Mumbai Art Fair makes grand comeback after 2 years

STORY: Mumbai Art Fair makes grand comeback after 2 years DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition STORYLINE: Mumbai Art Fair, a contemporary art fair for independent artists, made a comeback in India's art market after two years due to pandemic. The show, held in the city of Mumbai, is set to feature over 350 artists in 130 air-conditioned booths. A diverse mix of landscapes, abstracts, figurative art and spiritual paintings, semi-nude, rural and pastoral scenes, cityscapes etc. are being displayed at the art fair ongoing at the Nehru center in Mumbai from Oct. 28-30. Mumbai Art Fair creates a platform for independent artists who look for affordable options to exhibit their artworks in metro cities and reach a wider audience and potential art buyers. More than 3,500 paintings in various mediums such as oils, acrylics, water colour, pastels, charcoal as well as sculptures in stone, metal, and photographs by over 350 tal

Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture

STORY: Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of artist working on a stone 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English) LORRAINE MAMVURA, Stone sculptor 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English) LORRAINE MAMVURA, Stone sculptor 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Shona) AGNES MPARIWA, Stone sculptor STORYLINE: Simelokuhle Zibengwa, a Zimbabwean stone sculptor, uses figurative art in the form of rabbits to tell stories of human life, particularly women's day-to-day struggles. Her works narrate different tales through the use of stone-carved sculpture. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor "I am a stone sculptor. I focus on rabbits. The rabbits are not realistic wild rabbits. They are creative abstracts, and they describe human lives." S