AFTER being disenchanted with his work as a detective inspector in Rhodesia’s British South Africa Police, Derek Huggins quit his job and in 1975 decided to open an art gallery. The venture, Gallery Delta, is now an important institution in Zimbabwe’s art history. His partner and collaborator was his wife, Helen Lieros, a talented artist in her own right. In a documentary, Art for Art’s Sake: The Story of Gallery Delta, released in June 2020, Huggins explained: While we knew that a tiny gallery of three rooms in the midst of conflict and war and sanctions would not make a…