Local artist sets eyes on P1m artwork :: Mmegi Online

Making a living from one’s art is a Herculean feat to most local artists. Despite their strong talent and ambition, only a small fraction of artists manage to support themselves in the career they are passionate about. Arts & Culture writer MOMPATI TLHANKANE talked to a passionate muralist who just had cashed his biggest money from art.

Speaking of big money, the artist had just completed a stairway mural at Carera Holdings in Gaborone worth P100k.While he had cashed big money before with his artwork, Kenny Ketshotseng from Molepolole shed further insight into how making money from big art is shaping his career.

For the majority of people making money is an unquestionable earmark of success, but for artists it’s oftentimes met with haziness. Artistic visions often clash with the expectations of the changeable tastes and demands of the commercial world.

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