Scapegoat Gallery

Scapegoat Gallery All art has a place, and there are more reasons today than ever before to understand its beauty.

Because art doesn’t disappear.It moves from artist, gallery to collector.From one wall to another.From one generation to...
28/08/2026

Because art doesn’t disappear.

It moves from artist, gallery to collector.
From one wall to another.
From one generation to the next.

Art leaves a legacy.

Long after the moment has passed,
the art remains.

Art came first.
It always will.
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David Yarrow and Fringe at Scapegoat Gallery Two artists. Two entirely different visual languages.Yet somehow, it moves....
28/08/2026

David Yarrow and Fringe at Scapegoat Gallery

Two artists. Two entirely different visual languages.
Yet somehow, it moves. It connects. It fits together.

Yarrow brings the theatre — scale, tension, glamour and the extraordinary captured in a single moment.

Fringe brings the emotion — colour, nostalgia, character and a world built from imagination.

One is photography. One is paint and sculpture.
One captures a world. The other creates one.

And when they share the same space, neither competes with the other.

They complete the conversation.

Scapegoat Gallery.
Where great art doesn’t have to match.
It just has to belong.
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David Yarrow - Poker Series Yarrow doesn’t simply photograph people playing poker, he photographs risk, power, temptatio...
26/08/2026

David Yarrow - Poker Series
Yarrow doesn’t simply photograph people playing poker, he photographs risk, power, temptation and the theatre of chance.

And perhaps that is why these photographs hold you.

Because poker was never really about the cards.

It was always about the people holding them.

Available through Scapegoat Gallery.

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20/08/2026

Mugabe Ronald at Scapegoat Gallery

19/08/2026

MUGABE RONALD at SCAPEGOAT GALLERY

African artist Mugabe Ronald is best known for his powerful figurative portraits, deeply rooted in African identity, resilience, and lived experience.

Born in Kampala, Uganda in 1992, Mugabe’s early life was marked by profound hardship. After the loss of his mother and separation from his siblings, he spent part of his childhood homeless in the slums of Kampala. His trajectory shifted when he was discovered by an international NGO, who recognised his raw artistic talent and supported his access to education.

Mugabe was later awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Michelangelo School of Creative Arts in Uganda, where he graduated in Fine Art and Textile Design. This transition from survival to structure remains central to his practice.

His work is both deeply personal and universally resonant. Through portraiture, Mugabe explores themes of hope, freedom, and triumph over adversity. His subjects—often drawn from his immediate community carry a quiet intensity, reflecting not only individual stories but broader narratives of identity, justice, and belonging.

Distinctive for his bold palette and expressive handling of form, Mugabe’s figures frequently rendered in deep blue-black tones and adorned with dreadlocks stand as contemporary icons of African heritage, self-possession, and rebellion. There is both intimacy and defiance in his work; a tension that invites the viewer into a dialogue rather than offering easy resolution.

Now internationally recognised, Mugabe’s works are held in prominent private and institutional collections across Europe and the United States, including the Malta King Collection (Sweden) and the Cordaro Collection (USA), as well as the Ugandan Embassy in London.

His debut international solo exhibition, Homeless Not Hopeless at The Coningsby Gallery in London, marked a pivotal moment in his career. The title drawn from his own words captures the essence of his journey: a narrative not defined by circumstance, but by perspective.
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Scapegoat Gallery “Downstairs” 204 Oxford
19/08/2026

Scapegoat Gallery “Downstairs” 204 Oxford

Scapegoat Gallery Ready for private viewings 🧡🔥 “Upstairs”
19/08/2026

Scapegoat Gallery Ready for private viewings 🧡🔥 “Upstairs”

The Keeper, a collection by Fringe, embodies something we believe deeply in at Scapegoat Gallery, thatthe greatest caree...
18/08/2026

The Keeper, a collection by Fringe, embodies something we believe deeply in at Scapegoat Gallery, that
the greatest careers are not built through transactions alone. They are built through trust, kindness, loyalty and harmony between an artist and the gallery entrusted with protecting their work, their story and their future.
A gallery becomes, in many ways, a keeper too. A keeper of the artist’ story. A keeper of their legacy. A keeper of the belief that existed long before the rest of the world began paying attention.

But that responsibility does not end when the artwork leaves the gallery.
It is passed on. When a collector chooses a work, we hand them more than an artwork. We hand them a small part of that relationship. The harmony, care and kindness that existed between artist and gallery should travel with the work into the home in which it will live. And perhaps that is the beautiful symbolism of the keys within this collection.

Fringe creates the work. The gallery keeps the story. And then, finally, we place the keys in the hands of the collector. Because ultimately, every important artwork needs someone to believe in it, someone to protect it, and someone to become its next keeper. Fringe | Contemporary Artist
Fringe new series coming soon to Scapegoat Gallery | Fine Art

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Johannesburg
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