.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors listing last year, submitted a set of comments on the social networks system X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, expressing his need as an art fan to stop the discharge of works in the museum's assortment overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical provider DIC Firm was revising the future of Kawamura amid tension coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's assortment flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are owned through DIC Corp. It consists of seven of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other significant performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's compilation. In reaction to a fan that uploaded on X that he would like to find the work someday, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display screen has been actually undertaking cleaning as well as predisposed restoration work for concerning 3 years, but it was carefully gone back to me the other day. This job is actually a vital cultural building marked due to the nation, so I wish to make it possible for every person to view it somehow, and I will definitely allow you know as soon as the information are actually made a decision." He proceeded, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is actually temporarily finalized. If there is everything I may do, I want to coordinate as an art enthusiast.".
The DIC Gallery is slated to become briefly approached January 2025.
Furthermore, observing this post, he not simply expressed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was also in the museum's assortment, had been actually sold and also delivered overseas, naming it "very unfavorable." He likewise appealed, "Relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, if the assortment is actually to become marketed, I hope that they will definitely to begin with come close to Oriental buyers to make sure that the many masterpieces do certainly not leave Asia. I will be actually waiting.".
In his most recent post, Maezawa also blogged about his feeling of obligation as an enthusiast, saying, "Oriental folks need to shield Asia's typical points, whether it is actually the land, nature, craft, or even traditional culture, as much as feasible. If our company offer all of them off piece by part for short-term profit, Japan will no more be Japan. I need to have to make sufficient to become able to get and pass on things that need to be given to potential ages.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually presently trying to find five individual aides with X to handle cleaning of his mansion as well as vacation home, in addition to various other private assistance obligations. The tasks include "laundry, cleaning, cooking, serving meals at parties, a glass of wine control, appearance, file administration, as well as visitor reservations," in addition to "caring for canines and pet cats," yet there is actually no mention of roles connected to his art selection.