UAE art guide: 21 exhibitions to see, from Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial to Reem Al Mubarak

The National, 6 November 2026

The National's regular survey of art on view in the Emirates, compiled by Faisal Al Zaabi and William Mullally, gathers 21 exhibitions across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, running from the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial to Reem Al Mubarak's presentation on Reem Island. Tabari is listed among the Dubai entries with Fellow Travellers.

 

The entry credits the exhibition to Omar Kholeif, who conceived and curated it, and describes six artists whose practices span Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas: Sonia Balassanian, Jai Chuhan, Luísa Correia Pereira, Lalitha Lajmi, Irene Scheinmann and Kholeif himself. It notes the limited-edition publication produced alongside the show, carrying original poetry and a curatorial essay. Tabari's listing sits among galleries including The Third Line, Leila Heller Gallery, Efie Gallery, Perrotin Dubai and Tashkeel, and beside institutional presentations at Sharjah Art Foundation, Ishara Art Foundation, Jameel Arts Centre, 421 Arts Campus and Louvre Abu Dhabi.

 

Fellow Travellers opened at the gallery's DIFC space in October 2026 and is its principal Dubai presentation of the autumn season. Irene Scheinmann's work appears within an intergenerational grouping drawn from several continents rather than a regional frame, which is the register the guide uses throughout. The inclusion sets a commercial gallery exhibition beside museum and foundation programming in the same list, during a season in which Tabari is also showing in London and at Frieze Abu Dhabi.