On a day when Ithaca was putting on its best impression of Seattle, and most Cornell students were returning to campus on (achingly long) bus rides, I was at the Johnson Museum for the second time in ...

Today, a tip sheet on accuracy in language, based on what readers tell me bugs them. 1. Do not describe something as "very unique." Unique means one of a kind; it does not come in degrees. 2. Don't ...

Calligraphy, which means “beautiful writing” in Ancient Greek, is seeing a surge of interest from younger people who say it offers a meditative and creative escape. Credit... Supported by By Jenny ...

During a prolific 200-year period in the 14th–16th centuries, four master calligraphers invented one of the most aesthetically refined forms of Persian culture: nasta‘liq, a type of calligraphy so ...