.Yusaku Maezawa, who appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list last year, uploaded a set of talk about the social media sites network X on Monday, concerning the fastener of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, sharing his need as a fine art lover to avoid the outflow of works in the gallery's assortment overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical business DIC Organization was actually revising the future of Kawamura surrounded by tension from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's compilation boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually had by DIC Corp. It features seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as operates through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, and many more notable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) coming from the gallery's compilation. In response to an enthusiast that posted on X that he want to find the work someday, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons monitor has been actually going through cleansing as well as predisposed remediation benefit concerning 3 years, however it was actually securely returned to me a few days ago. This job is actually a significant cultural residential or commercial property assigned by the country, so I wish to make it achievable for every person to see it in some way, and I will certainly allow you referred to as very soon as the details are decided." He proceeded, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually briefly closed. If there is actually just about anything I can possibly do, I would love to coordinate as a fine art fanatic.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become momentarily approached January 2025.
In addition, following this message, he not only revealed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually also in the museum's selection, had been actually marketed as well as sent overseas, naming it "really unfortunate." He additionally struck, "Concerning the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, if the assortment is to be offered, I wish that they are going to first approach Japanese purchasers to ensure the various masterpieces do not leave Japan. I will certainly be waiting.".
In his most up-to-date post, Maezawa also discussed his sense of responsibility as an enthusiast, mentioning, "Oriental individuals require to protect Asia's standard points, whether it is actually the land, attributes, art, or even typical culture, as long as achievable. If our company market all of them off item by piece for temporary income, Japan will certainly no longer be Asia. I require to get enough to be able to purchase and hand down things that must be given to potential eras.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is currently looking for five individual assistants with X to handle cleansing of his mansion house and property, along with other personal help duties. The duties feature "laundry, cleaning, cooking food, serving meals at events, wine control, appearance, documentation administration, as well as guest reservations," and also "taking care of pet dogs and pet cats," however there is no acknowledgment of tasks related to his art assortment.