The Art Newspaper's announcement of the exhibitor list for the first Art Basel Qatar names Tabari among the galleries from the region making their Art Basel debut.
Carlie Porterfield reports that 87 galleries would present work by 84 artists across venues in Doha, with preview days on 3 and 4 February 2026 and the fair running until 7 February. Art Basel organised the fair in partnership with Qatar Sports Investments and QC+, part of Qatar Museums, and the list grew from around 50 planned stands after strong demand.
The fair was built around single artist presentations responding to the theme Becoming, set by the Egyptian artist Wael Shawky, in an open format across the M7 hub, the Doha Design District and public sites in Msheireb Downtown Doha. The article notes that more than half of the artists came from the Middle East, and lists international stands alongside regional newcomers.
Tabari appears in that list with Hafez Gallery from Saudi Arabia, Gallery Misr from Cairo, Le Violon Bleu from Tunis and Saleh Barakat Gallery from Beirut. Our presentation in Doha was dedicated to the Palestinian artist Hazem Harb, bringing together collage, installation and sculpture made from 2018 to the present, and it was later picked out by ARTnews and Canvas in their coverage of the fair.