.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors listing last year, posted a series of comments on the social media sites system X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, sharing his need as an art enthusiast to avoid the outflow of operate in the museum's selection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical firm DIC Enterprise was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura among pressure from activist clients. The Kawamura's selection includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned by DIC Corp. It features seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, among other significant artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's selection. In reaction to an enthusiast who posted on X that he would like to find the job sooner or later, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display has been actually going through cleansing and also predisposed remediation benefit regarding three years, however it was safely and securely returned to me recently. This work is actually an essential social residential property designated due to the nation, so I would like to create it feasible for every person to view it in some way, as well as I will certainly let you know as very soon as the particulars are actually made a decision." He proceeded, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is temporarily finalized. If there is just about anything I may do, I want to cooperate as a craft enthusiast.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be momentarily approached January 2025.
On top of that, observing this blog post, he certainly not simply revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was also in the museum's selection, had been actually marketed and also sent out overseas, naming it "very unfavorable." He likewise appealed, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, if the assortment is actually to become sold, I really hope that they will definitely to begin with come close to Oriental shoppers in order that the various masterworks do not leave Asia. I am going to be actually hanging around.".
In his latest blog post, Maezawa also wrote about his feeling of task as a collector, saying, "Oriental individuals need to protect Asia's conventional factors, whether it is actually the property, attribute, fine art, or even typical culture, as much as feasible. If our experts offer all of them off part through piece for short-term revenue, Asia will definitely no longer be Japan. I require to earn sufficient to be able to purchase as well as hand down the important things that must be passed down to future age groups.".
Mind you, Maezawa is currently searching for 5 individual aides through X to take care of cleansing of his residence and villa, as well as other personal help obligations. The roles include "laundry, cleaning, preparing food, offering food at celebrations, wine monitoring, appearance, record management, as well as guest appointments," and also "looking after dogs and felines," yet there is actually no mention of roles connected to his craft collection.