Perrotin will bring 17 artists to the inaugural Frieze Abu Dhabi, taking Booth A08 at Manarat Al Saadiyat from 19 to 22 November 2026. The line-up mixes artists from West Asia, North Africa and South Asia with international names: Monira Al Qadiri, Jean-Marie Appriou, Iván Argote, Ali Banisadr, Maurizio Cattelan, Julian Charrière, Nancy Graves, Jeppe Hein, Devin B. Johnson, JR, Izumi Kato, Bharti Kher, Holly Lowen, Hugo Toro, Bernar Venet, Pieter Vermeersch and Xiyao Wang.

Among the works on the stand are Al Qadiri's Nawa (42) (2023), a curved aluminium form in automotive paint; Jeppe Hein's Flamingo with Pink Balloon (2026) in polished stainless steel and lacquer; Izumi Kato's Untitled (2016-2025), a stone figure with acrylic and coating; and Bharti Kher's Algorithm to breathe in water (2020), made from bindis on smashed mirror.

Perrotin's presence extends beyond the booth. On 20 November, from 5 to 7pm at Mina Zayed, Iván Argote joins a panel, "From Place to Belonging: How Art Shapes the Way Children Feel the World", with the Children's Biennale curator Dr Dana Al Mazrouei, artist Hana El-Sagini and curator Zainab Hasoon, moderated by Lisa Ball-Lechgar. Appriou and Argote also feature in the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, running 15 November 2026 to 22 February 2027, with Appriou's Horizons and Argote's The Other, Me & The Others.

Frieze Abu Dhabi is the fair's first edition in the WANASA region, with 89 exhibitors from 37 countries and regions. The preview is on 19 November, with public days from 20 to 22 November.