TORONTO: The ongoing “Inherited Lines” exhibition, organized by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority in collaboration with Alliance Francaise Dubai and DiarBid ArtHouse, celebrates Arabic calligraphy by bringing together veteran calligraphers and recent graduates under one roof.
The exhibition features 20 works spanning a range of styles, from classical calligraphic structures to more abstract, ornamented compositions.
Artists include established calligraphers Hussam Abdelwahab, Abdulrazzak Mahmoud and Bahman Zahedi alongside graduates of Dubai Culture’s Arabic Calligraphy, Ornamentation and Gilding program, which launched last year.
Graduate participants include Sabeena Shajahan, Nemat Meqdady, Rasha Majeed, Entesar Ahmed, Suzan Murad, Nadia Siraj and an artist who goes by the name Sah.
The decision to show emerging and established artists together is deliberate.
