TWO OF A KIND

“It took me two years to convince Frank [Stella] to sell this piece,” says Bill Duker, as we gaze up at the colourful sculpture demanding attention on a nearly seven-metre-high wall. “It’s from a series he did in the early 1980s called the Moby Dick series. This is The Pequod and the Albatross , which he had kept for himself. I had to beg him to sell it.”

We are in Duker’s penthouse apartment in Miami Beach, which is clearly a testament to his love of art and design. Anyone who has seen his 70-metre sailing yacht – which he built at Perini Navi, cruised for two years and sold in 2018 – will notice similarities, but don’t be fooled into thinking Duker has a singular style. The clean, contemporary look that showcases modern art is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Duker’s multifaceted design interests. And in architect Peter Hawrylewicz he has found