In an attempt to find his identity as the child of immigrants living in France, French-Tunisian street artist eL Seed took a modern twist on the traditional art of Arabic calligraphy by fusing it with ...

Yazeed al-Talaa wants to create work that reflects the beauty and potential of Gaza in spite of the suffering caused by the siege By integrating the beauty of Arabic letters with the modern art of ...

While Russian calligraffiti artist Pokras Lampas’s artwork occupies walls from New York to Moscow and now Dubai, his intention for his murals, he tells Shreeja Ravindranathan, is to start ...

eL Seed takes inspiration from romantic poem by Nizar Qabbani for his first solo display French Tunisian street artist eL Seed is known for his “calligraffiti” style, which blends traditional Arabic ...

Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art addresses issues of power, culture, and universality. The process of writing in art is a central theme, permitting the exploration of ...

An anamorphic art piece by eL Seed covers 50 buildings with Arabic calligraphy in sunset shades on the Manshiyat Nasr neighborhood in Cairo, making the marginalized, garbage collecting community of ...

‘The soul that fights in us’ are the words which Palestinian artist Belal Khaled spent four days drawing onto the 50 metre long, seven metre high bombed wall of a building in Gaza. With a flat brush ...

Style Interview: eL Seed Talks Calligraffiti, the Jara Mosque, and Painting Tunnels in Doha eL Seed talks to us about the latest Calligraffiti exhibition at Leila Heller Gallery. ByCedar Pasori ...

HE Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) Chairperson, and Engineer Nasser al-Mawlawi, president of the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), yesterday visited one ...

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Calligraffiti merges the traditional forms of calligraphy with street art to create a potent mix of works in the first ever show devoted to this art form in the emirate. Sarah Harvey takes a closer ...