.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list in 2014, published a collection of discuss the social media system X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, showing his wish as an art enthusiast to prevent the discharge of operate in the museum's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical company DIC Corporation was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura amidst tension from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's compilation boasts 754 art work, 384 of which are owned through DIC Corp. It features 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, to name a few considerable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the museum's selection. In response to a supporter who submitted on X that he would like to see the work someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display screen has been undertaking cleansing and also partial restoration work with concerning three years, yet it was actually securely gone back to me recently. This job is actually a significant social residential or commercial property assigned by the nation, so I would like to make it achievable for everybody to observe it in some way, and also I will certainly allow you know as quickly as the particulars are actually made a decision." He continued, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is actually briefly closed. If there is everything I can do, I wish to cooperate as a fine art lover.".
The DIC Gallery is slated to be temporarily closed in January 2025.
Moreover, observing this blog post, he certainly not just shared disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was likewise in the museum's compilation, had been actually sold as well as delivered overseas, calling it "very unlucky." He also struck, "Relating to the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the collection is actually to become marketed, I really hope that they will certainly initially move toward Oriental shoppers in order that the various work of arts carry out not leave behind Asia. I am going to be standing by.".
In his latest post, Maezawa likewise blogged about his sense of task as a collector, mentioning, "Eastern folks need to have to safeguard Japan's standard points, whether it's the land, attributes, craft, or even standard society, as long as feasible. If our company sell them off item through item for temporary earnings, Japan is going to no longer be actually Japan. I need to have to earn sufficient to become able to acquire as well as hand down the things that must be actually passed down to potential age groups.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is actually currently seeking five individual associates with X to take care of cleaning of his estate and also manor, and also various other private support duties. The tasks feature "laundry, cleaning, cooking, providing food at celebrations, a glass of wine administration, presence, file administration, and visitor reservations," as well as "taking care of pet dogs as well as pussy-cats," yet there is no mention of roles connected to his fine art collection.