.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, uploaded a collection of comments on the social media network X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his desire as an art fanatic to avoid the stream of works in the museum's collection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical provider DIC Company was reevaluating the future of Kawamura in the middle of pressure from activist financiers. The Kawamura's selection includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned through DIC Corp. It consists of 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, and many more considerable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the museum's selection. In feedback to an enthusiast who published on X that he would like to find the job one day, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons screen has been going through cleaning and also predisposed renovation work with about 3 years, but it was safely and securely come back to me a few days ago. This job is actually an important cultural residential or commercial property marked due to the nation, so I want to create it achievable for everyone to see it somehow, as well as I am going to let you referred to as quickly as the information are actually chosen." He carried on, "Nevertheless, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually momentarily shut. If there is anything I can do, I would like to coordinate as a craft lover.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be briefly closed in January 2025.
Moreover, following this blog post, he not just conveyed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's collection, had actually been offered and also sent out overseas, naming it "extremely unfavorable." He likewise appealed, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, if the compilation is actually to be offered, I hope that they will definitely first come close to Japanese customers in order that the various masterpieces carry out not leave Japan. I will be actually waiting.".
In his latest post, Maezawa additionally covered his feeling of duty as a collection agency, stating, "Japanese people require to shield Japan's typical traits, whether it is actually the land, attribute, fine art, or traditional society, as much as achievable. If our experts market all of them off part by item for short-term earnings, Japan will certainly no longer be actually Japan. I need to make enough to become capable to acquire and also hand down the many things that should be given to future eras.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually currently seeking five private associates by means of X to take care of cleaning of his manor and also suite, along with various other private help duties. The roles feature "laundry washing, cleaning, preparing food, serving food at celebrations, wine monitoring, participation, file monitoring, and also attendee reservations," along with "caring for pets and pussy-cats," yet there is no acknowledgment of responsibilities associated with his art assortment.