Category Archives: National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Dancing skirts and cellphones; beads and hut paintings

Posted on May 1, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

my art beading works and inspirations… Hundreds of years of trade by Indian and Arab dhow, up and down the east coast of Africa and generally across the Indian ocean, are reflected in the love of glass seed beads, traded … Continue reading →

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Venice Biennale; Beads and Boundaries; 2024

Posted on April 20, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

As the art world converges in Venice to celebrate under the theme “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,” (conceived by Brazil’s Adriano Pedrosa), Zimbabwe is well represented at the Zimbabwe Pavilion facilitated by the Zimbabwe National Art Gallery at the Venice … Continue reading →

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Esther Mahlangu: hit painting, hip painting or hut painting!?

Posted on February 19, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

At Investec, my first up close view of an Esther Mahlangu artwork was a fiberglass pot painted in her studio, albeit signed by her. Used to the wonderful hand-built heavy clay pots of Gwayi and the finer earth- fired pots … Continue reading →

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Tantalizing Textures; African Art

Posted on February 16, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Note: all photographs are my own, unless otherwise stated. Heading to the art fair Thursday 15th February- my handpainted Muslin scarf and my Design//Life tote bag ready for action! I had painted marks onto a piece of fabric with my … Continue reading →

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What Inspires an Artwork? I Muse as I Embrace Equity….

Posted on August 21, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

What is best for meaningful art creation? What comes first, the theme, the idea, an art commission…. or the actual act of merely putting charcoal to paper or brush to canvas, and creating as you go….? Continue reading →

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Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes… As an artist and conservationist, living in Zimbabwe, Africa, but having traveled much of the world, my passion is looking at details of the landscape around me, trees; flowers; weather patterns; wildlife; domestic … Continue reading →

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Rembrandt@350 exhibition; Lin Barrie Art, Lions and Life Drawing!

Posted on September 14, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Rembrandt@350 exhibition will be hosted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Zimbabwe, and the National Galleries in Harare and Bulawayo.This year marks 350 years since the death of Rembrandt van Rijn, the most famous artist from … Continue reading →

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Balance for Better: Art, re-designing the Woman’s Space….

Posted on April 5, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

“Balance for Better: Redesigning the Woman’s Space” opened at the Zimbabwe National Gallery last night. I was thrilled to be able to attend;“Thank you National Gallery of Zimbabwe and team for a tight and well-curated art #exhibition , thought-provoking dance and theatre, stimulating company- … Continue reading →

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The burning of 214 Brooke Drive, and a ‘Woman at the Top’…….

Posted on February 13, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The burning of 214 Brooke Drive: Late on Sunday afternoon, the Borrowdale Brooke Security Gate spotted smoke rising, and dashed to our house… Bruce Douglas and Murray, Helen and Mike Lynton Edwards also spotted the smoke rising from our roof, … Continue reading →

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