Gallery Sarah in part of the bait Al Zubair Museum and it’s the first art gallery of its kind in Oman. From now until the end of August its hosting an exhibition by a group of calligraphers titled ‘Calligraphy – The Art of the Letter’.

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The exhibition brings together an eclectic mix of talented Arabic calligraphers and typographers who are pushing the boundaries of the art form into new directions.

In the Arab world, calligraphy has been used to a much greater extent and in astonishingly varied and imaginative ways, which have taken the written word far beyond pen and paper, into all art forms and materials.

The exhibition is open to the public from 9:30am to 6pm, Saturday to Thursday, at Bait Al Zubair.

Source – Oman Observer