.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list in 2014, submitted a series of comments on the social networks network X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, conveying his desire as a craft enthusiast to prevent the stream of function in the gallery's selection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical business DIC Corporation was actually revising the future of Kawamura in the middle of tension coming from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's compilation boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually possessed through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other notable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the gallery's compilation. In feedback to an enthusiast who posted on X that he want to see the work at some point, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has actually been undergoing cleaning and also partial repair work for concerning 3 years, but it was actually securely come back to me yesterday. This job is a necessary cultural building assigned by the nation, so I wish to make it feasible for everyone to view it in some way, and I will definitely permit you referred to as soon as the information are actually chosen." He carried on, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is actually temporarily shut. If there is actually everything I may do, I wish to work together as a craft fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be momentarily closed in January 2025.
Additionally, observing this blog post, he not merely shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually also in the gallery's compilation, had been actually sold as well as sent out overseas, naming it "extremely unfavorable." He also struck, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the compilation is actually to become offered, I really hope that they will first move toward Oriental buyers to ensure that the various masterpieces carry out certainly not leave Japan. I will certainly be waiting.".
In his latest post, Maezawa additionally wrote about his feeling of accountability as a collector, mentioning, "Oriental people need to have to defend Asia's typical traits, whether it's the property, attributes, art, or even standard lifestyle, as much as possible. If we market all of them off item by part for temporary profit, Japan will certainly no longer be actually Asia. I require to make enough to become able to acquire and hand down the things that must be actually given to future age groups.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually currently looking for 5 individual aides by means of X to manage cleansing of his estate and suite, in addition to various other individual support tasks. The obligations include "laundry, cleansing, preparing food, providing food at gatherings, red or white wine control, presence, documentation monitoring, and attendee reservations," along with "looking after pet dogs and cats," yet there is actually no mention of tasks connected to his art selection.