.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing in 2014, uploaded a collection of discuss the social networks network X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, conveying his wish as a fine art aficionado to avoid the stream of works in the museum's assortment overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical company DIC Company was revising the future of Kawamura surrounded by tension from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's collection flaunts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually had by DIC Corp. It consists of 7 of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more notable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the museum's assortment. In feedback to an enthusiast who published on X that he would like to see the work sooner or later, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display has been actually undertaking cleansing and also partial reconstruction benefit concerning three years, however it was actually safely and securely come back to me the other day. This job is a necessary social home designated due to the nation, so I want to create it achievable for every person to see it somehow, as well as I am going to permit you referred to as quickly as the information are actually decided." He continued, "However, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Craft is actually temporarily closed. If there is actually everything I can do, I want to cooperate as a fine art aficionado.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become momentarily approached January 2025.
In addition, observing this article, he not only conveyed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was also in the gallery's compilation, had been marketed and sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly unfavorable." He also appealed, "Relating to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, if the selection is actually to become sold, I really hope that they will to begin with approach Eastern customers to ensure that the many masterworks perform certainly not leave behind Japan. I will certainly be actually waiting.".
In his most recent post, Maezawa also wrote about his feeling of task as a debt collector, stating, "Japanese people require to shield Asia's conventional traits, whether it's the land, attribute, art, or even traditional lifestyle, as high as possible. If our company sell all of them off part by piece for short-term revenue, Japan is going to no longer be Japan. I require to earn enough to become able to get as well as hand down the important things that ought to be passed down to future generations.".
Mind you, Maezawa is currently seeking five personal associates by means of X to deal with cleansing of his mansion house and also suite, in addition to various other private support roles. The responsibilities consist of "washing, cleansing, cooking food, offering meals at parties, red or white wine management, attendance, record management, as well as visitor appointments," as well as "looking after pet dogs and also pet cats," yet there is no reference of responsibilities related to his art selection.