Hip Hop mogul Sean Carter popularly known as JAY-Z recently purchased an art piece titled “Tengwe farms” by acclaimed contemporary visual artist Moffat Takadiwa. Yesterday’s edition of The New York Times posted a picture of the Hip Hop mogul standing in front of the art piece at his Roc Nation offices in Los Angeles. Zimbabwean art is highly sought…
Jay Z falls in love with Zimbabwean Art
Zimbabwean Sculptors Struggle To Make Living Despite Low Prices and Forgeries
By Tatenda Kanengoni, GPJ Zimbabwe MVURWI, ZIMBABWE — Sitting atop a large serpentine stone, his back slightly curved, Passmore Mupindiko continually hammers his chisel until ashy fragments fall away and the shape of a mermaid appears. Close by, a vehicle pulls up to drop off more large stone sculptures, briefly drowning out the sculptor’s hammering.…
Start your own Art business trading in Zimbabwe Stone sculptures
Do you want to start a business in the art & craft industry? If YES, we have a wholesale facilty that will entitle you to trade discounts. Our artist network is composed of over 200 sculptors working in and around Harare and Chitungwiza. Please visit our online store to view new works available. We would appreciate getting feedback…
Tom Blomefield was a crook: Sylvester Mubayi
Sylvester Mubayi is one of the remaining First Generation of Zimbabwe Shona Stone Sculptors still living. We caught up with him at his studio in Chitungwiza where he shared with us his art journey which began as a serendipitous encounter with the maverick art promoter Tom Bloomfield in the streets of the former Salisbury (Harare).…
Zimbabwe sculpture artist bullish on growth of Chinese market
by Gretinah Machingura, Zhang Yuliang HARARE, — Despite obtaining a motor mechanics diploma at a private college in Harare, Tendekai Tigere Tandi finds himself surviving on stone sculpting, something that he started as a hobby while in his pre-school age. Tandi is one of Zimbabwe’s self-taught, third-generation stone sculptors at Chitungwiza Arts Center, and he…
Shona Sculpture highly valued beyond Zimbabwe
By Kumbirai Tarusarira In recent decades Zimbabwe has become globally recognised for its arts and sculpture and it is one of the African countries that stands firm in appreciating its culture. Shona sculpture has become world famous, having first emerged in the 1940s. The most common subjects of carved figures include stylised birds and human…
Carl Joshua Ncube to feature at the International Festival of the Bright Minds in Pueblo, Mexico
BY PRECIOUS CHIDA TOP stand-up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube says there is more to Zimbabwe than President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa who tend to dominate news headlines about the country. The jester who has since branded himself as a professional speaker told NewsDay Life & Style on Friday, ahead of a trip…
New Products online – October Special Promotion
Please visit our online store to view new products this October. Prices are discounted to promote International art trade this year due to low tourist arrival in the country. Wholesale Facility Featured Random Products Walking Elephant Dancers (True Lovers) An Angel visited me in my dreams (2 piece sculpture) Mukombe neHari (Gourd and Clay Drinking…
October Special Sale 2019
After taking into consideration concerns that were raised by our present and potential clients, we have reduced prices on almost all artworks on our website. We have taken into consideration the packing and freight costs that are associated with shipping artworks to various corners of the world as a hindering factor in improving sales by…
Website Up and Running
We would like to advise you that our website is now up and running after nearly 3 months of discruption in service provision by our host webnames.co.zw. We have however been able to get a new more stable international host. We are still in the process of trying to sort out our emails @avacarts.com and completing…
