Artsy published its selection of ten booths from the first Art Basel Qatar on 4 February 2026, written by Arun Kakar as the fair opened in Doha. Tabari's solo presentation of the Palestinian artist Hazem Harb is one of the ten, illustrated with an installation view of the booth.
Kakar describes a group of mosaic tile fragments from the former Palestinian airport lining one wall of the stand. Harb collected the remnants and scanned them for these prints, emulating the practice of archaeological documentation and drawing attention to its role in cementing cultural value. The same theme, the article explains, recurs in a series of Reformulated Archaeology works on paper, in which archival photography of landscapes, anatomical forms and artefacts from locations across Palestine is loosely collaged against flat shapes of colour. Again fragmented, these images show how histories and places can be moved and reclassified. Artsy calls it a moving and thought provoking booth, and notes that Harb's works are held by museums including the Centre Pompidou and LACMA.
Hazem Harb grew up in Gaza, completed his MFA at the European Institute of Design in Rome and is based in Dubai. Working as a researcher, he gathers photographs, negatives and maps and stitches them together with geometric precision, a practice of visual excavation rather than nostalgia. Hazem Harb is represented by Tabari.
