Altamarea Group (Ahmass Fakahany — also the operator behind 1-Michelin-star Marea and Ai Fiori) opened 53 in June 2022 at the base of Jean Nouvel's 82-story 53W53 condominium tower adjoining the Museum of Modern Art — Altamarea's first Asian concept, with Singapore-born chef Akmal Anuar in the kitchen. Anuar earned his first Michelin star at 11 Woodfire in Dubai; the credential is biographical backdrop rather than transferred to 53. The à la carte program runs Pan-Asian across Singaporean, Chinese, Hong Kong, Japanese, and Korean registers — black-truffle soup dumplings, banana-leaf skate with sambal, Hainanese chicken. ICRAVE-designed three-story space with sweeping rainbow ceiling blades; Chelsea's Friedrich Petzel Gallery curates a rotating fine-art installation in direct dialogue with MoMA galleries one floor above. Michelin Selected in the 2025 + 2026 NY guides; Infatuation 8.6 "Great." For an Altamarea Asian concept where the MoMA-adjacent setting and the Petzel-curated art program both work as substance alongside the kitchen.