Art Basel Miami Art Week 2022 Food and Drink Events

It’s time for Miami Art Week to take over Miami for a week of art, soirees, and events.

Miami restaurants take inspiration from art to serve the community with unique food and beverage events. This guide highlights pop-ups, fashion shows, exclusive dining, and even complimentary events that involve food and art during Miami Art Week.

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The “Falooda on Ice” is composed of vermicelli, basil seeds, and ice cream.

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Aerobanquets RMX Mixed-Reality Art and Culinary Experience

Superblue and Meta Open Arts have partnered to present Aerobanquets RMX by Mattia Casalegno. This culinary experience brings textures and flavors shown in virtual reality in a journey narrated by top chef Gail Simmons while the food is crafted and tasted in real life. Monday, November 28 to Sunday, December 4 at Superblue Miami, 1101 NW 23rd St. Miami; Tickets vary from $58 to $200 via eventbrite.com.

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Outdoor space at Pilo’s Tequila Garden

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TacOmakase and Tequila

Chef Erick Lopez has curated a special menu for Pilo’s Chef’s Table dinner during Art Week. This “TacOmakase” menu includes six elevated tacos with caviar, wagyu, lobster, and more, each paired with one Don Julio tequila. 7 to 9 pm Tuesday, November 29 at 158 ​​NW 24th St., Miami; $150 per person via eventbrite.com.

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The Rusty Pelican

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Art Week presented by Jason Perez Art

Rusty Pelican will host a complimentary art-preview party with more than 20 pieces of curated art by international artists, presented by Jason Perez Art. Guests can indulge in a complimentary cocktail crafted with Haig Club scotch. The event also features live local DJ sets. 5 to 10 pm Tuesday, November 29 at 3201 Rickenbacker Cswy. Key Biscayne; Admission is free with RSVP via eventbrite.com.

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Basel House 2022

The mural festival returns for art week 2022 with street art, eclectic music, and new-age art installations from across the globe. Guests will experience live painting, unique art installations, live music, a late-night DJ, cocktails and various food options. Vendors will display their products in a curated artisan market that will include clothing, art, and jewelry. 4 pm to 3 am December 1 and 2 and Noon to 3 am December 3 and 4 at 2250 NW Second Ave., Miami; Free admission with RSVP through Eventbrite. The first 500 people to check in before 9 pm receive a free drink.

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Cote Miami’s steak omakase

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Art After Dark at Cote Miami

Cote will host an experimental dining experience for Miami Art Week. The “Art Basel Feast” ($125 per person) will include a private viewing of pieces that would not otherwise be displayed to the public. The featured artists will include Do Ho Suh, Leonardo Meoni, Yoshitomo Nara, Fernando Botero, Auguste Rodin, Robert Rauschenberg, and George Condo. Seatings start at 5 pm December 1 to 9 at 3900 NE Second Ave., Miami; reservations via sevenrooms.com.

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A special pairing of art, alcohol, ice cream and more

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Mandarin Oriental Hosts “A Taste of Art”

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel will display 17 paintings from artist John Collingwood, all inspired by his time in the beverage industry. In the hotel’s MO Bar + Lounge, guests can taste three gin-based cocktails inspired by the artwork. Six of the artist’s paintings will be on display at La Mar by Gastón Acurio where the chef will create three dishes and three cocktails inspired by the artwork. There will be daily tastings of Aubi & Ramsa’s ice cream flavor inspired by the Martinez cocktail. December 1 to 4 at 500 Brickell Key Dr., Miami; mandarinoriental.com. Free admission.

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Dinner surrounded by art at Beach Club

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Eternal Heart x Iridescent Atmospheres

During dinner at the Beach Club, artwork from artist Artem Mirolevich’s Eternal Heart will be on display while body-painted ballerinas will emerge from his artwork for a live performance. “Iridescent Atmospheres,” a series photographed by Ruvan Wijesooriya, will be on display for guests. Restaurant reservations are not required but are highly recommended to ensure a seat for the experience. 6:30 to 9:30 pm Thursday, December 1 at 2341 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; RSVP via eventbrite.com or reservations via sevenrooms.com.

