Later, he began to collect work from Lowbrow artists such as Mark Ryden and Marion Peck. He was a consistant supporter of their emerging art markets. Malca was also deeply interested in artists such as Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, now both iconic figures of Street art and contemporary art movements. He was a visionary promoter of Basquiat's work when Basquiat was only recognized by smaller circles in the art world. Malca’s collection is centered on the acquisition of works that defy the established historic narratives of high art and blur the boundaries between the academic and the museum with the urban and the popular.
Since then, Malca has expanded his interests as a collector and surrealist thinker, following his intuition and using his personal taste as a guide. Throughout the 1990’s, Malca continued to invest in emerging art markets.
He was especially passionate about artists who pushed the limits of high and low art.
In the early 1990s, Malca showed interest in young artists who were involved in the New York cultural scene. Although he came from a family dedicated to the textile business, Lio Malca focused his career on collecting art instead. Lio Malca is a renowned Colombian art collector, gallerist and hotelier with projects in New York (USA), Ibiza (Spain) and Tulum (Mexico).
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