DUBAI — The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) recently organised a lecture by a curator of the British Museum. The lecture was conducted as part of the fourth Dubai International Exhibition of the Arabic Calligraphy Art.
Dr Venetia Porter, Curator of the Department of Asia at The British Museum in London, discussed the topic “Arabic Calligraphy: Word and Form”, which opened with a tribute to the late Sudanese calligrapher Osman Waqialla.