THE NEW YORK TIMES
Show Us Your Walls
By Shivani Vora
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| David Grutman alongside an untitled 2016 Lego installation by Dante Dentoni that stretches the length of a hallway in his family’s home. Scott McIntyre for The New York Times |
MIAMI BEACH — To say that the art in David and Isabela Grutman’s home bombards the senses is an understatement. Over the last 15 years, Mr. Grutman, 45, a restaurateur and club owner, has amassed a sizable collection of head-turning pieces. Many are sculptures, but paintings, street art and installations in bold colors also figure in it.
“I’ve always really been into emerging art, but now that I’m older, I also like to buy artists that are more established,” said Mr. Grutman, who owns Papi Steak and LIV in Miami Beach and Swan (with Pharrell Williams) in Miami. “But I never buy works for investment purposes. They have to resonate with me.” Mr. Grutman said he connected with art from the 1980s and ’90s, when he grew up. [
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| “Karo Girl,” a 2019 piece by the Brazilian street artist Kobra, who recently began to work on canvas.Credit...Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/AUTVIS, São Paulo; Scott McIntyre for The New York Times |
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| A 2018 plastic foam work by Vhils from his “Highlight Series,” in the Grutmans’ home.Credit...Scott McIntyre for The New York Times |
