bacalo brandada, roastedmushrooms, pedero ximenez 
paella negra squid ink, uni, ikura, gamba 
txuleta tomahawk koji, sal de algas 
crema catalana- chocolate ganache, espuma quemada
Reflection is important, and it’s never too late to reflect even if that reflection comes 3 months later than expected. I want to take today to reflect on my favorite art from 2019.
Exhibition: It’s a tie between Wes Anderson’s exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Basquiat exhibition at the Guggenheim, and Ancient Nubia at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
VR: nothing ☹. I experienced no VR in 2019 which is quite sad. I love VR and think it has an extremely promising future. The last VR experience I had was Carne y Arena in DC, which if you ever have the chance to experience, I highly recommend it. It takes immersion to a new level and integrates the physical world with the virtual. If I had the resources and time last year, I would have visited Alexey Marfin’s Kowloon Forest which showed in Hong Kong over the summer.
artist (painter): Oliver Lee Jackson
artist (sculptor): Simone Leigh
landscape: Roberto Burla Max at the Botanical Gardens
architecture: tie between the honey room at the Phillips Collection and palm haus in Wien
meal: NYE at Pagu (see some photos above); I really love prix fixe dinners and one of my goals for this year is to go to more prix fixe dinners and interesting restaurants
museum: Museum of the Palestinian People
film: 3 way tie between parasite, us, and werk ohne autor (US title: never look away). I loved all 3 of these films for different reasons that I will discuss at a later date. I know some of y’all will drag me for not saying ari aster’s midsommar since I was pretty morose on halloween when I missed out on the director’s cut screening and I droned on about midsommar months before it showed, but eh I was slightly underwhelmed.