.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing last year, published a set of comments on the social media network X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his desire as an art fanatic to stop the stream of works in the gallery's assortment overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical provider DIC Corporation was reassessing the future of Kawamura among stress coming from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's collection boasts 754 art work, 384 of which are actually owned by DIC Corp. It features 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, among other considerable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the gallery's selection. In feedback to an enthusiast who published on X that he want to find the work someday, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display screen has actually been actually undertaking cleaning and also partial reconstruction benefit about 3 years, yet it was actually carefully gone back to me a few days ago. This job is actually an important cultural residential property marked by the nation, so I wish to make it feasible for everybody to find it somehow, and I will certainly permit you know as soon as the details are chosen." He continued, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is momentarily finalized. If there is actually everything I can possibly do, I want to cooperate as a fine art aficionado.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become briefly approached January 2025.
On top of that, observing this post, he certainly not just shared disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually also in the museum's collection, had been actually sold and also sent overseas, naming it "incredibly unfavorable." He additionally appealed, "Concerning the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the compilation is to be offered, I hope that they will certainly first approach Japanese customers to ensure that the various masterworks do not leave behind Japan. I will be waiting.".
In his most up-to-date post, Maezawa likewise blogged about his feeling of task as a collection agency, claiming, "Japanese folks need to shield Japan's standard points, whether it is actually the property, attributes, fine art, or typical society, as long as achievable. If our experts offer all of them off piece by piece for temporary revenue, Japan will definitely no longer be actually Japan. I require to gain enough to become able to get and pass on the important things that must be actually passed down to future ages.".
By the way, Maezawa is presently seeking five personal aides by means of X to manage cleansing of his residence and also manor, along with various other private support duties. The responsibilities feature "laundry, cleansing, cooking, serving food at events, red wine monitoring, appearance, documentation administration, as well as attendee bookings," in addition to "caring for canines as well as pussy-cats," however there is actually no reference of obligations related to his craft compilation.