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Locardia Ndandarika passes away
Locardia Ndandarika, grand dame of Zimbabwean sculpture, sadly passed away in early January 2023. She will be much missed.
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Sylvester Mubayi, last of the ‘first generation’ greats, passes away
Sylvester Mubayi has passed away. His career spanned decades. Sylvester’s greatest gift to the Zimbabwean sculpture community has been his continuing commitment to nurturing aspiring young artists.
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Shona sculpture loses a sekuru* – Edward Chiwawa passes away
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that senior artist Edward Chiwawa passed away last night. The ‘first generation’ of Shona sculptors has lost one of its great names, and the Shona sculpture community is in mourning.
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show goes virtual for 2020
The world-famous Chelsea Flower Show has been cancelled this year, like so many other things. The Royal Horticultural Society will be creating a virtual Chelsea Flower Show during show week.
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New 2020 Shona Sculpture collection now online!
New 2020 sculpture collection now live on Guruve’s online gallery.
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Guruve’s News – Spring 2019
News from Guruve – the 2019 collection of Zimbabwean Shona sculpture has been launched on our web gallery; spinning sculptures added to the web gallery; 2019 events list finalised
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Lovemore Bonjisi
Sculptor
Celia Winter-Irving (respected Shona art critic and ex-curator of the National Gallery in Harare) described artist Lovemore Bonjisi as ‘The Shona Michelangelo’. Lovemore Bonjisi was born in January 1985 in Ruwa, a small town just east of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. He is the youngest in a large family, many of whom are stone sculptors. Lovemore […]
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