Guruve

14/10/2026

Affordable Art Fair ready! Here’s Guruve’s fair stand of contemporary Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe 🤩
Our featured artists are:
• Ephraim Chaurika
• Nesbert Mukomberanwa
• Rufaro Murenza
• Tafadzwa Tandi
• Tendai Gwaravaza
• Tonderai Sowa
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VIP Preview night opens in a few hours, so we’re excited and ready to share our wonderful artworks with a new London audience - can’t wait! 🥂🥂🥂😍

❤️🖤💚

18/08/2026

Mining raw stone in Zimbabwe

We often get asked about the scale of the mining for the raw materials for creating sculptures.

I’ve posted this photo because it gives a really good view of just how small-scale most raw stone mines really are - just a hole in the ground, a couple of guys with a couple of dogs, a pick axe and a hammer and a big metal punch and a wheelbarrow!

So rest assured, buying a stone sculpture that’s been made in Zimbabwe doesn’t mean you’re contributing to massive environmental degradation! Phew!

FYI the mine pictured is an aventurine mine and it is seriously out of the way. A 25km walk from the nearest tarred road. What a mission but hopefully the artist we have sent there to select his raw materials will have some stunning new pieces for us for 2027! Fingers crossed… 🙏🏻😁

12/08/2026

Mudzimu Bull by Henry Munyaradzi is one of most significant artworks from Zimbabwe’s Shona sculpture movement to pass through Guruve’s gallery. We are delighted to exhibit this museum-quality work from the early period of Shona sculpture history.

Mudzimu Bull is one of most significant artworks from Zimbabwe’s Shona sculpture movement to pass through Guruve’s gallery. We are delighted to exhibit this museum-quality work from the early period of Shona sculpture history. The mudzimu (spirit) bull represents the senior spirit of an extended...

11/08/2026

Memories of the art fair Studiolo. London 2026 at Westminster Abbey

Works by Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Henry Munyaradzi, Tafadzwa Tandi, Tendai Gwaravaza, Tonderai Sowa, Nesbert Mukomberanwa, Charles Kowo and Willard Bopoto.

See more unique Shona stone sculptures by these artists and others on our online gallery www.guruve.com

Next event is the Affordable Art Fair in London in October so we hope to see you there…
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24/07/2026

Thanks to our friend Bart via ZSA for highlighting this wonderful archive resource...

https://post.moma.org/value-chains-momas-tour-of-the-central-african-workshop-school-1968-70/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTQsulleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFVcm1OWGlSVlFadWhMYVhic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvRg-HTW6aPxP_1y-1aiqF8PUzAGR-bLQP8U2yI3QSRqej_qxZxxfaYJ9Dek_aem_kn4OXpJQQPtf1eo4I3JhAg

On September 29, 1967, William Rubin wrote to the Ford Foundation after attending a slide presentation by Frank McEwen. McEwen, the founding director of the National Gallery of what was then Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), had shown images of what Rubin described as “ateliers of native sculpto...

24/07/2026

Expert restoration of a master’s work … Tim takes a chisel to an early Nicholas Mukomberanwa sculpture covered in small but significant areas of damage

14/07/2026

At last!!!!

Air Zimbabwe is back in London!
Starting 22 July 2026, we are proud to resume direct flights between Harare and London Gatwick — three times a week!

Whether you’re visiting family, exploring new opportunities, or returning home, we are here to connect Zimbabwe with the UK once again.

Promotional fares from just US$495 one way or £490 from London.
📍 Book now via www.airzimbabwe.aero, our sales offices, or accredited travel agents.

18/06/2026

Another delighted client! Not often we have to crane a sculpture into place indoors!

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12/06/2026

Exhibition set up and ready for tomorrow’s opening. So glad the weather has bucked its ideas up!

05/06/2026