Overview

• The fair runs February 5–7, 2026, with VIP previews February 3–4 across M7 and the Doha Design District, with additional public sites in Msheireb Downtown Doha.
• Organisers expanded the roster from an initially planned roughly 50 to 87 after securing more venue space and receiving strong global interest.
• Artistic director Wael Shawky sets the fair-wide theme "Becoming", with galleries staging single-artist presentations announced in advance.
• The lineup spans 31 countries with 16 galleries appearing at an Art Basel fair for the first time and more than half of exhibited artists coming from the MENASA region.
• Art Basel stages the event with QSI and QC+, entities linked to Qatar’s state cultural apparatus, as human-rights criticism persists yet has not deterred participation from blue-chip and leading regional galleries such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Athr Gallery, Green Art Gallery, and The Third Line.