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Phuc Yea’s first-floor dining area

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Phuc Yea’s Art Week Launch Party

Apart from the restaurant’s food prepared by chef Cesar Zapata, guests will experience live art performances throughout the space by Gian Franco Guerrieri, a pop-up of the luxury clothing brand Blow Up, and a complimentary Casa Del Sol tequila cocktail between 6 to 7 pm for anyone who pre-registers. (purchase of food is required.) 6 to 10 pm from December 1 to 4 at 7100 Biscayne Blvd., Miami;

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Felipe Valls Sr., founder of iconic restaurant central to Miami’s Cuban community, dies at 89



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Cuban businessman Felipe Valls Sr., founder of the iconic Versailles restaurant in Miami, Florida, died Saturday, his granddaughter, Nicole Valls confirmed to CNN. He was 89 years old.

Nicole Valls did not provide further details on her grandfather’s death, but said the family’s spokespeople were expected to provide more information at a later time.

After Valls opened his restaurant on Miami’s emblematic Calle Ocho 51 years ago, it became a vital gathering place for exiled Cubans who could congregate over flaky guava pastelitos and other familiar dishes.

The landmark spot in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood is still a usual point of concentration for activists and members of the Cuban community in South Florida. It also serves as a meeting point for demonstrations on political issues involving the island.

Miami Major Francis Suarez mourned Valls’ loss on Saturday, describing the businessman as “an extraordinary human being who served his family, his beloved Miami, and the freedom of Cuba with supreme devotion.”

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a tweet Valls was “the true embodiment of the American dream.”

“As a leader, philanthropist and brilliant businessman, he shaped (Versailles) into the pulse of our community for over five decades,” the major wrote.

Those sentiments were echoed by Florida State Representative Daniel Perez, who tweeted his condolences for the loss of “an icon in our community.”

Media outlets, including CNN, have visited Versailles over the years to gauge the opinions of the Cuban community on various issues and significant events such as Fidel Castro’s death in 2016, when crowds filled the streets around the cafe, appealing to pots and pans and popping champagne , according to CNN affiliate WSVN.

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The reason why it is no longer recommended to drink two liters of water a day

Is drinking two liters of water a day a myth or a reality? According to a new study published in the journal ‘Science‘, science has never supported the idea of ​​eight glasses of water (two liters) as a proper guideline.

Thus ends with the idea that you have to drink two liters of water a day to meet the daily needs of the human body. However, this new study reveals that there is a wide range of amounts of water depending on the needs of each person.

Dale Schoeller, a professor emeritus of nutrition at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) who participated in the research, has spent years studying water and metabolism. “Total water turnover with water from beverages and a lot of your water comes from the food you eat,” he said.

An investigation with more than 5,600 people

Schoeller believes this work is the best they have done so far to measure the amount of water people actually consume on a daily basis taking into account the turnover of water in and out of the body.

To do this, water renewal was measured in more than 5,600 people from 26 countries and aged between 8 and 96 years old. Thus, daily averages were found that oscillated between 1 liter and 6 liters per day. Even with outliers as high as 10 liters per day.

This study differs from previous ones in that, to carry it out, people were randomly selected, while the others used volunteers who remembered and reported their consumption of water and food or were focused observations.

The new research measured the time it takes for water to circulate through the body of the participants by following the rotation of the “labeled water”. Study subjects drank an amount of water that contained traceable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen. In this way, they were able to observe the rate at which a person excretes stable isotopes through urine over the course of a week, thus indicating how much water you are replacing and how many calories you are burning.

Babies renew more body water

More than 90 researchers participated in the study. Together they collected and analyzed the data of the participants, comparing environmental factors – such as temperature, humidity and altitude of the city – with measurements of water renewal, energy expenditure, body mass, sex, age and athletic status.

The volume of water renewal reached its peak in men aged 20 years, while in women it was between 20 and 55 years. on the other hand, newborns are the ones who renew the most water on a daily basis, coming to replace about 28% of the water in their body.

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