.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors listing in 2013, submitted a set of discuss the social networks network X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, revealing his desire as a fine art lover to avoid the stream of function in the museum's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical provider DIC Organization was reassessing the future of Kawamura in the middle of stress coming from activist financiers. The Kawamura's selection includes 754 artworks, 384 of which are owned through DIC Corp. It features seven of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the museum's selection. In reaction to a supporter that submitted on X that he want to find the job at some point, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has actually been actually undertaking cleansing and partial restoration help concerning 3 years, however it was actually securely come back to me the other day. This work is actually a significant cultural building marked by the nation, so I want to make it possible for everybody to see it somehow, and also I will definitely allow you know as very soon as the information are actually decided." He proceeded, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is temporarily shut. If there is everything I can possibly do, I wish to comply as a craft fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be temporarily enclosed January 2025.
On top of that, following this article, he not merely expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the museum's collection, had actually been actually marketed as well as sent overseas, calling it "incredibly unlucky." He likewise struck, "Relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Art, if the compilation is actually to become marketed, I hope that they are going to first move toward Eastern buyers in order that the many work of arts do not leave Asia. I am going to be waiting.".
In his most recent blog post, Maezawa additionally covered his sense of responsibility as a collector, pointing out, "Eastern people need to shield Japan's standard things, whether it is actually the property, attributes, craft, or even standard society, as long as possible. If we market them off item by part for temporary revenue, Japan will no longer be Asia. I require to earn good enough to become capable to acquire as well as hand down the many things that need to be given to future age groups.".
Mind you, Maezawa is actually currently searching for five personal aides with X to handle cleansing of his manor as well as suite, as well as various other personal help responsibilities. The tasks consist of "laundry, cleansing, cooking food, serving meals at parties, red or white wine management, attendance, record monitoring, as well as visitor bookings," along with "looking after pet dogs as well as kitties," but there is actually no acknowledgment of obligations related to his craft collection.