some art I have particularly enjoyed this year

Glass bowls at the Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow - delicate, miniature, silly. All qualities I look for in a useless object.

Miniature homescapes by Mohamed Hafez in Brighton, unbelievably evocative and full of tiny textures; rugs, smoke-stained concrete, exposed wires. You could almost hear the traffic and smell the streets. I loved the board of audience responses at the end describing what home means to individuals (“my rabbit”; “safety”).

A photograph of a Portuguese farmer and her turkey in a crumbling hall in Porto above a fancy coffee shop.

Bags of natural light and inclusive and contextualising curation at the revamped Burrell Collection in Glasgow. I found some of the new accompanying texts A Bit Much, a bit reductive, but the signage below sculptures of a gender-fluid Chinese Buddha were the kind of thing we need more of.

Paula Rego’s abortion series at Bristol’s Arnolfini and the conversations it inspired. I love Paula Rego, I’m sad we lost her this year.

The surrealism exhibition at the Tate, inspiring a cake from a favourite painting.

This window view at Norwich Castle Museum’s strange and varied collection that included hundreds of stuffed animals and a very terrifying waxwork history exhibition.

Does it count as art? Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg was truly my favourite art experience of the year and of many years. Gloriously overwhelming, in the best possible way.