Tabari Artspace

In 2003, at a time when the UAE art scene was still nascent, Tabari Artspace Gallery was founded by Maliha Tabari in Dubai. With a twofold aim of preserving histories of craft emerging from the MENA region, while elevating young artists in the Gulf on a global stage, Tabari Artspace’s forward-looking vision situates itself in the contemporary art world’s dynamic moment. Tabari, who was trained as an artist herself, has re-envisioned the gallery since 2017 to bridge the storied past with an ever-changing present, with a program that juxtaposes the breadth of Arab heritage with the promise emerging artists hold for the future. Now in its second decade of operation, the artists shown at Tabari Artspace offer a living visual archive of social change, contested borders, and aesthetic move