavilion 7 of the museum-educational complex Sokolniki.

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Calligraphy museums

Calligraphy exhibitions

World calligraphy association

Press coverage

The museum was created in order “to provide the conditions for developing calligraphy as a language of mutual understanding without borders.”

Similar museums have been long working in Turkey, China, Japan and United Arab Emirates. It is by a very strange chance that Russia did not have any calligraphy museum before.

Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy is the first Russian museum for the art of lettering.

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